The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

185 5, 40CAL INTELLIGEXCE. the bre artie esul Wi th 42.4 p .c'Ar kt on VT TO A LIINATIC.--Edward Burton, a luna (;4of inj u rrsdaY at the Northern Hospital, from the ef ,lle Linatles received on the sth ult. He was an inmate AsYlum at Tue-brook West Derby, and during qa,, t elueu he met with an injurY , which resulted in death. ttjorgeci STEW WiLsox who, on the 3rd February ' l lSl a f tn check for esn 12s. Bd. on the Cumberland and 2 1131 and was a p prehended in the Isle of Man on and 1 : 111 1 Was convicted on Mon at the assizes at his ' ethe need to 20 years' transportation . He had in one of the Isle of Man banks. ROBBERY of postage, receipt, and bill ted on Wednesday morning, at the Man ', the value of which is hastily estimated is supposed that the robbery was commit * were seen to leave the premises early in • ) Carpet bag i n th e i r possess i on. l) TO BE ABOLISHED .— It is more than "-aeester Court of Record will not be in next year. The C oun ty C our t s Commis ted it — not alone, but conjointly with all Similar nature and jurisdiction ; and the b the commissioners will doubtless be em id roug ht before the legislature early next Iter Guardiam C ILDREN OP THE ORPHAN ASYLUM.— ` the c hi ldren had a trip to Hale. In the t hey Walk d to Garston, and thence went t laes e 4 0 0. . Pleasure they returned to Garston at by the me t the evening. From the station they Amxes i,„ ° aud belo ng i ng to the institution, and t* the Garston Hotel, where they were t 7,„ t rOulled wine. After enjoying them " ' , ours on the green, they returned to a e d5. 1.4 dr ) 1 ,. • r, • oseph F r •bea l , 4 , l zat e d . ieet w Ire-On Tuesday morning, a gardener, ' 5 1 te n : ll- M(le a; ° , 4 , residing in Aigburtlavale,Aigburth, at'' -8 Of '`," nail • h' gelf The deceased, who t i‘ eeatled age, has hanging m- • 'A 1 lit an an . a member of an oddfellow's lodge, Tianad b retar l ,, to gnlersa r y dinner on Monday. In the ~,N.; eit g ", his home, and gave no indication of k v l .tloelr, , 4 ;ected. On the following morning he rose ~', l e ,arn i,, - , 11 ,.‘ 1 shortly afterwards was found suspended At tl r g i „ ,l 1 4 - 4, „e kitchen, life being extinct. He has left a `N ay 'lon or g i e t lanaily, and had previously attempted self k4? and a ' B. O occasions. An inquest was held on Wed ip. t, l erdict of "temporary insanity" returned. X „ I lea l P l ... e l's ee DitINK.-A Norwegian seaman, named ~ .,N"i'l , \Veilt lZ e,,( l 32 /ears, was found dead in bed at mid ir, the day - ,,,"1i 4 Y - • The deceased, who had been drinking ,•) 4 , toot wn. ltb 'some of his comrades, was found lying ' AI N; a re ' l lovedl.l lll Price-street, and appeared to be very ill. ;I le 11 ( 1 aft er "g"-a Police -officer to his lodgings, in Hanover .felll.4llted :, It ting in the kitchen about an hour and a ~6 , qd th ° w• 1 oV's tairs and went to bed. At twelve o'clock ' . th r e . , ll la 4 1 - . l .'s entered the same apartment, when they ' 4„ tl , l 6tqc,ea l l ' l F across a bed, and dead. *ltWa•S`Statea I) 4 'l' , 1C,;,; had been drinking •spiritslo excess for a ' ° •tki, th e day of his death :had commenced to I , 4a, . 4 e h as t , r , y '4.1145' ire held I, 4 enT Cere.-Theanouthly dinner •, , ,,„ 11 at4:1 we,. 'Y thisclub at the marine station, on 'uqn 0;1 4 . e Lima c odore Little- N,elle at a. a l'otisly attended, oram ty'°,,..see IX ogee eight pan. the business matters were 14.4 4 *, 4 Alloti et4 bers were admitted by ballot and-others i, e le • tor two ee o f _ st e, a to , ra motion was adopted, after being before , or e .`ti I:etiN„ outlis, to 'the- effect " that the-club do A na.; 4 vei l i e e B4 a, y, : 11 the :first Monday in . each month, cl, bib; B ,elf-a et l l ' tor theeretofore." That • day is found to be ka st N by the b oo better. attendance of several niembers. i),:cet e k ir , e ' valv e , instead of the usual plug, .was 118 4' 1-4 ti) 1- ' l ' ll , Mr. James R. Birch, of Washing- SrSteve enter Co , 14 1 ', 134 ssel l) Pa„1 c l', 4 •-•-•On -Tuesday, before Mr. Commis 'lo3-Teo hi s ad ; '-• Rail, - merchant and shipowner, of this t eed ] Q t eked last •ewamination.-On Thursday, !!‘„ l licia 3 , 4 ,t e lk ,' tailor, in Richmond-street, passed his t lik e teli‘u t csek 11ation, and :now stands fors. certificate.- ti t f4ith oli t, i ll Li' escott, formerly carrying•on business as S,e;.•altarn t . °l3 l l osi r l )4ol ,' passed his adjoarnel last examnia e,-qaealaatia„ 'en ---eRe CI aus . -This bankrupt passed, 1 ',04e•---4,; , and the nth of September was fixed for ; , t '' " and ; L i, apt,;, C. 224 her ds. -This baitlrupt, a draper ; i'll; °I . tl;"c to„n -e u for his certificate. There was no oppn ,4ttber,„,e 447nissioner granted him an immediate cerk ;4Sis'n„kr 'a el ass.---On Saturday, Anthony O'Donnell `,'11', 1 14e , „14a; ' ° ,.„ / norissioner Stevenson, on his adjourned .',. laN l His solioitor gave notice-of his intentiorelo e • 1 1r -, ofN annul the adjudication, and the eraimna tlt t . it l -N„ ~4 / 1 1 T eire, Tuesday being appointed for the 1 N7 4 ky . ,l 3 ',Diicatio n . !4)o4 t '''... -41trY•A*AMERI CAN SKS' , -A mutiny stoke , 111 a Ntt 4 'l l °ll ' boak the Ocean Ex - Press, an American t11 . .,,11,') ;1,41111(1. Superintendent Boyd, with about a ip l to ro e , off to the vesselawhieh was lying eff the ~l„,t 1) 'of Ni t care ttting moodily. n the forecastle, and 4'4"!O r 'Oe 1 4- -,go out in the shin, on account ,of the 4,,,,.),,,,,..,,wh0, they complained, made thena , work 4 4 'ed tZ,, B 'bel a f necessary, both on Sunday and Manday. za,',T aieo. , _aPpealed to, said -that the matelisid only there th e „'c de duties that • were absolutely anemgeary. ‘ii.lt e ti t o ' t eferred to the Or )l sP P r cceed to s - American consul, and as the 1 4 . ea .ad eel ea with the mate, they-were all Tcty. . 1 , 1 1 ) sent ashore without their clothes and {, 4 ) t h °1 i nagi. s et)cea n Express being an American vessel, 4t.hal, motes could net interfere in the afair. ;; Z aY ' rnt 111 4 1)1A-c s• ---- The;weekly meetivigleas held I, • lia r • n " 1- The Rev Arm. Badnalloehairman ; 44:41,:t8,__rikai, Rei wrds, 7 84 -. m • 'Whitby IN',, r„ ~ ,11;pm.7., Fitzpatriek . edcalf ' -wThi ed Birch.' ,* 1h 1 , 11 . ,9:•e , tre uure _, ,13elshaw, Batten,n_ ill k,, 4 !"i st a i . i `ii -1 7 1 r s. L eyna ; 8 bands was found te a ;l3: n £ o l f ,6 l ? i l s i S tll St• 'The e relie r • ° a t a . t l le a y a _laitt e l d e t Cros r 4 si firstrizt, which * t7 lO t e y'L a gieekly st a vi tel : 7 4 er e , a s were desired - to present o the board, in a book tt,,Zo,4iaail t , showin g th e rl „ pre ++l - le t, %Art so t t . tr a e eaeh risi - L -ne l l e ea n c u h mh , =per visited, I) number paupers 14 st al4iLtiool; last week was:As follows :-Ln-door, 666; 5,34., ,ea) ~,,l ei; 4 ,955, showing an increaseof 18 in-door tt t .14 e compared- with the correspeiviing week l I P 4Th elltti.4lBlz, Otlnt expended in out-relief -was £196 Atl tile. L :lll a HE HAWK.-A corres a'4°,-,, 4c one kRE ' • "r walk on the moor a few 'e ep ' a lter, 4 44 I bis at r te G ;* ze n i ta W w a n to the beagle-like ma , f3 ,-) k a , eviden i tly i° in-•yr , rsuit of something that he miller as it came nearer, its wiry twiatings became I ) ef i Learne s t. Looking a-head for :the object of - 1/era g 4 re quietly making: Its way to a i ' ;`). a 4 tiiip,,° l l theleft,a whisk in the. air above told I,V aa l '-' Party watching , the progress of - the weasel, m 1,,, - v,ct i ,, 14 view of the hare, and with abound, struck Oit l / 4 `‘kal c v7 ietini on the meek - . Its triumph was brief, 'l,l,6aNagiarted down with the lightning, 71,''11,4"-475. struck the weasel on the backof the hare ; I,'"'ky,. ' 4l, and puss galloped stoutly from her dead ititlivo kiN.lta at. N. 47 - l I ONS.-A number of informations were Lk,, tialstrates on Wednesday, and penalties im 0, k k ,t oi,i7e - of Mr. William Tyson,- Vauxhall-road, an : 4 ,jni,..., 4 tlade for a fortnight. Mr.. Thomas Barton, 'k`k j'lttNlv.VerthTannery, waszafined £5 and «costs ,• _the 01. , k a at,, a. -western Railway Company, for their 1 t if °l . ti k "`'")0 Station E - and costs • Mr.a. Kershaw, N l'l 'tl ' -4as • ' a t',l ' %et: am coi gne-Street,:_2o3. and coots ~ e . 1,,,,,,,1e,10414, ~,,,.4.6ssli_rothers, sugan-refinex7, , Vauxhall-road, ~‘ t' , ,a il h Oilt 10 .1 8 . Brancker, -stables in. Slaeindan-street, ~ I j, ;1!., - ( l4ri tt been made since .remand,ss. and costs. The t; NieTaa3, /v ere imposed for steam-boat 'offences :- ~,,aqqP.4.,,-, Waterloo steamer 10 Belfast, £5 and 7 1 i: 8 sia, ', Bteamer to ' Dtmilalla Captain. J. ;Williams, 'la et ':', 4lr. l 4Ys ; Messrs. ilialloughhya Birkenhead, A i ') (.14 - 3 :liah e nYY Nichol, Eastham . Ferry, £5 and ; ,'.Qt t N t A.7.;:,, r ulgton and Co., Reek Ferry new *4, , ' ca. ttca„, - "' costs • Charles 3rlver..aud others, t ( q 1 v‘,4 lt -ger e - , :l ik t hk e V eci 11 '': ' °' t it / Vkz l a• 4 a;e s , •I.lt BotTox,-rßetween.one :and two ;lo s k I kl ti tttl lle ll fl afternoon, the avillage -of :Bradshaw, ,:'+14 1 , 1 14, 1 1_44 4 it1, 1 4 1 . 1 ,_ Bolton, on the ,Blackhurraturnpike ;?,,,,,a tt - ' 4 , 4'4 o ' 4 e utmost consternation by the report 41 ) , ",1.1t; a o lll4 -s Joll a dagger, , hadamirdered his ; 11 ;e f e l, tl Uk:, :a"a,r 4 lS committed suicide,,by cutting Ins ,boy ' ll 4 Iv 144 tt e - 9 11 nd with his throat-out from ear to t lt I . 11 , 48 Swirith,!Fact ; and his two .children, named 1 / 4 . 1 16. 1 % e, 4 4,, • "a respectively three and ,five years, ''Oe l a l4 ed,. ll or- 414 t1, 1.9 ats also cut, andthegirl,quitede,ad. Alt' h s or lP the %- , ,,7,, soon as possble after the saci,occur -4.1 e. ' l, form chi';,N . ,,keon, of Bolton, mas in attendance, - ,,•1, ,be f W ee ce. '; but no hope is entertained-of the I ,' l, .11e wed°N or, t I ; I olly was a widower, and,had been \' 4 l: 4 0 : : , )f , (la () ; hut beyond thatoircumstanee no J k b,,..'ei ttz - " 1 3 , , ' cause of his cominiUlug the horrid thart - of age. - , M 4l " thett " gy m 11 41 y y ears : 0 114 t il i t tl i t 9th B i l e i 2 ;e, a4 141. : . "Crew transport, No. _lB e 7,_ Captain '; 41; ) ia Otii, „n Wednesday, fromb last -.IN ' 4 ik k lh, , L h,, IA . t a 67.4, 4 Gibraltar August 41ie Ist. On 's2"at i t .' lk th e :,,, long. 4 . 55, signalled the *steam , ,nata l th -4 41 . ip Oh inat., in lat. 40'37, long. 10;16, P l iq k a . 414 4) 70 4 4, ; on the sth, in lat. 431, long. n w th m,,,,1.0, Aiiti 4tter Scott. She has hr.: night home .1 0b ,; Li t l 3 ' ata• er go; Royal Artillery, in mihtaxy tb, 1 4 Nt• 1 1l • ia l°ll Mill i ,. , kth ,,,;; . 11 , 13c7t e i ,c 4 .. riev n s, of the 7th Regiment .; Major 1) -, eirastone of the Turkish Con- N k r i S i fi t . te t. ti le t!' e tiC t ?„ ..... ll glas,of the'79th; . Captains Elliott ' 4 4 - 't) ,'"),,slit; kd i f ""goon Guards ; Lieut. Harman, of 4/;sll\a ta : 4 gea t 7of the -31st ; Captain Sullivan, of i" 1 ,i 0, ivr o al) re Ale ssrsallosbery (Deputy-Assistant '4N,As,,toeil 41 :0 5 t16 ‘ ......_ t, Grarduer, and Watts (hospital 41 , : yt:1t:444a k tez1112.,, :4 ;: 1144z , h a r1 e .,(1. aatioasr-fs,-e:nLic.,:getoiscats aalnit.dlcerifit:in;iteckashne:ol.l.l4r6ma9edovifinsuivtalide,wsishithedt. 1 , , ,,i t tb., t , 1 : pt 'Ve4 , 1 , 4 ' ........... . 41 4....r . en. 'Wkii el °eit 44110 last weel r ( e . e . 6n. w about ti.kme. , l l l,ll aiai she'et out .to walk with a Wednesday,young . st ,i 4 k :kta it ,stron ed -- - d the tele .,,,t t hn ,!t ba.s ki nzieb., _ ~over the_ :ground near admiring t t ,, i .lo t T,NZB, 4 : ecl t o '',u B4 ! they pro . c . ed,.ad 1 . 1 . y tl y 'lk a* a t a ,_. Close to the .clifi. miss Kirk ,,., el, afr er ,e as h Zse stone, stumbled and fell over the N„Psee , 4 e4 sk7,7rjiliclicur, and 60 feet high. The ,Tttagate uef o ' Nt' instant alarm, and _assistance was ba Yoo re o °a ei , eq NI t ky ruing to the ure o the place, an per„:11 iv airy ~oasne could get s down to where the It 1 1. "4411: 0 -.4 t e v w as lying' She was alive ; stunned, qe 4ll . ‘ ,NhibTe , t-411 the broken, not . a mark t 4.1 I le 'latee appearance her bruise. She :itof a coMposedly to mether, and 'N l l a,`,oe Orae, e ' l e ven oclock, when she breathed her II!01, y,,, s „,oci t. I ' l Were of opinion that she died from ' 4 ' 'let' *th it ' ° OilL, 4 'k I,,,''lceott CANAL ti e l t :be cell ,--. h od -- , A.NAL AND RAILWAY.-The .14t . 4i li pt it 'e,, t , . 4 ti e t e . : 11 , 11, cp s We d nesday, lii„t at h station, o tp r e man e . i Q ,11 1(: ) / k . 1 8; t1 . 1 e p t : i t tl4 t cl i:b. inCreasee chairman the gross 1 e t "on , ' 18 t 2 ,286 u Mouths, compared with the • t,z,lc, t t 1 e ,1e4 14 ,, a ' a l a zi g . aril r'el,,,alrgailiSt which must be placed ;, , '..C'' B el' hs / 1 8 e ref erene' 'i• charges of £1,396, and of . th a ,he the ad b een e dividend of £1,660. After ~; , 1 11„ 0;1 , r , !, ,a arta idoinrade:ooprtes,da, o a d v t o h te e of seo re th t a a n ry k , s w w h as o `tii ° )?l,'et t e e - ' ll ner at ti' f i e li t 'o: l Vst the di l a ; t° them during the past e e v otr, ool Ilnrsa ay a 1 no d of the shareholders. ,i k ,,ece 0 t th e . Cra s h, meeting of gentlemen who ,11. la,. t „„,, eo trip a 7 l l an d. Southport Railway, met t k i ti ti N %lt te att7 to se .. ti_ti ng K; .11/Ir. Sw ß e c e h ting-street, for 1 . 1tk,1111. 41 tatioh"uager, a _tcstiraseorvicael:,rdasnoiSvatephens, ~, „IN ec inea e 41. his '1.L.4114 v L ot . , th e "le t e r markm i t, , ielit, ot„shire ,Parchase of the line by ;l e 4 tar y I th a i ' lo a i llt, oco upie Tn h Pany. J. H. Wrigley, chair, and presented 4 N k lit a „ d dre ss li e COlitai thtgeliod ap,puroeati.tifullyaiii-heo'°, acco:ii p p n a d ni e ed nea b s y ed a graphed l opli ai P i late fra exit in feel !Ile- :qr. Stephens ac. a ng reply, ICADA. ioqii•e''Lle Asvi. oyal 111 ail sic ° , L t IP tiTeslit 14; iced on cm: cill' gist.ed a : }I EII - 4 .] Lo the Ist, 311,.! !ita.uand, and I The Cana dr l e, of Aper 1, tic arricejst: 4t°,,htlistiderl,,lq:%ii' :he 726th 111t•zoi LN;Tt;',lvit in Ilia. 1110„``: Ot t r ~s's col t DrllaS'S in i''' quolit ampsortt 4 & ty t_l7oo. ce, le prevaleve?:, 1 , 4 10r v.0 ken with ;e would see,',; N'prit'llag wijvho out of the 0 " , fkis,ab,, that R ,," a , ; tk lio listen i'at the crops of if*,( eti l 11.1 1 this ti l t \ L a, Illinois, s:.;is Ntr tritueetdetnte nt nticir' ' . .f , ki i ttiemna.l3 of e( ry rains 33 . k b ,eti i ti .'.,atioile a 1 li, and Cirif f°ll.,libill, a°111:1 t o trust 0 1 , 1 1 1 E l eT lanekeB, 1 3 ' tilii 4r s d a ° Trr i , t 't the old 1 ,1+4 ~,. Part 3' la s C ;lavers' ftis,,,.?' i4,'Ail. Afteroft t, 1 a rt are ''''"'' w e , li t ei "lay ev eelk „, e L tht t , a ( l a exalt, - . 3 te , .. ar eh headed clock ..!, will iod,IY rhea in 1 )1 , tr, r' wealalfr , 141Nitill'oce,•:, ern,` re for u cakes and otberP, s rPsoi Pv ard si' I,tlC/nl, 3 AUGUS T 14, 1855.] JAMES STUART HAWTHORN and Thomas IWNicoll, of this town, have been admitted members of the Royal College of Surgeons. CAPTAIN BAILEY, a well-known local temperance orator, died last week. He was fifty years in the service of the Old Quay Company. THE MANCHESTER GUARDIANS have passed a highly com plimentary resolution, on the retirement of Mr. Baines from the Presidency of the Poor-law Board. ON WEDNESDAY a man was kept in the stocks for several hours at West Derby, as 4punishment for being drunk and disorderly. THE VAsco DE GAMMA arrived at this port on Thursday, with advices from Lisbon to the 2nd instant, but she brought no political news of interest. AT THE monthly meeting of the Garston Board of Health, on Friday, it was resolved to lay a general district rate of Is. 2d. in the pound, estimated to produce £1,250. MESSRS. BUSHELL and Co. of North John-street, in this town, have contracted for 60,000 gallons of rum about to be sent to the Crimea in the brig Garling, of this port. THE royal mail packet-ship Blue Jacket, of the sth of March last, one of the "Fox" line of packets, arrived at Melbourne on the 13th May, in 68 days from port to port. The Blue Jacket has made the second fastest passage on record. ON FRIDAY the directors of the Liverpool Steam Tug Com pany and their friends took a trip along the Welsh coast, in the new steam-tug Rattler, which was gaily decorated with flags for the occasion. It was intended to land at Llandudno or Beaumaris. CHEAP TRIPS TO THE LAKES.—Mr. MUMS, to whom the public are so deeply indebted as the pioneer of the cheap ex cursion system, has organised a series of Saturday afternoon trips to the lakes. The price is 6s. there and back (in covered carriages), and the time, from Saturday evening till two o'clock on Monday afternoon. DEATHS Flint DRUNICENNESS.-011 Friday morning, Joseph Jackson, a fireman employed on board the steamer Ellen Vannin, was found dead on board that vessel. He Buffered from asthma, and was addicted to drinking. Matthew Fulton, who resides in Lower Vi)ratkinson-street, came home drunk on Thursday night, and in spite of the entreaties of his wife he would sleep on the sofa, where he was found dead on Friday morning. THE 'United States mail - steam-ship Pacific, 'Captain Nye, sailed on Saturday, for Near York, with the natal mails, 230 passengers, and a full car-go. Amongst the passengers were Frank Crossley, Esq , M.P. for Halifax, York - shire, and A. T. Steward and lady, of New York; also Mad'lle. Rachel and sis teas, Monsieur Raphael Felix, and a troupe of thirty artistes, who are making a tour of the United States. At the Police-court, on Saturday, John:Connor, of 5 Court, Collingwood-street, was charged with coining. On the pre vious evening, Inspectors Kehoe and Murphy, with detective officer Cousins, entered the prisoner's .lodgings, and surprised him in the act 'of preparing forged shillings, seventeen 'of which, and theanould in which they had been cast, were fotand in his possession. He was committed for trial. THE BEIVIEVER.—The six flats and two lumps that had been secured to the Retriever by chains broke away, and drifted toSeacombe about half-past twelveon Saturday. The Steam-tag-Company had taken every means in their power to raise the vessel, if possible,. and although their 'endea vours have not been attended with success, they will renew them with increased rigour. The Admiralty have graabekthe use of the largest 'chain cables at Deptford, and they arc to be brought down'immediatly. Lattarca.—On Tuesday, a new steam-ship for rthe Belfast Steam-ship Company's Belfast and Liverpoortrade, was lanirehed at the building yard of Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons, Kelvinhaugh, on the river Clyde. This steamer is 200 feet in length, 570 tens measure, and is a very handsome vessel, with a full poop ' , cabin, having berths '-f•or about 40 passengers. Her fine model and extra power sho-sild make this vessel a very fast sailer, 'and it is expected she will be ready for work by the Ist September. TRANSPORTS WIL walvD.—Two importauttender-papers were 'issued by the Government on Saturday. 'Ono-is for the hire of fast-sailing vessels, ,to - convey stores from the Thames to the Crimea, with the option of employing the vessels in the East, for four months after they have performed their service, the rate not exceeding 16s.aper ton per month. - Another tender is invited for carrying portable huts to the' Crimea in sailing ships of 600 to -800-tons, to load at London, Woolwich, Ports mouth, and Bristol. The ships must be reedy to load at the end of this month ; and the same condition is made as to their extended hire if 'required. GATHERER& , AT. KNOWSLEY.—The : asembers of the me chanics' institutions in Lancashire and' Cheshire, with their friends, by the {kind permission of the Earl of Derby, will assemble at Knowsley on Saturday next. Lord Derby has-con sented to allow admission to the hall,-and it is expected 'that Lord Stanley , Will address the visitors. Bands of music 'Will accompany the-party, and play on the lawn, where a refresh ment tent wilFbe erected. Special trains will be run at ebeap fares. The one from Liverpool will -leave Lime-street station at 2.15 p.m., and return, leaving Huyton, at 9.30. .I[I:IRDER4P2O SUICIDE.—On Wednesday afternooniut, the village of Bradshaw, near Bolton, two children wore found with thebAhroats cut, as is supposed, by their own father, who had afterwards committed suicide , by oatting - his own throat. The man , s-name is Thomas Jolly,-and his youngest child, aged three yeara,:uad named Mary Jollyovas also quite dead. The eldestelaild, , Thomas, aged five years, was found alive, but, though surgical aid was obtained to clese the wound as speedily as possible, only faint hopes are entertained of saving life. The father wasa4vidower aged about-30 .years, and follewed the trade otatlegmaker;but no motive is assigned for the-horrible crime -he-has committed. TROOPS -IND TuelisPoznrs.--;- . The Andes (s.s.) -and the Emu (s:s.) have both been inspected by Quarter-master-Ge neral Seott, Colonel Derinay, ~ a nd Captain and- Adjutant Eilwards,vwho have reported very highly of the •manner in which the- have been fitted up for the receptiewr.f troops, under .the superintendence of • Captain Bevis, the Adrairaity.agent at this port. .These two fine <ships are to embark•the 56th and 31• th Regiments : they will arrive here this morning—the former from ,Manchester, and the latter from Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, , when they will immediately embark at the Hnskisson Dock. The Europa and the Hansa- (s.s.) are undergoing repairs, prior to embarking troops for the Crimea. TiLE417...,E OF MAN S'FELZkFiCKET COMFA.PIZS.—At the - meeting of the Liverpool and Ramsey Steam-packet Company last week, it was stated that the :receipts had decreased, and that the:directors intended to dispose of the Manx Fairy, and to purchase a less expensive steamer. The half-yearly meeting of the-Liverpool and Douglas Company was also held last week. From the , directors' report it appeared that there had been a slight decrease in the passenger traffic compared with the traffic of the corresponding period last year.. The receipts on the goods' traffic showed a large :increase. Thedirectors pro posed that a shed, 150 feet in length, to be covered with glass, should. be -erected on the quay, apposite the company's office, in order. to facilitate and accommodate the goods traffic. SINGuIA - .R EFFECT OF LEGILMITING.—During the thunder storm, about twenty minutes or a quarter of an hour before three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the hall porter of Messrs. John:Pander and Co., Mount-street, was standing on the stairs within theinner door leading up to the counting-house, &c., when hewes startled by a flash of lightning and: y an almost simultaneous report, like the quick sharp ring of a rifle-shot. Very slacltly afterwards, he discovered in one of the long panes of plate glass, in the inner folding doors, a small perforation, perfectly round, and perhaps 1-.2oth of an inchrin diameter. The folding doors are placed within a recess porch, and are readied by two ascents of four steps each, at a distance from the streetline of the building of,some five yards. The small size of the. orifice leaves little room to doubt that it was caused by lightning. There is no crack or starringef the pane to be seen ; but-atertain symmetrical splitting off of thin lamina of glass, widening from the outer to the inner surface, so that while the.only disturbance of the outer surface is .a hole barely large enough to pass a slender knitting-needle through, the in ner surface 4s hollowed out like a besvi, in a_ somewhat circular form, to abod the size of a florin, but in form so geometrical as to resemble a spider's web. —Manchester Guardian. EXCITESIcitH OF THE HISTORIC SOCIRTY.—On Thursday the members of the Historic Society , of Lancashire and Che shire made an.excursion to Shrewsbury, where the Archaeolo gical Institute of Great Britain and Ireland is ,holding its an nual congress, so that a greater number of attractions than ordinary were offered. The party left Birkenhead at half past eight, and baying received some Accessions at Chester, reached Shrewsbury about half-past ten. They, were met on the platform by Lord Talbot de Malabide, president of the institute ; EdWard Hawkins, Esq., treasurer ; and Albert Way, Esq., secretary. They then proceeded to the Shire Hall, where, for.their convenience, two -sections were going on with morningxteetings. The members of the ;Liverpool and Chester societies were decorated with their respective badges, and these secured them a ready entrance .to the museum and the ipeetings of the institute for the day. At the close of the sectional meetings, the company assembled in the Nisi Prius Court, Lord Talbot,de Malahide in the chair, when Dr. Hume, in the name of the Historic a hearty welcome if they met any- Society, promised them where within the two counties; and the Rev. Mr. Massie, of Chester, warmly urged the propriety of meegug at Cheater next year. The president expressed the great gratification which his visit to Liverpool had afforded him in September last, especially his examination of Mr. Mayeee interesting -collection. In the afternoon the whole party proceeded on. an :examination of the princip2l churches, including St. Mary's and the Abbey Church. A public dinner took place in the Music-hall in the evening, at .which the societies from Liver- pool and Chester were again .honourably mentioned ; and, at &later hour, Dr. Kennedy, of the Grammar School, gave an elegant soiree, at which the temporary museum of the insti tute mas lighted up for the occasion. A special boat was in waiting at Monk's Ferry, to convey the members of the His toric Society over, after the last , train ; so that a day of rich and varied interest was made as long as possible. ITZ4I,TR COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Tuesday, 4. _Merman Langsdale in the chair. The other mem bers present were Messrs. Dover, Beckwith, Crosthwaite, Sheil, Johnson, Hodson, Gladstone, and Halhead. Dr. Cameron, acting for the medical officer of health, reputed that the health of the town is in a very satisfactory state, the total mortality for the week ending Saturday, the 4th instant, being below the average of the corresponding week of the last nine years ( including 1849, the year of the cholera). ?,22 deaths were i•egistered. Of these, g 2. were of zymotic diseases, and included 39 from diarrhoea (nine less than the average —principally chil dren two years of age and under). The temperature was highest on Monda.y and Tuesday, the 30th and 31st, when the thermometer reached to 72 deg., and lowest on Wednesday, the Ist instant, when it came down to 56 deg.—the mean fo - t the week being 63 deg. The highest reading of the barometer occurred on Sunday, the 29tli ult., 29.98 - inches; the lowest on Saturday, the 4th instant, 29 56 inches :—mean for the week, 29.76. A communication was read from Mr. Mason, secretary of the dock committee„ acknowledging the receipt of the resolution of the health committee on the subject of the infringement of the roadway at the south-west corner of the Custom-house. The letter stated that on examination of the dock committee's books there did not appear to be any record of the agreement referred to in the resolution.—A communi cation was read from Mr. Lea, superintendent of drainage and sewerage, resigning his situation, consequent upon his appointment as surveyor to the Wallasey local board of health. —A communication addressed to Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, by Dr. Sutherland, one of the sanitary commis sioners sent out to the Crimea, was read. It stated that Messrs. Aynsley, Freeny, and Wilson, (three members of the sanitary staff in the Crimea who accompanied Mr. Newlands from this town to the seat of war), were now on their road to London, from Constantinople. Dr. Sutherland expressed the entire satisfaction he felt at the manner in which those officers performed their duties.—Mr. M`Gowen reported that there had been convictions on all the smoke informations brought before the magistrates on Wednesday, MR. CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH MASSEY, of Liverpool, and Mr. James Lambert, of Northwich, were admitted members of the Royal College of Surgeons at a meeting of the court of examiners on Friday last. CRICKET MATCH AT BOOTLE.—On Wednesday a match was played between the two rival clubs of Bootle, viz., the Derby (a juvenile club), and the Bootle C. C. The score was as follows :—Bootle, Ist innings, 67; second 45: total, 112. Derby, Ist innings, 115. MR. BEST.—We are glad to perceive that the town council of Liverpool has been wise enough to appoint Mr. Best as organist to St. George's Hall, at a sifficient salary. At the meeting when this appointment was ratified, it was stated that the organ had cost upwards of 10,000.—elthemeurn. MESSRS. PILKINGTON AND WILSON presented, on Friday the captain and mate of their celebrated clipper Red Jacket, with valuable chronometers, as a reward for the skilful and seaman-like manner in which they navigated her during her recent voyages to and from Australia. GARSTON BOARD OF Heeeen.—The monthly meeting was held on Friday, at the Aigburth Hotel, Mr. J. G. Morris in the chair. Present—Messrs. Moss, J. Morris, W. Pritt, Charles Chaloner, and W. Chidson. The proceedings of the Works and Health Committee were read; embracing a recom mendation that Yorkshire curb-stones be used in the town ship; that Victoria-street and Irwin-street be paved; and that the footways be flagged with Knowsley stone. The proceed ings were confirmed. The minutes of the Finance and Bye law Committee were next read, recommending a general dis trict rate of ls. 2d. in the pound, which was estimated to pro- , duce £1,250. The proceedings were confirmed without di s - ' cassion.—A communication was read from Mr. Gotts, dated the 30th of July, in reference to the delay in completing the' survey of the roads and lands in the district of Garston ; and asking whether he should submit the result of his survey to the General Board.—A letter was read from Mr. APlntyre, in answer to the Surveyor, expressing his willingness to lay drain pipes along the Riversdale-road, if Mr. Chaloner and Mr. Moon did their share of the work. The letter was re ferred to the Works Committee, and the board adjourned. AN ILL-MATED PAIR.—On Thursday last, a case tame before the magistrates at the Police-court, strongly demon strative of the impropriety of ill-assorted marriages. In the case referred to, Patrick Boyd, lately a master-porter, and now the keener of a shop for the sale of emigrants' stores, charged his wire, a buxom woman, of about thirty years old, with an assault upon him. Both parties are Irish ; and the husband, who is what is denominated a " character," is upwards of 74, and Iris general mode of stating his c om pl a int, although end neatly provocative of laughter, was frequently such as to give rise to feelings the reverse of respectful, and equally at 'variance with pity and with mirth. Pointing significantly at his wife, he prefaced his complaint by saying, " My wife and rI can't agree, your worship ; I'm getting too ould for her, arid I dare not go home. I'm afraid she'll stick me with a knife. I have not been home for the •last six days." The wife appeared with e black eye, and, after -some interrogatoic:es from the benclarthe husband acknowledged that he had in flicted the discreditable stain.. It appeared that the ill judging couple had been married for about eleven furs, • during the whole of which they had -lined a " cat and-dog" life ; and after hearing the me, Which turned out to be a very trumpery one, chiefly made •up of , crimination arid recri mination, the magistrate dismissed:the-charge. AfterAhis had been done, , the husband declaring -that he could not:live with his wife, the magistrate advised • him to make her an allowance. On this 'the hoary sinner a.ndsiniPleton, who is understood to be in tolerable worldly circumstances, magnanimonsly offered to allow his wife a shilling a 'week ! Ultimately both the complainant and his wife were ordered out of the-court. Doak - COMMITTEE.— The 'weekly meeting:was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair.-e Prom the mi unto of the last committee , meeting it appeared the solicitor had been directed to take the necessary steps for consolidating theedock acts, under the 'directions of the -special sub-cora mittee.—From the proceedings of the marine sub-committee, it appeared that Mr. Chapman, the lessee of 'the refreshment rooms on the landing-stage, complained of the supply of water to: his rooms, and suggested that tanks should be placed at each end of the stage, to remedy the inconvenience of which - Ile complained. The report of the surveyor on this subject 'recommended that alank capable of containing 1,000 gallons - should be placed on the:pier-head, from which the refreshment rooms could be supplied. The estimated-cost of the tank was £25. The suggestiorref the surveyor was ordered to be carried out. The harbour-master's sub-committee recommended that the surveyors be directed to procure stages, planks, piles, &c., to be used in the large lock of the Huskisson Dock, when used as a graving dock. -Theeeub-committee also re commended that the salary of Mr. Thomas Prenton, master Of the Canning Dock, be raised from-0150 to £l7O per annum, the maximum sum allowed to masters of second-class dooks. The increase vas agreed to. , Mr. Brocklebank brought under the notice of the committee the propriety of having shears on some portion of the dock ctuays for the masting of ships.—Mr. Hartley promised to larmg the subject before the harlemar-master's committee.—With reference to the letter of Messrs. Cowie and Co., , complaining that the south east corner -of the Prince's Dock had been appropriated to-the vessels evened- ley Messrs. Magee and Levingston, forming-the " Liverpool " ;line of Australian packets, the comealtteeere solved theta return be made by:the harbour-masters ef7the sailing of 'vessels by Messrs. 'Rlkington and Wilson,. and James Baines and Co., from the3eerths appropriated to them in the Coburg Dock, and that lit be recommended that no permanent - berths be granted in the Prince's Dock, •anal:bat the permission granted to Mess: s. Magee and Levingston be discoatiritted After the departure of their vessel new loading in the 'berth. The recommendation was confirmed.— The superintendent of the weighing materials re ported the operations of Ids department for the year ending Jane, 1855. The receipts were £230 less than in the pre vious year; the expenditure had been £540 less. The receipts for the year ending June, 1f351, were £1,396, and the expendi ture e 1,42 . The receipts for dess were £1165, the expenditure £B6* 128.1. d. The whole of' the works of the year hadbeen done by the servants of thee-committee, excepting 20-strong trial - 0/1w legs, supplied by Messrs. Chapman andCallis. The wheleof the weighing materials were in an efficient -stateof re pair_ • Tdaere was an improvement both in that respect and in .the eape_ntliture.,__The necessaxy instructions were then given to the4ch-committee of worka to enable the north -wall to be completed.—The Chairman-said there was another -subject he had to-hring before the- committee. He received a mote from the town-clerk on Friday, requesting that a deputation from the Do& Committee should-meet the special sub-committee of the Town Council on the subject of the future management of the Bithenhead Docks. Of coarse there was no opportunity of cellingelae committee together, and he had requested Mr. Sheendethe deputy-chairman, and Mr. Rankin, to accompany eVith Mr. North, as adepatation to see the sub-committee of the Council. This was a 'note of what passed: It.was re solved-that Mr. Weightmaneand Mr. Hartley be requested to go:to Birkenhead at the-. earliest opportunity, to, report what; cpertions of the • undertaking were complete, and adapted for the accommodation of shipping, to -be man aged, ,by the dock estate. That a report be Obtained of the , various officers and-servants employed, with • their clutieseand salaries. The Dock Committee to examine the enhele undertaking, and to report with plans as to the - mode of making it most available for the purposes of the commerce of the port of Liverpool.—Mr. John Hartley &ad beereova• with Mr. Weightman, and he believed he locked over the works.—A report .from Mr. Sloman, the eecretoxy, on the sebject, was then read.—The Chairman said it-seemed the.best mode of managing :this property was to allow the siatilar:dopartments to come-under the respective departments of the Dock Committee, and probably they would authorise the--repairs, &c., to go to the - Committee of Works, under , : the surveyor; as was the case with .works on this side the river; then thedock-masters, the denk-gatemen, berthing, Lighting and cleaning the sheds, &c., to be referred to the Harbour Masters'.:Committee. The receipts, payments, &c., the mode of collecting the tonnage dues, ; and the mode of payment to the treasurer, the payment of salaries, &c., to go to the Fi nanceSulecommittee, of course-opening separate accounts; and the .warehouses would go conveniently under their Ware house .-.Seb.committee. If the , Corporation wishes to see another. deputation from this committee, perhaps it would •be left in the .hands of Messrs. Shand, Rankin, and himself -to see them, :and to report to the :committee anything that passed. Agreed to.—The various-sub-committees were then re-appointed.—This closed the general business. THE ,41.,TE COLLECTOR OF Cri/TOMS.—On Friday after noon, a meeting was held in the Council Chamber, for the pur pose of presenting to Elias Arnaud, Fs7., an address from the various .commercial associations of ~Liverpool, expressive of their respect for him on his retirement from the office of col lector of.euestoms at this port. Abort fifty gentlemen as sembled on the occasion, among whom were Joseph Brooks Yates, Themes Brocklebank, M. W. ( Collett, C. Holland, Harold Littledale, J. B. Lloyd, J. H. Turner, T. Edwards Moss, G. W. Moss, T. B. Barclay, Joirel Torr, S. R. Graves, R. Shell, Sr. , e„e&c. The mayor and Mr. ;Arnaud, on entering the room, wore received with tokens of merked respect, and his worship having taken the chair, Mr. Charles Holland, as vice-chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, in the absence of Mr. Heath, its chairman, requested the .mayor to present the address, which he handed to his worship. ; The mayor then in feeling and appropriate terms expressed the great pleasure he felt in having-been made the instrument ef communicating to Mr. Arnaud those sentiments of respect and esteem which were entertained by the commercial community of Liverpool towards one who , had for so long a period discharged the arduous duties of a most responsible office ; discharged them too, in such a manner, as, while it secured the approbation and confidence of the government, had also gained for him the warm approval andzespect of those merchants Rad others with whom he had been brought into contact, often under circumstances of difficulty. This he had accomplished by maintaining a strict integrity of purpose and action in all his :dealings, so balancing the,exercise of a power almosteliscre :t.ionary as to give just eauseof offence to none. In seteh a :view of the case, the present tribute of esteem and regard ,could not but prove a welcome, as he was sure a deserved one. His worship then read the address, which set forth in strong, but well-chosen terms, the high appreciation entertained by the ; mercantile community of Liverpool for the impartial and upright conduct displayed by Mr. Arnaud, during the long period of thirty-two yeare, which he had filled the important post of Collector of Customs at the port of Liverpool. It acknowledged -his general courtesy in the discharge of those duties which devolved on him, and thanked him for the prompt and efficacious assistance which he at all times rendered to even the humblest applicant under circumstances of difficulty, and concluded by assuring him that the town would ever entertain a lively remembrance of the name of " Arnaud," as a memento of faithful service to the revenue, with enlightened regard to the 'interests of the fair trader. It likewise expressed a hope that Ile would be long spared to enjoy that honourable retirement whieh his long and faithful services had entitled him to. The address, which, engrossed on vellum, was signed by Edward Heath, president, and Charles Holland, vice-president, of the Chamber of Com merce ; J.Bramley-Moore, chairman, and C.Saunders, deputy chairman, of the Brazilian Association ; Chas. Turner, ehair . _ man, and R. C. Crosbie, deputy-chairman, of the East India and China Association; Maxwell Hislop, president, and Thos. Sellar, vice-president, of the American. Chamber of Com merce Samuel James Arnold, chairman, and Edward Grey, vice-chairman, of the General Brokers' Association ; Joseph Hubback, chairman, and Halsall Segar, jun., deputy-chairman, of the Association of the Liverpool Corn Trade; Isaac B. Cooke, president, and Thomas B. Blackburne, vice-president, of the Cotton Brokers' Association ; William ➢lann, chair man, and Samuel R. Graves, vice-chairman, of the Shipowners' Association ; F. Shand, chairman, and T. Bondi, deputy-chair man, of the West India Association ; R. W. Preston, chair man, and W. Preston, vice chairman, of the Wine and Spirit Association; Thomas B. Horsfall, chairman, and Thomas Har rison, deputy-chairman, of the African Association ; Robert Lamont, chairman, and William McElroy, deputy-chairman, of the Steamship Association. At the conclusion of the address Mr. Arnaud made a tasteful and feeling reply, in which he reviewed the intercourse he had had for so long a period and with such gratifying results. He thanked them cordially for so highly gratifying an acknowledgment of his services. This terminated the proceedings, as 4th Meeting separated. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. A YACHT CLUE, on the British model, is about to be formed at Lisbon, under the patronage of the King. SHORT TIME has been generally adopted in Blackburn. The mills, with only one or two exceptions, are now running four days a week. DURING a late thunder-storm, the earthen pinnacle raised on the highest peak of Benledi was struck with lightning, when both it and the ground at the bottom of it were torn up. No tourist happened to be there at the time. ON MONDAY, while a youth was fishing near the Serpen tine-bridge, and stooping down to take some grass out of the water, he was horrified to find that he had pulled up the body of a man. The deceased was recognised as a respectable man named Pudge, living at Caroline-place, Chelsea. A RETURN, publisk ed by the Shipping Gazette, shows that the number of vessels wrecked in the month of July amounted to 70. In the previous month of June, 83 vessels were wrecked; May, 98; April, 109; March, 149; February, 164; and in January, 238. THE net profits of the first year of the Crystal Palace (ex clusive of 25,786 guinea season tickets, which are applicable to the next year) have been £66,000, out of which a dividend of 6 per cent was declared in February, leaving £12,299 now to be carried over. LORD STANLEY attended a meeting on Wednesday in the riding school at Hatfield, Herts, and delivered an able address (the Marquis of Salisbury in the chair) in support of the establishment of a people's library for the village of Hatfield and the surrounding districts. RAIL TO INVERNESS.—It appears that an attempt is to be made to bring Inverness within the circle of railway commu nication. The railway, it is said, will be called " The Inver ness and Aberdeen Junction Railway," and will be supported IT the largest landed proprietors of the north of Scotland. • AT the Bow-street police-court, on Wednesday, Sir John Paul and Messrs. Strahan and Bates were formally remanded another week, in accordance with previous arrangement. Sir John and Mr. Bates, having failed to obtain sureties to the required amount, were conveyed back to the house of detention. MDLLt. RosA RONHEUE'S picture "The Horse Fair" is sold to an Englishman—but not a resident in England—for a trifle ender £2,000. Mdlle. Benheur has painted a reduced copy for the engraver, which is now in Mr. Thos. Land seer ' s hands. The second picture has been purchased by Mr, Jacob Bell. AT THE Royal Brewery, Brentford, last week, a fatal accident occurred, owing to the fall of a wall. Outside the wall an alley runs down to the Thames, and of five or six children who were playing there, two were killed. A third was buried beneath the rubbish, but was sheltered in some way, and crawled out uninjured. A GIRL wren Two HEADS.—The French papers have produced a marvel. A girl has been born in France with two heads—the one being placed on the spot where heads usually are placed, and the other at the precise spot where monkeys and other creatures wear their tails. This latter had been amputated, and the child is still alive, and suffers as little inconvenience as Friar Bacon did from the loss of his head. THE house No. 21, Gilbert-street, Hanover-square, London, was the seene;of a most disgraceful outrage on Saturday. A hand grenade was discharged against the windows, and much damage was done, although no person was injured. A few nights previously similar outrages were committed at No. 2, Milton-street, Dorset-square, and a house in Bryanstone street, Bryanstone-square, suffered in the same way. Extara. l ßesr, servant to Mr. Hughes, in Blandford-street, Portmanzsquare, London, was cooking the dinner on Mon day, when her dress wafted against the bars of the grate, and she tams speedily enveloped in flame. Mrs. Hughes went down - stairs, when the servant rushed 'into the arms of her mistress, and instantly set fire to her dress. They were ex tricated, and removed to Middlesex Hospital, but remain in a most precarious position. PROJECTED TUNNEL RAILWAY rEETWEEN FRANCE AND EcseLAND.—M. Fevre, an engineer, has lately published some observations relative to the possibility of making a railway ender the channel from France to England. The length of 'the work, he says, would be SO kilometres (18* English -miles), and pierced at such a length as to always leave 25 metres at least between the arch and the bottom of the sea. The tunnel he proposes to have lined with a double archway, • one of bricks and the other of - iron, this latter, pierced with narrow openings, to allow at once the slightest infiltration to be perceived. THE CHARGE OF Pont:ea/NO AT BURDON.—At the 'ad journed examination of Mr. Woolen, before the magistrates at Burdon, on Monday, Dr. Richardson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, stated that in the portion of the viscera sent to him for analysis, he had found the presence of arsenic clearly indicated. Dr. Fothergill stated that be had lent Mr. Wooler his enema, for the purpose of administering injections to the deceased, and that after the return -of the syringe he had found, by analysis, the traces of arsenic in or about it. The prisoner was again remanded. The body of the deceased lady has been exhumed, and the remaining viscera removed from it and forwarded to Professor Taylor for analysis. A YANKEE JOSEPH ADT.—About twenty years ago, the congress of the United - States passed a law by -which all claims against the government of that country, commencing from the revolutionary struggle of 1776 to the peace, should be paid. Many thousands of persons have started up in the States to conduct the business of claimants. One man, how ever, signing himself William Mark, 92, Warren-street, New York city, has been writing letters to English ecitizens, ac quainting them that . for £1 they can hear of something of importance to their advantage, and enclosing a card, stating that he recovered claims due by the United States govern ment to individuals, for the service of themselves or their ancestors in the American war of independence. he subject has been brought before the London magistrates, and the American minister at London has transmitted a report of the complaints to New York. ENGLAND'S DGCLINE.—Those who talk about England's decline, and fix her position as a third or fourthsrate Power, because she has lost 30,000 men before Sebastopol, talk twaddle. The loss of ten such armies would only serveto unveil her resources and bring out the indomitable. energyof her people. She is a maritime Power. Her commerce esta blishes her rank among nations, and her navy is strong eeough to foster, guard, and watch over that"ecmmeree in every quarter of the globe. When the first shows symptoms of decay, or the latter is powerless to protect, then, and not till then, will Great Britain lose her prestige, and fall from the lofty position she has for centuries occupied. Her suc cessor, as mistress of the seas, is even now at her side, moving along with rapid strides, but that successor is neither France nor Russia, nor any of the worn out nations of the Old World.—New York"..,Mnes. THE John Bali, after pointing out the unsatisfactory cha racter of the late change in the stamp laws as applied to newspapers, calls upon the Conservative party to -support the Conservative press. If (says our able contemporary) as much pains had been taken,and as much expense incurred, by the Conservatives, to indoctrinate the population with sound prin ciples through the public press, as the Liberals of .all classes and shades have bestowed on the promulgation of -their per nicious principles through the same channel, the; osition of the Conservative partyin this country would be very different from what it is. There never was a greater politica, blunder than the lofty contempt with which some of our magnates affect to look down upon -what, in a phraseology which has as little wit as elegance to-recommend it, they term "the press gang," whilst others repose with apathetic indifference on what they imagine to betheir secure position in the upper strata of society. AFFAIR BETWEEN MILITIA AND POLICE.—The West York Regiment of Rifles, including some of the officers, have been seriously misconductiro• themselves at Pontefract. On Saturday night a private, -named Dickenson, was arrested on a charge of having stolen a_purse containing £2 175., .and a silk handkerchief from a farmer. On the way to the police office a body of the militia.attacked the officer who had the prisoner in charge, and forced :him to lose his grasp. Mr. Ward, superintendent of ,the borough police was savagely kicked, and a complaint has been -made to the magistrates that when the rioting wangoing on the officers of the regi ment took no notice of it. ;Two of the lieutenants were arrested on the same night, one, (Hebden) for breaking glass and pulling off bell handles, and the: ther (Moss) for assault ing the police superintendent. the private charged with -theft has been committed for trial at the sessions, and it is :thought that the conduct of the ofkers will be brought under the notice of the Home Secretary. THREE BROTHERS Dnowsruin.—Thane boys, sons of Mr. Matheson, farmer, Fishbits, Deeside, Aberdeenshire, aged 11, and 15, were drowned on - Sunday, last week, under the following most distressing cireumstances:—They had gone to thegAnd of a saw-mill at Kirktown of Minis. It would ap pear—for nobody saw them—the two youngest, having taken off tb-eir clothes, had gone in to bathe, and either venturing too far, or being otherwise in danger, their elder brother had jumped in to their assistance, when -the whale three were drowned. The father was at church, and their mother, sup posing-they might have gone to gather berries in the wood, did not beeome alarmed for some little time, and when the servant girl went to look for the lads she failed in finding them. It:was about three o'clock iu the afternoon, and their father had returned home, that the distracted mother was startled by being the first to see her eldest son's hat floating on the milldam. The clothes of his two brothers were got by the side of -the pond, and the worst fears of those.present were soon realised, when, on the mill-water being drawn off, the bodies of the three youths, the eldest with his clothes on and the younger two undressed, were found in such a position as left little doubt the sad affair had occurred in the manner described. THE NEW LA.W kir BILLS AND NOTES.—FrOM the 24th of October next, all actions on bills or notes, commenced within six months after the earne shall have become payable, may be by writ of summons. .On affidavit of personal service of the writ, or (in case of its being shown before a judge that per sonal service cannot be effected under the provisions of the Common Law Procedure Act, by an order of leave to proceed, in case ithe defendant shall not have appeared, or obtained leave to appear, the up to the date of the signing. Twelve days will be allowed pl a intiff may sign judgment, with interest for the defendant to appear and defend the action ; but, in order to do so, he must pay the sum demanded into court, to abide the verdict at the trial, and satisfy a judge that he has a p real le ga l or equ it a bl e defence to the claim. For the further of defendants, it is enacted by the third section, that, after judgment, the court or a judge may, upon special circumstances, set aside the judgment, stay execution, and allow the defendant to come in and defend. The holder of a bill of exchange may issue summonses against all or any of the parties to the bill ; and the expenses of noting, which are not now allowed by the judges, will no longer fall upon the holder of the security, If circumstances should appear upon the ex parte application of a plaintiff, disclosing any suspicion of fraud or collusion, the judge may order the bill or note to be impounded, and all proceedings stayed, till the plaintiff gives security for costs. The Queen is empowered to extend this act, by an order in council, to district courts of record; but it will not apply to the county courts. By these simple provi sions the respectable drawers and holders of negotiable securi ties will not be affected in the least ; no one can be surprised on the one hand or delayed on the other; and, where a real defence does exist, there are the same facilities for urging it as for proceeding against it. It is the scum of the market, the hangers-on of the turf—the crowd of scheming adven turers who seem to make such a good living out of being ruined—who will come under the tender mercies of the new act, which will certainly hit them hard, and may possibly in spire a little wholesome caution in respect to putting their names on paper. The " Act for facilitating the remedies upon bills of exchange and promissory notes" is good in it self ; but, when read with the Limited Liability Bill, which "stops the way" in the house at present, it becomes doubly important. Thise two measures will go hand-in-hand ; the one encouraging honest enterprise, the otherchecking fictitious credit; for we suspect that people will be wiser than to lend their names to doubtful paper, when they know that in twelve days after that paper becomes due the sheriff's officer may be at their door.—lllanc4eBter Guardian, FUNERAL of the late EARL of SEFTON. TEE death of the late Earl of Sefton has occasioned a feeling of profound regret among all classes of the community in Liverpool and its neighbourhood, and indeed all over this dis trict of the county, in which the personal worth and kind hearted disposition of his lordship were e well known and widely appreciated. Indications of this respect were shown in different ways. At the meeting of the Town Council on Wednesday, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, at the conclusion of an eloquent and feeling address on the subject, moved that the Council adopt and transmit to the widowed Countess an ad dress of condolence on the bereavement which she and the family have sustained in the death of his lordship, and also expressive of the grateful feeling entertained by the Council towards the memory of the deceased Earl for the numerous indications of good-will he had displayed towards the town, and the many benefits he had conferred on it. The sentiments expressed by Mr. Gladstone were echoed and re-echoed by Mr. Hornhy and by his worship the Mayor ; the latter announcing his intention of being present on the following day at the ob sequies of the noble Earl, in token of the general esteem in which his lordship had been and still continued to be held. The Council with one voice acquiesced in the recommendation, and the address was unanimously adopted. Prior to his decease, Lord Sefton had strongly expressed a desire that his funeral should be conducted in as private and unostentatious a manner as possible, directing that whatever saving might be effected in the difference between a funeral conducted with decent, though respectful plainness, and one more generally considered in aecordance with his elevated rank, should be devoted to the relief of the poor. In so far as his lordship's family and representatives were concerned, this desire was implicitly obeyed, but some obstacle to carrying out the desired privacy was offered in the respectful regards and grateful affection entertained for him by his numerous tenantry, and others connected with him in the pu'blic and pri vate business of life. A desire, very generally expressed by these parties, to be permitted to take part in the funeral ceremonial was acceded to ; and on Thursday last, in accordance with previous arrangements, the tenantry, to the number of up wards of eight hundred, assembled at Netherton-green to await the approach of the funeral procession from Croxteth hall, and join in it on its way to Sefton church. In addition to those who meant to form part of the funeral procession, there were also assembled there, and at other points along the line of route, vast crowds of sorrowing spectators. After lying from Tuesday night in the drawing-room of Croxteth hail, the coffin was removed into the hearse on Thursday, the funeral procession starting from the hall for Sefton church at eleven o'clock, in the following order : Four Mutes on Horseback, Mourning Coach and four horses, containing, Rev. John Stewart, Mr. E. Parke, surgeon, Rev. It. Gray, Mr. R. Ledger. THE BODY, In a hearse, drawn by four horses. Mourning Coach, with Pall-bearers (joined at Netherton), Sir Thomas B. Birch, Bart., The Earl of Lichfield, Major Winyard, J. I. Blackburn, Esq., The Earl of Derby, Colonel Blackburn. Mourning Coach, containing The Countess of Sefton, Rev. F. Hopwood, Lady C. Towneley, _ Lady Cecilia Molyneux. Mourning Coach, containing Lord Molyneux (Earl of Sefton,) Hon. Caryl Molyneux, Mr. F. Hopwood, Hon. F. Molyneux. Mourning Coach, containing Charles Towneley, Colonel H. Hopwood, C. W. Grenfell, Esq., H. Grenfell, Esq. Mourning Coach, containing The Earl of Craven, F. Hopwood, Esq. Hon. F. K. Craven, Mourning Coach, containing The principal servants of the household—Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bartlett, Mrs. Stokoe, and Mrs. Hawley. Mourning Coach, containing other servants of the household — Mr. Carpentier, Mr. Blackwall, Mr. Bissett,and Mr. Little. Flags were hoisted half mast at Walton and Aintree churches. At Netherton Green the funeral cortege was joined by the tenants , of the Sefton estates, about 800 in number, headed by the Rev. W. H. Vernon, of Aintree, and the under-stewards, Messrs. Emery, Warner, and La.thbury, who walked thence to Sefton, foui. 'abreast. The Earl of Derby and the other pall bearers arrived at Netherton Green in private carriages ; but when the funeral train from Crosteth-park reached the Green they entered the second mourning coach, which immediately preceded the hearse, and their private carriages, dosed, then joined in the procession. The private carriages joined the procession after the mourning and other coaches mentioned above had passed, and then followed a number of coaches and light vehicles of various descriptions, some of them con taining tradesmen who had long enjoyed the patronage of the deceased and of members of his family. Among the clergy and gentlemen who attended in private carriages were the right Rev. the Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Mayor of Liverpool, William Brown, Esq., M.P., J. C. Ewart, Esq., M.P., Robertson Gladstone, Esq., B. Heywood Jones, Esq., Joseph Pollock, Esq., W. Statham, Esq., Robert Horsfall, Esq., D. Neilson, Esq., John Stewart, Esq., Hard man Earle, Esq., Joseph Langton, E sq ., G eorge Th om p son , Esq., Aiglirth ; Richard Bright, Esq., John Myers, Esq., J. H. Turner, Esq., W. H. Anthony, Esq., William Preston, Esq., T. B. Troughton, Esq., Joseph Walker, Esq., Calder stones.; James Gerard, Esq., J. B. Yates, Esq., Ambrose Lace, Esq.,—Johnson, Esq., Samuel Thompson, Esq., C. E. Ashton, Esq., Rev. Thomas Gardner, Dr. Woods, Aintree; James Rigby, Esq., Moss-house; Fredrick Lyon, Esq., Henry Lafone, Esq., H. R. Glazebrook, Esq., J. Warrall, Esq., Knotty Ash ; Captain Aspinall; William Barker, Esq., West Derby; J. Ri -ley, Esq., of Stand-house ; Rev. Mr. Vernon, Aintree ; R. C. Lowndes, Esq., Club Moor, &c. The high-sheriff of the county, John Pemberton Heywood, Esq., Who was one of the deceased nobleman's executors, was not able to be present at the funeral on account of his official duties at Lancaster assizes. Mr. John Hastings , of Mount-pleasant, Liverpool, Mr. J. A. Cain, of Lord-street, Mr. Juries Hall, Mr. drown, Lord street, Mr. Michael Lea, Mr. Robert Frodsham, solicitor, and many other gentlemen from Liverpool, also joined the proces sion in vehicles. The procession reached Sefton Church shortly before one o'clock. The corpse was here met by the Rev. John Stewart, rector of West Derby, the officiating clergyman, and was borne slowly into the church, the mourners following in the annexed •order : The Countess of Sefton, Lord Molyneux, Lady• Cecilia Molyneux, Hon. Caryl Molyneux, Lady C. Townley, Hon. F. Molyneux, Mr. Grenfeil, Mr. Townley, Rev. F. Hopwood. Colonel H. Hopwood, Mr. •C.W. Grenfell, Mr. H. Grenfell, Lord Craven, Hon. F. K. Craven. The coffin was placed upon a bier in the nave of the church, and the family and near relatives of the deceased earl occupied a pew having black curtains and cushions, and other tokens of deep mourning, in the south aisle, near the chancel, the pall bearers taking their seats in a pew adjoining. In the same part of the church were seated the Mayor of Liverpool, Win. Brown, Esq., M.P., Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and other gentlemen. The domestics of Croxteth Hall sat in the centre aisle and on the north side of the church. The tenantry occupied most of the other seats in the body of the church, and the two side galleries were also filled with ladies and gentlemen. The pulpit and reading desks were hung with fringed black cloth ; the escutcheons sus pended over the family vault were bordered with black velvet and crape, and in other parts of the building similar indica tions of mourning met the eye of the spectator. " The Dead March in Saul" was performed on the organ before the burial service was begun in the church. After the body had been borne to the new vault prepared for its recep tion in the north-east chapel, the Countess of Sefton, her two sons, and the other members of the family grouped themselves before the entrance to it, and remained there during the read ing of the latter portion of the solemn service. The scene throughout was a deeply affecting one; the countess herself was bowed down in grief, and some tears might be observed to fall from manly eyes. When the service was concluded, the Countess of Sefton, leaning on the arm of the young earl, with her daughter, the Hon. Caryl Molyneux, and others of the more immediate relatives, descended into the vault, and took a parting look at the coffin, after which they retired from the church and returned to the carriages. At the close of the ceremony Vital spark of heavenly flame" was performed on the organ. Many persons were subsequently permitted to descend into the -vault, and the pressure at last became so great that it was found necessary to close the gates leading to it. The outer coffin, which contained the body, was cased in crimson velvet, studded with brass nails, disposed in panels, and furnished with massive brass handles, three on each side, and one at each end. On the upper part of the lid was a coronet in relief, handsomely gilt, and below a large brass plate, bearing the family arms, and the motto, " Vivere sat vineere," and the inscription— CHARLES WILLIAM MOLYNEUX, Third Earl of Sefton, Born 10th July, 1796. Died 2nd August, 1855. While the body lay in the hall, many of the tenantry and inhabitants .of the neighbourhood, who entertained a high respect for the deceased, were admitted to view the coffin, among them old men, tenants—one 90, and the other 86 years of age—who had been born on the estate, and who now came to pay their last respects to the late earl. TEE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS.--Mr. Lowe, the newly appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, has issued an address to the electors of Kidderminster, offering himself for re-election. An opposition is expected in the person of Mr. John Best, a relative. of Lord Wynford. The Hon. W. F. Cowper, the newly-appointed President of the Board of Health, offers himself for re-election at Hertford. Mr. C. J. Dims dale is spoken of as a candidate. The Hon. E. P. Bouverie, the new President of the Poor-law Board, will in all proba bility be re-elected for Kilmarnock without opposition. BOYLE V. L'UNIVEEN.—Mr. Boyle has brought an action in the French courts against the newspaper L' Univers—in the first instance, to compel the editor to place in the hands of a notary public the original letter, the translation of which was published on the 23rd of May, 1854, and which transla tion, subsequently published in this country, constituted the ground of action brought against Cardinal Wiseman in England; the second object is to recover 25,000 francs, by l way of damages, for the injury the plaintiff has sustained his character by the publication of the said letter. s F a r dT e d n i ceEhd CHEAP H o i t u Eh r A t cos p d t e t c er i dscesod. costs s a T g ohf a e i t u hN s e t op 3 rr ii iee: B Boyle, proceedings. Examiner, who Wednesday iit published ion o in fth e that ewictas newspaperspt Newcastle-upon uespt(oa2nmd stamp, copy) Tyne spt announcedtwiceoya wnvads a y - n u o ie p k tie f sdy i : u nar c gen e ao t idtt h ehs e res a pr b o rooonfi prie • tors and that from that date the charge wouldapbeers3dle.ft: the copy. cheap Th papers ap ers Newcastle pub published h C e o d u in ri . e a ,stopped is u unequal e f after a al to e t b h l e e existence of four week ti s toih / lee a ro nfpadrntohdi ptetrisiikoeetohNorseerbwtorciefvaacosthtleileehoefriofalpdecsopsnlvefinetrdgeenercaesitioe (the three times a-week,) costltsCahtaot A etut eeror G atf N e wcast l el:he tsta z ht7t s e aibtTrnhl diproduction. whellidrdeuduevb circulation WEDDINGrot publishedn IN NEW YORK.—In a few days a splendid wedding is to come off in this city. The bridegroom, a Louisiana sugar-planter, named Mitchell, is now en route for New York, accompanied by 200 pairs of young ladies and gen tlemen, who are to take part in the wedding exercises. On their arrival they are to put up at the St. Nicholas Hotel, the exclusive use of which has been hired for the occasion for the sum of 2000 dollars per day, the festivities to continue four days. The bride is understood to be the daughter of Judge Concklin, formerly Judge of the Northern District of the State ' of New York, but more recently appointed Minister to Mexico. Two thousand invitatiOns 1 4Ve already been ;slued,—New York Observer, ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. W. C. Adamson, to the Chapelry of Cumberworth, - near Huddersfield. _ . Rev. S. Allen, D.D., to the Assistant Curacy of St. Cuthberi's, Wells. Rev. A. Anderson, 8.A., Rector of Colborne, to the Rectory of Oare, Somerset. _ _ listlll;am, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Paul's, Sheffield. Rev. T. R. Burrowes, 8.A., to the Curacy of Hutton, Somerset. Rev. H. Canham, S.C.L., to the Incumbency of Rameholt, Suffolk. Cleobury, M.A., to the Rectory of Lydiard Millicent, Wilts. Rev. J. Cook, to the Rectory of Peopleton, Worcestershire. Rev. C. W. Cox, 8.A., to the Lectureship of Weathersfield, Essex. Rev. G. Cunliffe, M.A., Vicar of Wrexham, to an Honorary Canony n St. Asaph Cathedral. Rev. V . C. Day, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Ash Priors,. Somerset. Rev. C. W. Devis, 8.A., to the Rectory of Breane. Somerset. Rev. R. W. Eyton, M.A., Vicar of Northop, Flintshire, to an Honorary Canonry in St. Asaph Cathedral. Rev. J. Fisher, M.A., to the Rectory of Holy Trinity Church, Glynne. M.A., R ec t or of Hawarden, to an Honorary Dor e c v h . es i t i e . r. Rev. G. K. Flindt, t o t h e Assistant Curacy of Keynsham, Somerset. R Canonry in St. Asaph Cathedral. Rev. W. Harkness, M.A., to the Curacy of Kingsdon,Somerset. Rev. G. H. Haling, to the Assiitant Curacy of Frome Wood lands, Somerset. Rev. G. H. F. E. Hodson, 8.A., to the Assistant Curacy of North Petherton, Somerset. Rev. F. F. Holl, M.A., to the Curacy of Northover, Somerset. Rev. J. S. Hilliard, to the Curacy of Pewsey, Wilts. Rev. H. Hinds, late Rector of Bridestowe, Devon, to the Rec tory of Drayton, Norfolk. Rev. T. H. House, M.A., to the Rectory of Winterbourne, Yelstone, Dorset. Rev. W. G. Humphry, 8.D., Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London, to the Vicarage of St. Martin-in •the-Fields London. J. H. Johnson, Esq., Student of Trinity College, Dublin, late Third Master, to be Second Master of Swansea Grammar -School. Rev. C. W. Landon, to the Curacy of Isle Abbotts, Somerset. Rev. H. Newland. Rector of Westbourne, Sussex, to the Vicarage peittueaviF.S. CuracyLe o a f , H M o .A ly ., T o r f in ß it r y a , s s et t i e o p s n e e C y o . ltege, Oxford, to the Per ot St. Mary Church, Devon. Rev. F. Ould, M.A., to the Vicarage of Tattenhall, Cheshire. Rev. J. Richardson, M.A., F.R.A.S., Classical and Mathematical Master of Elizabeth College, Guernsey, to the Incumbency of Old Hutton, near Kendall, Westmorland. Rev. P. de H. Silvester, M.A., to the Assistant Curacy of En more, Somerset. _ . Rei. W. S. Simpson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Great Chesterford, Essex. Rev. W. M. Smith, to the Curacies of Lufton and Tintinbull, Somerset. Rev. T. A. Tagg, F.G.S., to the Stipendiary Curacy of All Saints, Gordon-square, St. Pancras, and also to the Office of Reader of Christ Church, Newgate-street, London. Rev. H. J. Wilkinson, to the Vicarage of Hooton Pagnell, near Doncaster. Rev. A. Williams, M.A., Vicar of Cerne Abbas, Dorset, to the Rectory of Up-Cerne, Dorset. CLERICAL OBITUARY. On the 28th ult., the Rev. Augustine Earle Bulwer, 51. A., Rector of Cawston, in the county of Norfolk. On the Ist inst., aged 35, the Rev. J. C. Reynolds, Rector of Holton St. Mary, uffolk. On the let inst., the anniversary of his birthday, at his residence, Stanley-place, Chester, W. Pepperrell Hutton, M. A., for 15 years Rector of St. Bridget's, in that city. On the 2nd inst., at Worthing, Sussex, aged 59, the Rev. Charles French Bromhead, Vicar of Cardington, Bedfordshire. On the 2nd inst., at Catherine-place, Bath, aged 64, the Rev. John Peter Henry Chesshyre, for many years Rector of Little Easton and Tilty, Essex. On the 4th inst., at London-road, Reading, aged 61, the Rev. Richard Sheepshanks, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, F. R. S., and Member of the Royal Astronomical Society. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. The Chancellor of the Diocese has appointed the Rev. Thos. F. Redhead, Incumbent of St. Peter's, Rock Ferry, a Surro gate for granting probate of wills and marriage licenses. VACANCY.—The rectory of St. Peter, in the city of Chester, by resignation of the Rev. Frederick Ford. Patron, the Lord Bishop of Chester. THE Rev. Augustine Howie Bull has been nominated to the perpetual curacy of the newly-consecrated church at Toft, in the county of Chester, by Charlotte Leycester and Emma Theodosia Leycester, the patrons for this turn. THE Rev. John Kingsley has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of the newly-consecrated church of St. Margaret, at Dunham Massey, in the county of Chester, upon the nomina tion of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, the patron. TILE Rev. Richard Oates has been licensed to the stipendiary curacy of Christ Church, Everton, in the county of Lancaster, upon the nomination of the Rev. William Henry Wright, clerk, incumbent of the same church. PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Joseph Clark, clerk, has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Luke's Church, Great Crosby, void by the death of the Re _y. R. Walker, u p on th e nomination of the Rev. Richard Rainshaw Rothwell, the patron. CON SECRATION — Torr.—The new church of Saint John the Evangelist, Toft, in the parish of Knutsford, Cheshire, erected in memory of the late Balph Gerard Leycester, of Toft Hall, Esq., by his widow and sisters, was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester, on Tuesday last. The church, although small, is a very beautiful specimen of ecclesiastical architecture both internally and externally, and forms a very striking object. in the view from Toft Hall, the family man sion of the late Mr. Leycester. From its distance from the Parish Church, it will be a great accommodation to the in habitants of the district which is intended to be assigned. to it. It contains sittings for 205 persons, 90 of which are alto gether free and unappropriated, but is capable of holding many more persons. The founders of the church, Mrs. and the Miss Leycester's, have provided a fund for its endowment and repair. The patronage has been vested, under the powers of the church building act, in Mrs. and the Miss Leycester's alternately during their lives, the first turn being in the Miss Leycester's. On the death of the survivor it will be in the son-and-heir of the late Ralph Gerard Leycester, now a minor. THE churchwardens of' Runcorn have, up to this date, suc ceeded in collecting £1,200 of the rate granted for paying the debt of the church. They have also received from Daresbury Ch A ap L e L lry sA X l 4 N 2 T 3 si inall l, DISTRICT,62 towards3BL AcK on s tu t n h N £2 e ,23 0 requi red .und y, Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Rushton, the vicar, opened the station of the Bolton Railway Company for divine service. The use of this building has been obtained at a nominal rent, and has been well fitted up for the purpose. An additional place of worship in this populous neighbourhood has been long required. THE London Gazette, of Friday, contains a no ti ce th a t the Queen has been pleased to constitute the island of Labuan and its dependencies to be a bishop's see and diocese, to be called the bishopric of Labuan, and to appoint the Rev. Francis Thomas Macdougall, D.C.L., to be ordained and consecrated bishop of the said see. REFUSAL OF THE QUEEN'S LETTEIL—The offertory plate of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Roehampton, was found to contain, on Sunday last, three one hundred pound notes, destined respectively for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the Church Building Society, and the National So ciety for the Education of the Children of the Poor in the principles of the Established Church. If wealthy churchmen would generally adopt this method of testifying their senti ments, the three venerable societies would suffer but little damage from the recent refusal of the Prime Minister to issue the customary Queen's letter. WIGAN CIIIIECIr BAZAAR.--A bazaar, to liquidate the debt of £750 incurred for the rebuilding of the parish church of All Saints, was opened on Wednesday in the public hall, King-street. This bazaar was got up by a committee of ladies, consisting of the Lady Sarah Lindsay, the Lady Frances Lindsay, Mrs. Gunning, Mrs. Coombs, Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Whitehead, Mrs. Peace, Mrs. Byrom, Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Fergie, and Miss Hilton. The following ladies also promptly offered their services to preside at the various stalls :—The Lady Lindsay, Mrs. Gunning, Mrs. Woodcock, Mrs. Peace, and Mrs. Fisher. In addition to the nnmerous articles con tributed for sale, the Hon. Colin Lindsay received the fol lowinc, donations in aid of th e f und : —The Lord Bishop of Chester,' £10; Lord Ellesmere, £5; Colonel the Hon. James Lindsay, £5; Joseph Acton, Esq., 1:5 ; the Hon. T. P. Leigh, £5 ; J. Eckersley, Esq., £10; A. Heron, Esq., £5 ; J. Ingram, Esq., £5; W. Marsden, Esq., £5. At the entrance, under the gallery, and upon either side of the door, were stalls amply provided with refreshments of all descriptions, pre sented to the committee by the Lord Crawford, the Rev. the Rector, J. Woodcock, Esq., H. Woodcock, Esq., Mrs. Lord, R. Preston, Esq., of Rock Farm, Ince ; Mr. Sumner of Haigh ; Messrs. Byrom and Young, Mr. William Byrom, Mr. Bothwell, &c., &c. _ The hall was divided into six stalls, ranging three on each side, each stall being about twenty feet in length. These were tastefully hung witk blue and white drapery, and the flags of different nations were judiciously suspended in various parts of the room. Along the centre of the hall were placed a double range of seats, for the accommodation of the visitors, covered with crimson cloth. The gallery over the entrance was occupied as an orchestra, and suspended from the front of it were the national flags of England and France. At the further end of the hall a rising platform was erected, covered with crimson cloth, and arranged upon it, tier above tier, was a choice collection of plants and flowers. Many of them were valuable, some exceedingly rare. Twelve of the largest and most valuable of these were sent by the Mayor, Mr. Thomas Tayler, nine being for ornament and three for sale. A great number have also been sent by the Lord Crawford, and many of the others were collected by Mrs. Peace. On Thursday morning there was received a valuable addition to this collec tion from Mr. Ingram, of the firm of Wood and Ingram, at Huntingdon. Over this platform was suspended a beautiful oil painting in gilt frame, representing "The Holy Family." This was presented by James Taylor, Esq., and is valued at £4O. The band of the Lancashire Hussars, under the leader ship of Mr. Charles Robins, was present, by the kind permis sion of Sir R. Gerard, Bart. A party of Hand Bell Ringers also attended. On Wednesday morning the attendance was numerous, in the evening the room became quite full. A great number of articles were sold. In the evening numerous raffles were got up, and many articles were thus disposed of. The pecuniary result was highly satisfactory, fo r w h en t h e bazaar mticikveasts £2B9 sold e 2 ls s. ew i h itd ere . , the Th e am pr o o un ceeds t of omnonTehyurtaskdeany room 13s. 41d., maki ng a total for the two days of £4311 closed shortly after nine o'clock, it was f oun d t h at, indepen rid:3''eesrirt. eht 4d leY . Wigan Examiner. 311 r. BArsEs, the President of the Poor-law Board, has re signed that office, on account of the state of his health. In an a a b d es w s h t e o n his unconnected c onstituents wwith he office,expressest o te himself that e w m it maybe n b e in re t a h s e ed li z o e u al se a o n f d Commons y . to his duties as their representative Sir GEORGE BROWN has refused an offer of eleven hundred guineas for the gray hunter which carried him at the Alma. The horse is quite recovered from the bullet riddling he re ceived, and is at present at Coates's repository at Leamington, in which town his gallant owner has been located since his return from the East. THE LATE BANE FAILIIRE.—In an action tried at Croydon, on Thursday, to recevor £54, the amount of a cheque drawn, on Strahan, Paul, and CO., the defendant, who was the drawer obtained a verdict, because the judge ruled that a person re ceiving a cheque was bound to pay it into the banker's the day after receiving it. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIATION.—A meeting was held on Wednesday : it WAS not numerously attended. The re port was read. It appro ve d o f th e appointment of clerks by ex amination, and satisfaction was expressed with the appointment of Mr. Willes and Sir W. Molesworth. Mr. Rowland Hill was recommended for the Postmaster-Generalship. DREADFUL STORM IN CIIMBERLAND.—About noon, oil Wendesday, a dreadful storm passed over Cumberland. The judges at the time were on their way from Carlisle to Lan. caster, but the flood was so immense that it . carried a way a great portiontr l ee of the line, and ythmeolrenairnng all the low groundsed di gnitaries were de tainedhours. ftbOut Warrington were almost under water,