The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

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T or , Frnhav, with Mrs. 0 istler, W i t h l,r,:Wald Newto n 11 ill, near II unmanby, in the East whorn they __.." og, the hospita'r t i e mat,to,, of William Cadman, Esq., vria spend a short time. PagsroN GUILD ROBBP.RY.—JoeI Hobson, who was r a e f e t tl i v n e " ° : m itred for trial at Birkenhead, on a charge convicted. .11 conjuoctio n with the woman who has been d at X •ted, robbed "'guiltyMMauis of £1,990, has been trie nutsford. f's. ' —" t and sentenced to fourteen a Years' transportatiCrn. 0 81 u F.. BULWER, BART.—From a notification in the anazette, it aPPears, that, this eminent author, in cotnpli ie with a direction in the will of his late mothe . r, . lalbeth Barbara Bulwer Lytton, of Knebworth, will bereafter use Bt t• sur of Lytton, in addition to and after that of Buiw.er name coq er Majesty has commanded that the whole of the un a• umed wine at the royaltable at the Castle shall be °Wen, und co al 1 • er Proper regulations, to the sick . poor,whose P writs • two t ownsof ,„!aaY require such aid, residing within the district "incisor and Eton, and within the extensive embraced by the Windsor dispensary. JoshuaTHE WILLS FORGERIES.—WiIIiam Henry Barber, Were Pletcher, Thomas Gri ffi n, and Georgiana Dot& 11 bro u ,, h f ‘. uP for lumbar examination, at the Mande% the N' ' " Friday. The case was further remanded ti defence n instant, to give time to subpoena witnesses for the I C" fr om variou s parts of the country. ltaatiat.eltslrh°L been MARKET, MARCH I.—OUT sup: 200 hn„4:a oeen quiet this week, the sales not exceedin, boa r d 0 "1 e ada West India at very full prices .— Scarcely w with iu th e _„,',Y description of sugar is now to . be met / a m _ .uns' - !es. : but the buyers are pretty fairly supplied.. but theaius the sales reach 1500 mats, at former prices, aetted ' tra nsaction s in Bengals are unimportant. Ga t‘average Price of sugar, Feb. 27, is 365. 3d. per cwt. '"lttari the br other i FUL A CCIDENT.—On Thursd9*,. at one of b rotk _o the Puytitcs, and Worth Collieries, two d. men, ce-tt_mers, belonaing to Disley or New Mills, ha j C l on O f t7nced their descent, when by some meanstheac ' up It gain c c.ogine became reversed, and they were drawn and n with t retnentions velocity, pitched over the _ heading. bein.Preeipitated down the pit, a depth of 1 0 d Co u rier. ' court dashed to pieces. Macclesfield , ...a tm „,. named dat a ,„ -,," IN LINCOLNSHIRE . —A young man na l. % 211 Is — , Ki dd, aged 18, a brush maker, on tramp f e—e 'dr has' ' committed to Lincoln Castle tor . trial at th e _ been charged on his own confession With tl4l)Proaching assizes, at Binhrook, the Pr o pert set fire to a barley stack, n _ Perty of RobertJohnson,Esq., on the 16th of De- s"`tatier • in revenge for ` 4l ltin ' l a company with two others, Wer g been refused relief by the servants, when they e s eggio , ? am . . 4 • aras it lid on AC CIDENT FROM A SNOW BALL. -- .A. inquest TO the body of Jopli Monk, at Padiham o litr u s t ,? , swho came to lii: death in consequence of bein g nn g Sa nd - ; °o the ear with a snow ball containing a stone, on ter rnin f three weeks. Violent inflammation , a i The ju'ry turnedre _ sted in the of man's dea3• deceased siss _ a. verdict of " accidental death." The is nejeZeelY married, and has left a young widow, who I g • to deplore his loss. increased SHIPS --The use of iron vessels having of late Llo ered s o tn . 5... ,_ a k "'it th attention of the Committee ?f . t•e i Y 8 h ' IS s ' ee n dire e a towards the subject of their 4astration, and of a the following notice :- 84:ulle,t the character AI. will in future he granted t vey n of h t l i p i s as shall be constructed of iron under the sue- n Thy co e Surveyors to the Society, and be reported, , o ti a , _ topletion, to have been built of good and substan _., materials, and with good workmanshiu. f ra li tu " th t °P Esneatan.—The following notice was issued 11 Or a j E c tank of W -- , ligland on Thursday :—" The Gover until fur th°erall'anY of the Bank of England are ready, Upon the n "tice, to receive applications for loans, i av deposit of o mg more tha • approved Bills of Exchange, not and East Id' ° six months to run Exchequer-bills, CI E he uer-bills, n la 11 a fore the — "us, such loans to be repaid on or be per _en 18th of A ' —.pri, next, with interest at the rate of 3 £2,000 2t • Per annum, and to be for sums of not less than each. Thev_ operative miners of Oldham, Ashton, Newton .„ I .`uo w r, and Elyde, and the surrounding districts, are still c'WLeekork, but they hold meetings every evening in the . tot to, discuss their grievances ; and although there is abortanY turn -out at present, they are mostly working _ ti me Coa l in th for the purpose of reducing the quantity of 9 e and h e market, anti thereby iof increasing the value it, obtain a higher rate of he The miners who h not yet joined th. re are any s. colliers' union. Nino. r. —Messrs. Ainsworth and c„ --• rowan LOOM SHED. power-loom r shed which we n ,, - ; are now erecting a new The shed is 350 "uerstand is the largest in the wor . . feet • d d • to breadth, divi e in 36 hays. The In length, by 187 in columns. It is calculated •-•ue roof is supported by 352 ... the number of ' contain 1650 looms, and complete,whenn willbe 855. The ~b a nds actually employed in the room pr oduction of the looms will average per week 13 200 pi eces, 20 yards each, or 3 1-5 pieces p er minute. This a Pplies to the weaving shed a l one , i n d epen d ent of the Dinning and other departments.—Preston Guardian. • 1 ,..11r. J. Hall am , f ormer l y a tea dealer in Edinburgh ring been est a bli s h e d i n b us i ness b y several private il l i ends, failed of success, and retired from the undertak -114 with a los s t o hi s supporters of £769 Ils Is.6d. lie . ~, id s 4at Partner in the co ncern , to w h om , an d to hrmseir, tipos neraC lOrS gave a disch arge i n f u ll f rom all oblige tots, F l a afterw ar d s o bt a i ne d an appo i ntment at Can to", - „ 4 en TaPect or of teas to Baring Brothers,. and he has tnay IT; h ?me £856 Is. id. (principal and interest), to . ' 1 " aavi4:,tl. to at home—being the entire amount of % jut Ttk.'3,rthe date of remittance. . . tea are 01; 411%. Laat'kkaa. Feb. 26.—The deliveries of e 'al ret we ek it, „ amounted to 480,698 lhs. The 1 ° thy nee sh n ei - . .-isil last year in clude,l Y Item ~,yr th a t the consump• . con full ' ° n Th„ Y ' .411 /0.000 lbs. The public sales , to rat es, al . rsd a d , Y, 17,000 packages having been sold at 0 0 8 : ri t ne eatent'ince then the private purchases have been and : eotn tb ; ' and at a slight advance on the sale prices. th '°Ene p ar , r .' cengo u is called Is to ls. Oid. per lb, ratio °U gh "es at e ' further improvement, al ' v 'e h e r e xPecting a ns. ow l eve, the supplies will he good. The quo .,_Guy, ,_ e ver, are at present not high. H oe • 8 lips T„ S PIN, ~,,t, PITAL.—The gentlemen educated at . Guy's s Cesda y eve uo . dine together every two years, dine t o e r . i sa r t e , t ' At th e atahe London Tavern, Bishopigaien ti uos sn. ~,, e dinner, upwards of two hundred gent efr „ ir, l ; e f nund„„' ,ne chairman (L)r. Babington,) in speaking of ‘ , - •rni asi 'of the institution, said that a feeling prevailed ' 1 :41 pas t ° his m e , was accused of lea‘ing hd an ,• ‘ro to -e hospital, mop„ as he . e",geter, th a t , , and shutting out a sari and a C5O • this k Lir. B ah r° nif'l* l .4 ith but £3 and the other . , tradi ot, he-„"i''gton) had th e power t h en an d t h ere t o con - T he ever having had a son. rally,t e 2 l „e tn ') „ r h t 'litY of London, and, indeed, of England .'" k l °P's a gradual annual decrease, whilst it Is tat es n I PIvII the population increases considerably. The l 'etle ee - ti !Irernium for Life Insurance have been greatly as pro uarlng the last few years, yet the offices continue StratesPerous as formerly. These facts clearly demon tritrat h t hat some cause, either unknown or unheeded, the se 47e some such favourable results. Amongst s narl tenses, the increased knoarled g e of anatomy and the m os t ve r y valuable discoveries in medicine will stand off rinent. The small-pox, that annuCly carried antu'ooPusan om ds, has b een successfully combatted by vacci ts:°o; and Go u t, t h at used to claim its numerous victims 4,4 b een thor oug hl y vanquished by Blair s Gout and "entnatie Pills. —See advt.- CH O , esTER CHEESE FAlR.—The re were about 200 tons L chees e piled at the fair on Wednesday last. The sale Zl_ W as of a diversified character. For small-sized cheese, itpiicag from 3 and 4 to 4 and 5 to the cwt., the sale was la s at prices varying from about 45s to 50s ; and for rger.sized cheese of commo n quality, nominally worth 52s to 565., - the sale was very dull. several dairies of this description returned home unsold. Four or five very choice dairlet 'of Very fine flavour; and large in size, fetched 60s to 635. which was really - the top price, being a reduction generally of about eight shillin gs per cwt. since Michaelmas last, an d of ten fro ,this time 12 rnonths. Farmers do each othe r an injury by reportin g higher prices than they really obtain; oneatatedon Wed.. Inesdaa hel g ot 655., but the real price proved' to lie 62 s 6d a and 'd ress given over to the dairy woman.... TILE SLAVE TRADE.—The Government has resolved to the most active measures to put an end to the tt affiC in 1 the African coast, and the French Go v_ s aves on Ontnent has also determined onthe 'en 1• CaptainW Jones, and the P ro e ope, 22, steam-frigate, W. , M. _ J G. irometheus, • Lieutenant-Commander W. m J. . e l le°, and two or three other steamers, are about to be I°BPatched to the coast of Africa, which they will scour I;.those latitudes where this nefarious traffic is carried on. ',Jl,e smaller steamers will go up the rivers, and examine P inlet and creek where it is possible for any slaver to ki co ncealed, an d t h e search along the coast , will be so th e that it will be impossible for any vessel to escape ar t l i ) gilance of the squadron. Three French steamers co ast ei ng equipped for similar serviee on the African tw„_. and there will be the most cordial co-operation be liortlo., the French and English cruisers in every plan re- LIU i d to for the effectual suppression of the slave trade. i(,II'..,IIAORDINARY CHARGE. —At the Hertford assizes, MI. ' h oly, the Rev. J. Brogden, a clergyman of the , bar -,. %Aar .' °, England, surrendered to answer an indictment, 4t e n tlK him with feloniously discharging a loaded gun Itnettc:Luelina Wintle, with intent to disfigure him. In %Inat m " count the prisoner's intent was laid to be, to tna b,, 11 ,°,d, disable the prosecutor, or to do him some griev 'Or. n''.unY harm. At the close of the prosecutor's case, 40 case'l.°o Alderson expressed his opinion, that there was h t ad A r , °go before the jury. Ii appeared, the prisoner % lot e d a k the sr grin Out of a win • dow in the dark, and there was ten to te Ightest proof that be saw any one, much less that 4eded I t l ued to shoot any one. If Mr. Brogden had i . n- Ik 0 abo ut he would have said, 4 .0, h ,„, the person be firedat , Good God, th ere ati, ft man 'VIM," and not have said , ' sen ib - stmt. considered for a short time, th, th e The jury h tM. bforeman said they were unanimously of opinion 4.fir ed . uthroltden did nut intend to shoot any one when - " l 'd . " e ge I d that some person was weiki_appeared man s residence t ti 'ung th sig about the reverend gentle . fired . tht, the tri g illquestion,and the gun was at , n the lat.Li , th e m away, when, unfortunately, contents the hiss —toiAly:- Prosecutor, who is a policeman, and hurt t~:~~. ~~ 'EEPLE• „i steepl e ' pwal , unaa n . the trotli &wand tor vehicle, IA .°‘4 • kd . ( rstinag oil t r haitalosr th 10 0 6° ,1 wing 11°".- loved " 5 g-• 4 TI ple • • n..... • 0 un . • • • •' i ;rch 0 _ • iillipPe'' 0 dair •,.: 0 ter.• ...• 0 )p •• • ' ..... heir lesP s , perbspacT. not a P I C s wh i c h t b . irable an Tag cl ibe es were, sow!. d, c e c t j e c i e i d t Ira of 10 0 11* If-past row, e. 0 _ . 0 e have Ol i o rably 03° 0 by Cbg l 4 econd, day. ,steloar 4l ,: 3 added each, 0 " 1 1 t2n 0306 led by t r wh i c h bs" hounds 0 0 for bol l I regul, rh6 6l. mob. .TING' 4 Fire' ctor., ari, Frifr. nseef• Fletcher Canto , rocad e ' roue.l, eat ii' 4 L e , )( at fit, t ib' lenge- 's Dr ifet' (aurel . her. Jay lV , t, vtce The esubiO ago ° 1 , 5 0 i rd rfv . auire 0 - blc a no BONDED WAFIEIIOUSES.--10 the in..uith of November last, four plots of bmd, on the New Quay, and about fifty yards from the river, were. sold br toe cutp.iniatin, for rie warehon,es for tile bmiclUig of foreign pro duce uatchaseis of these 01,1- M . A[jern,a•l Mr. Alderman Hay dock, Mr Turner. merchant; and Mr. Bond, con trie. or. l'iwse: wir.ihouses will be built of brick (with stone bi , iemiints, ear, ied to a height of seven fret above the roadway) ; tire proof throughout, and finished accord kg to the regulari,ins reqoireil by the customs, of foil pri vileged ports. The buildings will be each five stories high, and occupy a surf-ice of sixty feet by thirty-six. They are likely to be completed in the course of the autumn. — Thursday last was fixed upon to lay the foundation stone of the new buildings, and, about one o'clock, a pretty nu merous company had assembled to witness the ceremony. - -Preston Paper. TRYING AN EXPERIMENT.—Mr. James Osbourne, of Farndon-row, Newark, a native of the Emerald Isle, tried the experiment of cutting his throat on Thursday, the 15th ult., and after cutting through the fleshy part shouted out lustily for help. On his scn-in•law answering, be found him bleeding very profusely, but in no immediate danger. He had in one band a razor, and in the other a penknife:; and it appears that he had met a disappointment which led him to make the attempt. His wife was confined to a sick bed, during which time he discovered a hoard of £l4O, and this he placed in the hands of a faithless com panion named Childs, to accompany him to America. Childs was to lead the way to Gainsborough, and Osbourne was to follow ; but Childs proved to be old enough to de camp with the whole sum, and poor Pat returned so chap fallen and chagrined, that be ventured upon the experiment above stated. We are happy to say his life is not in dan ger.—Stamford Mercury. STAMPED POSTAGE PAPER.—The proposed stamped half-sheets, intended to pass free through the post-office, will bear an oval medallion portrait, beautifully embos sed, of her majesty, so impressed as to fall, when the half-sheet is folded for the purpose of note writing, in the right-ha"d corner of the space usually dedicated to the superscription of the letter. If the paper be intended to be used as an envelope, the stamp folds into the centre of the front, immediately above the part allotted for the address. The authorities of the post office have given their sanction to thus placing the frank, as the process of obliteration will not be retarded by it. From a statement made in the House of Commons the other evening, by Sir George Clerk, we learn that the stamped paper will be sold to the public at the following prices :—Per double ream of 960 stamps, £4 7s, ; per half-ream of 240 stamps, £1 2s 3d. • per quire of 24 stamps, 2s 3d. ; for a single stamp, 11:1. SNOW STORM.—Since Friday the frost has continued with more or less intensity, accompanied now and then with heavy falls of snow. On Sunday the snow fell with. out intermission the greater part of the day till one o'clock, and again in the evening. On Saturday, from the snow drift about Noblehouse, &c., the Dumfries mail was de. tattled two hours and a half, and on Sunday four hours and a half behind its usual hour. The Aberdeen mail of Saturday morning did not arrive till four in the after noon. The north mail, by Perth, of the same day, was a whole day behind, the bags being carried, we understand, by parties across the greater portion of the road. Last night, at six o'clock, this last mail, and also the Aberdeen, the London and Dumfries mails, were all due: and if we may judge of the interior by the abundance of the snow which fell here yesterday, these several roads must be by nearly, if not wholly impassable. To add to the severity of the cold, the wind has blown with great violence from the east.—Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday. FELL OF A WAREHOUSE.—A. very serious accident, attended with fatal consequences to two unfortunate men, occurred in Manchester on Monday afternoon last at the iron warehouse occupied by Messrs. Horton, Simms, and Bull, Port -street. It appears some men, who were em ployed in making alterations in the interior of the build ing, removed a quantity of bar iron from one "horse" or beam against which the iron was reared to another, when the additional quantity of iron piled against one side of the horse nearest the counting-house was more than the beam could support ; it broke, and the whole weight of the iron piled against both sides of that horse fell with tremendous force against the nest horse, and broke it, and so in succession, 411 the four horses on that side the warehouse were snapped in two, when the whole accu mulated weight fell against the outer wall of the building, which it forced through, falling into Port-street. The two men, James Watkinson and Joseph Fitton, were found crushed among the ruins. An inquest was held on the bodies on 'l'utsday evening, which, after a long inves tigation, was adjourned.—At the close of the adjourned inquest, the jury gave in a verdict of accidental death, with a deodand of £l5O on the building. THE LEAGUE DEFEATED.—On Monday week the de legates of the Anti-Corn-law League sustained a most signal and complete defeat at Thirsk, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. On that day a meeting, called by the League, was held in the Corn Market, Thirsk, for the purpose of hearing addresses from a deputation of the League, which deputation consisted of Colonel Thompson, Mr. Archibald Prentice, of Manchester, and Mr. Plint, of Leeds, on the expediency of introducing coin, the growth of other nations, into this country free of duty. The meeting was attended by a large number of landowners and farmers of Thirsk and neighbourhood. Addresses were delivered by the gentlemen comprising the deputation in favour of free trade principles. They were opposed by Mr. J. James Crompton, of Sion-hill; and Mr. W. Rut son, of Newby Wiske. At the conclusion Mr. Crompton proposed a resolution to the following effect :—" That a free trade in corn would reduce to a state of destitution all who had invested their capital in farming operations, materially injure the landowners of Thirsk, bring want and misery on the agricultural labourer, and involve in one common ruin, all classes of the community." The reso lution was carried by an overwhelming majority, and the deputation retired highly chagrined at their defeat. FALLING CONDITION OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the proprietors and donors was held in the theatre of this institution, to receive a report from the council and to elect officers for the ensuing year. The Earl of Auckland, vice-president, took the chair. Mr. C. Atkinson, secre tary, read the report and the financial statement. It ap peared from the financial statement that the receipts during the past year had been £22,354 18s. 5d., and the expenditure exceeded the income to the extent of £735; the deficiency having been made up from the balance of the previous year's account. The sum received in fees to the college was £7,221 6s. 4d. ; to the school, £1,445 18s. 6d.; to the hospital, £2 467 15s. There had been paid to the professors, £5.029 14s Bd. ; to the mas ters of the junior school, £3,699 10s. Bd. ; and to the hospital committee, £2.169. The number of pupils was stated as follows :—Medical school, 324, who paid in fees, £4 827 10s. Bd. ; faculty of arts, 158, who paid £2,399 lOs ; in the junior school, 380, who paid £4,415 13s. Total, 862 pupils, paying the sum of £14,643 Is. 10d. A dona tion of £5OO had been received from " A Patriot," through Lord Brougham, making £3,500 from the same donor. FATAL 'RESULTS OF WOUNDED PRIDE.—A few days ago the daughter of a respectable farmer in Auchincairn, a village three miles south of Lamlash, was about to be married to a young man of her own rank in life. The marriage day arrived, and, as the custom is, a cavalcade of friends were invited to assemble at her father's house at an early hour, to proceed from thence to meet the bridegroom, who resided at the north end of the island, some fifteen miles distant. The morni , g was stormy, so that, from that and other causes, only three appeared to proceed on the journey. The bride felt the circumstance as a conte pptuous injury done to her feelings and cha racter, and could not brook the thought of her intended husband witnessing such a small nun ber approaching to meet him on the road, especially as she knew his company would be numerous. So intense did her mental suffer ings become, that ere mid-day reason was unhinged, and the young and blooming bride became a wild and fearless maniac. The anxious bridegroom and his party arrived at her father's house, but she resisted all his entreaties, and refused all consolation. The f ear f u l ma l a dy i ncrease d till nature was exhausted and vitality expired ; and on Friday week her bridal bed was mad e i n th e co ld grave o f Kilmorrie churchyard.—Glasgow Journal. BOTANY OF CHINA.—In the course of last year the Horticultural Society of London, resolved to send a practical and scientific botanist to China, for the purpose of exploring' the country, to discover the indigenous plants of that extraordinary empire, and to collect seeds for transmission home. Mr. Fortune was engaged for the interesting .undertaking, and we have now to state that, letters, dated November 12th. have been received from him from Chosen. He describes the whole coast of China to the northward, as consisting_ of l*ie rugged rock barren sand, and tiurnt gravelly, clay, bit With'beanl tlful plants here and there. He had explored the islands of Koo-long,soo and Amoy; and on the voyage to Chaim), had landed at Chinclien and at Chamoo, and examined the country for severa l miles inland. On no occasion had he met with serious obstacles to penetrating the country, but, on the contrary, found the natives particu larly civil, much more so than on the coast further south and at Canton. Mr. Fortune had fallen in with hills covered with Azaleas, and with several other good things, seed of which he has sent home. In particular, he had met with a very beautiful Buddlea, with rich purple flowers, arranged in clusters like a Lilac, and a very fine Campanulaceous plant with flowers, as large as those of Lisianthers Russellianus. He had great hopes of fully realising the anticipations of the floral public, and was about to proceed to. Shang-Hai and Ning-po. PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION.—A parliament ary report has been published, giving an analysis of the total number of members sent to the House of Commons by the several counties, cities, towns, and boroughs in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland respectively, according to the late census, 6th June, 1841 : ENGLAND. Members. Population. Total 41 counties, returning 144.... 9,115,611 Population. 187 cities and boroughs 323.... 5,879,527 2 universities WALES. 12 counties, returning.. 15.... 680,147 56 cities and boroughs.. 14.... 231,456 (exclusive of army and navy abroad, &c.) IRELAND. 32 counties, returning.. 64.... 7,370,533 6 cities . 3 towns.. 4.... 61,150 24 boroughs 1 university 14,995,138 911,603 8,175,238 SCOTLAND. 30 counties. returning.. 30. , „ 1,657,985 76 cities and burghs.... 23.... 962,199 2,620,184 Total., „ 6,58 26,702,163 THE LIVERPOOL ,STANDARD. MONUMENT TO HOOKER.—A proposal has been tna le for the.erection of a rooouinent to the memory or Hooker (author of :he famous work ou " P , litv"), on the site or 8 - . ThP clesii,ri is a Tudor inoon,-teotal touni.ied or iitat of Queen Eleanor, and ot a figure ol a ri,•tily eus nateJ and crocketed canopy. The figure, wh eh will be 7 teet high, is proposed to he exeo t r e ,l sculptor, of this city, ciklm is now • tigaged bust of the lord bishop of this diocese. We ate happy to :earn that our right reverend diocvsati :Ind th e Mayor of Extrer (EL Hooper, Esq.), have headed the list of sut)se,ibPrs. It may not be generally known that the celebrated divir, was a native of Heavitree, near this cit y.—Exeter Gazette SERIOUS ACEILENT FROM THE USE OF NAPHTHA.— On Sunday evening week, at Longsight, Mr. William Holt, shopkeeper, was preparing to light the burps of the Independent chapel th ere , which lamps are led by naphtha, and for that purpose went into his kitchen. about a quar ter after 6 o'clock, and was pourinv some naphtha from a corked tin can, holding about a gallon of this inflammable liquid, into a phial, to take with him to the chapel, and his sister was holding a lighted candle, when by some means the naphtha ignited and exploded with a loud re port, and the kitchen appeared to the brother and sister to be in flames. As soon as Miss Holtrecovered herself, she found that her dress had caught fire, and that she was in flames. Her brother attempted to extinguish them, but in the agony of the moment she rushed into the lane and called out for assistance. Some neighbours ran to her, and the flames were speedily extinguished ; but not until Miss Holt had been very extensively and seriously burned, especially the bands, arms, neck, and face. 'Mr. Holt was also much burned about the hauds, and is con fined to the house in consequence. After his sister had been attended to, he returned to the kitchen, and found it on fire. With great presence of mind, he instantly re moved the tin can, which was nearly full of -naphtha, otherwise the place would in all probability have been burned down. The neighbours, who were exceedingly active and kind in giving every assistance, succeeded in extinguishing the flames before they had spread-to any extent. SWINDLING.—EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY.--At the Borough Court, on Thursday, Mr. Superintendent Bea wick applied to the Manchester magistrates fos a warrant against a woman named Ann Prescott, wife of Richard Prescott, late of 28, Loom -street, but now of Liverpool, on a charge of obtaining £l4O from Mrs. Hays, midwife, of 18, Spital-street, under the following circumstances. Prescott who was known to Mrs. Hayes, and bad been for many years, applied to her on the Ist of July, 1833, for a loan of £5O; offering 'to' lief as Security what she called the deeds of conveyance of some houses which had been left to her in Jersey-street. Mrs. Hayes knew that four houses in Jersey-street had been left to Prescott, and though unable to read, took it for granted that the parchments offered were what they were stated to be, and lent £5O upon them. - On the 3rd of August, the same year she advanced £5O more upon the same security, on the Ist of January. 1838, she lent £2O more; and on the Ist of July, 1839, £2O more, nuking in all £l4O. The interest on this money was regularly paid until about 1842, since which time nothing was heard of the parties, except that they were living in Liverpool, and Mrs. H. then applying to Messrs. Owen and Gill, solicitors, to re cover the principal was told that the parchments were not conveyances but mortgage deeds upon the houses, and upon which they had obtained £3OO, and they were of no value whatever. She was directed to attend at the Town-hall and bring with her all the documents. After an examination of the deeds on Friday, the court decided that a warrant could not issue as common caution had not been used in the first instance.—Manchester Courier. ISLE OF MAN JOINT STOCK BANK. —A meeting of the shareholders in this unfortunate concern has been called in consequence of the injunction granted by the Court of Chancery, and the directors have issued a circular, in which they state the effect of this decision will be, in the first in stance, to sell up the property of every man who cannot at once pay off his debts to the bank, whereby very large sums which might otherwise be secured will be lost to the bank, and numbers of individuals involved in ruin and beggary. The voluntary subscriptions set on foot are rendered of no avail, and widows and orphans, who by that means contributed upon their shares without being utterly ruined, will be compelled to give up every farthing they possess, and be reduced to absolute destitution. Many who, encouraged by the hope held out by the sub scriptions, were ready voluntarily to contribute to the ex tent of their means, being now driven to desperation, will, it is feared, be led to do what they would wish to avoid, and the remaining shareholders will have to bear the loss. The position of the English shareholders is fearful—each individually responsible for every debt due by the bank ; it can hardly be expected that, now every prospect of anything like an arrangement is done away, the creditors of the bank will seek to prosecute their claims in the Isle of Man against 123 partners by a dila tory process, when they can, by a very summary proceed ing, recover their demands in England ; though some will, no doubt, proceed to the Isle of Man. To the Manx shareholders, the difficulty is equally increased by the frightful expense which will be incurred upon every suit that is brought in the Isle of Man. DREADFUL AFP AIR.—For some days past much con versation has been occasioned throughout the neighbour hood of Kensington, in consequence of its becoming known that a man residing at Earl's-court, in that parish, had for a lengthened period been living in incestuous co habitation with his own daughter. Mr. Madden, the relieving-officer for the district, ascertained t hat the man's name was William Reid, sixty years of age, and that of his daughter Elizabeth Reid, thirty years of age • that since the death of his wife, about ei g ht ye a r s a go , he had cohabited with his daughter, the result of which has been two children—viz., Frederick, six years and a half old ; and George, an infant, eleven months old. On Mr. Mad den obtaining an interview with the daughter in the ab sence of the lather, he found that, during that period, she had been kept in strict seclusion by her unnatural parent, who never allowed her or her elder child to leave the house, for fear of discovery, so that she had only once been out since the birth of the second child. She appeared to be in a very bad state of health, owing to her confinement and other causer, as did also the children, arid she com plained that she was allowed beer only once a week, and that when her fattier received his money he generally got drunk, and then abused and ill-treated her. From the daughter's statement, it appears she has a married sister living at Paddington, and two brothers. One brother, ahout three weeks ago, hung himself under very peculiar circumstances, arising from her connexion with her father. The daughter, with tier children, have been privately re moved to some place of safety. It is not yet known whether proceedings will he instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court against the wretch of a parent.— Tirnes. TH E FUNDS.—REDUCTION OF INTEREST.—An anxious expectation exists among the city capitalists generally of some announcement from Sir Robert Peel relative to a t reduction of the three.and - a - half per cents. Most of have come to the conclusion that such a measure will form a part of his financial policy for the present ses sion, and they are chiefly busied, therefore, in conjectures on the manner in which it is to be carried into effect ; and, as usually happens in similar cases, various reports, founded on these conjectures, have fount', their way into circulation. The most plausible among them, probably, because it seems to be the most simple and practicable, for none of them are believed to rest on any authentic foundation, is one that proposes to give a three-and-a. quarter per cent. stock, to merge into a three per cent. stock at the end of ten years, in exchange for the three and-a-half per cents., without any other bonus or ad vantage. Others anticipate a nearly similar result from the grant, by way of bonus, of an annuity of ss. for every 100 three•and-a- - half per cent. stock during ten years, and an immediate reduction of tite interest to three per cent. ; but this is thought to be far less convenient than the other mode, as it creates two descriptions of security, when one would answer all the purposes. It is useless to refer to the additional rumours on this head which are in circulation, and are obviously entitled to no attention whatever. Perhaps the symptoms of approaching " pres sure from without" against any extension of the limit originally fixed to the duration of the property and in come-tax. are connected more or less with these anticipa tions of a reduction of the three-and-a-half per cents. ; for it is obvious enough, that unless the minister can see his way to other revenue which may supply its place, the maintenance of that most unpopular tax will become identified with a healthy state of public credit.—Times. THE LATE GALES.—The gales of wind which blew heavily during the whole of Friday night and Saturday morning week, from SSW, were, we regret to state, pro ductive of the most melancholy results along the coast, several valuable vessels having been wrecked, and many lives lost. At Scarborough, in Yorkshire, it was severely felt, 'arid the calamity that was witnessed at the entrance of th e harbour will long be borne in mind by the inhabi tants. It'having been reported that several fishing yawls had teen out all night in the storm, and that fears were entertained that they had been wrecked ; at an early hoar a great concourse of persons assembled along the shore, inquiring into the truth of the rumours. Shortly before nine o'clock a cry was raised that there were three of the missing boats standing in for the harbour, which, as may be easily imagined, produced no little degree of satisfac tion, and amongst the eager crowd could be seen the wives and families of those on board the approaching boats, in a state of ecstacy at their apparent safe delivery. The scene in a few seconds, however, changed to one of a most painful and heart-rending description. The yawls (fishing-boats of about fifty tons burthen) were the Wil ling Maid, of Scarborough, the Jerome, and the Emulous. They were all apparently beating into the haven, the sails tightly hauled in, and although the weather had not abated, the wind still blowing heavy squals, with showers of snow and sleet, it was fully expected they would reach the har bour in safety. Suddenly the wind increased, and in:the next moment a terrible sea capsized the whole three ves sels, and they instantly sank , carrying with them the greater part of their crews , with the exception of those Willing Maid, who managed t o reac h the Spa. The sensation which this catastroph e b b e e a lo c n h g occasioned amongst the assemble d t hrong nearingto t h t e h the was most in tense. Some of the ill-fated crews being observed strug. gling amidst the waves, several boats put off to render them assistance, but owing to the terrific fur, of the gale, the boats were unable to gain the spot until the whole of the poor fellows (14 in number) belonging to the Jerome, Mr. Cammish, master, and the Emulous, Mr. Wyal, master, had sunk to rise no more. Unfortunately, m oat of them have left families to deplore their fate, and none of the bodies have as yet been recovered. During the height of the storm a brig was seen by the Coast-guard Service near Cromer, in distress. She was about three miles from shore, and in about ten minutes she sank headforemost; the entire of the unfortunate crew, con sisting of six persons, perishing with her. At nine o'clock on Friday night, a vessel was run down in Grimsby Roads, by a brig called the Prince Regent, of Sunder land. She proved to be a sloop named the -TO. h -n and Hannah's Endeavour, belonging to Wakefield, and the master and crew had a narrow escape from being drawn down by her. They all luckily reached the brig in safety. CORRESPoNDE:\ TO TH FMTHR OF TM , : 1,1VRIIP( , 01, .STANDARD. ; t v•• 3 _ - I :,,p, atioa. Olt' 10 I to such on 41)11111.1altt r 4.• a ?' l; head as Fe seer,: to pit'tss , ; but 1 , !o i c.taisn t the. posse, , sion of c , ,ttonon set) , aml I am ti, inkful to say tt,at there is no lac'.: of that va a title con,; •dity no our side of the water, as our e•ayinss a id it at , ,/ , 11 d, e t 3r e, Mr. Jones /my sneer as he ptea,,,, , , •;tiout. keriliead extending' to the Weaver; b u t, .ir, n t eon living can tell what Birkeohl-a I (or P.nt Jet -on, if you like it better) may one day hecoole. It is (1-stineo to he the secOati town in the empire, and n t mi-take; aid it sill be at once a great seaport—a great watering.• place— s great northern metropolis—a great manufacturing town —and escecially celebrated as a place o tissue, both paper istic and otherwise. Mr. Jone , seems to make it some what mysterious that tiler?, was a real so , eleign paid as a deposit for laud a short time ago : nut it was a feet. never theless : and out of the 2,641 sales by contrat which took place within my knowledge. the week after the dock scheme came out, I know that snore than 100 sovereigns changed hands on that I vely occasion. Why, sir, laud at Birkenhead is dirt cheap. Mr. Jones himself may buy on a promissory note thousands of yards from Mr. Smith (not me); Mr. Smith has bought from Mr. Wig gins, the latter from Mr. Tupp, Mr. Tapp from Mr. Graball, and Mr. Graball from Mr. Quashy, and so on. And what is the best touch of all. and quite in character with a young and flourishing community—it 's all on credit!!! And as some people in this world never mean to pay, some can't pay, and others won't pay, it is as clear as mud that in the long run a good deal of land will be had for nothing • and if that is not cheap, I'm a Dutch• man. Now, sir, Mr. Jones says it is whispered that there is to be a second line of railway to Chester. Why, that 's no news! Everybody here knows, that when our 97-acre dock is made, two railways will not be sufficient for us. The railway now in use is so crowded, that it becomes a matter of necessity to have a second line; and as we al ways look far ahead, it will be better to make it now than When our town becomes a dense mass of buildings up to Eastham ; and as it will be shortly proposed at a commis sioners' meeting, nobody can doubt that when the ques tion is put the ayes will have it. Mr. Editor, I hope you do not set us down as tools or—anything else, at Bir kenhead; because you will find us anything but fouls before long. Why, sir, a distinguished member of the Wirrall Agricultural Society has discovered a new de scription of turnip, which will only grow in swamps. It is called the Turnipus Munchauseniana, from the beauti ful flower which it puts out ; and a celebrated financier has shown, by the most unerring calculation, that swampy land valued at - 30a. per yard, if set with this wonderful vegetable, will produce 14, per cent.; and you would be surprised how that description of land is run after, since so wonderful a discovery was made. An estate that some years ago was only valued at £ll,OOO, is now said to be worth two millions ; and one or two of our great landed proprietors will be in a condition to make a bid at Eaton or Chatsworth, when they are put up to auction ! And then our docks ! Ye Liverpool noodles of the Council ! do ye think that we are going to pay you TOWN DIES? Do you think we are going to be saddled with your land by public auction ? Blessings on thy black eyes Dicky Shiel, who put a stop to the power of the Finance Committee to sell their land. Thou didst wallop the corporate estate to some tune by thy wise motion, and we of Birkenhead thank thee, but we do not intend to be caught. And ye old ladies of the Dock Committee, do you suppose that we don't know what we are doing ; We will lay a heavy duty on all ships coming into the Port Jackson Docks, but not on the goods; we will saddle you with the coast ing trade, because it dues not pay. We can get the land of the Pool for nothing, because we have got on the blind side of the Woods and Forests ; and, although Joe has come back from London—and, although old Hartley has valued the Pool at 400 times the value of Cubitt, we shall keep the game alive, and go a-head. I had intended to reply to other points of Mr. Jones's letter, but 1 have 3 or 400 contracts for land to sign; and if Mr. Jones should again presume to write on great affairs which he ha s no t mind enough to comprehend, I shall certainly return to the charge. To shew you, Mr. Editor, that we live in no ordinary times, I subjoin you a prospectus, which has just been put out here; and I am happy to tell you that the share list is fast filling up, and the scheme is as certain, in my opinion, to be carried out as our docks are. Let envious people, therefore, talk as they please about d oc k bubbles, joint stock bubbles, kite flying , time bargains and Birkenhead options. Let them preach ab , ut their experience, and warn you, like witches, about panics,-- 1825—land slips. and all that nonsense. Sir, a thing is worth what we can make it worth, and I am of opinion that the celebrated Montague Tigg, Esq., was correct, when he was asked what the capital of the Anglo- Benga lee Life Assurance Company was to be, he replied, the figure 2, and as many 000 s as the printer could get i n th e same line. You needn't tell it again, Mr. Editor, but there is no place in the world where there are more "smart" men than at Birkenhead. considering its popu losity, and no people on this side Kentucky k now b et t er than they do, that 9-10ths of mankind are governed by humbug, and that if you can divert urns' attention, it is a very easy thing to pick their—brains? I am. sir, Your obedient servant, ZEPHANIAH SMITH. Birkenhead, March 4th, 1844. PROSPECTUS OF • THE NEW ANGLO-HIBER NIC DOCK AND LAND COMPANY. Capital, £200,000,000, in 200 Shares of one million each. It must be confessed by all who have studied human nature in connexion with trade, that selfishness and per sonal aggrandisement form no part of the character of the majority of public horn. Hence arises those various plans and gigantic schemes which never fail to amaze mankind by their boldness, which are carried out in disinterested ness; and hence arises that patriotic feeling which is so admirable in itself, and which carries away captive the best principles of our nature. To give to the world a still further proof that there are men of lofty and vigorous minds who are willing to make enormous sacrifices" for the benefit of their countrymen, and to provide for that great increased trade which, in the course of a few cen turies, must accrue to Great Britain and Ireland, a pro posal is now made which will have the effect of raising the value of land in all parts of the empire, and which will entitle its originators to a conspicuous place in the Temple of Fame._ It has been long admitted that the erection of docks within such paltry rivers as the Mersey, the Thames, and the St vern, was a palpable mistake, and utterly useless for the purposes of commerce. A number of spirited in dividuals have therefore erected themselves into Pro visional Commissioners, pro. tem., and submit to the capitalists of the country (they being landowners only themselves) the following magnificent scheme :- Ist. It is proposed to build a sea wall from Dundrum Bay to the Calf of Man, and from Ramsay Bay to St. Wes head ; and also to run an embankment from Donaghadee to the Mull of Galloway. By this means a large upper pool will be formed for the double purpose of discharging river craft, and also for cleansing and scouring the great dock. 2d. To carry a sea wall from St. David's head, in Pem brokeshire, to the Hook, on the Irish coast ; having a large entrance harbour capacious enough to accommodate the whole navy of Great Britain, with flood-gates suffi ciently strong to resist the roll of the sea from the Bay of Biscay, and which gates are to open and shut on a new system of electrical motion, for which a patent is about to be taken out. This plan. so comprehensive in its nature, and so easy of accomplishment, will give a floating dock of 31,644,2364 acres, and an upper pool of 11,943,9871 acres, which, together, it is confidently supposed, will be the most spacious dock space in the univers. To cleanse out the docks it is proposed to make two culverts with large clows, one to run diagonally across Ireland from the upper pool, and to be turned into the Shannon at Athlone; and the other to be carried across England, and discharged into the Humber. By this ingenious method, the whole water of the northern sea can be made available at any time for scouring purposes; and when not required, it will run through the culverts in question, and will at one and the same time render the Shannon navigable, and will also wash away all the sand banks at the mouth of the Humber. 3d. It is intended to give to all the owners of land on the margin of the dock, permission to carry out walls, so as to enclose and make available the space between the present margin and the walls so built. Vessels may then lie alongside of every man's premises ; and it is confidently atwe l ot c rhe u e l e aa d np do t o h fu a Eb t in t e h st e it v en a acos lu wil e t oi feue th ren e y,c l ioceti a n od gt,b t o o e: be amosl gai is.t 7 aim ed A will glance that if a sea-wall, was, biiat krom,the,llock,l4bt-homia to Almwich- ooin t, ~ -the' oCAtiglavey,, from Braioh-y-Irwell.bead. in Carnarvonabire, .to,Llaogsviada, in Pembroke, that a very large piece of land would be obtained, which might be rendered available for iron ship builders, manufacturers, and others—or it might be dis posed of moat advantageously. The Isle of Man being in the centre of the dock, presents a favourable site for bonded warehouses; and spacious gunpowder stores ar e to be formed on the Calf _of Man, so that, if there is any blow up, no mischief can occur. 4th. It is intended there shall be floating railways across the dock, which are to be all lighted with gas, and the various 'lighthouses along the coast are to be ornamented by the Trinity Board, ao as to form elegant lamps for lighting the quays of the intended docks. It will be satis factory to capitalists to-know' that all the great land holders are eminently favourabie.to the undertaking, and that already has 'much -land-ehanged hands, at surprising prices, in anticipation etfuture benefits.' It may also be well to state that borings have been made, and the bottom is found to be rock throughout,-with the exception of one portion, of not more than twenty Mike in extent, and where piles will have to be Used.- 'Designs = have been obtained from an eminent engineer, who has made a- correct estimate of the cost of , the works, and. the Provisional Commissioners-are happy la able 'to state that two eminent contractors have offered to execute the wo r k a t tio receive payment in Corn alhiesseionngeinrse,ees bonds . esti Admiralty have declared them selves favourable to the scheme, and it is generally believed that Government intend to apply a portion of the surplus revenue of last year in furtherance of the work. An able solicitor is now in London procuring an act of Parlia ment for the formation of the company ; and as a wealthy and spirited individual, on the shores of the undertaking, has already secured gas and water works for the next 75 years, it is his intention to present the gas for lighting the floating railway, and also the fresh water for the manu facture of grog for the crews, in the most liberal and praiseworthy manner. As them can be no doubt whatever of the success of the scheme, and as it has already caused an increase in the value of the land along the Welch and Irish coasts of, in many instrnces, 2500 per cent., and as t h e new l an d to b e formed out of t he excavations, and also by levelling down the Monroe mountains, Snowdon, Cadet' Idris, Penman tnawr, &c., will more than repay the entire cust of the works, it is earnestly recommended that imme iiate appli eakian he made for shares, which have purposely been .de large to .xclude small may, however, be. L , cr , n it red ;.a purchase as ranch land as they cboose on the sii res or the c.interapla'ed docks, and which they may frarlessfy secure to any , xierit, and at any price. Further particulars will be issued in a few days. and appLeation for shares may iinw be made to * * * * [Here the MS. is so defective that we cannot make out the names.] DOCK COMMITTE E. -THURSDAY. Present—Messrs. Moore. Barclay, Holt, Molyneux. H o l m es, Smith, Trotman. Rovden, Tobin, Evans, Aikin, Kendall, Ripley, Nicol, and Bullet'. Th e returns of dock and tight dues for vessels entering the port of Runcorn for the last month, was stated to be £4B 95..9c1„ on 168 vessels and 9519 tons—this sum being an increase of £2O as compared with the corresponding period of last year. A letter from four carrying companies, requesting ex clusive berths for their vessels in two of the docks, was referred to the Harbour Masters Sub-committee. The CHAIRMAN said the next business was as to the purchase of the !and and strand, from the Corporation, at the north end. Last week the subject had been kept private; but they had now the answer from the Finance Committee, and he wished to know whether the subject should be taken into consideration then, or be deferred till the reporters had retired. Different opinions having been expressed by the mem bers, Mr. AIKIN remarked that they had better have the an swer read, and discuss the matter, and if it were found desirable not to have it published, perhaps the reporters would not take any notice of it. Mr. EVANS did not like tampering with the reporters in that way, asking them to leave this out and put that in. especially as he had reason to believe that part of the dis cussion had been withheld at the request of parties. Be sides, he did not see why the reporters should individually be put into the secrets of the Dock Committee. The CHAIRMAN did not think any individual had urged the suppression of any part of the discussions. Mr. EVANS said he had found oftener than once a very curtailed account of the discussions, and the curtailment appeared to be a good deal on the one side of the question ; therefore, it occurred to him that there was some influence or other exerted with the reporters, in order that they suppress or enlarge it, but he did not mean to make any charge against any individual. The CHAIRMAN did not think that any individual would take the trouble to ask for a suppression. Mr. ToBIN said he found there wa3 a good deal sup pressed, but be did not think there was more suppressed on the one side than the other. The CHAIRMAN said the - reporters must necessarily condense a great deal to get the matter into their papers. Here the subject dropped, it being understood that the discussion as to the purchase was to come on after the withdrawal of the reporters. Mr. RIPLEY said be had been informed by Mr. Jack son. that the Dock Solicitor had opposed the Wallasey Dock Bill on the standing orders. The CHAIRMAN replied that the solicitor had not done so, and that the bill had not been opposed. At the suggestion of Mr. AIKIN, copies of the bill were ordered to be provided for each member of the com mittee. Mr. AIKEN said he had been informed by Captain Saars field, of the Post-office packets, that, in coming into port on Wednesday morning, he found the Point of Ayr light so much stronger to the westward, that, if he had not been well acquainted with the bearings, he might have mistaken it for the north-west light ship. _ _ _ It was stated that the light, which was a new one, had been placed there by the Trinity Board, and ultimately the subject was left to the Marine Surveyor's Sub. Committee to draw the attention of the proper parties to it. The' committee then proceeded to the remaining sub jects on the paper—the purchase of the land and strand at the north, and the communication between the docks and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ; but before they did so, the reporters were informed that the whoi.e of the gene ral business had been transacted, and of course they with drew. RIOTING AT ST. HELEN'S. (Ft orn the Manchester Guardian.) It is well known that several thousand colliers have for the last five weeks been idle in St. Helen's and the neizh bnurhood, in consequence of a strike for wages. The coalmasters have made efforts to replace them with men who would work at the former wages; and on Monday evening last a party of the county police, stationed at Sr. Helen's, proceeded to near Runcorn, for the purpose of escorting to the former place a party of Welch colliers who had been engaged by the masters. The arrival of these " knobsticks,' as they were called, soon be.-ame known to the turn-oats, who mustered on Tuesday morn ing to the number of probably 1000, with the intention of preventing them from commencing work. About eleven o'clock on Tuesday forenoon, eight of the county con stabulary were escorting a party of about thirty of these Welch colliers on their way to the Broad Oak Colliery of Messrs. Burns and Robinson,and when about a mile from the colliery, at a place called Smithy Brow, they were attacked by a mob of turn-outs, about 1000 strong, who assailed them with stones, brickbats, and oth er m i ss il es , severely hurting several of the police. A brickbat struck Police-constable Green on the back of the head, inflicting a severe contusion, and Serjeant Black had one band completely disabled by a blow from some missile. The small number of the police prevented their making any effectual resistance to the numbers opposed to them, and the " knobAtiek-i" were taken from their care, and cemented by the turn-outs back to St. Helen's, where they were conducted to the house of call of the turn-outs, and their club-house, a retail beer-shop, kept by a colliery under looker named George Huyton, where they were detained about two hours, supplied with refreshment, and then, being prevailed on by the threats and intimidation of the turn-outs, they agreed to leave the town, and were escorted by some few of the turn-outs as far as Prescot, on their way hack to Liverpool. Abort noon, and during the sitting of the magistrates in the court-room at St. Helen's, a man named Platt was recognised in court, by some of the county constabulary, as one vi ho had been active in the attack on their force, about an hour before, and as having been seen throwing stones. He was accordingly apprehended, and, having been brought before Mr. Earle and other magistrates, he was c intaiitted for trial at the next Kirkdale sessions. The constables in attendance were concli,cting this man to the lock-up of the station-house, which is beneath the cow t-room, when, while passing in front of the building in the mati.et-place, they were attacked by a crowd, con sisting chiefly of turn-out colliers, and the prisoner was rescued, and got clear off, the constables receiving some severe blows in the affray. Between two and three o'clock Serjeant Brandvrood and Police-constable Green, observing a man named Leyland passing along the Market-place, who had been very active during the first attack on the police at Smithy Brow, they seized him, and Superintendent Storey, the officer in command of the force at St. Helen's. hearing the noise. came out of the court-mom without his hat, and also laid hold of Leyland, when an attack was instantly made on the police, and a large blue whinstone was thrown, and struck Superintendent Storey with considerable force on the forehead. He became insensible, and must have fallen, but he was caught in the arms of some of the constables, and was conveyed into the station-house. The police received several severe blows from heavy missiles, and were at length compelled to let the prisoner go. One man, named Wynn, who was active in attempt ing to rescue Leyland, was seized by Police-constable Green, and they fill to the ground together; but Green was ultimately obliged to relinquish his hold and seek shelter. Others of the county police succeeded in cap turing three of the turn-outs, named Penketb, Knowles, and M'Donough, (the last named an Irishman,) all of whom were brought up before the sitting magistrates, and identified as having taken a prominent part in these riot ous proceedings, and they were all committed for trial at the next Kirkdale Sessions. Several others were also captured, but, with the exception of the three just named, they were all rescued before they could be lodged in the station-house ; and, towards three o'clock, the appearance of things became so threatening that Mr. Johnson, a coal proprietor, and Mr. Sinclair, overlooker of the St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway, proceeded along that line, and by a train to Manchester, in order to obtain some troops, to preserve the peace of 'the' place. The usual force of the county constabulary stationed at' St.' Helen's is only 11 men ; but in consequence of the - turn-out this force has been for so me p th ine doubled ; and, we believe, the total foranin the !Mice on Tuesday consisted of Superintendent Staley and 22 police constables. Of course these were wtionp unable effectually to oppose a riotous mob of at least 1000 men, and it was deemed desirable to call in the aid of the military. On their arrival in Manchester Messrs. Johnson and Sinclair proceeded at once to the police-office, but neither Captain Willis, chief constable, nor Mr. Beswick, chief superintendent, was then in the way, and having inquired of the clerks to whom they should apply for troops, they were directed to the residence of Colonel Wemyss, the assistant adjutant general of the northern district, in Smedley-lane, Cheetham. Colonel Wemyss accompanied them to the infantry barracks, Regent-road, Salford, and directed that a party of the troops stationed there should proceed by railway forthwith to St. Helen's. We believe portions of three infantry regiments are now stationed in the Regent-road barracks, the 32d, the 67th, and the 70th ; and we are told that about seventy rank and file of the 67th Regiment marched from the barracks to the Liverpool Railway Station, and were thence despatched to St. He len's, by the orders of Colonel Wemyss, by a special train of four carriages, accompanied by Messrs. Johnson and Sinclair. When our account lett St. Helen's they were seen on the branch railway about a mile from that pla ce . Up to eight o'clock last evening all renTned quiet, and beyond the outrages already noticed, no violence, so far as we can learn, had up to that hour been offered either to person or property. THE LATE RACE BETWEEN EASTHAM AND ETCHELLS. —This match, which came off last week but one, at Belle vue, and which ended in a dispute, is fixed to be run over again ou ThursdaF, M a y 23rd, at the Old R oan Inn, near Aintree race-course, each party adding £5O to the present deposit of £25 a-side. It will be for 220 yards. MATCH AGAINST TIME.—On Monday last. Mr. Thomas Cross, shoemaker, of Birkenhead, undertook for a wager to walk from Chester to Birkenhead, a distance of 16 milts, in three hours and a half, which task he ac complished in about five minutes within the time, not with-tanding the unfavourable weather. Wh en h e came in," h 14as received with loud cheers by a large crowd who had assembled to greet him, EXIENLIVE FIRE IN I%IAI\IAILSI The most destructive conflagration with which Man chester has been tisittsfl for some years broke our, shortly after six o'clock, in George-street, in that town, on the morning of Saturday last. It appears, that, about the hour mentioned, a smoke and flames were discovered by some joiners and other persons in the ending and mend ing room in the basement story of Mr. William Bryan's warehouse, No. 9, George• street. The alarm was quickly spread; and, before much time had elapsed all the eight Manchester engines, and one of the Salford engines, were on the spot. When Mr. Rose arrived, the flames were rushing out of the windows of the warehouse of Messrs. Nelson, . Knowles, and Co.;and they had also extended to the back of a pile of buildings in Pine-street. Four of the engines were got into working order within ten minutes after their arrival but, although there were crowds as. sembled, the terrific appearance of the flames by this time deterred men from volunteering to work the engines; and Mr. Rose found it necessary to send to the police office, for the soldiers to take this duty. Mr. Rose, jun., also despatched a messenger to the infaistry barracks on the same errand t • and several companies of the 32nd, and, we believe, also, of another regiment, were sent in succession, some with their arms to guard the property and to keep the streets clear, and others to assist at the engines and in removing the piece goods to places of safety. There was a fresh breeze (W. by s.)' which car ried the flames towards York-street, and the whole of the great pile or block of buildings in which the fire originated was speedily enveloped in flames. The - rapidity of the conflagration was the result of the construction of these warehouses, which were built only a few years ago. All the outer walls, and, indeed, most of the walls of the various floors, were lined inside with wood ; every ware house had its well-hole, and the whole were too muebt connected in the attic stories and roofs; so that when the fire reached the top of one warehouse, to which it speedily ascended by the well-hole, having made its way to the timber of the roof, it was carried by the breeze, like wildfire, along the whole range. Mr. Rose soon saw that it was hopeless to attempt to save any portion of this block, of which the roofs fell in as early as half-past six o'clock, continuing till about seven o ' clock ; and, from that time, therefore, he directed his attention chiefly to the surrounding warehouses, which, at various points, were repeatedly on fire, and several of them in the most imminent danger. The block of buildings thus destroyed is bounded on the northerly end by York•street, on the westerly side by George-street, on the easterly side by Pine -street, and on the southerly side by Chain-street and St. James's- Churchyard. This block of warehouses was about sixty yards (twenty-four windows) in length, by forty yards (thirteen windows) in width, and was of uniform height, comprising seven stories above the ground and a base ment-story. The entire pile was erected only a few years ago by the Rev. James Taylor; but we believe it bad ceased to be his property. The warehouses fronting George-street were numbered as follows :—No. 7, that of Mr. Charles Townend, merchant ; No. 9, Mr. William Bryan, merchant ; No. 11, M essrs. N elson. Knowles. and Co., calico-printers; No. 13, Mr. Samuel Giles, calico and mousseline-de-laine printer and commission. agent; No. 15, Mr. George Dewhurst, commission-agent. At the end of the block.- fronting York-street, were the entrances to the warehouses of Messrs. Ainsworth and Hilton, silk manufacturers, No. 32, Y or k- street ; and N o. 34, Messrs. Winkworth an d Proeters, silk manufacturers, (corner of-York.street and Pine-street.) Below this, in the-basement story, was the warehouse of Messrs. Milne, Travis. and Milne ; but, fortunately for them, they had removed only the preceding day to Moult- street. Under the warehouse of Mr. Charles Townend, in the base ment story, was that of Mess's. Joseph Thompson and Sons,. cotton .spinners and manufacturers. In York -street, at the opposite corner of Pine-street to Winkwortb ane Procter's, is the warehouse of Messrs. John and Francis Makin and Co., silk-manufacturers. This was on fire, and has sustained some damage; but, by the exertions of the firemen, the flames were extin guished, and most of the goods were got out. The next warehouse to it, that of Messrs. Joshua Le Mare & Sons, silk-manufacturers, was also damaged, and the goods were all removed, as the danger was at one time conside rable. At toe hack of the block, in Pine-street, was the warehouse of Messrs. Amschel, Tobler. and Co., men. chants. This, we believe, is almost wholly destroyed, as, indeed, are all the warehouses in the same block. On the opposite side of George-street, opposite the warehouse of Mr. Charles Townend, is a warehouse at present un occupied, but recently taken by Messrs. Wright and Lee, and in which the joiners were at work ; but. we believe, it contained no stock. It repeatedly caught fire, from the great body of flames issuing from Mr rownend's ware house; but, with great exertions, the firemen were ena bled to prevent the flames from doing it much injury. Owing to the direction of the wind, the warehouse of Messrs. Henry Bannerman and Sons, 43, York-street, notwithstanding the great width of that street, was in the most imminent danger. The wooden cornice of the roof was repeatedly in flames, as were several of the window frames in different stories. The wind drove the flaming fragments of timber and of cotton goods from the burning pile directly upon the roof of this warehouse; and, had it not been for the constant and vigilant attention of Mr. Rose and of the firemen, there can be little doubt that the whole of this pile, which, though only five stories, was of equal height with the seven-story block which is destroyed, would also have been in flames. In all pro bability the damage to this warehouse will be inconside rable, beyond that arising from the water upon the floors. so far as the goods are concerned. About -ten minutes after eight o'clock the flames were ranging with so much fury at the end next the church, and also from the upper stories of Mr. Dew burst's warehouse, No. 15, George-street, that the intense heat cracked the windows of warehouses on the other side of the street, and one branehman was constantly employed in throwing water on the fronts of those buildings, to keep them cool. The walls, and even the internal window-shutters in the upper floor of the Literary and Philosophical Society's rooms, were quite hot ; and, at the door of that house, the heat was so intense as to scorch the cheeks of persons standing. there. Between - this time and nine o'clock, great portions of the external Wall of the blazing pile next George -street fell at intervals, some inward and others outwards, so as alnaof t to block up that street. From an early period of the fire the contiguous church yard of St. James's was used as a temporary deposit for the goods, as they were thrown out of the different ware houses. At eleven o'clock all danger to the surrounding pro perty was at an end. The Ilitines were then quite sub dued ; and the workmen were engaged in pulling down such portions of the walls as, from their warped state, threatened to fall. At the lowest computation, including both the buildings and the stocks which have been con sumed, there cannot be a less amount of property de stroyed than to the extent of £100,000; but we fear this sum will be very much under the amount, for we have heard of three or four firms, who are said to be insured in the West of England, the Phoenix, Royal Exchange, and Imperial Offices, £5,000 in each, besides other., making the total amount of their insurance about £30,000. Mr. Charles TOwnend is also said to be insured in the County, the Yorkshire, the Phoenix, and the West of England, with others, in all to the extent of £30,000. Mr. Wm. Bryan, we are informed, is inured to the same amount, of which £2,000 is in the Alliance Office. Messrs. Nel son, Knowles, and Co. are insured, but we have not heard in what office. We have not been able to learn whether Mr. Giles, Mr. Dewhurst, or Messrs. J. and F. Makin are insured. The buildings are said to be insured. Although some days may perhaps elapse before the amount for which the several firms are insured can be as certained with accuracy, the following is said to be a cor rect statement of the loss to each of the insurance-offices. The statement is as follows :—Alliance, £17,000; Impe r;al, 13,800; Atlas. £9,000; West of England, £9,000; Phoenix, £8,000; Manchester, £8.000; Scottish Union, £8,000; Sun, £6,000; Norwich Union, £6,000; Cale donian. £6,000; Royal Exchange. £5,000; County, £5,000; North British, £5,300; London, £4,000; £3,000; and Leeds and Yorkshire, £3,000; making a total of £116,100. A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.—An old stranger in the practice of robbing wrecks on the Cheshire coast, had contrived to get a puncheon of rum on shore, and with great caution had it conveyed to his own dwelling, and placed it in his yard under some stale dung and other manure. He had flattered himself that it was perfectly safe, as not an individual but his own son had assisted him, or had the slightest knowledge of the theft, or the place of concealment. After a few days, finding every thing quiet, he resorted to his booty for the purpose of drawing off some for sale. The , cask was safe in the po sition in which he bad left it ; but, diamond rut diamond, the son had robbed his _father of the rum in the night, and disposed of it to his own advantage. FlRE.—About half-past seven o'clock on Friday even ing, a fire broke out in a joiner's shop in Wood-street, Toxteth-park. The owner is a person of the name of Smith, and the shop was occupied by a Mr. Whittaker. Underneath the shops there was a coal vault, and a place which was used as a sort of varnish manufactory, by Mr. James Carefoot. The flames speedily communicated with the vault and varnish manufactory, and completely gutted the whole of the premises. There were three engines speedily on the spot, and those were vigorously worked for about the space of three hours, although the supply of water was at first rather scanty. The premises were in sured in the Phoenix Office for £1,000; but the stock, about £lOO worth of which was totally destroyed, was uninsured. RUNNING AWAY FROM THE WOIMBOUSE.—On Wed nesday last, a pauper named Hassell, was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged under the following circumstances : It appeared the prisoner bad been sent on business to the new building at Kirkdale, about three weeks ago, and did not return ; he had on, at the time, the parish dress, the taking away of which was the cause of his apprehension. Mr. Lowndes, who attended on behalf of the parish, re ferred to the act of parliament on the subject, which set forth, that if a person was found with the clothes on him, it should be evidence of the fact of running away. It was also stated by Galloway that the prisoner had been in formed when he got shoes, that they were to be returned when he left the house. Mr. Rushton said be knew of no law to compel a pauper to come back when he was sent out, and the man could not go naked. Mr. Lowndes ob served that he had no right to leave in the parish clothes. Mr. Rushton said he knew the state of the law, and he would administer it in the most humane manner possible, under the present circumstances. The person who keeps the storehouse ought to tell the paupers the clothes be longed to the parish, and that when they left they must be supplied with others—it ought to be printed on a large placard, and posted up in the clothes-room. He said the statement of Galloway, with regard to the shoes, had cer tainly varied the case a little, and but for that he would have discharged the prisoner, He was ordered to be im prisoned seven days, S . WC' nand• strip r ,-fir 6 c W•e lli e ed.lig