The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

bECEMBER 11, 185541 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. -40 4 111,i L esday, the Mayor entertained to dinner, at the Town- Justice Wightman, the gentlemen of the grand a n d several of the borough magistrates. hta il l 4c ° l '.—We understand that Mr. Arthur Ashworth, fk li g li e e st son of Mr. John Ashworth of this town, has just Ith ree his B.A. degree at Oxford, after a prosperous course Years' study a t th a t U n i vers ity. 1 1 1 '" r6 desday morning the bobbin-turning establishment Henryter Smith, Hopwood-street, Preston, was burnt e verything on the premises, including the machinery, con sumed. the W ednesday evening, a meeting of the Welsh inhabitants jlll° Cropper end of the town was held at the house of the kv" in Netherfield-road North, on behalf of a f .,„ `'ent to establish some schools in that neighbourhood. g„ after seven o'clock, on Thursday night, a fire Lki4, °tl t in a shed used by Messrs. Horsfall and Co. for W„ m enrlper ore, at the Toxteth Dock, but it was subdued 0 4 e fire-brigade could reach the spot. .I‘.,Vednesday evening last, about seven o'clock, Mr. Clark, "t. 'ter, Cable -street, was knocked down by a vehicle while Lig at the bottom of Lord-street. He received several e S, but not of a dangerous character, and is progressing 'tt.' /l EW-ScnooNEß, the Isabel, Captain Kennedy, arrived Dort on Thursday afternoon, after a passage of nearly btt m onths from Piraguna, in Peru. This vessel was fitted 1 %41 14 4 Franklin, and sailed from Cowes about three 4%7, in search of Sir John Franklin and his brave corn , s, st et eve 4 wing, the Rev. Isaac Holme, chaplain and head 41i 's s el the In, will in St. Mary's 2rooin for the dustrial Kirkdale Schools lec Working Men's ture Reading-room tt wi Mit School. His subject will be " Liverpool by Gaslight," r, ia l l e the advantages of early closing both to the physical i. e l v l nal constitution of the working class. 1 .1 4 e meeting of the Photographic Society, on Tuesday, I t Ne i reer read a paper on the preparation oper mode eh qing chemicals in photography, the g eneralg action of i as Ile ' and the important part it plays in the painting of ve s , Some interesting facts, illustrated by specimens, V e ationed by different members relative, to the merits of vele' 5 4 8 American albumen process. i!Pei s t b MURDER.—On Thursday afternoon, the attention 4 :II , „si.e - efficer John Preston (419) was directed to the dead e'ti ' a male child which was found in an ashpit, in Aber `s44:eet. From an examination it appeared that the child tl 1,1 born alive, and death had been caused by congestion Oietkles.—An inquest was held, and the jury returned a Lh: 4 ' wilful murder against some person or persons un „, i eb L' i iej` l axn VICTUALLERS ' ASSOCIA.TION. — The annual re- N e ,,Y . the new and old committee of the Licensed Vic ilNllE;'Assodation was celebrated on Wednesday, by a %t - e:t the New Brunswick Hotel, Clayton-square, when itt, ee 'etY gentlemen sat down •to a most sumptuous ban e..C4llerising many of the finest delicacies of the season. le w• Hunter, of the Two Lions, Mill-street, occupied t t'es , - ij; and Mr. E. Griffiths, of the grapes Hotel, Lime- A t he vice-chair. NaNlasea a Me.soNs.—The annual dinner of the master ,` th 7 `end builders of this town was served up on Tuesday, ,` the purham Ox, Brownlow-hill. Mr. George Bowers i7es!' the chair, and Mr. Barker, of West Derby, the vice tAmongst the tradesmen present were Messrs. Wells, '''', Thornton, Glaister, Yates, Tomkinson, J. Hook, Its °ea, Buerley, Nuttall, Woodward, of Ruabon, Arthur I le ` 4 e. v t v ed I , l4 Xxxs of TROOPS.—The Niagara, Captain. Judkins, Nit ett!e.re, from Dublin, on Tuesday, bringing the Antrim ° e, ,esiditia, comprising 22 officers and 672 men, on their V. the Aldershott encampment. In the afternoon - she tae l 'ed the 2nd Warwickshire Militia, who had arrived from 1) at Aldershott, and who are on their way to the en , at the Curragh-of Kildare. The regiment consists ,tent ,M,,,,,(lncers and 553 men. They were headed by theirband, 'te e "e2aleanied to the place of embarkation by large numbers I ' ‘‘Lat°r ' s. kLTRIBE S li ll i, AT MeNCIIESTER.—The factory, operatives Fe te , e at M anc h ester are w illi ng, it appears, t o su b m it th e N, n oes between themsel v es and their employers to arbitra tle, fhe fifth meeti ng o f th e t urn - ou t " mi n de rs " and r e" was held , cei Wednesday, at which the - following 1 14ie g rs wa o ; c , z. i rr ln ie e t e b st y er ac a c r l e am ,o a r ' e a p o a n r — d t " . T ap ha p t o ne th m re i e nd p e e r r s 'S,' 5 / 1 their part, the masters to be allowed to appoint three 'k l , each t o appoint an umpire ; and that those persons are set and take' he average rate of wages received by the i t l_fer th e samequality of work and the same raw material, 1 " to of Oldham and Ashton, and we abide by it." is' c et , p h _ DENT To 'rrr SCREW-STEAMER MAn.—An accident 4 1 e ,' wed to this wessel, which left the North Wall, Dublin, on Ve.'"lay everung last week, for Liverpool, laden with a large S and much live stock on board. On arriving nearly opposite tll e llgeon House she took the ground on the northern side of t,!!:4er, the weather being very thick at the time. It was: ",ZZ. , ,,ZDedient'to lighten the vessel, and a portion of the: to o Z\A rafted into one of the river tugboats, !ellen the Li e ,„`llt s e 7 andeeturned to the North Wall. The Times (ss.) treP o o), ,!°'of the Mail on board, and proceeded direct te ee„,, a t e - '„ Tuesday. The loss sustained by this accident re e th ' e 'ler , e 'Z kw pigs are said to have been lost out of the large "L'adi 'deli were on board at the time of the vessel Se tl g• ili a at z , se."t,ll/ ) a , n e _— , 9recxur,—William Startup (late of the firm of 1 1 ' 1 , dee l 4 :- , Brown) summoned two hill-posters, Jordan•and c: s 04 ' 2 , riefore the magistrates, on Wednesday, for posting ,Ilse e"e wall enclosing an area at the 'back of. the Custom a, -.1 r. - Startup proved that he had rented the fencing from 4 °4 e ,e ef• ~ awed Mossit, since the 17th •of November, at the 'IN , '4 l Per month. The complainant said that be had 'Net? - advertisement to the effect that if anybody wanted t n el 4o '-' l s on those premises they must apply to Mr.-Startup. said• that the board had been pulled down and broken Ne "z" tlee Fe -aseee The deeenee wee Olin se„,..reeeee, * -a eeeteiwright'e e esea, mut that none bad a right to \i„of the outside of a fence but the occupier of the property. ediaerg.h said that Mr. Startup could make a claim ee, kr. Mossit for the money he bad paid as rent in j ° j'eoliet. The summons was dismissed. As e ,,N Mlles CIIRIsTIA.N AsSOCIATION.—The 'second of 1 4 ,,d41i of lectures in connexion with the above association J 'A f ,'"'ered on Wednesday, at the Hope-hall, Hope-street, ke,V, Osor 'Miller, of Edinburgh. Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, , Ne * Onpied the chair, and there was a large and respectable h 't tlee....' The chairman, in opening the proceedings, referred e t eceat increase in the number of such associations as that 0, eZhose auspices they were then met, and- said they had r ilerv , e, i e'tel be grateful to the Almighty that they were being ete,""ed - throughout the land, and also in the 'United States. ~tibe ' re _ ISHIler then delivered an interesting lecture on Cli e r lightened not lost," which he viewed in a temporal ,'Pte;g;_ens aspect, claiming on behalf of the working classes ' 4 th , hours for daily toil, or Saturday half holiday and a eSe h B , 'lacation annually, as essential to health and the en- I C l ' of life. A vote of thanks was passedeto the lecturer, tt: i toilarscompliment having been paid to the chairman, 4 ° ceedings terminated. 4 •. %, I CIIIA.EL'S CHURCH AID SOCIETY.—On Thursday, a ~tll,,ttional tea-party, in aid of the above society, was held a i i t ' a enarch school-rooms,• Cornwallis-street. An excellent i'eq,.,,,Provided by Mr. Milbourne, and was partaken of by Ole ' 4 , Persons. The Rev. Henry Carpenter; the incumbent e h e ranreleeeecupied the chair, and the Rev. Dr. Taylor, eV Frederick Parry, theßev. R. W. Wolseley, and the (7441„Pfolliott, curate of St. Michael's, were also present on orm. qkfter tea the reverend gentlemen briefly ad 'o , the. ompany on the advantages of such societies as e r S 4 whose !behalf they had then met, the Rev. R. W. iitA e Y illustrating his remarks in advocacy of working teye No6atione by a reference to St. Silas'seand concluded le''' be eilDeal on behalf of the ragged schools. The proceed of.A'e enlivened at intervals with several pieces of vocal co ,0 vt.-11 were • sung in a creditable manner - by the choir V?igim'ellae ' I's and a few members of the -congregation. A sel l 41 as free,".also in aid of the society, was • exhibited in , k (30 1-room by, severa l ladies during the afternoon. Ill'iBa.—cam, Wednes e d i ty evening, shortly after seven o'clock, e tki'lL. broke out in 'thago.mimmbgeresooamnacoifnlairiewPostlethwaite, 4 11 -broker, Excha minutesengine waans ,kl( 4 e and a party of men were on the spot. The , i 4, ll tlY got into•operetion, and played so successfully that in V short time thetames were subdued, and - the possibility hi o rther injury prevented.—On Thursday morning, a fire, k„. at one time threatened to extend itself, broke out in the , ' 4 ,, 1 store connected with the extensive saw mills belonging to Y e S ' J. M`Nicol and Co., Lower Harrington-street, Park. N t li ßines from the south station, some reels from Essex ,, th e ' and an engine 'from the central station, were quickly 'ile",!l ,o t, and by theefihrts of the brigade the foe was in a MLe e , ae e subdued. •It :was blowing half a gale from the ; e tt, and had it mot 'been for the prompt exertions of 1 kliteurigede, serious consequences might have resulted. a b 'lle fro m the West. of England station was also in ‘ll,. dance. t,A,_ MONIAL TO TELE Hwy. WILLIAM HARCUS, MINISTER VuTrEeTsllwasCHdAeriEveL2lo7Bllo f t l i a ' e tier o a r K in t g he m l e a n st o V t l i t te -sc; e es of ; I kl,t ti 41 1 d Iron Works, by the :Rex. W. Harcus, in the reading Lje t `mnected with the works. The chair was occupied by 0 3 e;''S'. Esc " manager to the company. The subject of the. s w . 1 ee, was, ' The working neamrising in the world." At the r,kl„•'". Clay detailed several :instances of the success -of Vt men, more particularly as appertaining to the iron •e:,„ lie then thanked the lecturer on behalf of the work ',s4, for his kindness in delivering the interesting course :ten which they had just heard ooncladed,apd saidthat 4..1e ,!t1 not part with him on the 'resent occasion without eZt3 4 ,`,lta some mark of their heartfelt-esteem; and he wo . uld , I ,;'•,„diat the lectures had been received by the working 1 0 t ;„" 1, very great satisfaction. He felt 'it a. pleasure in iintl e . ,„"g tuhim (Mr. Harcus) a testimonial from those work -0 e . ,„_"ealulleped he would receive it as a mark of their 'N'tileg towards him. A deputation from them had k i kl 'Pen 'him, and proposed the matter; they had also iktlt ' lB advice, as to the form the testimonial should . take. tee,, e a family man himself, he had suggested that it should ; 1 4 , 1 ,,, - *lteing not merely to look at and afford pleasure for the f:1, font, but that it should be substantially useful, and qii) en same degree. f pleasure in time to come. He (Mr. 4 4 , 1 ileq. recommended what he considered to be the most e',', namely, a silver teapot. Mr. Clay presented the te - : l ial, and concluded by reiterating the sentiments of 11, ti la which he was sure they all joined, and expressed a t e at it would afford him pleasure m tio moments hereafter. t 'll,, ‘ ,?wing is a copy of the inscripn, which was then ,fi e ,„ Presented to the Rev. William Harcus, by the work e,eitli-vg of the Mersey Steel and Iron Works , for his kindness le'' , ete er ing an interesting course of lectures to them. Liver qle,l4., December, 1855." The Rev. W. Harcus, in tender l'sll I t o ` t eanks, said—l assure you, when I came here to-night k, t ,,lte, T expect such a favour. When I began the course of 4 ' had not the most distant idea of receiving any re ,ll ' )te . . ekla,,ed had in doing you good and ministering to your cone „ . 4 e i i ll I nstruction. It affords me the highest satisfaction in Th e e t e n this mark of your esteem for any services I may Iss teNered lthough it has been very imperfectly. I hope ,keYSenial a will he handed down to my children through , ~itNePerations as a souvenir that I have rendered some '‘);N. ‘a the w orking men of the Mersey Steel and Iron t i , 9 1 And to you, sir (turning to the chairman), who have NAtt lit in those services, I feel very grateful, and I trust 4 t le t de re time to be able to come again among you without tik ra I. (ke 2 Ma t t , s , impression that I expect any further reward. I 63'0 1l 'Qat when I' expressed a hope in my lecture of meet t. Ibt__gain, I was not aware of the gift you intended to k il t %Ira, me, and I trust that promise will be fulfilled. Nt, very handsome remark, I beg to return you my thanks for A testimonial with which you have presented e„ t m 4 ,, te of thanks was •moved to the chairm an, and h n and e mak ,e o aeclamation. Mr. Cl W ay A' responded, " My after separated. 'nit LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ANOTHER "NIGHT ATTACK" AT THE NORTH FORT.--' On Thursday night, about eleven o'clock, the town was aroused by the booming of cannon, one report following ano ther in rapid succession for some time. The cause of this un usual summons in the dead of the night was to - give the artillerymen stationed in the fort at the Huskisson Dock an opportunity of showing their agility in manning the guns in case of a sudden surprise, or " night attack." This is an ex cellent plan of teaching the gunners vigilance, but it is very disagreeable to those who retire to bed at an early hour. eth - tioSiTiEs PROM ME EIMEA.—A collection of in teresting relics from the seat of war was brought to this port a few days since by the screw-steamers Meander and Egyptian, direct from Balaklava, consisting chiefly of arms, both Rus sian and Cossack trophies, accoutrements, &c., together with preserved ornithological and zoological specimens. Two very fine camels have also arrived by the same steamers. These useful and docile creatures were used during the late cam pains by our commissariat, and also in the more melancholy duty of removing the wounded and dead heroes from the battle-field. The whole of this interesting collection is con signed to Mr. G. S. Tyhe, of this town. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. — At the Polite-court, on Friday, William Grand was charged with stealing lead from the house of Mr. Bradley, in Oldhall-street. About five o'clock in the morning, Mr. Bradley heard a noise on his roof, and, seeing the prisoner through the skylight, he fired a pistol at him to frighten him, and then called for the police. An officer imme diately entered the house, and caught the prisoner on the roof, with about 100 lbs. weight of lead rolled up. He was committed to gaol for three months ; but, on being taken down to the bridewell, he kicked the officers so severely that they brought him back, and charged him with an assault. The magistrate, for this, fined him £5, or three months' im prisonment in default of payment. ROBBERIES. — During the night of the' 2nd instant, a bonded warehouse, belonging to Messrs. Barr and Cockhill, Lancelot's-hey, was entered by forcing the padlock of a ware house next door. The thieves then went on the roof by the jigger-light window, and from thence to the top of the above warehouse. They broke off the locks on the inside door, and emptied two packages of tea (about 20 lbs.) on the floor, and afterwards took about 12 lbs. of it.—During the night of the 4th, a quantity of sheet lead was stolen from the roof of Mr. Simon's rice-mills, in Burlington-street, by climbing up to the water-spout, and then over the wall.—During the week several children have been stripped in the north end of the town by women.—On the 4th' inst. a gentleman was robbed of his lever watch in the neighbourhood of Brunswick-road. A DIFFICULTY REMOVED. — On Tuesday evening the deni zens of Limekiln-lane were alarmed by the screams of a woman, who stood, with clasped hands, opposite a house in that locality, and implored protection for her child. A large crowd collected, and the excitement was intense, when the woman related that she had gone .on an errand, leaving her house-door fastened, and the child asleep in a cradle, but on her return the door resistener efforts to open it, and hence the cause of alarm. Four police-officers made their appear ance, and they proceeded with much ceremony to force open the door, when, lo ! they found the child still sleeping, and on searching the house, great was their disappointment and chagrin at discovering—nothing. The anxious crowd were sadly disappointed at this laughable denotdment of the affair, they expecting to see some murderous villains brought forth by the police. ME BURNING OP THE CONSTITUTION. This splendid packet-ship was burnt, on Wednesday last, in the river. She had arrived the preceding evening, and cast anchor in the Sloyne. The smoke was first observed about eight o'clock, a.m., issuing from the companion way of the second cabin. Search was made to discover the locality of the fire, but in vain. The fire-engine of the vessel was immediately got to work, and all the hatches closed. A signal having been made, the steam tenders Satellite and Jackal were alongside in twenty minutes, and were quickly joined by the steam-tugs Sampson, Constitution, Independent, and 'Queen. All these got their hoge to bear on the fire, and :poured in floods of water until half-past one p.m., but the -fire could not be sub dued ; and then, as the last resort, the vessel was beached and scuttled. Nothing could exceed the .zeal' and efforts of the captain, officers, and crew ; and so reluctant were the men to abandon the deck, that all were in great danger, and one of them seriously burnt. When the alarm was first given, Mr. Bowman put off in a steamer, and continued during the day to give encouragement and direction to the hands. ACOIDENT TO THE MAROO POLO.—On Thursday morning, as this vessel, bound for Melbourne, was being towed to sea, when opposite the Sandon Dock,the hawsers which attached her'*3 two steam-tugs broke. It is supposed that this was owing to the heavy pull, the high sea, and boisterous state of the weather, which was !aiming a gale at the time from the AV N. She . came in contact w ith - the barque Glasgow, which was somewhat injured, and 'the Marco Polo, after drifting awhile, got aground; the aftiportion swung to and fro, and-it was feared for some time that serious injury would follow. The most prompt exertions , were made to get the ship oft-but .as the water was low it was 'net found possible to accomplish 'the object. However, about six o'clock in the evening,-sbe was successfully got , out of her position, and was safely anchored off Egremont. , On examination by the government and Lloyd's surveyors, , was discovered that the vessel had sustained no injury.; and-She proceeded to sea, at nine o'clock on Friday morning, with 'no paSsengers, 1,300 tons of cargo, and the usual mails. THE NEW FLOATING REFORMATORY.—The hull 'of the Akbar, 50-gun frigate, for many years a quarantine-vessel in the Sloyne, has been - transferred by Messrs. Humble and Grayson into a fine-looking vessel. The old upper deck has been removed, and -she has now a splendid open-spar deck, with abundance -of space for a great number of boys to be em ployed at one time. The main or gun-deck will be -set apart for a school-room, mess-rooms, galley, &ie., and the-lower deck to sleeping-berths. - Below this there is ample -space for store rooms, refractory wards, and other purposes. The.ventilation. will be abundant, and the decks are well lighted from the port holes, which have been fitted up with neat windows. On the second deck apartments are being made for the superintendent and the schoolmaster, and a committee-room will divide the :rut: 2i.suar Wlll have, ALWLl44.llO4.lliWitnl tifr awat 2,003 boys ; but the committee will not introduce on board, for the present, more than 300 or 400. In a feyv days the vessel will be removed from the vicinity of Mr. laird's yard to that of the Canada Works, and during the winter it is ox pected that a number of young criminals will - be drafted on board. When completely fitted up, she will be-permanently moored in the Sloyne. Zr. Edward Humbleton has been appointed superintendent. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Alderman Langsdale preskited at the meeting of this committee, on Thursday, when the chairman announced, that the amount at which all the sn tall property in the borough was allowed to compound had b een paid in the last year to within £154. The total amount at which the small property had been assessed was 4=,440; the owners were allowed to compound for one-half, and of t bat sum £11,066 had been paid. A long discussion took place re lative to the nuisance arising at the north end, from the deposit there of chemical refuse. Mr. Fresh said the nuisa' ace would soon be abated, as the Formby highway board I lad agreed to take the refuse for roadmaking. The medical officer of health reported that, in the week ending on the Ist instant, 244 deaths were registered in the borough, being one less tl tan in the previous•vveek, but 18 more than the -average of sthe corresponding week of the previous seven years.. Of tbe deaths last week, 178 were in the parish, and '66 in the 011t townships. The-decreasing temperature of the -season is : tt tended with an increase of bronchitis and other affections of the lungs, which - tend to keep the mortality above the average. The deaths from these diseases last week were .436, being 21 . _ more than the previous week, and 35 more than the weekly mortality at the beginning of November. The • mean weekly temperature has, in the same period, fallen from 47 to 4 11 -- deg., which was the mean of last week. Of the. total 244. deaths, 141 were below the age of five, and .23 'between the ages of 60 and .90. DOCK COMMIIITEE.—Mr. Charles Turner pregided at the meeting of this•comtnittee on Thursday. The other members present were Messrs. Shand, Palmer, Robinson, Brocklebank, Holme, Barber, Lockett, Gregson, Mondell, Langsdile, Smith, Anderson, Hubback, Rounthwaite, Rankin, and ;Evans. A return was produced of the number of tons of goods delivered into the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway waggons, during the mouth ending:24th November, 1855, from the north stack of warehouses, on the Dock Committee's line of railway and turn-tables. It appeared that the deliveries were :/40 loads, weighing 627 tons it cwt. 1 qr. 6 lbs. The committee recom mendedin futuret that o a charge of 3d. per ton be made for goods delivered Sarsfield, the •cOmpany. A letter was read from Lieut. ge surveyor s l l ng eoyst,int go f thatae facilitate i o at a t bt h ee e ll t C h i e t y should ;navigation: v b D i ge. n sp b i il S do ft uponeat mhe ptialeekestpneeitrs' Company, t 1 Horse Channel. AI report was read from Lieut. Lord, to the effect that it would he extremely difficult, if not impossible, to place a hell on that buoy, and that even if it were placedthere, it would not answer . the purpose required. The sub.-committee accordingly recommended that the proposal be not •com Plied with, which was agreed to. It was agreed upon,. on- the tre commendation of the -sub-committee, that the Board do not comply with the suggestion of Mr. S. R. Clarke, to construct a bridge over the river Alt. In the harbour-masters' depart ment, letters were read from Messrs. Grimslaw and Co., Train and Co. Rie,bardson, Spence and Co., and Guion. and Co., on the subject of the appropriation of permanent . berths. The letters were referred ~to the harbour-masters' .committee. It was ordered that wooden huts be provided for the shelter of the men in the Wellington Dock. A letter was read from a ,number of the timber merchants of Liverpool, among ,whom were Messrs. Haihead, Chalosier, Steele, Farnwortlx,,&c.; re questing that the Board would not allow the slip at thesouth wost side of the Queen'sDockrto be filled up, it being exceed ingly useful for the discharge Dantzic cargoes, hie. The secretary was directed to reply, stating that there was no intention of filling up the slip .at present. This closed the general business. GAtiIIETON BOARD OF HEATMEI,--The monthly meeting, as held at the Aigburth Hotel on Tuesday, Mr. J. A. Tinne in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Pratt, Cooper, Watts, Chidson, Goodwin, and Moss.—The Chairman, with reference to the contemplated report on the new survey,. as to the beet plans of drainage for the district, suggested that one party, of competent enghaeering knowledge, should be applied ,to, to furnish a drainage report, instead of the board advertising for reports, and offering a premium. In Liverpool the Corporation engineers made the surveys and brought up a -report.—The Law-clerk said that in other dis tricts with which he was connected plans had been advertised for; and in some eases a dozen reports had been sent in, and there was choice ofgreat engineering knowledge. The further discussion of the subject stood over until the next meeting. — Mr. A. Holme sulemitted plans at the last meeting of board for stables and sheds at the yard where the board kept their horse and cart, plant, &c. The plans were referred to the Works Committee, and they now reported that it would be exceedingly desirable to erect the sheds forthwith, at an expense of £5O, leaving the remainder of the works to be exe euted at a future period. The report was agreed to.—The Chairman said he had to call the attention of the board to the fact that the Town Council of Liverpool had published their parliamentary notice, to include certain townships in the bo rough. Ile thought it exceedingly desirable that that board should appoint a committee to watch over its interests. This board was affected by the contemplated change. They did not know exactly what the Council of Liverpool were going to do, ex cept what they could glean from a general notice, which set forth that Garston was to be incorporated with Liverpool. No report had yet been made to the Town Council on the sub ject, and it was therefore very desirable that this board should have information laid before it from time to time. If the rates were likely to be increased, of course this board would not sanction any arrangement for the amalgamation ; but if, on the contrary, they were likely to derive any advantage, then they would be only too glad to join Liverpool.—The Chairman then suggested that the simplest way would be to refer the matter to the Law-clerk, with instructions to obtain informa-' tion on the subject, and call an early meeting of the board.— Eventually this suggestion was adopted, and the board ad journed. THE Cunard steam-ship Asia, Captain Lott, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails, 134 passengers, and a full cargo. AMONG the patents recently sealed are the following : John Lane, of Liverpool, merchant, and John Taylor, of Bir kenhead, engineer, for an improved engine ; Stephen White, of Liverpool, miller, for improvements in washing, cleansing, and drying grain. - GAS EXPLOSION.—On Saturday an explosion of gas &- occurred in a shop occupied by a tailor, in Renshaw-street. The window was blown out, and a few articles of drapery were burnt, but no personal injury was occasioned, the family being seated in the back room at the time. The fire caused by the explosion was speedily extinguished. OS3ISKIRIi IN DARSNESS.—Since Saturday week, the lamps in the streets of this town have ceased to be lighted with gas, to the great annoyance of the inhabitants, owing to the gas company wanting to charge £2 per lamp for the winter season, instead of burning by meter, as formerly, and also to employ their own lamplightem for an extra sum of £l5. STEALING A RECEIPT.—Mr. Mostyn Warburton, of 44, James-street, was brought up at the Police-court, on Saturday, on the following singular charge :—Ellen Latham said that she had nursed an illegitimate child of the prisoner's, for the support of which he had been ordered to pay the sum of £1 12s. 6d. On Friday he called on her, saying that he would pay the money, and asked her for a receipt. She wrote out a receipt, which the prisoner snatched from her, and then ran off without paying the money. The magistrate ordered him to pay the money forthwith. SUICIDE BY HANGING.—On Friday night, William Jones, who resides at 54, Trowbridge-street, committed suicide by hanging himself to his bed-post, with a neckerchief. The deceased, who was in the employ of Mr. Taylor, a brewer, in Trowbridge-street, had been drinking for some time pre viously, and on the night in question he had been scolded by his wife for playing at dominoes in a public-house with a boy. He accompanied her home about nine o'clock, and walked directly to his bedroom, where he hanged himself as above described. At an inquest, on Saturday, the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity?' TRIAL TRIP.—The Borysthene, a screw steam-ship, of 1,300 tons and 250 horse-power, made a most satisfactory trial trip on Saturday, attaining a speed of about twelve knots. This vessel has been constructed by Mr. Laird for the Imperial Company of France, for whom he built the Jourdain, and another vessel of similar class, the Meandre, launched about a fortnight ago, and to be ready for trial early in January. The engines for all three vessels are by Fawcett and Co., and of similar power and construction. The Borysthene, after com pleting coaling, is to proceed in a few days to Marseilles, and will be placed in the French postal and troop service from there to Constantinople. Al , the Manchester County Court, a fruit-dealer, named Lowe, has obtained compensation for damages sustained by the delay of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company in the delivery to him of fruit carried along their line. The plaintiff refused to accept the fruit, which was in a spoiled state when it was sent to him ; and the defendants caused it to be sold in Smithfield-market, subsequently ten dering to the plaintiff about £26, which they received from the salesman. The plaintiff refused this also, and now sought to recover £2O in excess of the £26 which had been paid into court. The Judge decided for the plaintiff, and ordered the company to pay £l5, besides the £26 paid into court. Town - IMPRO . 4 - ENIENTS. — Workmen are now actively em ployed in pulling down the premises at the south corner of Hardman street and Rodney4treet, recently purchased by the corporation for the improvement of that locality. A portion of the site, in .addition to another piece of land opposite the Jew's synagogue, will be added to Hardman-street, so as to make it of one uniform width. The improvement, when com pleted, will - render the line of thoroughfare comprising Leece. street, Hardman-street, and Myrtle-street, one of the best approaches to the town in that direction. We understand that the corporation have resolved to proceed at once with the contemplated improvements at the corner of Oldhall-street and Tithebarn-street. The alterations are much required by the increasing traffic of that neighbourhood. It is stated also thatt very large quantity of corporatton laud and property is about to be disposed of by auction. -SSEOKE INFORMATIONS.—On Wednesday, at the Police court, before Mr. Mansfield and J. C. Ewart, Esq., M.P., there were several informations against steam-boat proprietors and others for infringing the provisions of the Smoke Pre- Tendon Act. The cases occupied the court nearly four hours --Messrs. Coulborn Brothers,proprietors of the New Brighton, Fremont, and Seacombe slteamers, were fined 40s. and costs, - in consequence of the furnaces not being constructed accord ing to the requirements of the .act of Parliament.—The Lon don and North-western Railway Company were summoned for an infringement of the act on the 21st November, at Edge-hill, and were fined £5 and costs.—Messrs. William and - Daniel Busby, Mansfield-street; for a nuisance from smoke, on the 13th November, were_ fined 40s. -and costs.—Messrs. Willoughby were summoned for -an infringement of the act on board the steamer C,ato, on the.2lst November. Fined £5. —Captain Samuel Heod, manager of the Woodside Ferry, was summoned for an offence committed against the act on board the steamer Queen, on the Illst November. Fined £5. —Mr. John Watkinsjor offences committed against the act in the steam-tugs Satellite and Britannia, was fined £5 in each case. THE ROBFAEHY , GE 'aso.—At the Police-court, on Satur day, George Fothergill,.a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Cox Brothers, was charged with stealing £350, the property of his employers. 'On the:22nd of Nov. the:prisoner received £420, which he was•told topay to Messrs. James Aikin and Co. He, however, got 'drunk, and after .buying some clothes :for which he g t aid , S.Zdas., , he accompanied some girls to a house of ill-fame un Albion-street. Here his .money was taken from him. As .fimercantile . .rm, who paid the bank notes (lost .by the prisoner) to Afessrs. Cox Brothers; could give none of their numbers, and as tiler had paid another sum in bank notes the same dayto other parties, under the sameeircumstances, there was no evidence. tovonvict the prisoner, who was discharged. He was immediately brought forward •as a witness against Anne Ledgerwood, Mary Burns, and Henry Green. The tatter Keeps bIW iLatubc to tick, 'Aline rviatergal 'Anti robbed, .and where the female prisoners live. The only evidence.q.gainst the females was the fact that Ledgerwood had changed a£s note at Jackson's public-house, on Copperas hill. inspector Murphy, who apprehended the prisoners, said that for the. present , no trace of the notes existed, as the numbers were ..not .:known. The, prisoners were ultimately remanded till Wednesday, in order to afford the police. an opportunity of making further inquiries. ILLIVELLUGHTER _.1171 HOTEL-MEEPER.—An inquest was •held on Thursday, on the body .of Ambrose. Donleaire, aged thirty-four, a native of. Donegal, who had met with his death under the • following circumstances :—He .arrived in Liverpool with his wifea few days ago, and took lodgings in Carlton :.street, - intending to commence business in this town. On Wednesday. night,.ke and another. Irishman, named. Mac kenzie, who is about to.emigrate to Australia, were drinking at the :.Arnerican Hotel, in Regent road, kept by Patliek Conolly?when some angry words arose between the deceased and thelandlord, in reference to a ganaecfbilliards.which they hadjust-had. The deceased struck • Conolly, and then ran out of the house, followed by Conolly,. who caught him in the street. _As he passed out Mackenzie saw kim take something from the. tap-board. A setae ensued in the street. The de ceased -suddenly called teat 9 Police," and.-dropped. Conolly iminediatoly left him,• and was returingto the house, when Mackenzie, who had pereeived him let something fall in the street ; udging that.,hchad stabbed Donleaire, secured him until thq police arrived. ~ C onolly. himself.was bleeding from a wound'on ene of his thsa . els ; but the deceased was found an a -dying-condition,•havinp-received.a.wound.in the site, pene trating to: the cavity :of the heart, and another in the abdo men:from:Which the. bowels protruded He:was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, , lut he died en the way. In the streeta.kcife of formidabledagger-like appearance was found. The blade ris about a foot long, and shar,poeinted. It has upon it isevtral inscriptions, " American Hunting Knife," " Roughand Ready," " Tryune," &c.; and is.alre ornamented with a :number of curious devices. Both Conolly and. Mac kenzie were taken into custody, and were present at the inquest, when Mackenzie was,admitted to.'evidonee. Against Conolly thejury returned a. verdict of " Manslaughter," and he was • aonunitted for trig. THE ITYBTERY OF A £1049 NOTE.-At the ,Police-court, on Saturday, Mr. Mansfield „was occupied for five hours in investigatiw the following ease, which arose-sole7y from the carelessness :of four persons, through whose haraida,s, bank note passed,thevalm of which noneof them can telL Mr,Thompson, a railway contractor, has an oftize in Blackstone-street, and in the adjoining: Highfield-street le , the shop of 31r...lan:ves Kelly, provision dole , . Mr. Thompson!s clerks and Mr. Kelly have -frequently Ikea) in the habit of changing bank no:twat:id gold for one another. On the 16th of _November, Mr.,l)ransfield, Mr. Thompson's :cashier, sent an Irishman, named Brady, n ar t o e, in ptitied M be r e . •T iai l i t ir -n ed p a s ,b o tio n ni ' z s dt t o e x m lp p 6a l ,y oy ini t o otc 3 , ie l t t . ot o l a e A l pi ly ur.reLno w hf ith a £2O , 4i no . t vi m ng ent b io el f to reg ßr w e iry the value mtehoe, aceom and the latter, te d d r , ing large notes .atiMr. Kelly's, never,looked at it, but walked g. into Mr. Kelly's shop, and said, "Please change me a.,#;100 note." Mr. who knew Bradyavell, was busy at the time with two .customers, so he, without looking at the' note, banded liracly.eloo in gold. Beady paid some money to Mr. Lumb, made ,his purchases, awl took back to Mr. Dransfield, in a bag, 02. 3s. On seeing this, Mr. Dransfield raid, " How did you bringr me so much change " ,out of the £lOO note,"Aaid Brady. On &his Mr. Dransfield I:looked at his pocket-boek, and found that be had a £lOO note; ,but supposing that Mr. Thompson might,have given him. a ,41,00 note for a ae :note, he altered his cash-book, and de termined to wait and ask Mr. Thompson .about it. Mr. Thompson, before leaving the office that flay, gave Mr. ,Drattefield what he considered £l4o—in one note of £lOO, and two:notes of £2O each ; hut!neither he nor Drnasfield looked is carefully at the notes, and neither could swear as,to what they were. ..On the night of the aforesaid 16th of November, Mr. Kelly-balanced his cash, and,could find no £lOO note, but dis covered that he had a £2O ;note over. This pnuled him eXceediugly. - He - searched everywhere for the ENO note he habit aornbtliseinosanlov supposed be had received from Brady, but he could find nothingof ,it. He communicated with the police, .and, in company with detective-officer Sullivan, waited upon Mr. Deausfield ,and Mr. Thompson on,the afternoon of the 17th nit. To these gentlemen Mr. Kelly said he had lost a ,41.00 note, but mentioned nothing about the extra £2O note in his possession ; while Mr. Dransfield and Mr. Thompson, feeling assured, from Mr. Kelly's statement, that he had really lost the £lOO note, said nothing about the en 3s. they had re ceived from him, believing that, in mistake, Bar. Thompson had given Mr. Dransfield a £lOO note for £2O, neither of them being able to tell the numbersof the notes or their amount. So matters went on till last Thursday, when a man named 0:0 rady, living in the same house as Brady, and having heard him talk about the change he got from Mr. Kelly for the note, gave informa tion to Mr. Kelly, and the detectives immediately took Brady to the Bridewell, where he was closely questioned, and almost frightened out of his life, by Mr. Kehoe, inspector of the in door police. He did not get to bed till twelve o'clock, and having to be at the office before six o'clock on Friday morn ing, and feeling a " sinking " after his fright at the Police office, he took a glass of whiskey and a pint of ale before breakfast. At the office a dispute arose between him and Mr. John Thompson, a nephew of his master, in the course of which Brady's face was rather damaged. Smarting with pain, he rushed off to the Police-court, and told a piteous tale to Mr. Mansfield, who granted a warrant for the apprehension of Thompson, and a man named Maud, a time-keeper in Mr. Thompson's employ. In the meantime, Mr. Kelly and the police considered that this would be a good opportunity to investigate the mystery of the £lOO note. Mr. Mansfield said that the case had arisen from the carelessness with which business men managed their money matters. He thought there could be no imputation upon the conduct of Mr. Drans field ; and, with respect to the assault, Brady, who appeared to have been the aggressor, had not sustained injuries which called for special notice. He must, therefore, dismiss the ease, QUICK SAILING.—The Ghana, commanded by Captain George Black, has made the voyage from Newcastle-upon- Tyne to Bombay and back to Liverpool in seven and a half months; and the commander has been presented by the owners, Messrs. Joseph Heald and Co., of Newcastle, with a handsome gold chronometer, manufactured by Messrs. Gow land and Son, South Castle-street, Liverpool. - THE FREE LENDING LIERIRIES. — During the month of November, 33,195 volumes have been lent and returned, being an average of 1276 per day on the 26 days in which the libra ries were open, and an increase on :the previous month of those lent and returned of 4823 volumes as compared with the corresponding month of last year; the receipts and issues have increased more than threefold, and the borrowers more than doubled. It is computed that between 14,000 and 15,000 persons passed in and out of the libraries during this period, being about 560 per day. - - BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY COURT.—The first December court opened on Tuesday last, there being no fewer than 1,009 cases entered for trial. For hearing the remainder of them, Joseph Pollock, Esq., the judge, made the following arrange ments :—Monday, 10th, adjourned cases ; Tuesday, 11th, 70 at ten, and 50 at twelve o'clock ; Wednesday, 12th, 70 at ten, and 50 at twelve o'clock ; Thursday, 13th, 20 large cases of £lO and upwards, and 100 other cases, at eleven o'clock Friday, 14th, adjourned cases, and 100 others, at eleven o'clock. OPPOSITION TO THE BOUNDARY EXTENSIOS.—At a meet- I ing of the parishioners of Wavertree, held on Thursday, at the Lamb Inn, the Rev. Mr. Badnall in the chair, Mr. Brancker moved, " That this meeting pledges itself to use all legal endeavours to prevent the union of the out-townships with the borough of Liverpool." Mr. Charles Howell seconded the motion. Mr. Bardswell moved the appointment of a com mittee of five or seven of the inhabitants of Wavertree to investigate the question pro and con, and report to a further meeting if there were any cogent grounds whereby an opposi tion could be supported with effect. Mr. Thomas seconded the motion, but, on a division, the original motion was carried by a large majority. STRANGE DEATH OF A SCHOOLBOY. John H. Smith, about seven years of age, son of Mr. John Smith, Springfield bs street e o e n t e , a o f s c b h i s o l t a e r e e in b e t r s h i 3 n l e t b e h: e n n i c s r e ' o l f n a s t n i t e u l t d i e o r n , bN4v as s e n b t e hom e com plained very much of a severe pain in his head. On reaching home, Mr. Cooper, surgeon, of St. Anne-street, attended him ; but he died on Thursday night. Before his death, he said that one of his schoolfellows had sat upon his head. Mr. Cooper ascribes the death of the deceased to an affection of the brain, caused by external injury. LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Thursday, in the Royal Institution—Mr. H. S. Alpass in the chair. The secretary, Mr. Mercer, read a letter from G. Wilson, Esq., managing director of Price's Patent Candle Company, stating that he should be happy to present the society with a series of speci mens of the products of their manufactures ; and also read a letter from Mr. Elliott, of BlisWortb, on the subject of iron slag for building purposes, stating that the common clays con tain all the elements of slag, and may be applied to every pur pose for which the patent vitreous slag is applicable.—Mr. W. Dantec read a paper " On a New Process of Purifying Water, in order to!prevent Incrustation in Steam Boilers and for other purposes." He first alluded to the evils arising from the use of hard or sea water in steam boilers, and to the various plans which had hitherto been adopted for their removal, all of which had been found more or less injurious or inefficient. He then proceeded to describe the method he proposed for purifying water, which has now been for a long time in use on a large scale. The agent he employs is the hydrate of baryta, which has a great affinity for both sulphuric and car bonic acids, and when added to water containing sulphate and carbonate of lime, carbonate or sulphate of baryta is formed, while the lime cannot remain any longer in solution, because the acids by which it was held in solution have _been with drawn. The baryta is mixed with the water in a separate tank, and the clear water only allowed to flow into the boiler. After the reading of the paper some discussion took place, in which the chairman, Mr. T. Edwards, and Mr. Mackinlay joined.—Mr. Mercer then brought before the meeting the subject of the "Theory of Positive Photographic Printing." He described the details of the two modes by which positives are obtained, viz., by the action of light alone or by the action of light in the first instance, and the subsequent employment of a developing agent s and explained, as far as they were un derstood, the chemical decompositions and reactions which take place in the different stages of both processes. After a discussion, and some remarks from Mr. Rowland, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Dantec and Mr. Mercer for their communications, and the meeting separated. LIVERPOOL GAS INQUIRY. -- -4,- THE Directors of the. Liverpool Gas Company have pub lished a reply to the report of the Special Committee of the Town Council on the state of the gas supply in the Borough, which was presented on the 30th of October last. It is diffi cult to do justice to the company by any attempt at abbrevi ation, and our space will not admit the re-publication of a pamphlet of thirty pages. We, however, subjoin some extracts relating to the more important points. With reference to the evidence before the committee, the directors say : On the appointment of the special committee of the Council, in June last, an official communication was made, on the part of the committee, to the directors, that they might, if they thought fit, send some person to represent the company at the meetings, accompanied by a request that the officers of the company might be examined by the committee. The directors, having every reason to believe that the proceedings of the committee would be conducted in like manner to those of the committee in 1847, gave instructions to their officers to attend. At the first meeting, which was attended by Mr. Carson and Mr. King, on behalf of the company, it was observed that, in stead of the inquiry being conducted in the usual manner by tne committee, or any officer of the Oupoiatiou, Mr. ticay, the secretary of the Guardian Society, who had been invited by the committeato attend, was constituted to all intents the prosecutor of the company, and opened his case in a speech of considerable length. In consequence of this, and of certain allusions made in the course of the proceedings to the possible ' establishment of a new gas company, Mr. Carson stated, that although the directors would gladly meet any charges of not having managed the affairs of the company according to their act of parliament, it ,could not be expected that they would 'allow evidence to be given by their officers which might be used for purposes prejudicial to the company ; and that before any evidence was given he should wish to consult the directors. On the subject of the gas supply in the borough of Liverpool,- the directors say::—Under this head the first charge in the report of the committee is, that notwith standing the • reduction made in the price of gas on the Ist January last (1855), from 4s. 6d. to 4s. per 1,000 cubic feet, rather 'more than 11 per cent., the bills delivered by the Gas Company were larger in amount than the bills for the corresponding period of previous years ; and, as connected with this charge, another, namely, that in some cases the company have charged by " computation.'.' In reply to these charges the directors do not wish to con ceal the fact that, in many instances, the quantity of gas con sumed during the quarter ending March 31, 1855, was greater than that consumed during the corresponding period of 1854 ; but they submit that any of the following causes may have contributed to - this result :- Ist. It is the practice of the company - to commence the quarterly examination of the meters, for the purpose of ascer taining the quantity -of gas consumed, about a fortnight before the expiration of each. quarter, and the examinationxenerally occupies about three weeks. As a redaction-of the price was to take effect on the.lst of January last, 1555, the company, in order to avoid, as far as possible, the complaint that gas consumed during the:first part of January was included in the kst quarter of the previous year, and was ,:charged at the higher price, commenced the examination rather earlier than usual, and employed an. additional number of persons, so as to have the meters examined •by the end of the year 1854. This -caused the first quarter of 1855 to include 12 or 14 of the Phortest days of .the year--,a difference equal -to at least 12 per cent. As an example, it may be stated thatin Lord-street the first quarter of 1854 included the consumption between tlaegth of January and the 4th of April ; while, us 1855, the corresponding quarter included the consumption: between the 98th December, 1854,and: 2nd April, 1855. With reference to the meters, they say : It iss not true-that, in the majority of cases, the meters in use have been manufactured by the company : the greater mamba were manufactured by the patentee ; but,,since the expiration of the patent, the company have manufactured a number of meters, and have purcliaeed others. On the question of the illuminating power of the:gas, the directors, after referring to some experiments, say : The directors are convinced, by other evidence than the ex periments just referred to, that tho,average quality of the gas supplied to the inhabitants of 'Liverpool is not lower than it i was prior to the amalgamation of the two companies.; and untrue, deterioration rui t eo h ,ra e e o rn sf h e og n uu t lad t l the te ht t ja p v u e h i n i i b c• me h eon a s n osymuays made a let i i n e , e vt d iot a hir l loss, 1.'91,00@, is evidence to support 5.5 TO InE SUPPLY TO TUE -SIIIIIIRD4N DISTRICTS. It has always been the ilesire of the directors to meet every reasonable demand for a supply of gas within the limits of their act ; but they deny that, in supplying the suburban ,districts, they have been regardless of the interests of the in :habitants of the borough. De question ofdeakage is one that has been well considered by the directors, and they can state with confidence that the legkage of their .company is below the average Qtother large companies in the kingdom. as TO TIM:COMMITTEE'S CONCLUSIONS. In a former part of the report it is stated, on the authority of Messrs. . Clegg and Taunton, " that au overcharge of water causes the meter - to registe r more gas than passes through it, but thatan n d ed erc w ha it r h ge w c a f te w r a w t e e r r e h a a b s o t u he t egeouantr,a,ryiteiffseecvti.d' evident, therefore, is also stated, in another place," that the numbers over c h arge d and ullci inaccuracies.; A nd the directors cannot but regard the conclu sion arrived at by the committee, namely, " that, taking i n t o consideration the overcharges made from incorrect registration of meters, th e present price of gas is far too high," not only as a lt oge th er un warranted by the premises, but they contend th a t undercharged that the company, ere no gainers by the se a ll ege d a correct mode of reasoning should leave led,the committee to a conclusion exactly the opposite of that expressed in their re port; for if, by the erroneous registration of the meters, the Gas Company have obtained a greater ;revenue than they were entitled to, then, by a correet registration, their revenue would necessarily be reduced, and they would be the less able to afford gas at the present price, much less would th e y be able to supply gas at the reduced price. In the remarks already made, the directors consider that they have sufficiently replied to the second, third, and fourth of the committee's conclusions, namely, those relating to the registration of meters, the illuminating power of the gas, and the supply to the suburban districts ; and, as regards the com mittees assertion, that the meters in use are generally of im perfect construction, the directors deny this; and would refer to the following paragraph in Mr. Clegg's report to the committee : —"I do not think there is much the matter with the meters themselves, either as regards workmanship or materals." The other points alluded to in the reply are the reduction of the price of gas, the suggested competition, meter-inspector, and cost of manufacture. The reply concludes by saying : —The directors believe they have substantially replied to the various charges and observa tions contained in the committee's report; and they would hope that the council, having now the whole question before them, will consider that they are best promoting the interests of the inhabitants of the borough, by adhering to the principle laid down by the council in 1847, and by discouraging all at tempts to disturb the settlement of gas supply then effected, ~~~ GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. COIL in large quantities has been found in Lyttelton, New Zealand, and is now selling at Christchurch, and at the plaina' in that province, at £slos. per ton. A LETTER from Vienna says that the new Concordat will set aside no less than 21,000 Aulic decrees which have been issued at various times to complete or explain the application of the civil code in matters relating to the Church. Vex DIEMEN'S LAND exists no longer, the Queen having been graciously pleased to accede to a petition from the colony praying that the name of Van Diemen's Land should be changed to that of " Tasmania."—Australian and New Zea land. Gazette. ME. ROBERT FEAST has prepared and shipped, partly by the Osprey, and the remainder by other vessels, some 2,000 plum-puddings for the army in the East, the whole of which will have ample time to arrive before Christmas. THE Times has authority to state that "the missing cler gyman" from Gloucestershire, acting under the impulse of an unaccountable illusion, has gone over to America, where he now is. LAST WEEK, the births of 828 boys and 787 girls, in all 1,616 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1845-54, the average number was 1,415. TH!: sword about to be presented by the people of Glasgow to Sir Colin Campbell will be a Highland basket-hilted dress one, and will cost £2OO, of which 8110 has been already sub scribed in shillings. BURYIN( a WHOLE Penrsm—The sexton of Collumpton; in Devonshire, who died a few days since, bad buried upwards of 4,000' uersons, while the population of the town is only 3,655. It is said that the sextonship had been in his family for a period of 200 years. THE NEW FRENCH ADMIRAL. —Rear Admiral Count - Boult-Willaumez has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French naval division in the Levant, and of the expedi tionary corps in Greece, replacing M. Jacquinot, who is ap pointed Vice-Admiral. Rear-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly is named member of the Council of Admiralty, replacing Vice- Admiral La Place, called to other functions. THERE has been a sale of the beasts of the Surrey Zoologi cal Gardens, the present proprietor contemplating a total change of enertainment. The lions were knocked down at a price far below their value ; the celebrated large elephant was sold to Mr. Batty for 320 guineas; the bears to Messrs. Ross, the barbers. - - - ON Monday, a deplorable accident occurred in the Woolwich Arsenal, by the explosion of a quantity of powder in the rocket-making sheds. The sheds were blown into the air, and nine men dangerously injured, three being in a dying state, and one died on Tuesday. The accident was caused by sparks generated through friction in rnealing, the powder. THE omnibus proprietors who are opposed to selling their business to a French company, have appointed a committee to investigate the improvements which have been made in the Liverpool and Manchester vehicles, so as to give those public advantages to the metropolis. Mr. H. Gray, chairman of the non-sellers' society, has already made improvements as to ascending the roof ; and Mr. Hicks has placed divi sional arms to the inside seats of his Camden-town omnibuses. THE grand terrace of the gardens of the Tuileries is to be exclusively reserved for the Empress of the French and the ladies of her suite, until her Majesty's confinement has taken place. This terrace was, in analogous circumstances`, put to the exclusive use of Ann of Austria, in the days of Louis XIV., of the Empress Marie Louise, the Duchess of Berri (mother of the Duke de BordeaUx), and the Duchess of Orleans. OFFICIAL RETURNS show that the number of foreigners and provincials who visited Paris during the Exhibition amounted to 579,549 persons-410,945 French, and 168,604 foreigners. In this total are not included the visitors who, from their fear of not obtaining lodgings at Ptyris, took up their residence at Versailles, St. Germain, and other places in the environs of the capital ; nor those who arrived in the morning and left at night. THERE was a court-martial at Chatham, on Wednesday, to try Dr. Robert Wallace, late of the James Watt, for being drunk while on shore at Gothland, in August last, and also for treating with harshness some invalids under his care about that time. The first charge was found to be fully, and the second partially proved, and the doctor was sentenced to be dismissed the service. THE Morning Post, in noticing the arrival of the guests at Guildhall, London, at the entertainment to the King of Sardinia, says—" First came Admiral Sir Charles Napier, to gratify the excited expectancy of the company. His entrance was loudly cheered, and celebrated by an outburst of music from the band of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, in the gallery facing the vestibule. Perhaps a moral lesson was intended by their choice of a tune, which was ' Steady, boys! steady !" A PARISIAN CAB-DRIVER, of the Rue Rumfort, was found last week dead, having hanged himself behind the door of his lodgings. He had written with chalk on the door the following words :—" What I have now done I have intended effecting sixteen years ago, but then my children were too young. To-day they can do without me. I am wearied of making the daily circle of the same occupations and annoy ances without any object in view that I can understand, even if one exists. My absence from the world will not be re marked or felt. Adieu, then, my friends I" AT a court of the governors and almoners of Christ's Hospital, on Wednesday, the proposal that at Easter next no presentations be granted, except to her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the President, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and the governors made in respect of the speciality of their donations up to the Court in March, 1856, was-adopted. This recommendation was made, it was stated, in consequence of the present position of the funds of the institution, by which it appeared that the expenditure had, for some time past, exceeded the income by between £3,000 and £4,000 a-year. Inn Clerks in the customs - at Hull have adopted a uniform, and the idea has been started of a uniform for the whole of the civil service. The Hull uniform is of navy blue cloth — frock coat, with silk collar, double breasted, buttons finely gilt, with the crown on them; sleeve braided round the cuffs, with gold braid. Waistcoat single breasted, to button, to throat, or nit, at the option of the wearer. Trousers with a blue cord down each side. Cap blue, with a gold crown in front worked on a silver ground, in a gold circle. THE partners in the firm of Martin, Pillans, and Co., at Calcutta, (founded on the ruins of Cockerell, Larpent, and Co., who were found insolvent in 1847,) have applied for their discharge in the insolvent court there. Mr. Martin obtained his discharge ; but Mr. Pillans was refused, in consequence, as stated by Sir Lawrence Peel, who sat as commissioner, of a breach of a deliberate engagement with the North-western Bank, to the hypothecation of some indigo upon the renewal of a bill by the bank in October, 1854. THE director of a company cannot, it appears, recover of them his fee for attendance at board meetings. At the Lord Mayor's Court, Mr. Bentley, a director of the South Essex Gaslight and Coke Company, sought to recover of the com pany 21 guineas for so many days attendance at the board of directors, the board having passed a resolution giving each director £1 ls. per day for so attending. Mr. Locke said it was a well-known principle in law, that a plaintiff could not recover against his partner in trade. A director was in the same posi tion, and could not maintain an action against the company of which he was a partner, for services rendered as an officer of the company. The recorder considered that the action would not lie, and the defendant was nonsuited. FRATRICIDE.—One of the most shocking murders that has occurred for some time has just taken place at Clayton West, about five miles and a half from Barnsley. The perpetrator is a strong young man, about 36 years of age, named James Wharam, in the employ of Mr. Joseph Norton, of Clayton West, as a worsted dyer, and has a wife and four children. The young man murdered was Jeremiah Wharam, 29 years of age, and brother of the murderer. The two brothers were at the Commercial Inn, in Clayton West, in company with several others, on Saturday night, and some difference arose between the two on going but a little after 12 o'clock. James called out to his brother, "Go home, old shoddy." This, it seems, was something ofensive, and had reference to deceased's wife and a shawl. He replied, " That's enough to turn back for." He did so, and going up to his brother James, a scuffle ensued, and deceased was stabbed in the left breast and side in ten places with a knife, which has not been found. De ceased, on being taken away to his own home, said, " I am a dead man." He died almost instantly. An inquest was held upon the body, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder."--,Heeds Intelligencer. A DEPUTATION from the religious societies of Great Britain was introduced to the King of Sardinia, on Tuesday, when Sir Culling Eardley read an address of congratulation to his majesty. The deputation consisted of Sir Harry Verney, Rev. C. J. Goodhart, Rev. P. Latrobe, Rev. Dr. Beecham, Rev. J. Howard Hinton, Mr. James Lord, Mr. G. H. Hewit Oliphant, Mr. John Bridges, and Mr. Edwin Hough. The address was signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Presi dent of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; the Earl of Shaftesbury, President of the British and Foreign Bible Society ; the Earl of Harrowby, Vice-President of the Bible Society and Ohurch Missionary Society ; the lion. A. Kinnaird, Vice-President of the Colonial Church and School Society; the Bishop of Melbourne, Vice-President of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Bible Society, ; F. E. Vernon Harcourt, Vice-Chairman of the Council of the British branch of the Evangelical Alliance; Sir Culling Zardley Eardley, President of the British branch of the Evangelical Alliance; M. General Alexander, life governor and member of the committee of the Church Missionary Society; Peter La Trobe, Secretary to the Church and Missions of the United (or Moravian) Brethren ; Edward Steane, D.D., Hon,Secretary to the Committee for the Promotion of Relic gious Liberty ;' and also by a number of other gentlemen con nected with various religious societies. A SYSXRUATIC BURGLARY. Two ticket-of-leave men, named William Renton and John Clarke, were examined at the Leeds Court-lionse on Saturday on a charge of burglary and robbery. •committed in the house of Mr. John Haines, of Knostrop, near Leeds. Mr. Haines is an ironmaster, residing at Tipton, Staffordshire, but has a house at Knostrop, at which he sojourns when he visits the neighbourhood of Leeds. Bet Ween 2 and 3 .o'clock on the morning of the 21st of August last, while Mr. Values was in bed, awake, at his house at Knostrop, his bedroom door was opened, and a man entered with a lighted candle in one hand, and a bludgeon in the other, and his face browned, The burglar advanced to the bedside, and, seeinc , Mr. Haines awake, said, "Be steady." Mr. Haines asked what he wanted? The Burglar —" Your money." Mr. Haines—" Be a man, and I'll give it you." Burglar—" Where is it ? Mr.. Haines—" In my trousers' pocket." Burglar—" Have you no money in the room ?" Mr. Haines —" I have not." Burglar —" Are you not the landlord of the house ?" Mr. Haines—" No ; lam only a lodger." Burglar—" Are you sure of that ?" Mr. Haines— "On my honour, I'm not; there is my portmanteau. You may look for yourself, and you will see that I am a traveller." Burglar—" How often do you come here ?" Mr. Haines—" Once a-month, or two months, as it happens." Burglar —" Now, are 'you sure you have no more money ?" Mr. Haines —" I am sure I have not." Burglar—" Where is it then ?" Mr. Haines—" In my trousers' pocket; give it you." Mr. Haines then reached his trousers, and took out 9s. or 10s. ' a knife, and some keys. Another burglar who h a d entered the room during the conversation took up the money at the request of the other fellow, who then said to Mr Haines, Now, no noise ;" to which Mr. Haines said, "Not a word ; retreat in peace." Both men then disappeared, Mr. Haines soon afterwards awoke the man and woman who had charge of the house, and, on examining the premises, it was found that an entrance had been effected through the breakfast room window, and several articles of provisions had been carried off. Renton, who was positively identified by Mr. Haines, was committed to the assizes ; Clarke was dis- Charged. REVOLT OF THE RIIRDS.—The Russian journal the Cau casus states that General Lonsdoff had been obliged to send a detachment of troops to Van, beyond Alladagh, against the Kurds, who had revolted against the Russians. LIEUT. HILL, the governor of the Middlesex House or Detention, who was suspended for showing undue favour to Sir John Paul and his partners, has been restored, after an admonition. ....... Mn. ROBERT STEPHENSON, C.E., has undertaken to dis charge one-half the debts of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle, which amount to £6,200, if his fellow members will subscribe the other portion. THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have decreed the restitution of the proceeds of the Danish ship Franciska, captured on the 22nd of May, 1854, by her Majesty's ship Cruiser, for a breach of the blockade of Riga, condemned by the Admiralty Court, and sold. The reason for the restitution was, that a'notification by Sir C. Napier, dated 11th of April, 1854, that " her Majesty's fleet had sailed to take measures for putting in a state of blockade all the Russian ports in the Baltic," was not a notice of actual blockade ; and that though the Franciska had touched at Elsinore after the date of this notification, and must have learnt its purport from general notoriety, it was not consonant to the law of nations that she should be confiscated for a breach of a blockade which had only been announced as intended. SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.—A tragedy occurred near Franklin, Tennessee, the week before last, which, for finished brutality, throws the recital of " Uncle Tom's Cabin" altogether into the shade. A woman, named Ellen Burden, having had her jealousy aroused by some unexplained conduct of her husband, seized one of her negro slaves, and, after fvine her up, and whipping her until weary of her work, poured boiling water over her abdomen and legs until the skin was scalded off, and the fatty tissues cooked, leaving the muscles bare. The poor victim was then locked up in a smoke house, where she remained over night, and the next day was strung up by a rope attached to one of the smoke-house joists. When her dead body was taken down, it was found that, in addition to the other cruelties inflicted upon her, her skull had been fractured by a blow on the temple with some sharp pointed instrument, which penetrated to the brain, and that two other gashes had been made with the same instrument on the back part of the head. The woman Burden made no attempt to escape, and manifested the utmost indifference as to the affair.— Toronto Globe. . AT a meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company, on Wednesday, Admiral Thornton presiding, a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, exclusive of a payment of 30s. per share from the underwriting account, was agreed to, and the report was adopted, There was a length ened discussion on the position and progress of the company, which are regarded as satisfactory ; but an exception was taken by some shareholders to the appropriation of £lOO,OOO at the present moment, in liquidation of the debenture debt. 'lt was explained, however, that the profits of the year having enabled the directors to adopt this course, it was considered preferable to paying an enhanced rate of interest. In answer to questions it was stated that the highest offices in the company are ob tainable by merit, and that part of the supplies of coal for the vessels in the East continues to be obtained from Labnan. A SURGEON AND APOTHECARY in the Westminster•ro id, London, sued a man named Reid, a supernumerary in the Post-office, at the Lambeth County-court, for £1 155., the amount of his bill for attending the defendant's wife. Reid said all his wife had was two bottles of medicine and two pills. The plaintiff had only visited his wife three times, and had charged for five visits. He had charged 2s. 6d. a bottle for his "stuff," and 3s. 6d. for each visit, at the rate of £2 2s. a week; and how was a man who only earned 19s. a week to pay such bills ? The Judge : "This is a ridiculous bill, and a down right imposition. Medical men cannot charge for visits when they charge for medicine. There is ss. for an operation, which I shall allow, but I shall strike out the whole of the visits and the overcharged mixtures; and as the plaintiff has acted so dishonestly, I shall not allow one farthing of costs. The judgment will be for 14s. only. How can you pay it ?"—Reid: One shilling a month, your honour." (Laughter.) ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. W. H. Brandreth, Rector of Standish, Lancashire, to an Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral of Manchester. Rev. W. C. Evans, to the Perpetual Curacy of Skelbrooke, Yorkshire. Rev. J. T. F. Hicks, to the Vicarage of Ampleforth, Yorkshire. Rev. W. C. King, Rector of St. Mary-le-Bow, Durham, to the Vicarage of Norharn. Rev. F. W. Kingsford, to the Curacy of East Dereham, Norfolk. Rev. S. Meadows, Vicar of Chigwel!, Essex, to the Rural Deanery of Rumford Rev. Dr. M. O'Sullivan, Rector of Tanderagee, Ireland, to be Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Manchester. Rev. E. Richardson, Incumbent of Trinity Church, Louth, to be Chaplain to the County Prison in that town. Rev. J. W. Rumsey, to the Curacy of Grays Thurrock, Essex. Rev. H. T. Salmon, to the Curacy of Twickenham. Rev. J. Taylor, to the Curacy of Bredon, Worcestershire. Rev. H. J. Walker, 8.A., to the Rectory of Burythorpe, Yorkshire. Rev. F. P. Willington, M.A.;to the Curacy of Trowel!. Notts. Rev. E. Eardley Wilmot, Vicar of Kenilworth, to the Rectory of All Souls, St. Marylebone. .. _ .__ CLERICAL OBITUARY. ----- - Nov. 28, at Carnmenellis, Stytbians, Cornwall, the Rev. IV Broadley, Incumbent of Carnmenellis district. Dec. 3, after a few days' illness, the Rev. Robert Montgomery,. Minister of Percy Chapel, aged 48. ST. BARNABAS AND ST. PAUL'S, KNIGHTSBRIDGE. The decision of Dr. Lushington in the cases of Beale v. Liddell and Parke and Westerton v. Liddell and Horne, was given on Wednesday. The judgment was an exceedingly elaborate one, and its delivery occupied upwards of three hours. Its practical effect may be thus stated : At St. Paul's, the communion-table, being of wood, is to re main, but the judge observed that it was so massive as not to be movable with ordinary facility, which lie considered that the law required; the "credence-table" is to be removed, also the wooden cross which is on the communion-table ; only one covering for the communion-table is to be used (instead of the present rotation of different coloured cloths), and the " fair linen cloth," at the time of administering the communion, is to be plain, without lace or embroidery. St. Barnabas'—The stone altar, together with the metal cross upon it, set with jewels, is to be removed, and replaced by a table of wood ; the credence table is to be removed, and also the wooden cross over the chancel arch ; the brazen gates of the chancel may remain, though the judge disapproved of the separation indicated by them ; the ten commandments are to be placed at the east end of the church ; and the same ar rangement to be made with regard to the coverings of the communion-table as are ordered in the ease of St. Paul's Church. The candles and candlesticks in both churches are to re main, but the judge intimated that the lighting of them should be confined to occasions when the external light was insufficient for the officiating ministers to perform their duties. In dealing with the stone altar and the credence tables, the Judge stated that he was bound by the decision, some years ago, of the superior court —the Court of Arches—as delivered in the well-known judgment of Sir Herbert Jenner Fnst ; but Dr. Lushington added that he concurred in that judgment. In considering the question of ornaments in churches, he- la mented that there was no such authority to guide him, nor was there any definite rule to be obtained by a reference "to , the authority of parliament in the second year of the reign of King Edward the Sixth," mentioned in the direction placed immediately before the order of morning prayer in the Book of Common Prayer. Under these circumstances, he must judge of the law of the case by what had been done by those bishops who lived nearest to the times in which the several acts, injunctions, rubrics, and canons, had been issued, which bore upon such matters ; taking also into account what had been the general usage in parish churches. He contended that what had been in this way prohibited, was prohibited still; that what was not expressly enjoined or sanctioned must be regarded as prohibited; and that the onus lay upon those who. introduced any novelties into our churches, to show that they were sanctioned by the law, or by general usage, in parish churches, since the Reformation. Dr. Lush in gton urged that the law if available for placing crosses on our altars, was equally available for crucifixes : and he laid great stress upon the de cision of the Bishop of Exeter, in 3.817, on the case of the Rev. W. Parks Smith, of Torquay. In both cases notice of appeal has been given. TIfE REV. JAMES HASSALL, incumbent of St. John the Baptist's Church, Toxteth-park, has been appointed a surro gate for the proving of wills, and the granting of marriage licenses, in the diocese of Chester. THE - REv. TIIOMA S COWAN, incumbent of St. Andrew's, Renshaw-street, Liverpool, has been appointed a surrogate by the Chancellor of Chester. DIOCESE OP CHESTER : PREFERMENT.—The ROY. Robert Gordon Calthrop has been licensed by the Bishop to the Per petual Curacy of Drigg, in the county of Cumberland, void by cession of the Rev. Henry Wade Hodgson, upon the nomina tion of Samuel Irton, Esq., of Irton, in that county, the patron in full right. A dispensation having been obtained froni the Archbishop of Canterbury enabling him to- hold-it;•together' with the Perpetual Curacy of Irton, to which he had been previously licensed. TILE REV. J. D. KELLY, M.A., who has been for a con siderable period the curate of St. John's Church, Blackburn, has been appointed Vice-Principal of Queen Elizabeth's College, Guernsey. _ THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER commenced his second visi tation on Wednesday, delivering his charge at the parish church of Bolton. There was a full attendance of clergymen. On Thursday his lordship visited Preston • on Friday, Lan caster : on Saturday, Burnley ; and yesterday, Bury • and to-day he concludes his visitation at the M anc h es t er Cathedral. COURT AND FASHION: THE betrothal of the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia with the Princess of Oldenburg has taken place. , SIR GEORGE BALLINGAL died suddenly on Wednesday, at t his seat, at Altamount, near Blairgowrie. r A LETTER from Paris says : The marriage of General Canrobert, with the daughter of a wealthy physician attached to the Imperial Court, is spoken of. .The Emperor interests himself very much in this union." ROYAL ART ILLERY. — COIOneI Griffin is to relieve Colonel ' Turner in the command of the Royal Artillery in the Northern and Midland District, and the latter officer is to replace Colonel Poole in command of the Royal Artillery at Bermuda. THE Court left Windsor -castle yesterday for Osborne, there to remain about ten days, when the Queen will return to the Castle for the Christmas holidays. On New Year's-day the oratorio of "Joseph," by Mehul, will be performed at the Castle on a grand scale. It is expected that Madame Gold- Schmidt will take part in the performance. THE House of Savoy has at two periods been connected by marriage with that of England. First, in the reign of Henry 111., when two daughters of Raymond Berengarius, Count of Provence, and Beatrice, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Savoy, were married to English princes ; King Henry himself marry ing Eleanor of Provence, and his brother Richard, Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans, marrying her sister Sanchsa. Queen Eleanor founded St. Katharine's Hospit4- and for nine Months held the Great Seal, being the only female ' in the list of the Chancellors of England. The secondalliance was at the era of the Revolution, when Maria Aloisia,. eldest daughter of Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, and granddaughter , Amadeus andd:t e h tex t : . of Charles 1., was married to Vi c t or whom the present -o Savoy, and first King of Sardinia ; from right descent to King is sixth in descent. His Majes e t , y r , er bcu u ngaescended from a daughter of a son of James in up h on o the who n ' is descended from a t d h a a u t o K ite it r lg of tb j a a l e Q s upe ; of Stuart, became the netter on of the house extinction throne of Great Briaain, but, being i-. tan , succession to the - • were excluded by the Act of Settlement. 'Roman Catholics, n an Y d ic ttai!ln 91 King Victor Amadeus I. protested against the Act at the time, and claimed that his wife's succession to the British throne should be preserved. t ,e 0 (15 of u 4" the the tO Pith an d coo; _ mac t ; I 4 fl !~ li' I , ~. ,; 1 ^. ~, ;{ r ~ V 1