The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-30 00:00:00

GENERAL NI ISUELI.A.\ I. The Mar qu i s o f W estm i nster has su b scr ib e d £5OO t o the N ational Education Society. rIRATH OF Mr. HOBLER.—We regret to state that the venerable Mr. Hobler, who was clerk to the Mansion house for 54 years, died on Tuesday. at his residence in Queen's -row, Pentonville. He was in his 80th year. Lord John Manners and others, members of the Young England party, are about to establish a monastery at Much Wenlock, in Shropshire, where there are the ruins of an abbey capable of restoration.— Watchman. The Globe mentions a confident report that the charter of the Bank of England is about to be renewed by govern /tent, of which the Time* and Morning Herald speak in terms of discredit. It appears, f rom a par li amentary paper , th a t there is an tacrease in the importation of sherry last wear of 4,217 butts; the importation being, in 1842, 25,096 butts, and in the year just ended, 29,313. Mr. Messenger, a farmer at Loughborough, who was in custody some time ago, suspected of the murder of one of his labourers, named James Garner, has been re-arrested in consequence of some additional information being re ceived by the magistrates. The intention which the daily papers for a time enter tained of raising the price of their journals from sd. to 6d. is abandoned ; the new proprietor of the Morning herald, now only an earlier edition of the Standard, was the recusant party. INDIA Nxws.—On Wednesday a ballot was taken at the East India House for the election of a director in the room of William Stanley Clarke, Esq., deceased. At six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scru tineers' who rep orte d t h at t h e e l ect i on h a d f a ll en on Major James Oliphant. Mr. Thomas Harper King, an Undergraduate of Exeter College, Oxford, has joined the Church of Rome. This is the second member of Exeter College who has turned Ro manist within the last six months, and the seventeenth victim of Mr. Newman's efforts to unprotestantize the Church of England. NEW BELLS FOR YORK MINSTER.—III accordance with the munificent bequest of the late Dr. Beckwith of York, the Minster Restoration Committee have directed an eminent bell founder (Mears, of London) to complete a peal of twelve musical bells ; the tenor bell to be 53 cwt., in the grand key of C. James Hargreave, Esq., of Leeds, has generously for warded through the Rev. John Bowers £l,OOO, to aid in the great and pressing emergency of the Wesleyan Mis sionary Society's affairs. This is Mr. Hargreaves second donation of £l,OOO towards the same object. The same benevolent individual was a subscriber to the Centenary fund of £l,OOO. An extraordinary investigation has been going on before the Magistrates at Wolverhampton, during the last few days, relative to a revolting charge brought against one Caroline Harris, a midwife, who it is alleged has been keeping a house for the reception of pregnant females du ring the time of their confinement, and that for a pecuni ary consideration the children were destroyed by her. The details of this case are of a horrible nature. PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—By a parlia mentary paper of last session it appears that from the year 1826 to 1842 there were registered no fewer than 9557 private banks and 985 joint-stock banks. From 1841 to 1842 the number of the former was 311, and of the latter 118. The Yorkshire District Bank had in January, 1842, 1000 partners, and the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank 1113, the largest number at the period mentioned. THE HADDOCK FISHERY--During the last two or three months immense quantities of haddocks have been caught off Peel, and our market during that period has been daily supplied with unusual quantities of this excel lent fish. 'Within the last fortnight they have greatly in creased in size; and we yesterday saw several in our mar ket, h; which, upon being put into the scale, weighed eight, nine, and ten pounds each.—Mona's Herald. ADVANCE OF COLLIERS' WAGES.—On Friday last, the colliers in the employ of the Earl of Balcarres, re turned to their work at an advance of 2s. per score on the getting of King coal and cannel in the High and Aspull mines, and ls. per score on drifts, 6d. per score on pillars, and ls. pe r y ar d f or cutt i ng, at the Arley mines. All the other colliers in his lordship's employ have, we are in formed, received a proportionate advance of wages. IRON STEAMERS FOR THE NAVY.—The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered six iron steam-vessels to be built by contract; they have accepted the tender of Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow, for three with engines and boilers, and Ditchbien and Mayer are to construct the like num ber with their engines and boilers. The engines are to be ready_ and on b oar d b y t h e b eg i nn i ng o f August. N ot hi ng definite is known as to the service for which they are intended. TURN -OUT OF COLLIERS.—The colliers employed at the Poynton, Worth, arid Norbury collieries, near Stock port, turned out for an advance of wages on Saturday evening last. For some weeks past a spirit of dissatis faction had been exhibited amongst them, and considera ble less coal than usual had been got, so that the " banks" were empty. In consequence of this proceeding, several cotton-mills in Stockport were obliged to stop for coals on Wednesday. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon a child, named Joseph Bowden, four years old, sustained the following shocking accident :—The poor little fellow bad run out of the house, 6, William -street, Lisson grove, and began climbing up the wheel of a chaise just at the moment the horse was started off ; the consequence was his legs became entangled with the spokes of the wheel, and before he could be released both legs were fractured, and he was otherwise much injured.—Standard. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—George Wharton, the oldest man in orkshire, who formerly lived at Laver ton, but who for some years has resided at Masham Moor Heads, in firm North Riding of that county, died on Monday last, having attained the patriarchal age of 112. years. Till within a few days of his death he re tained the use of most of his faculties, and the vivacity of 4,51 f hie mi n d the sprightliness of his person, and the piety bias in h i s will long be remembered by those who visited p Rt 1118 cot. A.IneriCEEtSTVANISM EXTRAORDINARY.—J. Perry, the tow alk j, l 2 , si l j a ek, who undertook at Ripon some time ago 'iocces s i ve miles, viz. 11 miles per hour, for a thousand Tuesday in ours, completed his arduous undertaking on walked a ,°, l.ll 'ng last, at nine o'clock. He afterwards °f Enusi Slid a quarter extra, accompanied by a band health at the He appeared equally as stout and in as good feat. N O the completion as at the commencement of the tiOn t o , 11.. Wager was depending, for he left his remunera ,r_. e generosity of the public. E TE 'll week ra ,, RADE, Jan. 22.—The deliveries of tea last public sales of 549,7751 b. There have been this day of about 56,000 packages in progress since w eek, and they terminated to-day. A moderate Prr tion only has found buyers, but more sold towards t he clo _ se on Friday viz., 6, 300 out of 8,960 packages, and ?i, gathe r 28,000 p a ckages have been disposed of. The ebut ri o r qualiies of congou have averaged rather lower, fine have risen. Green, best sorts, have been at full rates generally. * iEXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.--During a violent su nder-stortn, a fishing-boat beloring to Mt•dyell, in the Shetland Islands, was struck b 4htning. The elec tric fluid came down the mast, whLtir man h o shivers, and melted a watch in the pocket of a m it close by the side of t h e mast, without injuring io z n as sitting Not only was the m an a l toget h er unhurt, but his clothesi. w e r e also uninjured ; a n d h e was not aware of what had taken place until on taking out his watch he found it all fused into one mass.—Jameeon's Journal. GREAT WEALTH.—Within this month have died Mr. Milnes and Mr. Beswick, of flurnage, about two miles from Rochdale, who, it is said, have left behind them above £200.000. Th e fi rst h as b equeathe d £1 5 0 , 00 0, two thirds of whi c h goes to a nephew at Wardle, and the re mainder to distant re l at i ons. M r. Beswick, whose age person 9 to y ears,was bu r i e d on T hursday last, and is the about three wh o re, Mr. Fildes, of Rochdale, left £60,000 years ago. These fortunes were made under the corn law system, now so much decried by wealthy manufacturers. The agricultural movement is extending and increasing so fast, that even the Morning Chronicle is obliged to admit, that "it re a ll y appears to get on a little. " At Northampton, on Tuesd a y, near l y 1 800 occupiers of land met, and a large sum was subscribed in the rooms • which it is exp ec t e d w il l b e made £6OOO for that count y a l on e - The Duke of B ucc l euc b , a member of the Cabinet! osereit. £lOO. On Wednesday, a meeting of more than 600 agri culturists was h e ld at W arwick, and a large subscription entered into. M r. B olton King, formerl y the whigean didate for War w i c k, attended, and gave his support to the movement. ANTI-LEAGUE AGITATION.—A meeting was held at Maidstone on Thursday, for the purpose of forming an association of the West Kent farmers to resist by all con stitutional means the progress of the Anti-Corn Law League. Lord Strangford, Sir E. Filmer, M.P., Mr. J. S. Douglas, M.P., Sir J. Croft, Sir E. Dering, and a large gathering of the gentlemen of the county, with about 200 tenant farmers, were present. Lord Strangford took the chair. The resolutions, which were of the ordinary character, were proposed arid received with every token of enthusiasm, and not less than £6OO was collected in the room. LIEUTENANT MUNRO.—An accredited agent on the Part of Lieut. Munro has been three or four times at the Horse Guards, to know the feeling of the Commander- Chief to war d s his principal, and the answer which he has invari a bl y received is, that when his present leave of ab sence expi res, his Grace will consider him as " absent without leave," and remove him from the service alto gether ; an application for an extended leave of absence was met with a blunt refusal. In this dilemma, then, stands the accused duellist : he will either lose the price of his commission, the regulation value being £1,600, or have to take his chance of a trial.—Correspondent of the liamPBAire Independent.—[Since this it is well known that Lieut. Munro has been superseded.] , _The supplement to Willich's Tithe Commutation Ta bles has just appeared, which gives the annual average P r ices of w h eat, b arley, and oats in England and Wales ~rnin 17 90 to 1843. From the tabl e th us g i ven it a ppe a r s P t hat the highest price of wheat during that period was in 1 2, when it ruled at 1265. 6d. per quarter, a n d that the 40west pri ce was i n 1839, w h en i t ru l e d at 395. 4 d . per Smarter. The following are the average prices of wheat, barley, and oats for the last seven years : Wheat. Barley. s. d. a. d. 55 10 .. 30 4 64 7 .. 31 5 70 8 .. 39 6 66 4 .. 36 5 64 4 .. 32 10 57 3 27 6 50 1 .. 29 5 Oats. s. d. 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 23 1 22 5 .. 25 11 •. 25 8 22 5 . , 19 3 „ 18 4 Jan. 30, 1844. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land during she last four weeks ending the 6th of January stated to he £14,688,000, showing an increase of £1,692,000, as camuarecl with the preceding month, and an increase of £3,631,000, as compared with the corres ponding period last year. SACRED MUSIC COMPOSED BY PRINCE ALBERT. — Priam. Albert has lately come before the public as a coin poser of sacred music, and his productions have been very much admired. On Friday week, a private rehear sal of sacred music, the composition of the prince consort, took place in the QuPen's private chapel, before her majesty and his royal highness Prince Albert, under the superin tendence of Dr. Elvy, private organist to the Queen. The prince consort having given his permission to Dr. Elvy to introduce his compositions in the service at the chapel of St. George ; they formed a portion of the musical service at the chapel, on Sunday morning, the Te Drum, and the Sanctus, and Responses, being his royal highness's pro ductions. CABINET DINNERS.—The Earl of Aberdeen received the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Gra ham, Lord Stanley. the Right Hon. Sir H. Hardinge, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Edward Kaatelibull, the Earl of Haddington, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer at dinner, on Tuesday evening, at Argyll-house. Lord Stanley had a Cabinet dinner last evening at his residence in St. James's-square, when, among the guests of his lordship were—Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Welling ton. the Duke of Buccleucb, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir J. Graham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir E. Knatchbull, the Earl of Haddington, and Sir H. Hardinge. The Lord Chancellor and the Earl of Ripon were prevented by indisposition from dining with his lordship. IRISH SOAP.—The Lords of the Treasury having had before them a letter addressed to Sir Robert Peel by the Irish Soap Company at Cork, representing that by the Excise regulation soap-makers in Ireland are prohibited from exporting soap to England in packages containing less tban 301 b. weight, and requesting that the permission now restricted to packages of that size and upwards may be extended to packages of and above 101 b. weight ; and their Lordships having also had before them a memoran dum prepared by the chairman of the Board of Excise, from which it appears that no risk would attach to the revenue by compliance with the application, they have authorized the Commissioners of Customs to permit the exportation of soap from Ireland to England in packages of 101 b. weight and upwards, and a copy of the order has been forwarded to the collectors and controllers of the several ports of the United Kingdom for their information and government. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF PARRICIDE. —On Thursday week the body of a man, named William Sea ley, who died, at Taunton, in April last, was exhumed, in consequence of a suspicion that he had been poisoned by his two daughters. The appearances in the stomach and bowels were such as to lead to a conclusion that he had died from the effects of arsenic; and, on an examination of the contents by Mr. Herapath, of Bristol, a consider able quantity of that mineral was found. The suspicion that the old man was poisoned was first aroused in con sequence of one of his daughters, Mary Seeley, having been committed to take her trial for the murder of her aunt. A variety of circumstances having tended to con firm the belief, Faith Seeley, the other daughter, was taken into custody, and, on Friday last, the two were brought before the magistrates, where evidence was given that left but little doubt that these wicked young women had caused the death of their father in order to he re leased from his control. The court adjourned till Satur day. THE LUNGS NO TEST OVA CHILD BEING BORN ALIVE. —Recently, Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Unicorn, Henrietta-street, on the body of an infant found in a re tired recess of Covent-garden. From the 'evidence it appeared that the child was still-born, and a verdict to that effect was returned. In reply to a question, Dr. Brooks, the medical witness, stated that the lungs were a fallacious test as to a child being born alive or not. There were many instances of the lungs of still-born children floating in the water ; and although much had been writ ten upon the subject, medical jurisprudence had left it in doubt. Some years ago a woman, named Wilson, was hanged in Scotland for infanticide, the surgeon having sworn that the lungs of the infant floated in water. The body of the woman, after the usual time, was cut down and handed to her friends for burial ; but they perceiving symptoms of suspended animation, applied the usual remedies, and she was restored to life and survived. She afterwards, and when she could apprehend no d tnger, de clared that she had not murdered her infant, but that it was still-born. CAUTION.—STOVES IN BED Rooms.—We mention the following circumstance, which occurred about two weeks ago, in the hope that it may act as a warning to others. Two servant women, in the family of a respecta ble gentleman in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, went to bed in the laundry. having previously put a fire on the stove, and shut the doo”, which they fastened inside. The apartment was rendered so close, that the vapour generated in the stove, found no adequate egress, and the consequence was, that the women were, before morning, completely insensible. At their usual time of rising they did not appear according to custom, and, on listening at the door of the laundry, the members of the family heard sounds inside, which indicated the ordinary symptoms of suffocation. The door was broken open, and as already stated, the two females were found in a state of insensi bility. Medical aid was procured with all possible des patch, and after the proper remedies were applied, both of them recovered ; but about a week elapsed before one of the two was restored to her wonted health. Had a short period longer occurred, before relief was given, in all pro bability both would have fallen victims to their folly. Ignorant persons should be carefully warned against shut ting themselves up in bed-rooms where fires have been lighted without great attention being paid to ventilation. —Scottish Guardian. EXTRAORDINARY RESULT OF MEDICAL SKILL.—On Wednesday morning, Mary Cribb, aged 40, servant to Mr. Stone, in St. James's church-yard, was discoverd by her fellow servants suspended over the staircase by a rope. Her master having been immediately called, lost no time in rescuing her from her awful situation, when she was found to be in a state of insensibility. Mr. Prowse was sent for, and bled her, after which she was taken to the infirmary, where the following means were resorted to for restoring animation : bleeding from the jugular and bra chial veins, salts of ammonia applied to the nose, effusion with cold water to the head and chest, and a long-con tinued and powerful stream of electro-magetism. These means were applied from a quarter before nine till one o'clock, without intermission, at which latter hour she evinced some svmptons of recovery, but it was not till a quarter to six o'clock that consciousness was sufficiently restored to enable her to recognise her sister. From that hour to the present time she has been gradually getting better, and strong hopes are entertained of her ultimate recovery, alt hough as yet she has no recollection of any circumstance subsequent to the preparing of the dinner on the forenoon of the previous day. She appears to think that her illness was occasioned by her having fallen down the stairs. Mr. Stone had heard a noise similar to that made by the woman, when rescued, for 10 or 15 min utes previously, from which it would appear that she had been suspended during that time. A pecuniary loss is supposed to have led her to commit the rash act.—Bris tol Mirror. EXCISE DUTY.—By a Parliamentary document of last session a return was made of the quantities of, and of the amou nt of duty received on, the several articles liable to Excise duty in the United Kingdom during the years end ing January, 1841, 1842, and 1843, distinguishing En gland, Scotland, and Ireland; also a return of the con sumption of imported commodities, and of the receipt of Custom duties thereon, within the United Kingdom in the three years ended January, 1841, 1842, and 1843. It ap pears that the duty on s a l es by auc ti ons i n th e U n it e d Kingdomin the year ending the 6th of January, 1841, was, £320,062. 12s. 6d., of which £286,624. Ils. sd. was for duty in E ng l an d , £20 ,0 60 . 16s. 7d ., i n Scotland, and £13,377. ss. 83. in Ireland. In 1842 the duty in the United Kingdom was £314,073. 12s. Id., and in 1843, £297,146. 4s. 93. on auction sales. On bricks the duty in the last year was £400,086. 3s. 5d., and on glass, £766,540. 14s. 3d. in the United Kingdom, of which £703,194. 6s. 2d. was paid in England on the last men tioned article. The duty on hops in England in the year ending January, 1843, was £310,025. Bs. 10d. On licen ses in the United Kingdom last year, £1,014,941. Ig., the number being 592,342. The duty on malt in the last year in England was £4,176,742. 19s. 103. ; on paper in En gland, £495,955, 17s. 6d. ; on post-horses in England, £156,397. is. 2d. ; on post horse licenses, £3,840. ; on soap in England last year, £32.528. Is. 4d. ; on spirits in England in one year, £316.121 35.; on sugar, £4,382 17s. ; on vinegar in England, £27,106. 9s. 101. in one year, and £10,832. 17s. on game certificates in Ireland. From the second return it appears that the total amount of Cus toms duties on imported articles in the year ending Janu ary last was £22,596,263. 3s. 2d. FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY.--On Friday a dreadful and desperate murder was committed in Burnt Island, which caused deep and general excitement and regret amongst the inhabitants. A man named Sliman, a shoemaker, we believe, who bad been frequently under restraint while living previously in Berwick, had been heard to threaten to kill several respectable individuals in the town and neighbourhood, under a mental delusion that they were possessed of and withheld some money or property be longing to him. However, no belief seems to have been entertained that he would put any such threat into execu tion, and he was allowed to go at large. But on Friday, or the exening before, he had been seen sharpening two large pointed knives, and the Provost being made aware of this circumstance, we have been told by Sliman's fa ther, he granted warrants to the town officer, named Corstorphine, to apprehend him. The letter sent to Kinghorn for Simpson, the town-officer there, to assist him, and in the course of Friday forenoon, they came up to Sliman in the Links, when Corstorphine, taking him by the arm, told him he would consider himself a pri soner. The maniac asked on what warrant; but before it could be produced, struck a knife into the officer's hand, nearly cutting it in two, and in another instant ran the knife into his heart. Costorphine held the warrant of apprehension under his vest, and it was pierced through with the knife, in its passage to his body. He fell down instantly, and died in two or three minutes. The maniac fled to his own house, where he barricaded himself in a garrett ; and as it was dangerous to come near him, ano ther officer was sent for to Kirkaldy, and the posse coma. talus raised, armed with such lethal instruments as they could lay hold of. Finding they could not easily break into his barricade, orders were then given, and slaters procured, to unroof the house. The proceeding had com menced, when Sliman, imagining the egress would now be free, undid the door and bolted down stairs, but was fortunately secured by the officers before doing further injury to any one. Sliman has a wife and several children in Burnt Island. The officer, Corsforobine, was unmar ried, but much respected in his office, and his untimely and tragical death is much lamented by the whole corn munity.—Caledonian Mercury. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD• LOCAL NEWS. LAUNCII.—On Tuesday, a fine barque called the Lau rina, and intended for the West India trade, was launched from the buildinu yard of Mr. P. Cato, Brunswick Dock. She will be placed under the command of Capt. Barr, is about 200 tons burthen, 90 , feet in length, 24 in breadth, and 15 in depth. CAUTION TO PARENTS.—On Saturday, at High Tran mere, a female child, named Coker, set herself on fire in playing with lucifer matches in the absence of her mother. She lingered till the next day, and then expired in great agony. An inquest was held the following Monday, and a verdict of accidental death returned. OFFICE BROKEN OPEN.—On Monday night, the office of Mr. Deakin, coal merchant, Leeds-street, was broken open, and the brass work of a large clock stolen there from. Some of the works were afterwards found in the cellar of Cecilia Connor, Hodgson-street. John Morri son and James Enear were in the cellar at the time, and said they found the articles. They were committed as the thieves, and Connor as the receiver. Mr. Deakin said the office was regularly broken open three times a year. SAILOR'S WRONGS.—On Wednesday, at 'Change time, from five to six hundred men assembled in the Exchange Arena, to impress upon the merchants their desire, which was expressed in a memorial,, that their cause should be sanctioned by employers generally, so that by resort to an economical and honest registry the men would be taken out of the hands of those who make exorbitant charges for shipping them, for cashing their notes, sup plying them with clothing, Sce. Their claims were listened to with much attention. PUBLIC-HOUsx RoßßEßY.—Between the hours of four and six p.m. on Tuesday last, the house of Mr. Halliday, sign of " The Lett, rs," FLetcher-street, Toxteth-park, was entered by thieves, and the sum of £7O in cash ab stracted from the bed-room. The following articles were also taken :—A sea-green coloured cornelian stone, a cold brooch, set with white stone, a gold brooch, hair taken out, a virgin gold ring, set with crystals, a mourning ring, a pair black ear-rings, two or three foreign coins, and two crooked sixpences. INGrta..rtrunE.—On Thursday week, Mr. Jos. Dunn, warehouseman, Fleet-street, whilst in the house of Mr. Williams, Robert-street North, met with a person named Thomas Evans, who said he knew many of his friends. After some conversation, Mr. Williams invited him to his house, and gave him a night's lodging, with parties sleep. ing in the same bed. In the morning Evans departed, taking with him the watch of his companion, who, bein g unwell, was unable to quit his room. On Wednesday, Williams met Evans in the street, when he seized him, and handed him nver to the police. On Thursday he was committed for trial. A FALSE ALARM.—On Wednesday evening last, a fe• male, well known to the police, was found in the streets, conducting herself in a disorderly manner. She was taken into custody, and after reaching the bridewell, complained that the pains of labour were coming upon her. Her per sonal appearance, as well as her behaviour, convinced the officers that she would soon give birth to another sublect of her majesty, and of course a surgeon was immediately sent for. When the medical gentleman arrived, the fe male burst into a fit of laughter, and during the paroxysm was safely delivered of a quantity of cotton wool, &c., which she had concealed under her clothes for the pur pose of making her appear to be enciente. THE CONVICT ROBERTS.—In noticing the execution of this unfortunate man, the Liverpool Times says, "That he died justly cannot be denied, for he had been the means of hurrying into eternity a man who had done him no injury, and who at the time he was killed was doing nothing more than his duty to his employers." We are glad to find that there is at least one even among the or gans of the Liberals that is not afraid to say that it is just to take away life in punishment of murder. We are happy to have such a corroboration of our own views, and such a testimony against the sickly effeminacy of those tender souls who think society cannot even spare its murderers. APPREHENSION OF SUPPOSED BURGLARS.—.OD Wed nesday evening, in consequence of information received, officers M'Comb and Ainsworth proceeded to the house of Philip Maxwell, in Russell-street, where they found concealed in a box twenty-six skeleton keys, a crow bar, and other implements used by burglars. Maxwell, his brother Henry, Joseph Haghan, and Joseph Ashton, who were known to associate together, were found at a disor derly house next door, and taken into custody. Philip Maxwell was sent to gaol for three months, for having possession of the articles. Henry, who was identified as being one of the party who made an attempt with George Baker and " Nottingham Charlie" to rob the premises of a poor woman in Copperas-hill, was also committed for three months. The other two were remanded, on suspi cion of being engaged in robbing the house of Mr. Halli day, Fletcher-street. THE MAHOGANY TRADE.—Since our last quotations the periodical sale of Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming and Messrs Duncan and Ewing have been held. The amount of business transacted has been extensive, upwards of 172.000 feet of St. Domingo, 120,880 feet of Honduras, with two parcels of Cuba Mahogany having been sold, leaving the stock in first hands comparatively small. The quotations, this week, are as follow :—Of 120,880 feet of Honduras offered the whole was sold at from 54d. to 2s. or 7,1-d. per foot average. Of thre' parcels of St. Do mingo offered 74,690 feet were sold, at from 81-d. to ss„ or Is. 31d. per foot average; 73,000 feet at from 61d. to Bs. 9d., or Is. 2d. per foot average; and 24,400 feet at from Bd. to Is. 114 d. or Is. IV. per foot average. Of two parcels of Cuba offered one was sold at from 7d. to 101 d. per foot, the other from 61d. to ls. 7d. per foot. Of three parcels of lancewood spars offered, 1,550 were sold at from 9i. 9d. to 12s. each ; 450 at from 3s. to 4s. 6d. each ; and 196 at from 7s. to 7s. 6d. each. The results of these sales clearly prove that Liverpool still maintains the position she has long held of being the first market in Europe for the best assortments of rich cabinet• mak ing, machine-making, coach-building, and other fancy woods. ROBBERY AT WINSTANLEY'S AUCTION-ROOMS.—Be tween the hours of three and four o'clock on Sunday morning last, the officer on duty in the neighbourhood of Church-street discovered, on going his rounds through Brookes'-alley, the back-door leading into Messrs. Thos. Winstanley and Co.'s auction-room wide open, which, a short time before, had been perfectly secure. He im mediately raised an alarm, and, on procuring assistance, discovered that thieves had been on the premises, and that they had succeeded in effecting their escape. It ap peared, from the state in which they had left the place, that a serious robbery had been contemplated, and that money was the only thing of which they were in search. _ d e the y several e ve r a It further appeared that they must have secret ed them selvesfnrtheinnsiogmhte, part of otfhatthewhbaunildtihnegy before found i a t was quiet closed theyevery had evidently sup posedcommenced ecioicnetdainteodbmreoankeyo.peri They ineffectual attempts to smash a large iron safe; they de stroyed one lock in endeavouring to pick it, but it resisted all their efforts. The only money they were able to find was the small sum of 2s. lld. in coppers, and that they took with them. They broke open three doors in order to get into Brookes'-alley, and no tidings of them have since been discovered. It is said that had they succeeded in smashing the safe, they would have found a consider able sum. NAPOLEON'S CHARGER, " SUPERBE," (AGED 38,) NOW AT THE ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE. —This noble animal was captured by General Orloff, in 1813, in the disastrous retreat from Moscow. He was a great favour ite with the emperor, and the companion of many of his most successful campaigns. He remained in the pos s,:ssion of Orloff, at St. Petersburgh, till 1834, when he was presented to the father of M. Tourniaire (now here), then director of the Impe ial Circus, and much esteemed for his professional abilities, as well as respected for his devotion to the memory of the late emperer. Orloff, in presenting him, literally said,—" Jaques Tourniaire, you were greatly attached to the late Emperor of France, and your attachment honours you. You are known to be a friend to horses ; and, satisfied of the care he will receive at your hands, to you I confide this my greatest favourite. Superbe is too slight for my use—l have grown too heavy for him. To sell him to a strange master is a fate I can not think of subjecting him to. To you, therefore, I entrust him; and, as you loved him to whom he first be longed, you will, I am sure, cherish Superbe for the memory of the owner, as well as for his own sake." This trust was discharged with exemplary devotion by the elder Tourniaire, who, on his death in 1839, left him to his present owner—Mons. Tourniaire, whose tenderness towards him is but evidenced by his advanced age. He has frequently re f use d l arge sums f or hi m . S uper b e i s a I white, or rather very light gray, Arabian, and is sixteen hands high. He is now incapable of much exertion, and little is assigned to him in the piece now being performed ; but it is interesting to see him introduced on the stage with one who is the very resemblance of his once imperial but long deceased master ; and affecting to witness him— his ear still quick to the martial tone of the war-born— join, riderless, in the mimic funeral procession of that ex traordinary man, with whom he was a great favourite. PARISH EXPENDITURE.—The poor law commission ers, having perceived great discrepancies in the annual expenses of this parish, called upon the Select Vestry to furnish them with a return of the expenditure of the pa rish. This document having been prpared, we have been enabled to obtain a copy of it, and now proceed to lay an abstract of it before our readers --In 1840, the ordinary exenditure amounted to £48,413 13s. 31d., exclusive of extra payments, amounting to £2,919 9s. Od. In 1841, the ordinary expenditure, exclusive of £1,230 Ils. lid. paid for extras, amounted to £50,387 10s. Od. Of this sum, £11,492 13s. 10d. was for in -door maintainance, and £20,451 12s. 7d, for our-door relief. The establish ment charges were £7,999 3s. 7d., and the sum of £10,443 19s. 111 d. appears under the head " other char ges." In 1842, the ordinary expenditure reached £51,822 Os. 3d., whilst the extra expenditure, including £1,023 ss. Bd. expended in parliamentary expenses, amounted to £9,312 Os. 6d. Of the ordinary expenditure, £10,494 Bs. 7d. were for in-door maintainance, and £22,455 14s. 7d. for out-door relief. The establishment charges reached £8,335 3s. 9d., whilst under the head " other charges " is an item of £10,496 13s. 7d. From the above state ment, it will be seen that, in 1811, the sum paid for the maintainance of the poor was £31,994 6s. 5d., whilst the expenses of management, &c., amounted to the enormous sum of £18,443 3s. 7d., to say nothing of the extra pay ments, amounting to £1,230 Ils. lid ; and that in 1842, whilst the expense of the poor was £33,050 2s. lid., the expenses of management, &c., were £18.831 17s. 2d, and the parish was burdened with an expenditure of £9,312 Os. 3d. The contracts in 1841 only reached the sum of £2,513 18s. 9d., and in 18 42 they were £ 2 ,581 17s. Od. In 1841, the law expenses, exclusive of £lOO annually paid to Mr. Wainewright, of London, were £853 13s. 6ld ; and in 1842, exclusive of £1,023 ss. Bd, for parliament ary expenses, and £lOO to Mr. Wainewright, they were £915 75. 24, SHIPMENT OF CIGARS TO THE ISLE OP MAN.—A di versity of practice• having prevailed at the ports of London and Liverpool, in regard to cigars allowed to be shipped under licerm to the Isle of Man, the officers at the port of London requiring that the shipment he made in pack ages of not less than 3001 b. weight each, whereas at Li verpool shipments are permitted in packages under that weight ; and as cigars may now be legally imported- and exported in packages of not less than 100Ib. weight net, the Board of Customs have issued directions that cizars he in future alto ved to be exported to the Isle of - Man under license in packages of 10016. net weight and up wards, and that the terms of the license be altered ac cordingly.—Globe. PRESERVATION 07 LIFE. FROM .SHIPWRECK. — We have seen and carefully inspected several of Messrs. Sim ?- SON, ALEXANDER,.and Co.'s Pneumatic Life-Preservers, invented by Mr. F. Wilkins, an engineer, and registered by act of parliament. This life-preserver may be pro cured of any size, either to buoy up two or three individa als, or as many hundreds. It is made of sheet India rub ber of great strength, covered and protected on both sides by strong twilled cloth ; and it appeared to us to be supe rior to all inflating apparatus previously before the public, first, from its simplicity, and the ease and readiness with which it may be brought into operation ; secondly, from its being so peculiarly portable that one of the largest kind may be stowed away in a sea-chest, while its total weight would not exceed 84 lbs. ; and, thirdly, from its being of triangular form, so that it cannot be overturned in a sea way. Them preservers are covered all over with strong netting for hand hold, and being, however, stiffly inflated as soft and elastic as a bladder filled with air, a child in the water would receive no injury by being struck on the head by one of the largest of them, thrown overboard. In this latter respect they are greatly superior to cork life buoys, and infinitely so to anything of the tub kind, , as they inflict no blow or injury to the party seizing or using them. They are, moreover, so manufactured, and pig to gether in compartments by a strongly adhesive prepara tion of caowtchuc, forming a marine or water-proof glue, without sewing, (which more or less weakens the cloth by numerous. perforations,) that they are not liable to be damaged by coming in contact with a piece of wreck, or other hard body ; or, indeed, to become, in any way, de ranged or out of order. They are usually half black and half white, so that they may be more readily seen in a sea-way, or during the night. They have been well tested both on the Humber and the Thames, and are highly approved by the officers of the admiralty, from whom Mr. Wilkins has brought letters of introduction to nautical gentlemen in Liverpool. He has also brought letters from members of parliament, and other persons of high standing, to some of the first individuals in the town. Numerous instances may be cited weekly, and often daily, in which vessels have been lost, and their crews, in part or in whole, perished ; whereas, had this valuable apparatus been pro vided, either by owners or the parties themselves, they would have been saved from a watery grave. Those who goto sea, whether as passengers, or as mariners, and who are of course exposed to the possibility of shipwreck, foundering, or accidentally falling or being washed over board, would do well to give their best and early attention to this important invention. The price of the article is, we may add, comparatively low, and it may be seen, of various sizes, at Mr. Tuff's, 19, South John-street. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The historical and military drama entitled " NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE," has been performed every evening during the past week, and pro mises to have a run of a fortnight or three weeks longer. The enthusiastic reception it has met with is as creditable 1 to the public taste as the gorgeous and perfect manner in which it is got up, is to the talent and liberality of the ma nagement. The circumstances under which it is produced invest it with an additional and peculiar interest, which could not be attained by any other equestrian company in the world. In the first place, it was written by Mons. Caravello, who himself sustains a prominent character in the piece; and after being played many nights, with un bounded applause, in all the principal towns on the con tinent, where it was acknowledged to convey a faithful portraiture of the character and peculiarities of the great military idol of France, is presented for the first time in this country, under his superintendence. Secondly, Na poleon is personated by Mons. Benoit Tourniaire, an ar dent admirer of the departed hero, whose memory he che rishes with a devotion which a Frenchman alone can duly appreciate, and who introduces one of the identical horses (now 38 years old) which bore his prototype in many a battle field. Thirdly, the dialogue is maintained in French by the Emperor's adherents, and in English by his oppo nents. Fourthly, the double company, French and Eng lish, in strong numbers and in ability ; the identical dresses worn by the French generals are put in requisi tion; the stud of horses also numerous and beautiful, and lastly, the scenery and machinery new and most effective, and the stage accommodation of such event as to show off the professional and military movements to the best advantage. The drama embraces, in a series of tableaux, the principal exploits in the eventful life of the great cap tain of France—from 1790 to his defeat at Waterloo in 1815, together with his illness and death at St. Helena, sub sequent to the funeral procession in Paris, and finally the " apothesis." M. Tourniaire, who, so like the Emperor in figure and face, that even those who have seen the best authenticated portraits of the deceased cannot help being struck by the resemblance he appears to have caught of the very essence of the character. It has been the fault of all the performers we have hitherto seen in it, to exag gerate and prolong peculiarities —as, to wit, the rapid taking of snuff, and the folding of the bands behind the t l e n m t s e r o g e f n t c h y e — a s individual.mot e dmate display or f b ilr a oe c rur k e in tnhaet e ru v er e ei r s y ans c o a t s ah e tet e o gm f e pu m te motion o la n nco o cro r over ruling eccentricity. if there be aught, indeed, which we should wish to see amended, it is the subdued tone of voice and acting in the earlier scenes, and we certainly think (though this may be construed into a matter of taste) that the infusion of greater degree of energy and animation into the part would convey an impression more accordant with the taste and general perception of a Bri tish audience. Happily the day has gone by when the reminiscences of Napoleon's career can excite amongst us feelings of respect, much less of animosity. It was our glory to conquer him in the end, and any detraction from his merits, whether as a soldier or a man, would but rob us of our laurels. The enthusiasm of the French soldiery, on the return of the Emperor from Elba, is very touch ingly represented : the dying scene at St. Helena is one chastely and beautifully delineated, and the funeral pro cession at Paris (the body, conveyed in a classically de signed car, drawn by eight horses and followed by the veritable old Arabian charger, while numerous mourners i move in the foreground, and the French army, in scenic illusion, is drawn up behind) forms an imposing sight, true, we believe, to the facts. The other principal per formers sustained their characters with much credit to I themselves, showing to the last their undying devotion to j their monarch, and their deep regret of his fate. Tne horsemanship in the circle still continues to be nightly varied and interesting. The riding of Madame Klatt. Madlle. Louise, M. Ferdinand, and Messrs. Tourniaire, &c. is at once bold and graceful, and the two clowns are extremely amusing. An amusing afterpiece closes each evening's performance. THE THEATRE ROYAL.—During the past week there has been little of actual novelty to notice at this our highest place of dramatic amusement, inasmuch as the popular services of Mr. Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam were again secured, and the two principal pieces in which they were eminently successful, " The Little Devil" and "Josephine," were one or both of them repeated nightly, and both, no doubt, partially known to our readers, as they had been previously performed this season. The first of these pieces is adapted for the British stage, from a French operatic drama, by the talented lessee of the theatre, Mr. Webster. The plot is amusing, though scarcely belonging to the legitimate order of the drama. The character of Nicolo, a Neapolitan youth and minstrel, who in vindication of his (or rather her) sister's honour, represents himself to a young rakish Spaniard, Vicentio, (Mr. Buckstone,) as Asmodeus, (or, in other words, " The Little Devil,") leading him into several strange ad ventures and predicaments in pursuance of his object ; getting him again safely out of them ; and, in furtherance of a previously extorted compact, demanding " halves" in all his gains, even, finally, to half of his wife. A good deal of fun is the result, intrigues at the court of Madrid are carried on, and both the principal characters are placed in jeopardy, through " the holy inquisition," for practis hag " the black art '•'' but the denouement is happy, the lovers being united. Mrs. Fitzwilliam showed that her assumed appellation was not misplaced. The music, by Auber, is very fine. The other piece, " Josephine," is even more to our liking. The heroine (Mrs. Fitzwilliam) is found, when an infant, in the field of battle, is adopted and nurtured by one of Napoleon's corps, and becomes " la fille du regiment," who become her " fathers," she sharing their perils in many an encounter, assisting them as vivandiere. When arrived at womanhood, her life is saved by a peasant, whom she repays by her love ; but having made a vow never to marry but to one of the 21st, he (personated by Buckstone) enlists. About the same moment, however, she is discovered to be a wealthy heiress, is taken to her paternal chateau, arrayed in fine garments, the incumbrance of which is next to intolerant, is to be given in marriage to an ugly little duke, to sup port the family pride of her widowed mother; goes through a drilling in fashionable courtship, but breaks down, or rather out, in her lesson at the critical interview with her ill-favoured intended, abruptly proclaiming him unfit " even for a drummer." After a lapse of two years, " the regiment" returns to that part of the country, and the sound of their music recalls all her affection to her thou sand fathers ; all the perils she has encountered with them ; and she bolts out of the window, rejoins them, and returns with them in her own regimental habiliments. Her lover, by his prowess, or rather by chance, has ob tained official promotion equal to the rank of her old father, and her mother, after a strong exhibition of filial obedience in her child, in consenting to marry the duke, though at the expense of a broken heart, gives way in her aristocratic notions, and gives her to the arms of her lover. Buckstone in this piece, as well as the other, mistakes, we think, the characters respectfully assigned to him, and greatly mars both by a disagreeable cockney, or, more properly, Yankee dialect, and noisy " inspiration" in drawing breath. Mrs. Fitzwilliam was clever and ener getic throughout ; she appeared to great advantage in both characters, and sustained nearly the whole weight of each. In " Josephine" she played, sang, beat the dr um , & c ., yet though in partly masculine attire, threw into the part a feminine grace, gentleness, and simplicity truly capti vating. Her bye-play was also excellent. Mr. Compton enacted the old serjeant in a most creditable manner. In the first piece Miss Coveney, a rapidly- r i s i ng an d pretty young actress, sang delightfully in several solos, and in duets with Mrs. Fitzwilliam. We have but room to add, that the scenery, dresses, and agpointments at this theatre (which is splendidly decorated) are all that could be wished. Last night, Professor Risley and his infant son, (called " Le petit Mercure,") were introduced to a Liver pool audience, and were enthusiastically received. They are engaged for a short period. Our old favourites, Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff, are also engaged for this week. They appeared last night in a new play, called " Love's Sacrifice," which was received with great applause. THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. ON ECCLESIASTICAL:ARCHITECTURE (Conclusion of the Address of JoHN RossoN. Esc,., at the lash Meeting .1 The lodge o f F re emasons who coustrtr.ted the beautiful Cathedral of Strasb urg gained such high reputation that the German lodges established in Russia, Swabia, Bavaria, Franconia.Savoy, &c acknowledged it as their head by a solemn act passed at Ratisbon, i n ' 1458, which was con tit med forty years aft erwards n by a diploma granted by the Emperor Maximilia German Freemasons, the builders of his nob l e . ten T ip h l e e, and that stupendous one, the Cathedral of architectural fame. Cologne, a rose to the highest point of . excellent rnonar , :h, sad the speaker, the King. of Prus sia , , at-, head of the Protestant religion in Germany, had done 'sl i a m himself the h ghest honour by munificently subscribing imm ense sums, in conjunction with the Emperor of Austria, a nd other German sovereign princes, to complete that astonishi 14 effort of hu man ge nius, the CATHEDRAL OF COLO GNE. t GN I E. appropriately called " by the late Mr. Hope,the realiz a ti on o f a romantic vision ; and it w as deli.ttful to see whole na tions, at thi s m oment, Prussians, Austrians, day. Bavari ans , vying with each other to realize this dream of the illustrious body who designed it, by the completion of the noblest effort of constructive art, in thf aicing pointed style, the laudable Germany, world ever beheld. The efforts now ~m aking honour and truly we saw Catholic and Protestant in t-he truly christian struggle , which should do most t o and complete the glorious monuments of the piety,nro of tie i their ancestors, had excited the admiration of every ge nerous mind throughout Europe. Amongst the German princese who had subscribed, none so thoroughly deserved the name of the " Mactenas of the age," as the patriotic King of Bavaria. His wonderful im p rovements, making his 1 capital the Athens of Germany, er_cited the admiration of every patriotic traveller. Before that excellent and ac complished prince had ascended the throne of his ances tors, he had actually expended twelve hundred thousand pounds sterling in works of art, and in expensive missions ! to procure them. With reference to Cologne Cathedral, we, as Englishmen, might refer with pleasure to a similar simultaneous effort of all sects and parties in nobly con tributing to repair the damage done to York Minster a few years ago by a fanatical in:endiary. He might here state that Sir Edward Vavasour, Bart., a Roman Catholic, on hearing of the calamity caused by Martin, wrote to the Dean of York, offering stone from his quarry, gratis, to repair the damage, the same quarry out of which his an cestors, centuries previous, bad given the materials to erect it. Much time and research had, he continued, been wasted in discussing the comparative claims of cer tain countries, and of England in particular, to the in vention of pointed architecture. He might here state, that the name, " Gothic architecture," originated in the dislike of the Italians to that style of building. They called it " Gothic architecture, alias " barbarous," though the Goths had nothing in common with the style. The celebrated Dr. Milner, in his " History of Winches ter," sustained the claims of England. Mr. Hope, in his " Posthumous Essays," ably controverts that opinion. From all that he, the lecturer, had read in England and on the continent, as well as from conversation s with eminent antiquaries, it seemed to him that neither Eng land, nor any other country in particular, had a right to say that she first fostered or invented the style ; but that it arose out of the studies and practice of a succes sion of ages, cultivated by vast pecuniary means, and all the learning, science, and practical skill, in art, of those days. The men who protected the art were collected from every part of the civilized world, Persians, Greeks, Italians, French, Flanderkins, English, and even iiindoos, all bound by oath to conceal from the vulgar the know ledge of their craft. This would account for the surprise of that amiable prelate, Dr. Heber, Bishop of Calcutta, while journeying in Upper India. He was astonished to discover, said the speaker, I think, near the Himalaya Mountains, a castle, in the possession of a petty prinee, of the form of and superior in magnificence and extent to that of our sovereign .t Windsor. The bishop was puz zled to account for such an erection in so remote a region, and by a potentate whose civil list would not (he conceived) yield a million sterling annually. Had I (said Mr. R.) accompanied the worthy prelate I should have expressed no surprise at the discovery, because I should have seen j in it a fresh proof of the extended circulation of the know ledge possessed by the learned body under review. On the dissolution of the order, the Hindoo and Persian members of the brotherhood would naturally betake themselves to their own countries, fraught with practical as well as theoretic knowledge ; with their portfolios full of designs and working drawings of the finest civil as well as ecclesiastical buildings in Europe, they would he naturally employed by wealthy princes to construct build ings modified in form by their own peculiar religious creeds, habits, and customs. The Freemasons were an embodyment, or personification, of all the information the world, at that time, contained ; and, therefore, no one nation could claim the honour that evidently belonged to all. If any nation could claim it, Germany must stand first on the list, for she had erected the most perfect spe cimens of the style. In referring to Germany, it would be gratifying to the society to hear that some of the working drawings of the illustrious architects who erected the Cathedral of Co logne, had been discovered amongst the archives of a German prince, whose name his (the lecturer's) corre spondent had not given, probably a descendant of the Elector Conrad of Hochstedlin, who began the noble work in the year INS. This, if such be the fact, will be a great treasure, and would have delighted Sir Christopher Wren, though that great man had not (judging from the specimens we had of his attempts in that style) any feeling or perception of the beauties of pointed architecture. This is proved by his towers that still disfigure Westmin ster Abbey, which it was to be hoped would one day be carried to their proper height, and made to harmonise with the rest of the majestic fabric, by the genius of his (the lecturer's) distinguished friend, Charles Barry. In recently walking in the Abbey he was forcibly struck by observing the fine position of a statue, showing an admirable know ledge of architectural Verspective in the artist who had there placed it. In urging upon the society and the community at large the benefits of devoting their attention to the advance of science and the arts, Mr. R. quoted a passage from Lord Kaims, in which the writer exhorts a wealthy people, who have risen to importance, to the cultivation of the fine arts, as calculated to check debasing and sensual indulgences, and to elevate and ennoble the mind. The late Mr. Roscoe had also spoken, in that very room, of the benefits deriva ble from their pursuit, even in a commercial point of view, and referred to the late Benjamin West, who by his skill, and a few weeks industry, made a piece of canvas, which cost a few shillings, sell for three thousand guineas ! In the course o his incidental remarks, as he proceeded wi'h his address, the speaker stated, that amongst the ca lamities attending the civil war between the unfortunate Prince Charles the First and his parliament, was the loss of the finest collection of pictures in Europe, out of Italy. After the death of the King, the ignorant possessors of these works of art sold for next to nothing the whole works of Raffaelle and other great artists, which the King had collected with the greatest difficulty, and at an enor mous cost. It was by mere accident, he related, that Cromwell was induced to retain the cartoons. The young monarch, Louis the Fourteenth, commissioned his am bassador to treat for them. The diplomatist, a skilful negociator, during an interview with the Protector, over acted his part, and incautiously observed, that " it would be a glorious thing for his royal master to be the possessor of them." Cromwell, nettled at the remark, said, " Then, Mr. Ambassador, it would be an infamous thing in me to part with them ! They shall not leave England !" The speaker, in referring to these cartoons, digressed for a moment to congratulate his countrymen on the sud den formation of a new school of art in England. The glorious exhibition recently opened in Westminster Hall, of cartoons representing events taken from British his tory and British poetry, had already apprized England that a new school of first-rate artists, and those young and previously unknown to fame, had risen in her bosom. " Glory to the young aspirants !" The British school of historical painting, at last, rested upon a rock. He had always said, that the day would come when foreigners would acknowledge the existence of British genius on canvas ; and the new Houses of Parliament would be adorned with works of painting, sculpture, carvings, and enamelling on glass, worthy of the best days of the middle ages, when the great society, referred to that night, flou rished, aided by the learning, science, and resources of so many powerful kingdoms. Ile . concluded by stating, that these observations, some what desultory, were intended merely as introductory to two more papers which he shuuld have the honour of reading to the society. In the next paper he should en deavour to show that pointed architecture was best suited to the christian worship of all sects, and the accommoda tion of congregations, whether large or small; that it could be exhibited in the most simple and inexpensive, as well as in the ornate and florid form ; and what was most important, that it was adapted to our northern climate. The third paper would contain strictures on the eccle siastical architecture of Liverpool. A short discussion ensued, in which some valuable facts relative to the subject were elicited, and the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. itosson for his able paper. INQUESTS.—On Tuesday, and the day previous, four inquests were held before the borough coroner. The first was to inquire into the circumstances touching the death of William Davies, a mariner, 35 years of age, who was a passenger on board the steamer Rover, on her voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. It appeared that the deceased, who was a married man, and whose wife lives at Swansea, left Sligo on Friday afternoon, and that, after having eaten a hearty breakfast on Saturday morning, be complained of a pain in his chest, and soon after, as the vessel was passing the Mull of G 'noway, fell dead upon the floor. The jury found a verdict to the effect, that he died of pulmonary apoplexy.—The second was on the body of a female, 25 years of age, named Isabella M'Williams, who lived at No. 3, Clay-street, and who, for the last six months, had been troubled with a cough and complaint of the chest. After having taken a drink on Friday evening tact, she fell asleep, and died about four o'clock the next morning. Mr. George Woods, surgeo n , was of opinion that she died of b ronc hitis. Verdict accordingly.—The third was on the body of Ellen Bell, a child three weeks dead in a b e d i n S outh-street, old, who was found lying Kirkdale, with her father sleeping on one side of her, and her mother on the other. Mr. Chalmers, surgeon, was of opinion that her death had been caused by suffo cation in consequence of her having been overlain by one Verdict accordingly.— of her parents. The fourth and last inquest was on the body of a woman, unknown, who was found drowned in the new dock, just opposite the Coburgh Dock. No money was upon her. She was dressed in a light cotton gown, brown cotton petticoat, and a black and white straw-bonnet, trimmed with black ribbon. She was inclined to corpulency, and appears to be between forty and fifty years of age. A. verdict of found drowned was returned, THE DOCK COMMITIEE. On Wednesday a special m,eting was held in the Com mittee-room, at which all the members but two were pre sent. The Secretary read the report of the sub-commit tee, of which the following are the principal heads : Mr. J oan CLINT (long connected with the port) stated that the docks were more crowded t an before, that there was an increase of tonnage, and that the consequent incon venience I,st summer was very great. The warehouses round the. Albert Dock, would augment its facilities, but more room would be wanted. He was in favour of in closing all the open basins, and suggested a survey of the Dock Estate land—to ascertain if more space could not b- given in the centre—pointing out the land west of the George's and Queen's Docks particularly. He thought the removal of graving docks and building yards ought not to be a consideration ompared with central dock space, and that the Nova Scotia graving docks ought not to have been made. A diversity of opinion exists in the committee as to the comparative advantages of the north. and the south ends of the town for additional dock room, and we therefore give some heads onthis point. Mr. Wm. Hudson and Mr. John Bark, master-pilots, agreed in opinion that in N.W. winds it was difficult, and when blowing fresh, impossible to dock sailing ships at the Clarence Dock ; and that there was more protection at the south, where it was safer to dock vessels. Mr. Hudson stated that he had known sailing vessels docked at the south, when steamers could not be docked at the north ; and if it were said that they could not take a ves sel in so bite at the north, it arose from the construction of the docks, and not from want of water. The pilots preferred an open basin to run into before docking a ship. They considered it unsafe to have• a dock entrance at Bea con's Gutter, and could not tell how it c - mid be protected and not be in the way of the ships. A mole or breakwater would be in the way of vessels, and floating breakwaters in the way of their anchors. Pluokington bank protected vessels docking at the south, by causing smoother water. They departed from the opinion that the tide remained half an hour later at the north than the south, and thought the north had, in this respect, an advantage over the south end of the town. Two experienced masters of flats said they found the south more convenient than the north end, and that they frequently missed a tide by going to the hitter. The swell was also greater at the north in blowy weather from the westward. It was frequently dangerous for flats at the Clarence Dock. The anchorage was bad at the north. and, flats, in parting their anchors, were liable to go on the wall and sink, for there was no place to get them into. There was better anchorage at the south, and smoother water. The tide was also stronger at the north. If there was a dock entrance at Beacon's Gutter, flats would not go there if thoy could help it, for there was nothing but rock and sand, and the anchorage was bad. even in the middle of the river. They could get their flats easily and safely into the George's and southern docks. The tide was not half so rapid at the Brunswick Dock as at the north. It was equally favourable at the Toxteth Dock, where there was good anchorage, and they could go with safety into the Harrington Docks with almost any wind. Mr. Hodgson, north harbour-master, thought it would be difficult to duck deeply-loaded ships at Beacon's Glit ter, there being more sea-way than at the south. Mr. Hartley's proposed breakwater would be a proteciion to the gates, but it would be in the way of ships docking. Gates of 60 or 70 feet wide (for steamers) would not be safe with a heavy sea—this would be liable to be forced open, or broken in a gale, if northward of the present docks. He would prefer a large dock for steamers at the north, and the south (which was protected by the Cheshire shore) for sailing vessels. He preferred open basins. If the Prince's Dock Basin were enclosed, half the present number of vessels would not he got into the docks to which it was branched. Mr. M`Bride was of the same opinion. - Lieutenant Lord, marine-surveyor, said there was a strong tide of four knots in the springs, at the north, and did not think the sea-wall carried to Beacon's Gutter would alter it. It would not be safe to dock sailing ves sels at the north, when blowing hard. There could only be a few minutes' difference between the south and the north in the length of time for docking; in fact, from the Rock to Warrington there is only fifty-rise minutes dif ference in the time of high water. Ships could be docked as long at the south as the north. The bzeakwater would be dangerous to ships. Where piers had been put down they had not made the water smoother, but the contrary. Mr Askew, south harbour -master, differed from the witnesses as to the respective length of time for docking at each end, and gave the preference to the north in that respect, admitting, however, that there was a greater ex posure. - The next point considered in the report was the pro posed communication with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from the River-Craft Dock at the north end, embracing a coasting dock between the Regent's-road and Great Howard-street, and from thence by four locks to the canal. The evidence given by the agent of the Canal Company as to canal traffic did not satisfy them of the propriety of recommending such communication to be made at the expense and risk of the dock trust. After an interview between the canal directors and the committee, it was arranged that if the Dock Committee would under take to complete the proposed communication to the canal, they (the Canal Company) would agree to pay for the land and the expense of construction of the locks and canal from Great Howard-street inwards but they did not require the width or size of these works to be greater than that of the canal and locks at other parts of their line. In the event of the proposal being carried out, they stipulated for the control of the supply of water from the canal, but agreed that the chain of communication other wise should be under the entire control of the dock trust, reserving only a clear passage for the boats in the centre, and undertaking to pay the usual dock rates upon all goods brought through that channel into the docks. The committee had obtained information on the interior canal traffic from Mr. Braithwaite Poole, from which it appeared, that of the whole inland traffic, amounting to nearly 1,400,000 tons, not more than one-eighth is con veyed by any channel north of the Exchange, and that the great mass of the traffic is carried by the railway, by the Duke's Dock, and the quays at the south-west end of George's Dock. Mr. Hartley's plans for dock extension bad received a large share of the committee's attention, and it would be seen " that the anticipations of improvement in the com merce of this vast port have not been over-estimated, when it has shown that the revenue of 1843 exceeds that of the previous year by no less a sum than £21,751. Bs. 7d., or nearly twelve per cent." " We cannot conclude our report (say the committee) without expressing our thanks to the different gentlemen who have favoured us with their attendance at the Dock office, and from whom we have derived, on many points. much important and valuable information. " (Signed) WILLIAM NICOL, " Chairman of the Special Sub-committtee. "January 22, 1844." Mr. Nicol., after having delivered a Ion; speech, moved the adoption of the report. Mr. TOBIN seconded the motion. A discussion followed, which lasted about five hours. Mr. EVANS spoke against the adoption of the report, on the ground that it omitted many points which should have been stated, and contained many others which might with advantage have been opoitted. Mr. AtKIN followed on the same side, and moved as an amendment, that as it did not recommend any particular plan for further dock accommodation, it be referred back to the sub-committee to report upon the most eligible plan for that purpose. A long conversation succeeded, in the course of which Mr. MOLYNEUX moved an adjournment of the debate until the following day. This motion was put to the vote, and lost by a majority of one. Mr. Ntcor. then replied; after which Mr. Aikin t s amendment was lost by a majority of 11 to 6, and the original motion was carried. Mr. NIcoL then moved that the report, together with its appendages, be printed, and a copy sent to each of the trustees of the docks, to each of the mercantile associa tions, and to the Exchange and Underwriters'-rooms. The motion was carried, and the committee adjourned. On Thursday the usual weekly meeting was held. The sub committee of works recommended the discontinuance of the Bude light at George's Dock, and the substitution of additional common lights, in consequence of it being ascertained that the cost of the Bade light for thirty-nine days was £lB 18s., whereas the cost of four common lamps to be substituted would only be £24 a year.—On the recommendation of Mr. Whitty, it was agreed that policemen should be stationed during the night at the Brunswick and Queen's Graving Docks, robberies at one of these docks having lately taken place.—The sheds be tween the Waterloo and Victoria Docks were ordered to be boarded at the sides, at a cost of £2lO, by a majority of 14 to 5, the committee having divided on the propriety of adopting that course or covering the entire open space between the existing sheds on the quays of the Waterloo and Victoria Docks, at a cost of £2,Boo.—The receipts at Runcorn, during the month, on 103 vessels, and 8,752 tons, were £42 7s. Bd., bein g an i ncrease on the corres ponding period last year of twenty-five vessels, 1258 tons, and £5 12s. Bd.—Mr. W. F. Wilkins submitted a newly_ invented life-preserver, which was referred to the Marine Surveyor.—A. memorial from the mercantile association to the commissioner of customs, pointing out the incon venience and injury resulting from the restrictions as to landing cargoes in over-hours, and praying for such modi fication of the existing regulations as would meet every reasonable exigency in promoting the despatch of busi ness, was read, and it was ordered to be forwarded, along with a letter from the chairman, recommending not only the adoption of the suggestions, but also an extension of the regular hours, which, at the present, are only from half-past eight in the morning till half-past three in the afternoon. The Chairman submitted an anonymous let ter, complaining that the dock gatemen received bribes to such an extent that it had become a law, and added it was notorious that they did so. On the suggestion of Mr. Nicol, it was ordered that an abstract of the clause of the dock acts, which authorizes the infliction of a penalty of £2O on the giver or receiver of a bribe, should be pla carded round the docks. SUSPICIOUS.—On Wednesday last, a police-officer, whilst on duty, found in a drain underneath the road, near Eccleston-hall, a bundle of wearing apparel belonging to a female. The articles were wrapped in a blue and white silk handkerchief, and consisted of an old dark green stuff gown, a flannel petticoat, a pair of stays, nearly new, a cotto❑ chemise, an old straw bonnet, and a pocket con taining a pair of small scissors, a thimble, and 2d in cop. per. In the afternoon, at some distance from this spot, there were found in the drain a pair of black stockings. Suspicions were entertained that the clothes belonged to a female who had been murdered, and the ponds in the neighbourhood were dragged, to ascertain whether the body had been thrown therein ; but hitherto nothing fur ther has been found to confirm the suspicion caused by the finding of the bundle in such a strange place.