The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER, 27, LOCAL _LYTELLIGENCE. THE SEWING AT Shoe lin into use for stitehir AT THE TOWN-HALL.--On Friday the mayor e ntertained, to dinner, the principal cotton brokers and Several other eupgts nil u.,..1 „c kusiinguisned party wi dine with his worship. Tim SPLENDID SILVEII CRADLE II , designed and executed t0 13 3' Mr. May er , o f L ord-street, and intended to be presented the lady of Thomas Littledale, Esq., ex-mayor, is now °n view CHARITABLE DONATION Pool Asylum. fr. .—The treasurers of the Liver J3late ana emale orp children nav received a donation of £l4, contributed han by the passenger e s. In the steamship Arabia, on her late voyage to this port, through the hands of Commodore Judkins. "RE LAST 1101t4E SALE at Lytham, at which the Messrs L ucas, of the Repository, Great Charlotte-street, in this t " 1 - 1 3 were the auctioneers, was a very successful one, the Proceeds of the 123 animals disposed of amounting to about TuE _DONCASTER RACING C LUB thi s y ear , as usual, have been presented by the Earl of Derby with two splendid haunches of red deer venison from Knowsley v ark‘ They we i g h e d upwards of 52 lbs. each, and were 0 1. the finest quality. UESSRS. GROUCOCE, COPESTARE, MOORE, AND CO., have kindly contributed three guineas in aid of the funds of the Bazaar for the extension of the Library of the Church of England Young Men's Institution, which takes place early in October. VISIT OP TILE CHANCEL LOR OP THE EXCHEQUER TO ANCHESTER.—We learn that the Hight Hon. W. E. Watistone, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, is to pay a liTtvisit to Manchester on or about the 10th of next month. erternts,,l..mu:,,,gTtleman will be the guest of J. C. ra _ alai at present it is understood that entirely of a private nature.—Manchester Courier. mimesFrop.—On Saturday night a fire broke out in the 17f 11r. Thompson's house, Richmond-row, but the ,77_: . were e xtinguished, chiefly by the exertions of the s i on e e efficer on duty, before much damage had been occa room with is supposed that some one had been in the taattre s i s a c andle, and had let a spark fall on to a straw s, t Makers o f " ." - tna,S.—On Wednesday the master sai this 4- don.e oo •am - n. held another meeting at the Claret , into a — t e ll it *as resolved to organise themselves he_ association for the protection of their mutual i).,:oresizets;ecrlNeltra.rvOladatone was elected president, and Mr. ; and a committee was appointed for the 1•11-7rixise at' dr awing Up the necessary rules, to report to a general t mee mg. U m , FIRST 01* NOVEMBER.—On Friday a meeting . of ,-,'°n-servatives of Pitt-street ward was held at the Vine up,,,—e_,ra, Pitt -street, at which resolutions were unanimously fir'ezto, expressive of satisfaction with the couduct 9f the - • 1) • Icfrrwhile he had represented the ward in T P. e Y s ' o wn:cotnicil, and pledging the meeting to re-elect --au next November. gllop -LTETI NG. —On Thursday evening, two girls, „•,,Med Catharine and Ann Murphy, entered 'the shop of °% vc.ns . , in London-ro a d, an d as ked to set some dresses. • er lookrti g at a great variety, they left the shop, carry 14g w ith them no l ess than 15 dress pieces, which they 7di d ' s a concealed under their clothes. The robbery was soon rl a l covered, and th e prisoners were taken 'into custody in a• tnacene set public-hssions. ouse. They have been committed for at th 0 A Arrixaao named Ann Burns, wife Of a beerseller, was, 'i n ,• ll ,Yi_idaY, fined lOs , with an alternative of 14 days' ;rtmnment, by the police magistrate, for disorderly 8 tultat in court. Her husband had been summoned for , v e l ll ing beer during the hours of divine-service on the pre- S undaY ; he had been fined 10s. and costs for the a n e, and his wife being in court, broke out into a s• rrent of invective againsethe police-officers, calling them • perjured villains," and other opprOlfrious epithets. After , Z e sentence of the court, she behaved in a very obstre •Zr°us manner, and could not be removed from the dock at without considerable difficulty. theoitraavr SALE or Wrarus.--=The first sale by auction • sPacious new public rooms, No. 9, Hackin's-heY, Will ta ke Place on Thursday next,'•when Mr. Branch will a_ibrait for competition a collection of choice wines, being t of the stock of Mr. Gideon Lawley, of Oxford-street, . 4u ei n l d cl ° ll , who is rething . from buiiness.. The selection in ' el s es Ports, sherries East India Madeira, bucellas, bock, to r et, and champagne. From their scarcity, wines of all „rts have been greatly advanced in price in all the wine Zarkets, so that the sale affords a favourable opportunity r gentl emen whose stocks are7becoming low, or to any c etatio k ) . g good aspirin to keep a hottle of wine for the de- n of his friends. Lie • Po OL AMA.TEUR GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION. e Ea refer to the announcement in another column of the Z!' concert of this society, whose previous performances Varve d one so m uc h t o crea t e an d f os t er a taste in Liverpool t o attue,he thoroughly English class of music which forms the eof these concerts. lt will be seen that the society is ~rill the new Clayton Hall, tlayton-square. The piililic voc al have an opportunity of enjoying an excellont t0e . 44 and instrumental performance, and at the same time Oho the new hall. Miss Eleanor George will give two font -f solos, w hil e M r . Lid e l will play an lila, po"°taßa an on the violoncello, besides conducting the 'vocal rni Tu t - r e es• bon 4 4IVE4tPOOL AND GELILE,GOW TE.131-8111P CoMM.O - the underaigned passengers of the stem pool. Co "Ye, on her passage from Glasgow to Liver- On the 24th instant, be to testify our gratitude to ourthr'ln shown officers and crew, for safekne navein conduclMg the ship into , port r est the late fearful gale, as also for the humaneiinte pr-n ,eY evinced to the steerage passengers in seeingfahem t or v o erl y_ acc ommodated:—Jost-Ph Slater, Glasgow; Thomas 012. a Manchester ; John O'Neill, Belfast ; D. M`Marety, che,,77° ; John Smith, Glas g ow ; J. Woodward, Man dark' James Watson, •Glas g ow ; Th omas M or t on , ti , Fisher, Gl Glasgow ; Si Alexander Haldan, Gi affi n asgew ; Wm. mons, Glasgow ; P atrichis s k 'H u ghes, John Rantin, Glasgow.— • Se pv ,,l (e ll board e Commodore), Monday, 26th nili Op t , e r, 1853 . chool: 1 op A L L SAINTS' SCHOOLS. The new istre et attac d Saits' Church, Great 'Nelson 13eh°^4:erth,h e iver n th e formall -,e: ned on Tuesday. The hens hitherto have been carried onin a large dwelling slld the iii-Ltleau-street, which was exceedingly mcom (ate c h t i" 44 a r ,Pted to its uses. The new schools, which adjoin a heat , en in Great Nelson-street North, are contained in B toll , Vir n - storied building, .constructed of brigk with as ai•ezZ r Z a Zgs, and the structirse, which is nearly -square, :te s id e in the front by houses on either side; intended areha on , aces for the teachers. Mr. Culshaw the Arh u s; foi the building, and the work has been done Pri a danY by Mr. H ens h aw. Th e l ow er room. is appro tainzm to the boys, and the -ripper floor, which is divisible, th e used for the girls and infants' schools. 'At noon newlnildren formed in procesaien and proceeded to the Jon In kling, where they were addressed by the Rev. J. H. wit.,'°a, and other m i n i s t ers. Th e proceed i ngs term i nate d at Iv , a tea-party held at the new sch oo l s i n th e , even i ng , n ith several of the local clergy and others atho h av e b "an active part in promoting, the erection af• the new were present. of CUSTOMS AND TIM COEIV !TRADE.—A meeting ntlemen c onnec t e d with the:corn trade, was held in th e ti n Corn Exchange, on Wednesday, to take intoes•sedeoutosid3eirar k",a the - following letter which . laadibeen ad ou dr se tiv 'natriek, the secretary . :— . h , 1 710• 5,1853. Sir --Anapphcation havi m ng - beenaddressed . by th we tn . mbes of Sir,-=An Dublin Corn Exchange Association to Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, request thatah the duty on grain may 'be charged by weight, to eo - l tk e Coxemissioners of Customs 'haling directeddais th -al umicitte with the importers of .corn at this port on c subje e t of this request, we shall be obliged by 'you r tt,„ rth ig to us any observations yoll may have t " II „ . Ani„7.P°a---lare are, sir, your obedient servants, To ih e u t , en:lector ; G. GEORGE, Acting Comptroller. cons ec - p a ' e eretary of the Liverpool Corn Exchange." In diseii4 e e d ue Vi'this the Corn Exchanae Committemet, favourablet he anatter, and having come a° a conclusion to the eoneeto th e c h arging by weight, wilt an 'intimation Tnised that he skid comptroller to that effect, and-pro ..,the trade whi e ,a7lect should be laid before a meeting of "Pal memb er meeting accordingly dield. The prig Mr. er s of the ig was wrzhniseiha ra esrae n e beiretrade were present on Wednesday who occupied the chair, spoketut ,_ fl gth in favour of the proposed change, t n,cetinp- • Ineetwith the unanimous approval of the ' l e matreferred to the Corn change ter 'was ultimately xt,s;.a fuctuernenlittee'' 'detail s g e ftor further consideration, as to meeting obe held to receive their report. ~ 4t r a rc, C- a, k 2cel llir AND LECTURE RooM, CLATMO2C -he'tetieni?Etre'-u.p_e Premisesan Clayton-square, recently ocea n - -vsene Club, , have, for the last month or two, .°Deil e d ecuir se of alteration, and in a few days are to he 'Si lt-ems the public, asu; cert and lecture-room of the opp'4BB' The interior ;is much larger than would be osed from an outward ;inspection. The accommoda the Itpsh i„.or,aii audience are, wholly and two galleries, and for — " ar er or performers, : an orchestra fitted with topN:3°ed seats and capable ;of seating about 150 per gZrs Besides this, there 4s.:t space left for a powerful are-L,which it is intended to .erect, and as music desks aropi7°g fitted throughout the .orchestra, there will be Of eaLacilities for vocal and instrumental performances th-el 4 !_ ra ble magnitude. Th e en t rances f o r the audience cid te :"' Lr ee Parts of the h ouse are quite distinct, and as, . . rab], welln underground passage of con- Perkte width and lighted, by amens of which the Taaater s Kited f n laY Proceed at once to the retiring rooms ap ed n e n r ci them, which are two in number, and are with enshi Wa d . hem, the wings of the orchestra. The seats are criaisnerked throughout, and the galleries ornamented In eli eo ll drapery. The other deconations are in ad eff. In arao n Pnig, the fronts of the galleries being ornamented ex:red by' Ro le, and gold. The lighting in the day is a nd I %l:id ol :leans of three windows in the ceiling and two hrs.' t ° ali S ' and at night by sunlights, one in the centre t o ,zeh the orchestra, in addition to numerous th„" u t snian °oder the galleries, &c. Our enterprising .jelni White, estate agent, is the owner of - ;, t 4G2 !111pi",„ / , Vil lell iS Calculated to contain 1,500 persons. o lai n AMERICAN MERCUANT-SHlP.—There ,islestAste.esi ever e g b.u ln r.il Wellington Dock the largest merchant tat New ork, which . has been consigned P e g is fin e " Tri mshavv and Co., of this town. The name pt erveit VOSSeI je the Calhoun, built by Messrs. J. A. Q tri otic..4„ - 4 . 14 ` Sons, for a new line of packets—the e ass "1 -"een this port and New York. The Patriotic erabrace the Henry Clay, the Orient, and a le he at New York, to be called the Webster. end Is 1749 tons ; extreme length, 227 feet; a ° a e n deck h e depth of , 217 feet; breadth of beam over 42 feet, v, 4 l.ear ryin , 29 feet. A good idea may be obtained of sh e le h sh e ea .PacitY from the following items of cargo, 18 how hasdiscust brought across the Atlantic, and which p ar .rels fhig : - 26,000 bushels of wheat, 4,000 re sin ° flour h a ' 200 1 400 bales of cotton, 2,000 barrels of o° d, & -gs ` l ea 4lB of tallow, 10,000 staves, 110 tons of 111,, c• The Calhoun is built in the most substan stick nor, of white N,„ £4, te oak, her masts being enormous h co p ' a miring at the base nine feet in circumference. as teen Per-bolted th e p a i d throughout. Particular attention inh er to. ventilation, both for the preservation of wh o u :rout the ship and the hundreds of human r.efter, cross the Atlantic within her el Per In fact, she Cal on ence, and liv _fs in every . respect as perfect as skill, *l 4ll ca b uvral expenditure ean make her. The see is Pa le a ccommodating in the first cabin, u:-Ildsomely fitted, eight passengers. There is I °oo thihd 43.8_aeconunodation forand between 800 and "a" Pass engera Can ale° be provided for. his visit 1853 Tug R Comstock LTES 11 Millers and Thompson's Liverpool at Valparaiso, aft( STRPHEN MARSHALL tes at Woke of being concerned in a rot receipt, whom the evic it Birkenhead, in April. The prisoner, ag lence was inconclusive, was remanded. Messrs. M`Calmont Brothers, of this town, and which is announced to sail hence on the 4th October, has been chartered to carry Her Majesty's mails. She is at present loading in Salthouse Dock, by Messrs. Cowe, Scott, and Roxburgh, for fine goods and passengers. DREAMS.- - A lad residing with his friends in Wood- ------ reet, Lowhill, left home on Thursday wee returned again, t 1 On Sunday a Mrs ;Morgan, from whom the Lad's parents ad 'anon them and communicated her dreanl that their son had fallen into a cesspool adjoining the house. Search scar made in it, and the remains of the lad, who, it appears, was subject to fits, were found there. §TE.IIING I I 3 A.I.II Ora.—Charles Musgrove and James Nowlan were committed for trial at the police-court, on Wednesday, for attempting to steal a cask of palm oil, on Saturday, from some warehouses in Cooper's-row. The oil was the property of Messrs. Rayner and Co. ' and the prisoners, one of whom had been employed in their ser vice, engaged a cart and placed a cask of oil on it, when, wisoners ran .( wards apprehended by detective-officer Baton. CLASSICAL CHAMBER CONCEErs. 7 llr.W.Thomas, who series of four classical chamber concerts, Qfn.,,T._ which are to take 'place in the Phi for the next on Thursdays, commencing on ync Elm iNovemoer. tie has obtained the services of a corps of talented executants, amongst whom are Mr. C. A. Seymour, Mr. C. B. Herr maim, and Mr. Lidel. The -Concerts will doubtless be highly attractive. _ _ _ handsome padd. from Mr. Laird's yard, Sefton-street, tons burthen. Her engines will b, She is about 400 fitted by Messrs. Australia, The Col.laroyrs said to be an nnprovect &talon of the steamer Clarence, also built by Mr. Laird, that was sent to Australia about 18 months ago, and realised by public auction the enormous sum of £30,000, and even at that price, from her superior qualifications, is stated to have proved a profitable investment for her purchaser. RAIL WITH AN OLD Tic KET.- - ht up at the Wolverhampton .7, charged with having travelled Hampton without a proper ticket, `-7. a ticket dated the 7th of TRAVELLING EY Ellen Dalton was *broil, police court, the other da, from Liverpool to Wolve having tendered to the September, and only issued to convey a passenger to K. Helens. The woman made several statements as to the mode in which she became possessed of the ticket ; one was that she had given 2s. 7d. for it, another ls., and *le last account was that it was given her by a woman. As she was penniless, and the company did not wish tt the charge, she was dismissed with a reprimand THE N.ro,ur ST. JOHN, Capt. W.H. Leighton, from Pernambuco, arrived in the Mersey, brings part - of the crew and passengers of the ship Condor,; burnt at sea on the 10th June last, in lat. 4° south, lon. 24 ° west, while on her homeward passage from Melbourne ; and the captain and part of the crew of the schooner Matilda, wrecked on the -coast of Brazil, near Pernambuco. One of the passengers gives a most gratifying account of the gal lant Teatduct of the officers and crew of the Condor, and of 'their untiring exertions in saving the lives and property of the passengers, and conveying them on board the 'French barque Charles et Pauline, Prom which vessel theywere safely landed in Pernambuco. The passengers also - speak in the highest terms of the disciPliue preserved onboard the Condor while on Ere by her able commander, Captain W. H. Leighton, and of his affable conduct during 'their previous passage from Melbourne. The St. John 'Also brings a few of the passengers of the barque Sir Dowel Buxton, wrecked on the Brazilian coast. - Suspicious DEATH.—Susan Rice, the Wife of a seaman, 'raided at No. 7, Court, Scotland-road, died on Tuesday Mast under circumstances which have`excited great sus licion. The deceased, it appears from 'the statement of ;her husband at the inquest, had been confined to her bed 'for the last four months with dropsy, during which she was attended by Dr. Newton. She hail also been troubled with an asthmatic cough for a number of years. The iusband returned from Glasgow• on Sunday afternoon, and 'went home in a state of intoxication. 'He was also drunk on the following day, and had a , iiolent quarrel with the sister of the deceased (who was alsolintoxicated), arising, it is said, out of his brutal 'treatment to his wife. On Monday evening his 'wife persuaded him to lie down, and promised to call him .early in the morning. He lay down and slept on a box by - the bedside, and , when he awoke in the morning found that his wife was dead. He then called in his brother in-law, who . ford deceased on her knees in bed, with a small bottle of whisky in her hand. Two surgeons were rillcd in, but'he was quite dead. One of the surgeons (Dr. Newton) expressed his surprise that she had lived so long. He made an examination of the body, and gave it as his opinion that deceased had died from disease of the'kungs and liver...which had most pro bably been brought on by excessive drinking. There were no external marks &violence on the body which were the cause of death.. Netwithstanding'this, however, it was proved at the inquest that the husband had treated her in the most brutal manner, but with such indecency that the facts are unfit for publication. WEST DERBY lloamo or GUIRIMNS.—At the weelik meeting of this board, on Wednesday, the chair was octlX pied by Mr. Harrison. Mr. Alpass moved that Mr. Bar nabas Barrett 'be appointed a medical officer for district No. 4, Toxtetlrparks with a salary of .XlOO per annum (no extra fees being allowed), in the place. of Mr. G. S. Deane, who has been declared incompetent 'from the state of his health. Mr. G. Harrison seconded the resolution, which was supported bylitr.Mountfield, and•carried unanimously. —Notice was given }by Mr. Alpass that he should move, at the next meeting, the election of Mr. Barrett as vaccinator of the house, in the place of Mr. Deane.—Mr. Cleaver, the clerk to the board, said he had examined the books of Mr. Statham, an officer lately in the employ of the board, and they showed throughout very culpable negligence on the part of thrd officer.—The following tenders for the supply of articles to 'the house, from the 26th instant to the 25th March, 1354, were accepted..:—For drugs, &c., Mr. Clay, St. Anne-street ; linen and woollen drapery, Messrs. Adamson and Tapley, Old Haymarket ; small wares, Mr. Johnson, Duke-street ; mllk,and fresh butter, Mr. Thomas Bird; -"coal, Mr. Harding, Whitley-street ; j salt butter and bacon, Messrs. Rae and Graham, Old Hay market ; meat, Mr.- Serton, Berry-street ; groceries and soap, Henry Tate and Co., James-street; bread for the hospital, Mr. Thos. Allen, Prescot-street, , and Mr. Samuel Cottrell, Brunswick-road ; ditto, for Everton, Mr. Arden ; coffins, Mr. Cowley Heath-street. LA NCA sTEE.—The.sthppage of the night express train at Lancaster gave us an hour or so in that town, before continuing the journey. They have just %ow completed the tower and spire' to the new church of St. Thomas there. It is early English in style, with tiV,ash of Nor man in the belfry,—Transition, in short. The tower is octagon, and the spire:a continuation of the,sides of the tower up to a point. Although it may be a'reproduction of an ancient example; it is more satisfactory4lewed from a distance, than when4seen at the foot. On the rising ground near the canalthridge the Roman Catholics have built schools and a -convent of some extent; early English in style and satisfactory in effect. Not far from these is the Lancaster Royal Gratumar-school, built not leg since under the direction of Messrs. Sharpe and Paley. It is a collegiate structure, With low tower at one end, and a series of gablets, formed <by dormers, along the front of the main building. A tlittle figure of the Queen in a niche over the entraneeddoor gives life to the front, but might have been better executed. From this elevated spot the view of the town, , ,avith the castle and St. XtarY's Church on a similar hill opposite, and the bay and moan tains in the distance, is vety.striking. If you walk Lek to that church you will findiaside a singularly interesting set of carved wood stalls, now placed against the east end of it. It is one of the most < extraordinary works of ins kind in England. The tracery in the arch over each seat is different, as it is in each f ,gablet above. The crockets are studiously varied, some spreading out into large fiat leaves ; and each finial, too, la tlifferent. The upper Part •of the tower here is an amusing specimen of the Gothic of " 1759." The churchyard has the novelty in England <of a marble reclining figure on a tomb, and there is a , gravestone which might afford a subject for a sanitary lecturer. It is simply headed,—" In memory of Crowd ,son's :" and then follow the name and age of twelve of the family, coming up to the year i 1,847, eleven of whom enjoyed between them 841 years:! The twelfth died an infant. The oldest lived to ninety-three ; orie till ninety ; and.oix till eighty-four. So much for the value of a good stock.— The Builder. _ _ DE4.101 OF SINGLETON COOPER, &R.—Another active and useful inhabitant of Southport,—one whose services, as they were efficient and unremitting, and invariably en listed in...some beneficent cause, were !highly valued,—has been taken from amongst us. It becomes (our melancholy and painfui duty to announce the decease, on Thursday the 15th instant, of Mr. Singleton Cooper. The lamented gentleman •Eteme days previously to the decease of his late wife, which occurred only a few weeks ago, bad been ob served to be gradually failing, and since that event his recovery was regarded as all but hopeless. Mr. Cooper's early career would appear to have been a chequered contest with adverse fortune ; but by perseverance, acticrity, and industry he acquired a sufficient competency to enable him to retire to seek seclusion and peace in the evening of his days. On quitting the active engagements of business in Liverpool, he came to reside in this town, where he has ever since devoted his time, and his money, and his in fluence, to the advancement of the moral and social wel fare of those by whom he was surrounded. Mr. Cooper for twelve years filled the office of one of the chur4 wardens of Trinity Church; and few, if any, of the many thousands of visitors to Southport, who have during that time attended Divine worship at that church, but have cherished some pleasing reminiscence of the courtesy and attention they received at his hands. So unremittinglyunremittinglyattentive was he to the duties of his church, that his absence, but for one portion of the day, gave rise to the appre hensions of his friends, as he was never known, when in the enjoyment of good health, and in town, to absent him self from his place—now, alas! vacated by him for ever—in that sacred edifice. The schools attached to the church will also lose in him an ardent, active and devoted friend. He personally visited and superintended many of the arrangements ; and we have reason to know that he was regarded with filial affection by the young flock on whom he bestowed so much affectionate care. Few who witnessed the salutary scene will forget the air of pious satisfaction with which the respected gentleman, on the occasion of the recent tour of confirmation by his Lordship the Bishop of Chester, marshalled—for the fourth time—the young candidates, in whom he took an especial interest, to and from the parish church. Mr. Cooper, as a member of the Board of Improvement Commissioners, was most attentive and useful. He was a member of several committees, and his efforts were always directed towards effecting really useful measures of improvement, and he was ever most solicitous to maintain the high character for salubrity. which Southport has attained. His death has cast a deep shade of gloom over the whole town; for he was a man revered and respected by 41 cases.—Southport Visiter. Villiam V TIM LIVERPOOL STANDARD, bon %vat( Tuesday, I the packet-ship Constellation, from New York for this port, was telegraphed off Holyhead, and at three in the afternoon she was safely anchored in the river. The wind was in her favour, but notwithstanding this advantage, the passage was an unusually rapid one for a sailing vessel. _ _ a _---,,, Thynnuinv Pvcmino._ liPti.nppn eight and nine o'clock, Francis Power, a carter in the employ of the Ince-hall Coal Company, met with a serious accident. Whilst proceeding along Dublin-street he fell, when one of the wheels passed over his head, and produced a concussion of the brain. He was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where he remains in a very precarious state. A MEETING OF ASSISTANT HAIRDRESSERS was held on Friday, for the purpose of taking into consideration • lsnmus fn . ,* Al AC;11C! in +he+ ;16011P -_- After some discussion the meeting was adjourned until . , o communicate I r rivaz. .• in the meantime with the master hairdressers on th the circumstances attending an alleged loss of cheques, amounting to £609 Bs. 6d.; and also their having been presented at the Huddersfield Banking Company's Bank by a young man, who spent upwards of twenty minutes in counting the cash handed over to him in exchange for the cheques, and who had only left the bank a few minutes before the alleged " loss" was communicated to the managers. Since the appearance of the paragraph this affair has assumed a singular aspect, and persons are in custody to answer a charge of "conspiracy to defraud." ae of packets, Vas arrived Le very brief passa hawker, has been brought , - 3,mpton, on a The suspicion of the Huddersfi xing arouse( he singularity of the transaction: and the strange-be- havioui: of the loser, Mr. George Booth, of the firm of G. and J. Booth, cloth-manufacturers, of Myth°lm Bridge, near Holmfirth, he and his family were closed watched and cheques were cashed by Mr. Booth's son, and from the confession of Booth himself, it has transpired that the money alleged to having been stolen has been found. Thursd of works- —Mr. Turner in the chair. The sub-committee .ecommended an agreement with Hugh Roney Western Railway Company ; it was also recommended that a sum of £4OO be paid to Mather, Ledward, and Co., as compensation for injury by the alteration of the levels in Carpenters'-row.—A statement was submitted of the profit and loss on the Albert warehouses for the years 1851, 1852, and 1863, in compliance with a motion made by Mr. James Holme. It was ordered that the statement lie on the table for the inspection of the members.—A report was read of the visit of the committee to make an inspection or the telegraphs in Wales. The report contained recom- of the stations, and that/charts of the approaches to the port were required at •a'll of them. The marine committee were instructed to carry out any work required at 'the various stations. I .llt. Bigham called attention to the assistant at Holyhead station, who received 12s. a-week, and some days he half to walk a distance of 18 miles. After some conversation 'the subject dropped, it being 'under stood that it woula , 'tome before the marine committee in the usual form.—The harbour-masters' committeerecom- mended that an aaiiitional quantity of land (2 ; 360 square yards) on the south-west side of the Harringtondock be let to Todd, Naylor, and Co., making a total of 6;000 yards, at a certain rate per square yard per annum ; sheds, walls, &c., to be buitt,fand the tenants to pay the interest on the outlay. The land was required for vessels corning to this port with silvvr and copper ores. After some further con versation the 'matter was referred.—lt was 'recommended that an additional quantity of land on the-north side of the H *--- , torCirisin be let to the Harringtonearrying Corn arringtoct pany ; the total quantity now to be held by that company would be about 7,000 square yards, at a certain rental per yard per annum.—The chairman intimated that there would shortly be applications for land frorn'the Lancashire and Yorkihire and the London and North-Western coin panies.—A resolution of the Town Council relative to pro viding bills to communicate with the Observatory, in order to mark - tbe time, was referred to the 'marine committee. THE WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.—A public meeting was he 'on Tuesday, in the SessioniLlionse, the Mayor, Samuel liolme, Esq., presiding, in eider to receive a re port from the committee appointed at the meeting held last •October, at which it was resolved to procure subscrip tions for the erection of a column,smniounted by a statue, as a memorial of the late duke. The Mayor said that the sum already subscribed was quite inadequate to carry out the project. The fame of the Dille of Wellington as a warrior, his complete identification with the country as its most illustrious son, rendered' `it necessary that any tribute to his memory should be ofa first-rate description, worthy alike of the departed hero and of the town of Liverpool. He was quite of opinion that, if a number of gentlemen would take books smdcanvass personally, large numbers, not only of the tradesmen and shopkeepers, but also of the working classes, would cheerfully contribute to-Inch an excellent object. It was a matter of regret to him that, though many individuals had subscribed libe rally, 212 of the 223 who signed the requisition for the meeting last October had not sent in their names as sub scribers, though circulars had lbeen forwarded to them- He trusted, however, that 'the 'tradesmen and operative classes of Liverpool would, by their contributions, shame these gentlemen into coming'forward.—The Town-clerk then read the report, whicl fthowed that the amount stbscribed was £5,742 75., of which £5,422 had been paid to the treasurer.—Mr. Brown,'.P., who moved the first resolution,Warmly eulogised the-ehaacter and abilities of tai late duke, alluding to his refusal of the enormous bribe of £lOO,OOO sterling at Plyclerahad, to the fact that he gained his Peninsula victorieswith a force never larger than 25,000 men, while even ,at Waterloo he had only 35 ; 000 British rank and file in the field. Even at college 'the Duke of Wellington was constantly thinking how he could improve the condition of Hs country. It would be 'unworthy of Liverpool, the 'largest commercial town in the world, to refrain from erecting a suitable monument, particularly when they saw what monuments other towns could raise, the column of the iPlace Vendome, at Paris, and the Duke of York's column, and the Nelson column in - 'the metropolis, for instance.—Mr. W. R. Sandbach se ,cfrilled the resolution, deeniing it a great reproach to Liverpool that only 470 persons had been found to con tribute towards the erects monument to the me mory of the greatest man of -modern days. The reso lutien was carried unanimously.—Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., moved the second resdhitien. He thought the in habitants should consider it aprivilege to subscribe towards the 'memorial ; if there existed one man who was not serfaille of the debt of gratitude -which he owed to the illustrious departed, let him Withhold his name.—Me. John' Campbell seconded the resolution, which was carried unattimously.—Mr. Torr, who moved the third resolution, attributed the comparative smallness of the subscriptions to the fact of their not, from motives of delicacy, com mencing operations until six weelts.efter the death of the duke. Ate people of Liverpool, however, had, when much less us merous and opulent thaw-they were now, raised £l2,ooQ , for a monument to Nelsononuel surely they could raise au-equal sum for a memorial to one who served his country' krice as long as that great naval hero ; was equally grit in arms, and far wiser in councils. Why, in Manchester, they had raised £8,060 or £9,000, and surely Liverpool was not to be excelled by Manchester. — Mr. T. E. 'Moss, treasurer, seconded the resolution, which was earriek-; and on the motion ,of :2slr. Brown, M.P., seconded by Mr. Horsfall, M.P,, a vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor, and the proceedings closed. Sectors CHARGE AGAINST AN Aft SCAN CAPTAIN. Aspleall, on behalf of Mr. Chilton, appeared on Tuesday, at the Police-court, to prefer several charges of cruelty and manslaughter against Capt.tGeo. Alexander Lewis, alleged-to have been committed 'by kdrn, on board of the ship Abeana, at Old Calabar, on the toast of Africa. At the request.of Mr. Owen, who appeared for the ac cused, the ease,was remanded till. Wednesday, Captain Lewis finding bal. himself in £5OO and 'two sureties of £250 each. On?,Wednesday, several witnesses were ex amined, and it appeared that Capt. Lewis ,was the captain of the ship Pytho (lately blown up with gunpowder), and on the 14th of June, he was stationed •about -salty miles up a river on the coast of Africa, near Old Calsbar ' with the Abeona, commanded by Captain Davis. On the evening of the day question, both captains a-ere on board of the Pytho, sehen word was brought that a dis iturbance had arisen ~-on board of the Ahenoa. tin con= sequence of this they Beth went on board of that-vessel, -Alen Capt. Davis ordered a seaman named White, .whose ,deoth formed the subjeeLor the present charge, to e go on toithe poop. Capt, Lewis went to put him thew, but iJopt. Davis afterwards ordered him to come away. This White refused to do, and Capt. Lewis then attempted to farce him off. A struggle took place, and White ,was forced against the poop railings. At last he fell over board:; the witnesses said $e was thrown overboard tiny Captain Lewis, who, however, averred that he did not,tie so, but mat in his struggles White lost his balance and fell into the river accidentally, By order of Capt. Davis, the boats were lowered to save him, but he was never found, though his cap was picked up. Mr. Mansfieldsaid that be did not consider the oloarge of manslaughter proved, and dismissed the case. The second charge was gone into *II Thursday, when the following facts were detailed by several seamen, who had formed a portio n o f the crew of the Pytho. While lying in the Calabar river three men, named M'Elere, John Jones, and John Hall, went on shore 'without leave from Capt. Lewis, of the Pytho. The cant 'n'm found it out, and left the ship in a very great passion, and saying some of them would never come on board alive, As soon as the captain got on shore, the men were there, and two of them instantly came forward, and the third in a short time after, on being called for by the captain.. Some angry expressions were used, the men were frightened, and the three of them jumped into the water. Whilst two of the men were up to their knees in the water, and the third was swimming, the captain gave orders to a bodyof natives to fire,onthem. They did so, and the man Jones was shot upon the spot. So far from thinking this enough, after the captain knew the man Jones was dead, he and a Captain Davis pro ceeded to beat the other two men about the head with sticks in an exceedingly brutal manner. The transaction took place about midnight, and the captain subsequently sold the clothes of Jones, on the ground that he was a deserter. M'Elere and Hall were tried by a court-martial, when WElere was discharged and Hall put iu irons for some time. On behalf of Captain Lewis, Mr, Simon sub mitted this was a case in which the bench could not com mit. In the first place, the alleged offence was not committed within the jurisdiction of the court. It was not on the high seas. Secondly, there was no attempt to prove that the guns had been fired at the man, there was no evidence to show that the guns were loaded, nor that they were the means of causing death. No body had been found, there was no proof by any one that the dead body of a man had been seen, and yet the magistrate was asked to commit the captain for the death of a man whose death was not proved by a single witness. A witness named Jackson, the first mate of the Pytho, at Old Calabar, said that he never heard of the captain shooting Jones till Wednesday night when the alleged murder took place, The ra he ag h i e s a t r i d ate n a o eo g n u a n til s ted fired tog a e n t d her 7 an cri d es ea o m f e m to ur t d h e e r. resolu tion of committing the prisoner for trial on the charge of " wilful murder." The prisoner was admitted to bail, entering into his own recognisauces for £l,OOO, and two sureties for 0500 each. AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. - GEIV -......-...--.- about the Ist of °dot THE WEST INDIES will arrive and is expected to bring £BOO,OOO of silver from the Gulf of Mexico trees, in several districts of Portugal, in stated to be affected by a disease similar to that which has attacked the vines. _ _ — EXTRAORDINARY SWARMS OP SMALL FLIES have filled the air in several parts of Yorkshire during the last few days. At Harroeute. on Tlynrcaftv evening week, they fo;med a black cloud which obscured the light for some hours. _ _ A PARAGRAPH which has been going the round of .he papers, to the effect that a decimal silver coinage, to be issued at the eommencement of next year, and bearing the date 1854, is in progress at the Mint, is entirely without foundation. REAPING MACHINE.—Messrs. Richmond, Chandler, and Norton, agricultural implement makers of Liverpool and Manchester, have become the purchasers of Hussey's Improved Reaping Machine, with the works in_ progress, some of t plant and machinery of the 'establishment in Man of Mr. Hussey, who is about to return to America MR. HYDE - eLARKE has published some particulars as to the existence of quicksilver in England, Scotland, and Ireland. As yet it has only been found native, but further researches will most likely discover cinnabar ore. This is of importance, in consequence of the greater attention paid to the working of goldores, SINGULAR FACT IN POTATO GROWING. —Wm. Comely, of Tipton Hall, Dudley, last year raised some potatoes on his ground, but they proved so badly diseased he would not go to the expense of getting them in. There has been this year, however, a very fair crop of sound potatoes off the same ground, although nothing at all has been done to it. THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to grant a pension of £5O a year to Mrs. Glen, w idow of the Rev. Wm. Glen, D.D., the translator of the Bible into the Persian language. The pension , we believe, has been ours an of the Rev. Dr. Glen.—Edinburgh Evening Conrant. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES IN HUNGAES.—At Petronell, a Hungarian town on the Danube, there has just been found_ neat the ensile of the Clonnts of Abensberg Traun, ie pavemen 3f the Emperor Trajan was discovered. Petronell is the ancient Cornuntum, and near it are the remains of a triumphal arch, raised by the Emperer Augustus to Tibe- A SCOTCH fIEE STEALER.—A rather amusing case of theft was tried before Sheriff Arkley, on Saturday. A man named Robert Robertson, was brought up, charged with stealing a swarm of bees, from a place near West Calder, Eiffinburghshire, and so dertercus had he become in this peculiar species of depredation, timt it appeared he had ac quired the soubriquet in the 4Estrict of "Bee Robbie." His plan, it seemed, was to secure the queen, and the rest - of the swarm instantly followed him —leaving hive, honey, and all behind. As he hail been only a fortnight liberated, donian Mercury. A PROFITABLE TRADE.—In addition to the advantages to be derived from keeping fancy poultry, the profit pro duced by the common domestic fowl is very considerable. It is stated in The Times newspaper for Feb. 1, 1853, that 15,000,000 of eggs - and £40,000 worth of poultry were imported from France in 1851. The same writer adds that it will take five years to fatten an ox of the weight of 60 stone, which will )fit of £3O ; y same sum may be realised in five months by feeding an equal weight of multty for the table.—Dickson and Mow bray on Poultry, by Mrs. Loudon. _ _ THE PARIS gICRIRITION OF 1855.—The Board of Trade has received information from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that a Universal Exhibition of the Fine Arts is to take place in Paris in May, 1855, at the same time as the Exhibition of Industry. The French goctrnment ex presses a desire that this Exhibition may be as complete as possible, and that its organisation may be arranged in a manner to give sa action to every nation invited to assist in it. The artists' works will be forwarded gratui tously to Paris, and the arrangement of 'them will not entail any.expense on the artists exhibiting. A MONSTER MEETlNG.—Probably the :Largest dinner party that ever sat down under one roof :at one time took place at 'Saltaire, the model mill of Mr. T. Salt, alpaca manufacturer, near Bradford, Yorkshire,. on Tuesday last. The dinner (which was the commencement of the day's festivities) was given by Mr. Salt to 3,160: persons, com prisinglhe notabilities of the West Biding, the leading merchants and manufacturers of Yorkshire and Lancashire, his personal friends and his own workpeople, to com memorate the opening of the stupendous works at Saltaire, the majority of his eldest son, his own 'birthday, and the completion of his fiftieth year. 11,15PITAI FOR CONSIIMPTION.—Property to the value of £15,000 has just been left to the Hospital for Consump tiowat Brompton, under somewhat singular circumstances. Just before the foundation-stone of 'the 'building was laid by prince Albert, in 1844, the handt-o me trowel manufac ttuaxl for the ceremony so attracted the attention of John M'Cullom, Esq., that he bought it of the committee for thirty guineas. Soon after, findin g that it was usual to present the trowel to the person who lays the foundation stone, the committee became desirous of re-purchasing the trowel ; and Mr. M'Cullom, on ,becoming aware of the wish, kindly gave it back, foregoing his thirty guineas for the benefit of the institution. Nor did M'Cullom's libe r stop here; malls death-bed he left all his effects to his sister, with a request that she would leave it to the :institution; and by her will, which is just proved, the hospital becomes entitled to property of the net value of t 15,000. GOLD MINE IN A. PRIVILTE "Yir.n.—Mr. Martin Dunn cii Gateshead, has received a nur,,,get from Victoria. th history of which is curious, for ;it was dug up in a back ward. Last year, Mr. G. Middleton, of Hartlepool, wont :to Australia, accompanied by Nis -father and mother, re ident in Gateshead. This year he was followed from Hartlepool by his wife and two. children, by two of his (sisters, by Mr. Joseph C. DEmn,:ir:s successor in business ((who superintended the carpentry work of Merrington 'Church when it was rebuilt) ; add by Mr. George Brown, brother of Mr. M. Dunn. They settled at C,ollingwood, mear Melbourne, on a site .whieheast them £315, and.on -which they established a general-store. One day, being , visited by a young man, formerly 'a clerk of the railway :goods station in this town, he remorked that the ground in their back yard had a gold-prod.uciing aspect. Dig'ghlge .were at once opened, and up to the time when the letter .containing the nugget was despatched, had been productive, •GENTLEMAN EXECUTED TOR MURDER OF A SLAVE. —some time between 1,800 arid 1805, Lord Seaforth :being governor of Berbadoes , a alareholder having killed one of his own slaves, was triecrfor the murder, 6d ac quitted, the law considering -that --anch an act was not murder. Thereupon Lord Seaforth came to England, obtained an act of Parliazue.nt declaring the killing of a -slave to be murder, and returned (to Barbadoes to resume his (official duties. Soon afterwards another slave was killed by his owner, who was tried, (convicted, and seta teuftd to be hanged for murder .under the new act of Par liament. At the time appointed the prisoner was brought •outi-for execution, but so strong was ;public feeling, that the ordinary executioner was not fortbctming ; and on the governor requiring the sheriff to perform his office, either in person or by deputy, after some.cmenses, he absolutely refused. The governor then addressed the guard of soldiers, desiring a volunteer for ;.executioner, adding "whoever would voluntee r should be ~aubsequentlY Pro tecteclias well as rewarded aim." :One presented himself , and it thenceforth beca me as freemsniin Barbadoe s . dangerous te kill a slave as a SzzAnas OF COUNTERPETT .00.11 c Hutt. —For three or four months past a large amount of counterfeit coin hasktieen put in circulation in Hull. The police had bad some .information that a notorious ,character, of the name of llobert Gill, had had a small Ileavy parcel sent to his house-Addressed for a " Mr. Brown." . .The parcel had come by tie Great Northern railway -frown London, and the porter at filb Hull station was requested to inform the police ; immediately in the event of any.-Anailar occur rence taking place. On Saturday morning, on the ar rival of a small parcel, which was rather weighty, and addressed to -"Mr. Smith, to be called for,'":irformation was given to the police, and a detective was Salt to the station, whoremained there until betweeneight and nine o'clock, when. Gill came for the parcel. It was given to him, and he,waled away, but was followed:and taken into custody. .The parcel when opened was .found to contain 660 , bactsbilings, wrapped up in 60 parcels of 10s. each. The delinquent's house was then searched, and a number of bad half-sovereigns was found. He •refused to give any account of how they came into his possession, and has been remanded to afford time to.communicate with the mint. STATISTIC, OF RAtißsas.—The return prepared'by the Poor-law Board, as to the number of paupers zn the receipt of poor-law relief In thetaeurse of the last and the present year, presents some remarkable features. The decrease, as already stated, between the Ist of July, 1852, and the Ist of July last, numbered .56,533 paupers. In England the number was 56,032, and in Wales 1,724. exami. nation of the English :count es shows, that in Lancaster alone the decrease was 9,864. and in the West Biding .of, Yorkshire 6,222. The next atrgest diminution in one ?county was 2,525 in Suffolk..; and in Middlesex the decrease %was 2,507. In Middlesex, on ttlie Ist of July, 1852, the .number of paupers in the receipt of poor-law relief was 38,078, and on the Ist of July;las't 35,447. With respect to •oble-bodied paupers, the decreaae was 17,002, and on the Ist a July last there were, among others, 1,084 aMilt males in the receipt of relief, on account of the want of work,or other causes, against 2907 the preceding yolln.. There were 16,781 wives, against 21,40 in the preceding year. Of widows, the number waS 45,01, against 47,462 of the previous year. On the let of July, 1852, the number of single women without cnildmen in the receipt of relief was 5,375, and on the Ist of July last 4,847. There were 3,186 -mother of illegitimate children on the Ist of July, 1852, and 2,640 on the Ist of J u ly last. On the Ist of July last there were 1,728 wives relieved on account of their husbands being in gaol. DARING BURGLARY IN NOTTINGIrd 318IIIRE.—During the morning of Tuesday last, a daring burglary was com mitted at Boughton, near 011erton, in the house of Mr. William Flower, farmer and hopgrower. Tins house is situate a short distance from any other in the village, and about ten o'clock on the previous evening the servant girl (who appears to be the only inmate along with her master and his sister), heard, whilst going to bed, some conversa tion on the outside, and on looking out, saw a man near the blacksmith's shop. She, however, went to sleep, and was awakened abont two o'clock in the morning by some men being in the house. She got out of her bed and was soon pushed back again by a man, who told her what they wanted was money. Another of the burglars went into Miss Flower's room, and having struck her over her face, said money they wanted and money they would have. Mr. Flower himself got out of bed, and commenced de fending himself and his property, hilt was struck with a besom's handle, and was consequently incapacitated from ' so doing. One of the men then broke open a desk with a chisel, and took therefrom £llB in gold, contained in two bags. The men then ransacked the house, taking away with them five old-fashioned silver teaspoons, one dessert silver spoon a silver caddy spoon, and a pair of silver= framed spectacles. The se l ast were picked up on the road by a boy during the afte r p art of the morning. Before they broke open the desk, M r . Fl ower offered the thieves £5O not to hurt him. One or more of the men had their faces blackened, which, we are afraid, will prevent their identi fication ; and this fact, added to the circumstance of Mr. and Miss Flower's mental condition, may tend ultimately i t 9 thwart the MU ofjustice,—,Nottinyham Journal. A. PARLIAMENT tters, and despatChed 97,453. STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE.- ived at this Dort for the diseha An order has 1: ;e of an able se: of some £ 60,000. , —Devonport Paper. AT NEWARK, a few days ago, a little girl was standing at a window before which was a young maple tree. After a brilliant flash of lightning, a complete image of the tree was found imprinted on her body. A GOOD MARK smes.—On Friday week cotour-aergeant Anderson, of the 27th (Inniskilling) Infantry, in fulfilling a bet made for a considerable sum, with some civilians of Armagh, shot a hen at the distance of 600 yards, with one of the new Minie rifles. COTTON FROM INDIA.-Mr. Hugh Fleming, secretary of the Manchester Commercial Association, has received information from the secretary to the East India Com pany, that Mr. Rathbone, of Liverpool, has been instructed to forward to him, for disposal in Manchester, 600 bales of cotton from the' DhariCar Collectorate, receive( Dandonald.—Manchester Guardian. EXTRAORDINARY.—The following n STRIKE number of young women of th, the town-crie Townhead have nn ila TIPT a Liu. Lucy iv lax xavai those who go out and shear for a less wage will be stoned while returning home." —Edinburgh Witness. Americana), 100 years old, which since June 3, has thrown ont a stem 7 metres 90 centimetres in height from the extremity of the leaves, with 63 lateral branches. The plant bears 8,000 flowers, more than 150 on each branch ; the colour is yellowish green.—Galignani. JAMES MONK recently complained to the police, at Wednesbury, Staffordshire, that a counterfeit coin had been given him among some money he had received for a pair of trousers he had pledged. The police, on going with Monk to the pawnbroker's shop, discovered that the trousers were the property of a tailor, of Westbromwich, ding them. .—lt is known ranted by the and Monk has since lieencommitted for ste THE NEW MODE OF GRINDING WHEAT. at the American consulate that the patent g_ United States for Westrupp's conical mills in that eu—_ have been contracted for by a highly respectable citizen of New York, who has also a counting-house in London. The price is said to be about £60,000, payable by quarterly instalments. APPEGA.CIIING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE monial alliance is arranged to take place betwe .—k matri en the Lady 1... 111/143C1.11 Vfl sy --a - Wilton, and Captain the Hon. Dudley De Ros, eldest son of Lord De Ros, and equerry to her Majesty the Queen. The marriage will be celebrated at Heaton-hall, the seat of the Wilton family, near Manchester, on the 12th of October.— Morning Po - st: EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SOClETlES.—According to the Morning Advertiser, a conference is about to be held for the purpose of uniting together more closely the 'carious evangelical missionary societies. The , arrange- Methodist minister, —namely, the 'Rev. T. R. Brooke, rector of Avening, Dr. Angus, of Stepney College, and the Secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. SINGULAR DEATH OF A HORSE.—On the workmen going to their employ on Saturday morning, at the power loom factory of Messrs. Taylor and Sons, Barnsley, they were astonished to find a large pool of blood on the it was occa- light. The animal had fallen over a low watt tram tne field, and thence upon the roof of the building, and having • _ :—„ had bled to death. The animal was worth ZIO. REPORTED hIrRDER OF IN ITALIAN PRINCESS IN TIIRKEY.-It was stated, some time ago, that the Princess Belgiojoso, whilst travelling in the East, had been attacked and stabbed by a discharged servant. No apprehension of fatal consequences was entertained by the friends of the princess in this 'country, as they had received a letter from her after the event, and had heard from other sources that her wounds were not dangerous. A letter from Constan tinople of the fith, in the Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna, says that the favourable account given of the state of the piincess was unfounded, as she is reported to have ctif her wounds ih the Turkish capital.—Paris correspondent of the Morning 'Chronicle. A MAN KILLED BY A BIILL.—On Tuesday, Edward Thompson, a farm servant in the employ of Mr. Thomas Scott, Preston Patrick, was gored to death by a bull. He had needlessly gone into the pasture where the bull was confined, and after irritating it by throwing stones at it, and.drivingit about, had actually attacked the infuriated animal with a "bull-stick"--a stick :shod with iron, used in coercing these animals—and had entered into a single combat with the easily and ferocious brute. The con sequence may easily be anticipated. The bull, maddened by the attacks, rushed at his presumptuous assailant, and having got him in his power, tossed and gored him in the most frightful manner. The fellow-servants of the man endeavoured to rescue him by attacking the bull with spades and pitchforks, but so maddened was the animal "that it was quite hacked and mangled before it would quit its victim, who expired in a 'few minutes afterwards.— Ireitmoreland Gazette. ELOPEMENT.—A short time since, some parties in a tumble sphere of life in this county, allured by the accounts continually reaching them from the auriferous regions in Australia, resolved to quit the land of their birth, where fortune frowned upon their efforts, and to proceed to the rising . colonies of the far-off country men tioned. Shortly after their arrival there, the husband — for 'they were married bait his wife "in town," and re paired 'to the " Diggingi," in the hope of realizing that fortune which his prolific !fancy had painted, before he quitted the shores of ,old England. After enduring the burning heat of "the sam at noon," and the inconvenience of "the cold night moon "'together with many other suf ferings and privations , which a digger " can only describe, the poor fellow suceeeded'in obtaining " nuggets " to the value of £400! Brimfed of joy, he repaired "to town," where he had left his wechiled partner, recounted his diffi culties and his success, at•the same time making her his banker. Happy couple! 'Fortunate exiles ! But as all human happiness is transient, so was theirs. The deceit ful wife grew enamoured , ef another adventurer, packed her husband off to the - diggings once more, and in his absence eloped with her newly-formed acquaintance ; crossed the tropics, and reached England a very short time ago. We may add that-she is a native of a village, situate about six miles from this town; and that when she passed through here, on her arrival in this country, she was decked in jewellery and hung in chains, flaunting through our streets with all the vulgar swagger of a shameless woman. The deserted' hu:sbandait is cheering to learn, has again been successful, for, wording to accounts recently received by a gentleman in this town from his son, he has amassed about £5OO since the departure of his worthless :spouse.—Cambridge Chronicle. STARTLING DISCOVERY ABOUT THE COMET.—III• a paper published in "Weale's Astronomical Almanack" for A 854, Professor Crestadoro, of the University of Turin, ;announces the discovery of a new feature in the propa gation of light, which forms the groundwork of several ' , important problems of physical astronomy. It is no less a new law of the planetary radiation and formation of - shadows, that dissipates all the mystery attached to comets, the rings of Saturn, Zodiacal Light, Aurora Borealis, and .alewnther unexplained phenomena, such as occur in the etlipses and transits of Jopitees satellites. According to :such. law the comets are only the phases of ordinary planets in their way to or from conjunction, under certain circum stances, when their radiation being oblique to the earth is converted into tails or commas of. different shape, whilst the 'planet itself is noted down in the ephemerides as invi siblcat the time, and as such, not thought of by observa tion. The-last comet which has- been -conspicuous to the naketLeye, during the last days of August, would turn out to be 'the planet Venus, who at-the time-was not seen as such, 'hut was throwing obliquely, m regard to the earth, a strong pencil of light that formed its tail, which pencil, as it wally converted into -a direct radiation towards our globe, the appearance of the planet is, imensibly sub stituted la place of that of the missed comet. The paper is entitletV Expected Return Mole Great Cornet of 1556, or the Conetic Mysteries Dissipat-ed,.with Illustrations." SLAVERY :IN AMERICA.—At Wilkesbarre; in Pennsyl vania, at one of the hotels there lived as water a tall mulatto, nearly white, who went by the name of Sill. In the beginning of the present month there arrived in the town DeputyaMarshal Wynkoop, another fellow named Joe Jenkins, -and three other assistants-from Virginia, to arrest poor Bitters a " fugitive from labour." These per sons came behind him, and knocked him down-with a mace; but Bill, who, as it appears, is—or was, for, in all probability, the poor creature is dead—a very strong and active man, recovered his feet, and threw his assailants off. Finally, he managed to break from the house, with the handcuffs fastened on his right wrist, and•made his way to the river. Into this he plunged, ,exclaiming " I will rather be drowned than taken alive." His pursuers fired at him before 'he reached the water, and when he was swimming they deliberately levelled their revolvers, and fired four or five shots.. One ball was supposed to have struck his head, as his face became instantly covered with blood. He sprang up in the water, and shrieked in his agony. .The bystanders were becoming so excited at the 'horrible sight; that the • southerners retreated from the 'bank, and took counsel together as to what was best to be dope. Meanwhile the Poor -slave came to the shore, and was suppled to be dying, upon width his pursuers remarked, -that 7 Dead niggers were not worth taking south," and were awaking away, when the fugitive unexpectedly re vived. As he in his turn was -walking away, supported by another coloured man, the Virginia people, perceiving that he -was alive, headed him, called upon him to stop, and -threatened to shoot anybody niho should protect the fugitive. The threat - took effect, for the crowd actually did retire, and there was nothing for it but for poor Bill to take to the water again, which be slid. In the water he remained ,for upwards of a hour, and there his pur suers dared -not follow him.' At length they appear them selves to have been intimidated by the menacing attitude of the crowd, who were preparing to arrest them, for they -retired of - their own record. Bill waded some stance up the. river, and then got out. He was found by some coloured women flat on his face in a cornfield, senseless froth the effect of his wound. Such is a specimen of pro ceedings under the Fugitive Slave Law. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS HAVE EFFECTED A WONDERFUL CURE OF LAMEEESS OF FIVE YEARS' MIRA TION.—Extract of a letter from Mrs. Drandanril, of Turks Island, Bahamas, dated August 3,1851. —" To pro fessor Holloway.—Sir,—l su ff ered during fireiears from lameness , occasioned by a severe cold, which con ned me to my roor s for two years and a half, during which period I tried yap) . s remedies, but derived no benefit whatever from the m. _ from then recommended to try your excellent meihOnes , ano their use I have experienced the greatest relief. T hey have proved most efficacious in my case, as I am nowenabled to ' walk without assistance, and inn ent i re ly free fro m pain." tr of a BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC. FILL" letter written by John Molard Wheeler, b i.sq yl „ , , is j b o r ll o n e t c h to r t , o at f Customs, Jamaica. having been handed Swindon, to Mr. Prout, for publication :7 but let you brother never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but me empliati• rally tell you, in mercy to any friend who may suffer from gout, rhuematic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any to recommend their using branch of that widely-allied famity, them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy ; not only am I personally aware of their powers, but I s ee my friends and acquaintanc es recelvinr, unfailing benefit from their use. I would not be without them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether • if in a later, they alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier cure, than by any other means w i thin my knowledge. ' Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by altrespectable I%iedicine Vendors thropghout the VON Kina:daga Price as, 9d. per box Wednes )U.ATCII a in Shaw's-brow and Dale-street, to w west end of Hardman-street, a sent at the west end of Water-st FT TO THE TOWN the Improv nent Committee moves übject which has caused this Cou summoned, I have a communicati< think ought to take precedence of the regular business; and I think that the communication will afford to this Council, and I am sure to the public at large, as much fication as it afforded to me, when I had the honour Your public library and museum have womoted, and so many respectable and to receive it somewhat remote sitnation, that it has become paidull evident that the accommodation afforded is utterly in adequate to the wants of the community. We have lon, .• A 11• A • • •,, )rovements which I trust RT RETt contemplated the erection of that portion of our public im this Counci out, as far to-day will sanction and enable us to carry as the well-digested plans of the committee But I believe the cost of a bui ding suital taining the Free Public Library and linseum prevented the committee from bringing the matter before the Council until some of those general improvements have been effected which the wants of the inhabitants so Much require. The princely munificence of one of our townsmen has, however, come to our aid ; and I cannot do better than simply detail to the Council the circumstances attending a visit which I received a few days ago. A gentleman, known and honoured by all, whose life has displayed the activity and commercial industr leads to success, who has been the architect fortune, and whose name is familiar here, and is, indeed, everywhere a household term, came into my room to tell me he was deeply impressed with the inadequacy of the , uke-street ; and he 7 means should be present Reading-room an , expressed a v( strong wish that ever .ff r orded to the young men in this town' to enable them to which would make them useful members of society, and which would tend to elevatc them in the so site for it more spacious edifice in a central situation, and near St. George's-hall. He feelingly added, that Providence had blessed his exertions, and he acknowledged the debt he owed to Liverpool; and then communicated his intention of presenting the munificent sum of £6,000, for the erection of a library, which would be open to all classes of this great community, if the Cor poration would provide a suitable site. On my pointing , out the north side of Shaw's-brow, when the contem n, plated improvement was adopted, he thought that would to the C( On the IT tion to Parliament PIL OTA Ilan, at to el John VV 1 Waist requisition eon\ Mr. WOOD s the purpose of William Dows coasting sti Until the 1 of that )e a suit perfect concurrence, if this Council thought fit to carry out that improvement. The visit made a deep impression on my mind. It now only remains for me to disclose to this Council, and through it to the community, the name of the gentleman who has made this munificent offer. It is Mr. William Brown, one of the members for South Lancashire. I have no doubt, in making this communi- generous a gift. (Applause.) Mr. CHARLES TURNEr pass a resole said he was sure that all the members of the Council had heard the Mayor's announce ment with deep gratitude to Mr. Brown, and with great satisfaction that they had among them a merchant of his worth and high abilities, who had justly earned, during a long life in this town, the esteem and approbation of his fellow-townsmen, and who had always been ready to come forward to advance the interests of the inhabitants of Liverpool. Until a few minutes before he entered the Council-chamber, he had not the slightest idea that this announcement was to be made to this Council, and he was, therefore, not prepared to express his feelings adequately upon the occasion. He was, however, sure that the &amen would not allow the announeenient of this gift to pass over without adopting some such resolution as that to which the Mayor had alluded. In conclusion, he pro posed a resolution to the effect, " That the thanks of the meeting be conveyed to Mr. Brown, for his munificent offer of £6,000 towards the erection of a Free Public Library at the north end of Shaw's-brow, when the con templated high-level bridge has been constructed." Sir JoUN BENT had great pleasure in seconding Mr. Turner's motion ; but, after the well-deserved eulogiums which the Mayor and Mr. Turner had paid to Mr. Brown for his munificent gift, no words of his were necessary to add to its importance. He should, therefore, content him self by observing, that, as an inhabitant of this town, he appreciated very highly the value of the establishment of a Free Public Library of this kind in Liverpool ; and he was as grateful to him as, he was sure, the inhabitants of tie l‘r O . Vi c lLW E O Gr ill so d ic eq : equally n b - e e . to understand that the offer is made on the consideration that the site of the building shall be Shaw's-brow ? because I think it is possible that a better site may be found. The MAYOR 1 I pointed out to Mr. Brown the improve ments that were contemplated on Shaw's-brow, and he said that if the Council thought fit to make that improve ment, that site would meet with his concurrence, as being nearly the centre of Liverpool, and accessible to all classes, particularly to those for whose peculiar benefit the institu tion would be formed. bestlair. p la. Aldermantßo adoptß,r 1 ) , c wouldß OTO 1 : t sbe .1ct th ought omo it v e would o f a . vote Ro E so G An r was that the to 3 dii r s . cuss the question L of situation at present. p Mr. Brown, and to keep the question of situation entirely separate and distinct. He was very sorry that the two had been mixed up together, and that the question of thanks should have come before the Council in the shape of a cut and dried resolution. The question of a high level bridge was involved with difficulties, and ought not to have been introduced along with that of a vote of thanks to Mr. Brown. He suggested that a vote of thanks should be moved to Mr. Brown distinct from the question of situation. Let them do justice to the muni ficentoffer, and afterwards to the other subject. Mr. STEWART thought Mr. Gladstone was right. There could only be one feeling of gratitude to -Mr. Brown ; and they should confine themselves, in the first instance, to an expression of the warmest thanks to him for his offer. Mr. THOMSON, in the name of a large party out of doors —the mechanical apprentices, tendered Mr. Brown his warmest thanks. Mr. BENNETT.—As Mr. Brown has expressed a wish as to the site, I think the two resolutions should go together. Mr. J. H. TURNER.— He does express a decided wish on the subject, I think. The MAYou.—Mr. Brown said the Council would no doubt select a suitable site. I mentioned the north end of St. George's Hall, and he thought it a very convenient spot. Mr. BrGagm wished the Council to be informed clearly under what circumstances the offer was made. Was it simply on the condition that they should provide a suit able site ? The MAYOR repeated that Mr. Brown had offered the sum of £6,000 for the erection of a free library and mu seum, on condition that the Council should privide a suit able situation. Mr. Brown did not mention any particular site ; but he (the Mayor) pointed out a site which he • thought was obtainable, and Mr. Brown expressed his con currence, and stated that he thought the situation a very central, and, therefore, a very suitable one. It was agreed that the consideration of the subject should be deferred until a later period of the proceedings, in order that the Town-clerk might divide the two ques tions of "vote of thanks" and "situation" into two sepa rate resolutions. This was subsequently done, and the amended motion, conveying a vote of thanks to Mr. Brown, was unani mously adopted. It was in the following terms :--- " That the Mayor be requested to convey to Mr. Brown the full appreciation, by this Council, of the noble senti ments which have actuated, and of the generosity which , has prompted this most munificent proposal, and to inform him that the Council readily avail themselves of an offer which will secure to the inhabitants a suitable building for the Free Public Library. And this Council desires, also, to tender to Mr. Brown their warmest thanks for a gift which, they feel assured, will be fully appreciated by all classes of the community." PROPOSED TOWN IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. Alderman BENNETT, in the absence of the chair man of the Museum Committee, (Mr. Picton,) moved the confirmation of the minutes of the Improvement Com mittee, which recommended the widening of Hatton garden to a width of 20 yards at the cost of £16,150; the construction of a " street from the bottom of Shaw's brow to the top of Manchester-street, including improve ments in Shaw's-brow, and the works connected therewith," at an expense of £80,600 ; the purchase of a small portion of land in Hardman-street to enable them to make it the same width from top to bottom, at an expense of £1,500; and lastly, the widening of Water street, by carrying it down past the iron warehouse, at the same width as it is opposite to the office of the City of Ltablin Company, at a cost of £7,250; making a total of £114,500. The Town-clerk, in offering a financial statement, thought they would be justified in expending this SUM of money, which, calculated at an interest of 6 per tout would be something like an expenditure ueient of £6,800 a.-year ; and the Corporation Estate was s ffi r ly f t l h o e uri co s ra hiug nxittee to cojunsstiiSyeredthisw.ereTlienseth.weerriegiallit distepstiown:.iaseh g un b p ef ro or v e em th e e n e t, o w u h n. ci w i h . ionwustedbgebit the public meeting at f t n e b c e om reco mit m te n e le ; n a ttio n n e s he forming hopd p t!.l A rt e y o f should a grandbe ablescheme of th would be bgehtpatissed"' ti u t . api t i i pi T ioi Town Committee,Mayor presided, were als ed o roo ll Nu, n et a na. n e nn nit O eco lla b e l Er n m W ei dt i S t e h in g these i t oe - m ove that the proceedin the p mprovements to o f br l T in be confirmed- -c ........va lonoth ensued in the ennrge of A discussion of some cnoucut, Lai Tv uvulae vi which Mr. BIG/rAN said—The recommendation to erect a high-level bridge was the result of a committee's deli beration out of doors, and the considerations which caused them to adopt the suggestions were quite secret. Would it not be proper for some persons representing that com mittee to give them a few reasons why this recommenda tion was made, to enable them to arrive at the same conclusion, if possible ? Taking a common sense view of the question, he should say that a high-level bridge was likely to do serious injury to property in and about Shaw's-brow ; and that the compensation to which parties would be entitled would be a very large sum indeed. With the present high rate of interest, and a probability of an increase, combined with the possibility of a check in their trade, which would be likely to continue for some time, would it be wise and prudent to enter upon a scheme involving a certain expenditure of £ll4,soo,—and it might resolve itself into an outlay of £250,000,—a quarter of a million ; and he dared say he had as much ground for thinking it would be £250,000, as Mr. Bennett had for imagining it would be £ll4,soo,—would it be wise to un dertake those improvements ? He thought the subject ought to receive the careful deliberation of the whole Council, in order that they might condense the whole a the facts, and then consider what measures they should adopt. He should, therefore, move that the subject be referred back to the mg a l t*,—N r , iizziDERBON se coded the amendment. Committee C O M_VISSIO.N:z . n s EETING. one-third of wha Still the conunitt( rates. copied Loa.m.e. - 6 we re William Nieh. redrew Al been called for the room of Mr. t, and pprobatiori of the corang and of the ease 3ra in flip irged in London and •ew aners, that is i s that would not , uld be a four s coasting steamers, i nwar d hillings to one shilling per of a branch pilot are dispensed -ar• . _ of coasting ners were of a similar w acr, passed, he iers to g ver, it was not in Lt any relief. Many vaumg selves of the know r, they g winter and ice other parties, deeply lution it was t them from puotage charges, out the services of a pilot; and York the advantages interfere with th, agreed to recom bound, with pilotage on coast ogether ex nd that the rat bound, be redue council be Mr A in the rates which they cessary, and some of opinion. Till the ne ,he power )f the coast sea without pilots made the voy during stormy wea, vices of pilots, entirely independ its efficiency they wei interested. Looking rnittee were of c in the resolution was proposed entirely to ex - when.going outwards the present charg( voyage, where to one shillir lisludent. Y stated t perloot on the inward ilot was dispensed with, was to be reduced Me retention of this small charge the —IA. for maintaining the efli. all inward nswer to a e gross amount of I probability about the meetir in Council 1 the motion, which was unani-. od, it was unanimously tid.Mr. Joseph Mondell committee deemed indi ciencv of the es The SECS steamers pay fc question, he said, 1 this proposed redu £4,000 per annum. The resolution h unanimously carried. Mr. J. BATESO4 moved adopted for obtaining the con to the prof Mr. W.Gißsoll sec mously agreed to. On the motion of Mr. J. N. IN resolved that Mr. George Kendall beappomtea to t tne commission A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Mayor, the meeting I LIVERP OOL COUNTY COURT. U'rve September sitting of t, terday (Monday). There were upon the list 50 fraud sun. monses, 3 interpleaders, 705 ordinary cases, and 40 adjourned cases. This sitting will end on the 7th of Oc tober, and the next sitting commence on the following Monday, October 10th. The Judge, Joseph Pollock, E., took his seat at ten o'clock, and proceeded with the frau sq d summonses. The following individuals were severally committed to Lancaster Castle, for 30 days, for non-com pliance with the orders of the Court :. Edward Bradshaw, Joseph Jones, Mary Hirst, Thos. Davies, Joseph Musker, William Vickers, George P. Smith, J o h n E vans, Charles Knowles, John James, George Sanderson, James Worrall, William Vane, Norman M`Leod, William Russell, James Worrall, John Doyle, and Thomas Carmichael. irt commenced yes In the case of MANN v. CROSTON, adjourned from last court for the judge's decision, his Honour now read his judgment. This was an action brought by a tenant for the recovery of half of . the sewerage rate paid by the defendant for The judge quoted at a tenement in his occupation belonging t o tl - - and decisions of the it Is case, and gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £1 la - id. WILLIAM DYKE V. MARY JONES. —M V . Grocott ap peared for plaintiff, and Mr. Hime for the defendant. 'Phis action had been brought for £2O. A verdict was given at the last Court for £lO, and another quarter's rent, £lO, was now due. Mrs. Jones stated that she had expended £5O for the goodwill of the premises, and £216 for stock. Mr. Dyke had offered to forgive her the debt if she would leave the house, but she refused to do this unless she was indemnified in some degree for her expenditure for good will, or Mr. Dyke would accept a tenant whom she offered:. Mr. Grocott now applied for her committal, on the ground that defendant had been guilty of misconduct in taking the premises, not having at the time the means of paying her rent. His Honour said the defendant was a milliner,. and had hoped to get a good business. He did not con sider that she had been guilty of misconduct at the time of taking the premises, and therefore would dismiss the case. INSOLVENCY CASES.—In the case of Edmund Pear son, the final order for protection was granted.. Final orders were also granted to John Thomas Williams and James Mn Evans supported the Hayes. iHnosWinivnteh,neetp'easPPesseetlf.jojnTalnesdvelsl3ll.°°ranlikaeerappeliicalibeonhalffor o a f fina l Mr order. Hugh The case was entered into and argu e d on both sid es, when his Honour shortly stated the 'farts of the cue. The in solvent was a ship-builder; he had 59 creditors to the am ount of about R 2,500. Forty-nine of these had agreed to accept the insolvent 's offer of 4s. 7d. in the pound, and ten had refused to accept • it, who were creditors to the amount of about £lOO. The question was whether the insolvent, finding such to be the cas e , s h ould have gone to his the Bankruptcy Court and ask e d that Court to administer y, as he might have done, or whether it was against public poli c y f or him to appear in this court. Mr. Evans was right in arguing that the insolvent was a per fection son to w would hom he w on as entitled to g i ve relief. The only ob. be the ground of public policy, that it would have been less expense to have administered to the estate in the Bankruptcy Court. —Mr. Hime argued that the insolvent ought not to have executed the deed at all, but he ought to have gone to the Court of Bank veldeduse the for iindsmolv Dtey. He then commenced an examination of the insol nelasott was had i)Bank, re. . because in e t n ha t t had h t the course to ruptcy A c t , h e . was not prepared to say f ro m having recourse to this Court In the case ru vint. - His Hooirieof remedy provided by which ciued had been quo ted Mr. Ri me, Mr. Commissioner Holroyd said he would not give the in a final order to the dividend as those who had agreed to until the opposing creditors w ere put in the same position regard d n his decision he had not adhered to that he therefore supposed- that there was some roiwitutrshut and inaccuracy in the report. In such a case, therefore, he thought he should be at liberty to enter into the fullest investigation of the manner in which the assign ment had been brought about, the mode in which it had been conducted, and the honesty of the deali with which it had been ca rr i e d . ou t . The fact that t he insolvent had not applied in the first place to a public tribunal, rendered it incumbent upon him to exercise great care in the consideration of the case. At the same time it would be his business to inquire what would have been the most beneficial mode of administering the estate He also required thro- - fullest ae - means or investigation should be afforded to the opposing creditor in the accounts, and the circumstances relating to the assignment, and the assets of the estate. He would therefore name the 2d of October for the granting of the final order. A final order was granted to David Scott. The further examinations of John Turner, John Pnghe, and Fli7abeth Done, were adjourned until the '24 of October. The case of Richard Maddock was adjourned until tl 10th of October, and the case of Lawrence Holder pow paned for two months. This closed the business of the first day's sittine. THE OPERATIVES OF PE issued by the associated masters of Preston, in state that, having found that the operatives ern/ the various mills had placed th emse l ves A ance of an irresponsible and designi standing the concession made of au ad masters can no longer submit to suit, tyr anny and dicta tion, on an th dt e hey are compelled t o c l ose their mills until the men strike shall . resume their work, or a better understanding be established the employer and employed. The masters, m.taking this step, express their conviction of the serious evils by wlach it is likely to be attended, but they add that the responsibility attaches to those who have so recklessly created the difficulty, and forced them to adopt such a course.