The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS A NEW STONE PIER is being erected alongside the land ing -slip at Eastham. TH E JUBILEE of the London School Union was cele. Hugh Stowell i n M yrt l e - s t ree t B apt i st Ch ape l , ( t h e R ev. Stowell Brown's,) on Tuesday evening last. MR. WILLIAM HARGREAVES MANIFOLD has been gazetted as ensign and assistant-surgeon in the Second Regiment of the Lancashire Militia. A GENTLEMAN, upwards of 70 years of age, who resides in Clarence-street, fell from the forecastle of the Chinese Junk on Friday, and fractured his leg, just above the ankle. THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS EXAMINATION takes place on Thursday next. The Rev. Thomas Jackson, of Stoke Newington, will preach on the occasion, at St. Peter's Church. HUSBAND POISONED.—Martha Walker, of Ashton. Under-Lyne, has been committed to the Liverpool Assizes, charged with attempting to poison her husband, Philip Walker, by administering to him acetate of lead. THE COMMISSIONERS OF WAVERTREE have resolved to lay down a line of pipes from the tank now in course of formation for drawing off the refuse of the village—the said pipes to run down the private lane for 100 yards, and farther, if found necessary. THE PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH -HOUSES are reported to be in a most hopeful condition. At the last committee Meeting, it appeared that a new and gratifying feature is, that the wives of the Liverpool artizans are kilted attend ing the cheap private baths. THE BEN NEVIS. —A letter, from a passenger by the ten Nevis, speaks very highly of her performances on the molese to Australia. The best day's sailing was 304 e i 285 and 295 miles was common when she had winds, and she was the easiest ship. AT A MEEttNG held at Newington Chapel, Renshaw street, on Tuesday, Charles Robertscm, Esq., presiding, it was resolved to promote local petitions to Parliament, and to meraorialise our Town Council also to against the Ed ucation Bill of Lord-John Russell. petition, David"contractor," Doar, a a broth er workman while he was at work on y morning, w as en Friday bound over in £5 and two sureties of dar month, .C l O each t o k eep the peace for one calen- PETER GARLAND ANI) MARTIN CONNOR, two YOCR who had conspired to obtain a marine store license under false pretences, were brought before the magistrates on Friday, by Inspector Kehoe, and sentenced each to a Month's Jordan s im prisonment. 'Garland is, or was, employed-et , Jordan's m, in Manchester-street. QTRANGE AND FATAL AOCIDENT.—During the eledticm eirocessionsl display, at 'Clitheroe, last week, MT. Chris tePher Reigate, a very =large man, put his head out of . -an I.l3lxle,n,ih h i m s e lf his great weight overbalanced the Telt:tele, """"le and a 'Child sitting on the top, as well as i injuring a number of the passengers. Nev e ." T, 141. 9 OfS e D ‘ - ' s n ' t:L ' INVENTION. — The spirited proerie patent glass enamel, Messrs. L.'Coope : and C°. ' °'' - " v eePool and Manchester, have a stock of articles Made from w rought :ion, and coated or enamelled with Glass whi ch are net only distinguished by theireteength and : P u t.e, bet by their elegance and taste, and which e alike worthy the patronage of shippers and house keePers. Tree Ax ~. ...r. T,, , -.-..., OR, ZAMUE L HOLNIE, Esq., was -.- " es uaY evening et a dinner alondon to abottecig present on given by the 'Lore. Mayor of hty mayors and provostedf the prin cipal cities and towns of Great Britain and Ireland, assembled with v. view to aid the efforts of her Majesty's GortTen'ent, by reottioting a uniform organisation through e• l" u utre - for the diffusion of a 'more general and prac Ica Ise . ee t)cv Leee of science and art among - ell classes. AT esee 4n e e kt o , u t r l t n - N d Lete SPECIAL 141EET 1N.G4;31d o Ih n e vi Ma ed n : chsster, sh incolnshire railway, e nesday lash in M anchester, a committee was appointed to consult and aEvise with the directors upset the present and future Pclicy of th the sharehottlers at : Com pany, J. Highfield tad W. C. and tcereport thereon to the gentlemen forming the special general . meetin i g. Messr n s g . s e ts: l 7 m , j o t f te L e i . verpen , are amo ng v_Terloesees PENSIO NERS , under the -mil:mend of Col. nal have been called out in companies, since the 20th aeteach co mpany bein g un d er drillefoT two days. On . .n 1 deesibry - •they marched through the town, and were bad aade t.egltite -cdnady: Flasmissed et the E xc h ange. On Thursday the veterans ia and on F r id ay they were inspected on the at the E ver t on barracks, by Colonel Tul -1 es, commander of the whole of the local companies. WHIME ens AN EMIGRANT SIIIP,--The ship Squan nem, emigrant ship, Crookes, for Boston, with 250 emi ante on hoard , we n t on shore on Wednesday night in a dense fog,'near Port Greenock, six inilesS.W. of Douglas, Isle °flis:a. The crew and passengers were landed. She w ill scarcely b e got off, being en the rocks. Her Majesty's st _ewer Torcupine is gone to render assistance. The Nuantum left Liverpool on Tuesday. Tun seScreIETA ARMONICA, which was established in 1 84 for -the cultivation and practice of orchestral aed instrumental music of the best classeheed their fourteenth dress colleen at the Mechanics' Institution, Mount -street, On Wednesday evening last. LITKR,ACY AND DRAIIIAICBC Sootirty.—The lecture of the present season was delivered on T concludi ng eeday evening; tee Mr. C. etillward, at the -society's-roe: s. in Wilton-street, under the appropriate title of "The Pre_ Badget." Miele:la's FIRE -PROOF SATRS--The certificates of the, utility of these safes daily aceumelate. The ett G Percha' 'Company in La n d on were fortunate enough to o have their-books and a large 'quantity of valuable papers enclosed in one of them. After the fire the books were not' only found uninjur e d, b ut property to the value of i3OO , in , bills, cash, &c., was - found. perfectly safe. The i test to which the safe was subjected must have been inteesee as the brass work wasoompletety melted from the front, and-there was not a trace to be seen of the knob or escutcheon. rieEiEmesetsie LANGUAGE [N LA•N'CarEHlßE..—Among st cif f t he anecdotes r elated of the "-s a yin gs an d d o i ngs " d I last week, the sub- tetenttlialogue as said to have been held between some ?lacers and : a private of the sth Royal Lancashire Mili tia, 41 ' B utt':—Captain A: " Who -out your hair ?" Private: -" Wor ?" Captain : "Who cut you hair ?', Private.: - fai corn'd till wod ye mean." Catain B. then interfered, and said he would -undertake f o r a glass of b r andy and water t o e li c it an answer th e momen t h e Pet hequestiou, which was agreed lo.inensediatel,, whets Pre s t on ....Captain 13. -said to the mast, •" Who .pou'd te , lad ?" s tain man instreatly .replied, "M y main, to be sear."— , e. AN.IOIIIIR I NfrEW BRUNSWICK Cleseese.n, called the Neleus,t an d - commanded by Captain.Gimber, arrived in lees Me rsey during th e pas t wee k . Her builders are eusrs. Brown 'and Anderson, and lelrefirown who has C ome ouerwithher, is one of th ose men w h o rise by genius jaaliad per..___sever. ance, havin g gone through all 'the degrees of wie P 4 43. '"Wn. - Tile Neleus made the . passage in twenty rak.ar. fiber is a full rigged ship, and. her spars look , n Ller length of keel is 175 feet — over all, about 193 feet; beans,els feet IO inches.; depth., 20 feet 4 inche es;r old measEr ement, 1,117 tons. I Eer m o d e l i s extremely eharp,at b ot h ends, with a concave bottom at her tnidshise section. Her handsome appearance is suc cessfully combined. with great strength:: and in the latter Particular she ea with to be the finest ship hitherto turned out from any yardeie New Brunswick. She, has a top gallant forecastle,and deckhouse aft, the latter not yet furnished. She has been expressly designedefen the pas senger trade, and.carries an upper and lower deck. She IS at present discharging in the Brunswick Doille. A LANCASKLIttE eCesE.—C ourt of Queen! . Bench, Westminster, June ^l3..—The Queen v. Pilkiegten and Another. In this case a rule had been granted-to show 'cause why two justices. of Lancashire should neteissue a distress warrant upon the goods of W. RiaCue., to enforce 'payment of 19s. 6d. . , being the arrears of a weekly sum of as. 6d., ordered by two l eestices to be paid to oneeEliza heth Gbrimes, for the maintenance of her bastard child, of which the said W. MlCue was th e putative father. he justices had deelined:to issue their warrant, upon the Pend that the order of maintenance which it waseces e eke 'tenet in force was invalid. The mother of the bastard ' 6l -k1 was a married woman whose husband had been seansported, but he had returned to this cou b ntr t ye rd an n d hi c l o d; nabited with his wife after thehirth of the as a said t e h Ough he had since absconded. Lord Campbell s .n d . ze °heed of the statutes wee, to from al ul na % rice o f bastard children, and to relieve paris hes.. provide for the las tee.' enneetenance • and it would be strange,. indee d , . er g c nild sh ' • and the putative fat h er of th e ..,... Quid be left destitute, a . . an 4 Btz.:ntid freed from liabi li ty to .maintain it, by the th similar" ' V iet • o ther judges • • ° tut. e. 101. The m °Plnl° s• Rule absolute. expressed - ..tir . , the at the y d I ' A",essirty It appeared ti er - M eeting of this body on Tuesday . . ..—The Rev. Rector Campbell pre tile eeseee•kuan Committee are making t elief,T ee lan ef relief in kind, in substitution of money arrangements for various eueal dart is practicable. The admission to the than usu a l ng th e week were f 396, a larger number t han us coesequence of the dismeseal of the late the first, a . it h and V.!d been agreed that James i ßardsley be Schoolmaster.— T as e aniel Sullivan the second, assistant- Yeas reported te E,„l t ° e _ s tal number of inmates in the house sick cases. Mr. j-e..-. 415. Amongst these there were 528 P3r atilY to fill the nab D. Kelly had been appointed tera death of his bretle-e-* eerernittee on the district rendered vacant by the me r r eLn-lavr, Mr. Durkan. The sub tleNtd a report on -- . 1 7- 1 jeal arrangements of the house .sub ""e statements made by Mr. Moss at thlast meeting of !M a 'dogging f the genera board with reference to -- school se ° the boys. Murphy and Marsden, by the de f e r , oe e ester, Scarratt, in which they repudiated any Were peeuetbelr Part to stifle the inquiry. The proceedings the eilaurrEed.---Mr. Savage was elected a member of e°B t PerceCoransittee.—lt appeared that the average kid at t Per week in the Industrial School is 2s. Oed., that 1, B ead Workhouse 2s. 3cl.—Mr. Willmer gave notice 1 ;44 ,e.. s hould, at the next meeting, move the appoint -1.50 °I Y e ar, assistant to the vestry-clerk, at a salary of a year. LE ct letitie URE ON INDIA.—On Thursday morning, several V,SBoeir4, connected with the East India and China bear a'en attended at the Chamber of Commerce, to ell a discourse on India, by Julius Jeffreys, Esq., F. R.S., e ee Lh i n been long a resident in the east. The chair was Th e Lee by Mr. Bourn , vice-president of he chamber. e e l ( lecturer described the people of India as incapable of Srit'igsch'vernrnent and self-advancement, and argued that 16 ithi e T l ll . l6 was a blessing instead of a curse. The mode for i t Justice was administered was scandalously bad, e se ;'vas tardy and expensive. In reformin that matter, b a e ,i llo uld be taken that British born subjec g ts should not iesi ge 2Wed to cont i nue under the administration of native slav es ' -e subject to th e capr i ce of those who were born re ede • The l an d ought to be irrigated, canals should be efoi cuisvells sh ou ld b e sunk, and money advanced to the et t urista, who ou g ht a l so to b e instructed in the use to 11,71 Per ploughs and h arrows, i nstead of being allowed 414: stra _ te time and labour over clumsy and ineffectual in tee ! q ents. . Schools of art might also be established for eie.eiruestruction of native boys by soldiers who understood Aso nt trades ; and thus, by giving knowledge to the eseuee, advancing money, and laying down a solid basis on upon they could work and develope the land, [ladle would vn Present a dif f erent picture to what it does now, COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Earl of Harrovvby will preside on Friday next at the prize delivery. ROYAL INSTITUTION Scnoot.—At the annual exami nation, just terminated, at St. John's College, Cambridge, Mr. Rees, pupil at the above school, was elected to a Wood's Exhibitio n . M r . R ees ' s name appeared second in the list of the men of his own year. He was first in the classical part of the examination. THE SELECT COMMITTEE on railway bills have reported in favour of the St. Helens and Warrington and Altrin cham bills ; also in favour of the bill of the London and North-western Railway Company, for making a line from Crewe to Shrewsbury. EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL. — The total number of vessels now preparing for the various ports of Australia is 33 ; the total amount of registered tonnage 21,493. The number of vessels despatched last month from Liverpool, under the Emigration Act, was 51, and the number of emigrants 24,202. NEW CONSULS.—The Queen has been pleased to ap prove of Don Juan Arellano Hall as Consul at Liverpool for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Giovanni di Ma zarredo as Consul at Liverpool for his Royal Highness the Duke of Parma. STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BALTIMORE. — American advices inform us, that the bill incorporating the Baltimore and Liverpool Steamship Company, with a capital of 41,000,000, had passed. The object of the charter is to organise a company to build steamships to run regularly between Baltimore and this port. It fixes the capital of the company at a million of dollars, but authorises it to be increased, if necessary, to two millions. THE NEW AMERICAN CONSUL—HINT TO LIVER POOL.—We have noticed the suggestions in various quarters, that we should welcome the arrival of the new Consul at the port of Liverpool, by some public demon stration befitting the advent among us of one who, de servedly, occupies a high position in the Americun re public of letters. Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne has produced an infinite variety of works, the excellence of which is attested by the fact, that they are quite as popular in the old, as in the New World. We know men of the best judgment and taste in England who regard Hawthorne as really the first literary man in America, and he certainly surpasses the American minister, Ingersoll, in this point of view. And as he is our consul, surely it is the least we can do to him that honour which was so gracefully paid to the American Minister, at the Court cf St. James's, by this great commercial community. Were Mr. Samuel Holme to take the initiative in the welcome to Haw thorne, it would be an act worthy of his mayoralty, and would be a graceful recognition, •on our part, of the respect we entertain for the literary class of America, and the joy with which we hail the improved feeling for literature and literary men, now manifested by the govern ment of the United States. THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN have been admitted fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons :—Messrs. Thos. Mather Ashton, Ormskirk ; George Henry Hope, Sea forth ; King Ellison, Liverpool ; John Lonsdale Min shun, Liverpool ; Robert Thomas Lodge, Liverpool ; Alfred Whittle, Liverpool. LOCAL PATENTS. - The following patents, amongst others, were sealed during the week ending June 4, 1853: —George Isaac Jackson, of Castle-street, Liverpool, and Henry David Jackson, of the same place, for improve ments in fastenings for buttons.—Joseph Bentley, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, gun and pistol manufacturer, for improvements applicable to fire-arms. A HANDSOME ILLUMINATED ELECTRIC CLOCK has been erected by the Electric Telegraph Company opposite their large new offices in Castle-street. which will be opened for business during the present week. In a few days the company will, it is understood, fix a ball on the roof of the building : both the ball and the clock will be electrically connected with the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. LIVERPOOL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY...—. The fourth and final sessional meeting was held on Tuesday last, pre sided over by Mr. Newlands. Thirteen new members were proposed. Mr. Frank Howard read a paper on " Photography in connexion with the Pine Arts ;" and, on the suggestion of Mr. Chadburn, it was arranged that a general rendezvous of the members would be held at seven o'clock, on the Thursday evenings, at the society's rooms. A 13o.uNicEN ENGINEER, named Lewis, in the service of the Liverpool Steam Tug Cempany, while in a state of intoxication at Widnes on Sunday last, met two deaf and dumb lads, who were conversing by signs. Lewis fancied they were making fun at him, and commenced beating them. Some man came 'to the assistance of the poor 'mutes, but in the course of the struggle the drunken man was thrown down and had his arm broken. At the Pres cot police-court on Tuesday, he was fined in 245. 6d., and costs, for the offence. PucasiNG TESTIMONIAL,.' The Rev. James Philip Shepperd, the zealous minister of the North. Shore district, Kirkdale, has been presented by the labouring poor of his congregation with a pleasing token of their esteem for him as their minister, as well as a testimony , of their gratitude for the several institutions he has been 'enabled to establish for 'their benefit, and that of their •children. The present .consisted of thirty volumes of books, on religious subjects, each bearing a suitable 'in scription. The poor met their minister last evening, and deputed Mr. Ambrose'Smith (an inhabitant of long-stand ing in the district) to present the volumes in theirnsmes, after which Mr. Shepperd replied in a very affecting ad dress. One of the most pleasing features in thispresent is that it proceeds entirely from the poor—thedeck and other labourers, who have contributed their pence weekly for the last four months. It appears that in 'fie short space of two years this district has been thoroughly or ganised ; boys', girls', and infants' schools have been established, as well as a Missionary Society, 'bible Depot, and a system of religious tract distribution, sedely by the untiring exertions of the present minister, and we do hope that ere long the present small chapel (which is supported by the united generosity of the Earl of Derby and the Liverpool Dock Committee) will he supplanted by a church with suitable accommodation for such an in creasing poOr population. THE MEMBERS Or tIiHE ROYAL MERSEY I r AORIC CLUB held their monthly dinner and meeting at the marine station, Birkenhead Hotel, on Tuesday evening , last. Mr. Archibald W. Clarke, Manchester. Mr. Henry Schwabe, merchant, Aigburth, and Mr. Joseph A. Rebinson, of Liverpool, were , elected members. A decision of the sail ing committee was to the effect that the!Stanley yacht, having violated -sixth rule at the recent match, was dis qualified from receiving the prize, which was accordingly given to the next yacht arriving in time, the Surprise. SINGULAR 'PLAN OF PICKING , POO , RETS. -It has transpired during the past week that four Chester thieves, named respectively William Hughes, John Davis, Eliza Hughes, and Mary Ann Hughes, follow the Bishop on all his visitations throughout the diocese, in the pursuit of pocket-pitking. On Thursday they -stole a gold watch from Mrs. Green, of Everton-road, during the late con firmation ceremonies at St. George's Church, Everton. The same gang robbed two ladies .of sums of money in St. Paul's Church on the previous day. The unwelcome visitants have been committed. LIVERPOOL CASES IN THE AUNIIIVILTY COURT.— On Tuesday last the following cases were heard, and dis posed off :—The Gipsy.—Salvage. This was an action brought by the steamer Cambria, to obtain remuneration for salvage services rendered to the Gipsy, on the 27th of February last. The Gipsy, bourid from Charleston to Liverpool, with a cargo of caton and turpentine, met with a violent storm, and when oe the South Steck lighthouse, near Holyhead, being dismasted, came to anchor and hoisted signals of , distress. When the weather had sufficiently moderated 'to render it practi cable, the steamer went out of tire harbour and towed the vessel in. The only point in dispute was the safety of the anchorage ground. The property salved exceeded in value X 24,000. The learned ..I;edge allotted £1,200. The . E. U.—Salvage.—This also was a cause of salvage, and was promoted by 12 men, farming the crew of the Broadstairs lifeboat, and by two ic.,ggers, the Ondine and, the' Ruby, to obtain remuneration for services rendered to the E. U., on the 27th of December last, off Margate. The E. U., bound from Antwerp to Liverpool, anchored in - tide Downs, hut, by the-violence of a gale, drifted, struck on the Brake-sand, , and made water very fast. The salvors put off to her aid,-.and, as they alleged, their services were accepted, and the charge of the vessel was -.given up to them. They endeavoured to conduct her to wards land ; one of the luggers remained by the vessel, .lest she should founder, while the other was employed 'in carrying an anchor and cable. She was subsequently abandoned, and found bra steamtug, which beachedler, • and for which she was remunerated. A tender was .made sof £2OO, and refused. , On , the part of the ownerstit-was • contended, that however good the intentions •of the -salvors, their services were -comparatively useless, -end would be amply rewarded by the tender. The •value.af the property salved was , X4;195. The learned Judge, laving characterized the services of the salvors . as most -meritorious, over-ruled the tender , and decreed 4300. —The Bravo.—Dr. Addams applied to the Court for a '`.arrant of arrest against the Bravo, under the following circumstances :—Atessrs.'Eliedberg and Co., of iLiver •pnol, shipped a cargo of salt on board this :Prussian 'vessel, which was bound for - Stettin. Having experienced 'bad weather, she sustained some damage, and a.porthsn -of the cargo was thrown •overboard. She put into Inver noes, and the captain wrote to Messrs. Bliedberg and Co, stating that he was without funds. They ,replte" d that he must act according to the laws of the country ' cifke could not obtain f un d s f rom hi s owner ., living at a -distance of three dayie.post, meaning that he should raise money on bottomry. afterwards sold thacargo, .and applied the funds to assist in paying the shipwright's and sailmaker's bills. The-ship having returued.toLiver- Tool, the present motion was made. The learned , Judge said that it was a very hard case on the owners, but he had no jurisdiction. However reluctant he was , to.loeve the parties without any other remedy than going to 'Prussia, he could net attempt to enforce the authority of the Court. PRJDAS.NTATION.—On. Tuesday. evening last, whet the Rev.V. Taylor, M.A.., the much respected incumbent of St. , John's church, was leaving the vestry at the close of the service, he was met by a number of young people, who had been examined by him prior to their confirma tion, and by whom he was presented with a very hand somely bound copy of Matthew Henry's Commentary, in three volumes, as a slight return upon their part , for the very great kindness and attention they had received from him during their examination. The rev. gentleman ap peared much affected at this entirely unexpected mark of the esteem in which he is held. THE ACCIDENT TO 5 ' FM SCREW-STEAMER frIMES.— Thirty-three persons were severely injured, and-seven have died from the effects of the explosion on *card this -steamer. Three poor 'women still lie at the Pigeon 1. house in a depterablecondition. The engineerjia account ' •ing for the accident, states that in one of the landings or compartments of the boiler a portion of the rivets had been frayed, and, when the pressure was put on, the part that was thus undurated gave way. At an wiliest on Mon day, the jury attributed the accident to the gross neg lect of James Haigh, government engineering'surveyor, in not making a proper inspection of the boilerfrin April last." A warrant was placedin-the hands of the police, with direc tions to take Mr. Haigh to Kilmaialuust. THE MARCO FOLO:---At the latest datee a newspaper had been started on-board this outward-baand ship, en titled " Sayings and-Xeings on board the-Marco Polo." Mr. W. H. Fisher writes, " April Still. On the line. I am very glad indeed that I have come in this ship. Nothing could be better than her performance, and the captain is a first-rate fellow." Mr. James Galt, of this town, has received-a letter from Mr. , Thomas Staggs, Sunderland emigrant, in which be - says, We have passed several vessels, hut not one has come up with us. I have not been , sick at all, and we have had very little sickness since the day of leaving. We .hate the church service on board or. Sundays, when the-v7eather is fine. Considering the large number of passenger, (between six and seven hundred,; everything proceeds-very orderly." MR. EDMuNar-Snisv has been appointed office-clerk to the Runcorn Improvement Commissioners, at a salary of £45 per annum ; his salary as assistant-overseer sad collector of taxes had been previously: fixed at £75 per annum. At the.monthly meeting on Monday week, ten ders for the excavating, sewering,.\&c., of Brunswick, King, Mill, Water, and Queen-streets, were put in by Thomas Joaies,,John White, Thomas .6Elarper, Samuel Hughes, George Hunt, and William ,Shaw; the tender of George Hunt was accepted. Advertisements for a loan of £1,500, at four, per cent., on security of the improve- Law: e h e ee im an p d ro t v h e e m O en ld t Q ac u t a s om t o pa b n e y a w t e h d ith a t ment rate for,.five or seven years, ,woe ordered. Th e b ß y ri a dg c e l w a a u ter se one-third its full , value, was assessed at £1,500 rateable value. LeVERPOOL Toww Coutem.,.—On Wedneetlay, -the ed. journed meeting was heldoSir John Bent, in the absence , of . the Mayor, presiding. The Markets Committee recom mended that the yards and sheds adjoining Gill-street Market should be let, as they were not required longer far the purposes of the market,—Mr. Cooper, in moving the confirmation of the proceeding-s, explained that the -market tlvas.a partial failure, though the income from it .was between £lOO and £306 per-annum. By the proposed letting an additional .41 , 00 would be obtained.—Mr.Jef freys.seconded the motion.--z-Mr. Banner suggested that theCill-street Market might be advantageously converted Into pablic baths.—Mr. Bigham approved of Mr- Ban laaeasuggestion, which was .rei;erred generally to the emu mittee for consideration, and the proceedings approved. The Education Committee's reports, &c., were confirmed. The proceedings, resolittiona,„and reports of the goal and House of Correction Committee, comprised :—Recam mendati&n to increase the salary of Mr. J. M. Wade, chief clerk. from £llO to £l3o.per annum, the considera tion offwhich was postponed at- the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders.—Recommendation that Mr. C. 'Concannon be appointed .permanently third clerk in the gao: at a salary of £ BO per annum, being the same salary as-t hat paid to his predecessor.—Recommendation to increase the salary cf William Buckley, taskmaster, from £l . OO. to £l2O per annum. .There was considerable opposition to the increase of Mr. ;blade's salary ; but the increased renumeration was carried by a majority of 15 to 12.—0 n the.proposed appointment,of the third clerk, at a salary of 4fic), Mr. Dover pleaded that the peculiar state of the money market ought to make the Council pause ; and Mr. Bigham, urging also the ,necessity of putting a check to tke present system of .advancing salaries, alluded to the contingency of a European war. The Proceedings of the committee, however, with the pro posed advaneeg, were sanctioned. —The minutes of the Town-hall tEstablishment Committee were con firmed. —The chief item of the Health Committee's minutes was the recommendation as to the terms on which the East Lancashire and the Lancashire and Yorkshire RailwaytCompanies shall be permitted to cross the highways on the level. The crossings were recom mended to be allowed on sufference, to be.constructed at the railway company's cost, who were ales to pay men :appointed by the Council) to watch and open the gates rilight and day. M r . Langsdale moved, and Mr. Dover seconded the adoption .of the proceedings. Mr. Parker moved, and Mr. Bennett seconded an amendment, that the recommendation be referred back. It having been deolded that members interested in either of the railways could not vote, Mr. Holt agreed to be the seecnder of the motion, vice Mr. Dore:, and the votes were taken. The Amendment was lost by 21 to 2, the two being Messrs. Parker and Bennett.—Mr. Parker gave notice of a motion for a return of the slaughter-houses licensed as private • slaughter - houses , with the number of butchers licensed for each slaughter-house, together with the amount of rattle killed.—The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Water Committee, comprised a recom mendation to increase the wages of the following ser vants : viz.., surveyor, ss. per week ; superintendent of distribution and pipe-laying, ss. ; superintendent of turn cock, 39.; storekeeper. 2s. ; four enginemen, 13s. ; five stokers, 65.; four repairers, ss. 6d. ; five dock turncocks, ss. ; two smiths., 3s. ; two assistant pipe-layers, 4s. ; eighteen labourers. 235. ; watchman, ls, ; the considera tion of which subject was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing order. It was also re commended that William Bryan, one of the clerks in the treasurer's office, be appointed collector of water-rents and charges, vacant by the resignation of John Pritchard, at a fixed salary not exceeding £l5O per annum, with the usual bonus for good collection.—On the motion of Mr. Holt, seconded by Mr. Bradley, the recommendations were individually approved, and the general proceedings sanctioned, after a protest from Mr. Bennett that, while small matters were detailed in the reports of the com mittee, there was no mention of such large sums as £7,500 being paid to the contractors, " not by way of certificate." Mr. Bennett objected also to the limited number of tenders likely to be received for laying down pipes from Rivington to Liverpool.—The Library and Museum Committee's proceedings were adopted.—Mr. Woodruff moved, and Mr. John Gladstone, jun., seconded, the adoption of the hackney carriage, &c., committee's proceedings, which embraced the advance of inspectors' wages from 30s. to 31s. 6d. per week. The proceedings were confirmed.—The Baths Committee's proceedings were sanctioned.—Mr. Thomson's motion for a select committee to inquire " as to frauds or evasions with refe rence to the payment of town dues, and to report upon the best means for the prevention thereof," provoked some little discussion. It was seconded by Mr. Dover, but opposed by Mr. Bingham, on the ground that the Dock Committee themselves, next session, intended taking action in the matter. Mr. Bingham took the opportunity of stating his belief that, in the export and import trade coastwise, the frauds upon the town dues amounted to at least fifty per cent. Mr. Thomsons' motion was neither lost nor won, as the members, during the conversation upon it, gradually glided out of the room ; and, when the chairman rose to put the amend ment, there being " no Council," the proceedings came to au abrupt close, WEST DallaYt GrARDIANS.-11IE. i I - 197es presided at the meeting on Wednesday, when the clerk was ordered to cancel the indentures of a boy apprenticed from the Work-house, to a man in Warwick -street, named Richard son, by whom he .was badly treated. *Leave of absence for a fortnight was granted to the chaplain. A letter was read from Mr.t-Fitzpatrick, medical . officer for West Derby rural district, in reference to an °seer of the beard requesting the medical officers to furnich.weekly returns. Mr. Fitzpatrick-stated that only 20 returnsnwere attributed to him during the year, whereas he had furnished 37, and during his connection with the Union. :41-.years ' he con sidered that he had , t a rnished his returns with as much punctuality as was. consistent with a due regard to his duties. Mr. Wensley moved that a copy of the letter be sent to the Poor-law. Board. SOME THINGS -KUIWN IN THE DUBLINtEXHIBITION. —Glasgow is an extensive contributor ; and,although she did not send her Lord Provost to the opening ceremony, she forwarded a greater number of articles than any other town or city except Dublin. Among the most use ful of the many excellent articles shown was, two sets of dental forceps, patented by James A. Young. of A. S. Young and Son, surgeon-dentists, 185, Buchanan-street, .Glasgow. These reduce to a minimum the pain of the .extraction of teeth °Tracts, and ought to be mere eaten .nively known. Then, there was 111`Bridels patent ,thecking loom, the agent for which in Prestonis Messrs. J. and J. Atherton, and which is yet destined to be better known in the mangfacturing districts of Xngland. (rhis, with all the other specimens of machinery, are shown in operation, and the Scottish girl from the banks of the Clyde who .presides over this loom.of the enterprising Messrs. M'Bride and Co., of Glaseciv,, is a cvery fine specimen of the ,elass to which she belongs. Messrs. Henry Pooley and .Jon, of the Albion foundry, Liverpool, exhibit their patent dormant platform machine, as ,used in the merchandise ,department of the London and North-western and other railways, and for geafral weighing in warehouses; varioun other kinds of the weigh ing machines ; counter scales, the computer balance, the bank weighing machine, and the meighbridge machine for common.road and railway waggons. Simple in workman ship, and of good workmanship, the Messrs. Pooley's machines are the finest specimens of the kind weever saw. C o (4 n h l u T TreEty—. Thursday. —An Sha applicationn d ,p r esi d ed from at th th e e we i c ev iy : meeting Mr. Maynard to be allowed to extend the premises at Nova Scotia, occupied as a seanian'e reading- room school, was granted.—A report was re ad from the super intendent of the Albert Dock, relative to the strike of the operative porters. The porters at tbe Albert Dock re ceived 3s. 6cl. a day. Mr. Bigham had received offers from men to work for 18s. per week. The Chairman said the porters wished to make it imperative to give 4s. a day to all who were employed, and that no natua was to be taken except from the club. That was a principle they could not recognise. No resolution was come to upon the matter.—Mr. Bighaua stated that a letter was read at the last meeting, (he being absent,) from Giannacopulo and Co., in which they say that he (Mr. Bigham) " made a statement calculated to be highly injurious to them, and in itself so completely devoid of truth that, in justice to themselves, they felt it necessary to give it their most distinct denial." He stated not only what he conceived to be correct, but what was correct as before the corn. mittee at the time. Mr. Tobin : Did these parties send in a manifest ? Mr. Bigham ; Yes; and it was a mani fest signed by themselves. Mr, Tobin conceived that was a strong circumstance. Mr. Bigham : I don't think there was an intentional fraud. The Solicitor stated, in refer. ence to the matter, that a clause had been carefully pre pared, and submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, but no answer had been received. - - - - HEALTH COMMITTEE. — Mr. Alderman Lsngsdale pre sided at the meeting on Thursday. A petition was pre sented from the inhabitants of Edge-hill and its vicinity, complaining of the water-carts not visiting those locali ties.—The paving of Washington-street was postponed.— Mr. Beckwith observed that on the committee there were sixteen members, yet they frequently had the attendance of only five or six, and he suggested that those parties who did not attend should " be struck off." —Another letter was read from Mrs. Lowndes, the widow of a porter in the service of the corporation, who had died suddenly, asking for a trifling pecuniary advance. Mr. Moss spoke in favour of the request being conceded.—Mr. Beckwith (sarcastically): " Well ! but you know there are no funds for this ; there were to give to the town clerk an addition of five hundred a year."—Mr. Moss brought before the committee the subject of smoke nuisance.—The borough-engineer explained that by proper remedies being- adopted, in nine cases out of ten all the grievances complained of might be remedied. The sub ject was referred until next week.—An application from Mr. Rose for an extension of time to fulfil his contract was brought before the committee.—Mr. Rose was intro duced, and explained the position in which he was placed. He said he was in a " fix," and could not help it. He merely asked for a fortnight's time, and any other of his competitors in the contract would have asked for six months.—Ultimately the time asked for was conceded.— The subject of an application from Ur, Newlands, the borough-engineer, for leave of absence to go to Germany tv recruit Ilia health, was complied with, THE LTVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1833. AT THE APOTHECARIES' HALL, on Thursday last, Mr. James Fielden Steward Shaw, Lancashire, and Mr. William Hewitt, of Liverpool, passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine. A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.—The police have received instructions to prevent ginger-beer and confectionary stalls being placed on the high-road in the vicinity of the Botanic-gardens on Sundays. ICES.—Those who desire the cooling influences of these seductive luxuries should visit the Merchants' Dining rooms, near the Exchange. The proprietor has announced a collection of unique flavours. MAN FOUND DROWNED.—Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, the body of a man, unknown, and bearing the appearance of a labourer, was found in the George's Dock Basin. The body was taken to the dead-house. An in quest will be held to-day. WE understand that the Postmaster-General has, at the request of a number of the inhabitants residing in the district hitherto called Cabbage-hall, assented to the name of the Post-office there being changed to that of Anfield. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We have the pleasure of announcing another University distinction obtained by a pupil of this Institution. Mr. Rigby, who was elected to the Canning Exhibition last year, is placed in the first class at Trinity College, Cambridge. MISSIONS.—On Thursday evening a public meeting will be held in the Collegiate Institution, in aid of the Patagonian Church Missionary Society. A deputation will attend for the purpose of detailing missionary labours now being made on behalf of the native tribes of South America. MERCHANT SHIPPING BELL.—A deputation from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com pany had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Merchant Shipping Bill, The deputation consisted of the Earl of Yarborough, Mr. C. Turner, M.P., Mr. C. Leach, M.P., Mr. Allport, Mr. Stable, and Mr. Parker. A FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION, which occurred at the factory of Messrs.. Marshall and Son, Stockport, on Saturday morning, scalded two men named John Marley and Benjamin Dawson, in such a serious manner that they died before they could be rescued from their situation in the boiler hcle. PRESENTATION.—At a meeting of the officers of the Public Bakers' Association, held at the house of Mr. Williams, on Thursday evening, an elegant silver snuff box, lined , cwith gold, was presented to Mr. Hugh Kinrade, their late president, as an acknowledgment of their res pect for his services in conducting their affairs. ROYAZ. AMPHITHEATEE.—Mr.Josh. Silsbee, the Ame rican comedian, has been playing daring the past week in several of his favourite characters. His delineations of Yankee character are exceedingly rich. On Friday evening he took his benefit, in Sam Slick," and as Detteronomy Dutiful, in the " Wool Dealer." On Saturday evening he appeared tfilr the last time. During the present week a series of tragedies will be presented, in which Mr. J. H. Andersen will appear. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A. DOCK LABOURER.—Yesterday an inquest was held before the borough coroner on the body of a man named Neil Callaghan, who died on Satur day morning last, from the effects of an accident he met with on Friday, the 3d instant. On the afternoon of that day deceased was assisting to discharge stones from a schooner, lying inGeorge's Basin, when the handle of the crane caught the deceased, and knocked him into the basin. His scalp was fractured, and he also received other internal injuries. 'Verdict, accidental death. THE Glasgow•eiti3en, of Saturday, informs us that a bottle containing the following, written in pencil, was picked up on Wednesday last, on the shores of Dunoon, by Peter Morris:—"nth December, midnight, midst of the Atlantic, on board the Rover, of Panama.—Dear friends in Liverpool, should this, our only means of trans port, reach you, we are at present tossing iu the billows. John, I believe, is very ill. We will put in as soon as fair weather comes.; and should this meet the eye of my dearest wife Mary, let her know that/ am well. Captain is in good spirits.—l am, John Thomas, jun." - • —• ••• • AItUSEMENTS. — The grand concert of the Philharmonic Society takes plane this evening, and the names of Botte sini, Herr Tischek, and Mad'lle Biiry, announced in the prograceme, meet secure for it an avalanche of patronage. The manager et the Theatre-Royal has announced en amateur ,performance, on Saturday, for a benevolent pur pose; and at the Royal Park Theatre, Mr. Charles •Pitt is appearing this week in some of his favourite characters. To-.night he performs Richelieu, 'under distinguished patennge. it the Zoological I Gardens, the variety of entertekiments is daily attracting crowds, who enjoy the music and dancing -al fresco. At the Rock Ferry, the Chinese Junk divides the interest with the .beantiful scenery around.; while at Eastham Ferry the Catageloseum performs its mission of exciting laughter. Jrlsose who seek moredistant joys will shortly have the - cheap railway trips to•ehable them to visit the aarap at Chobham. EXTRACMOINARY CASE.-14. !FORTUNATE :ESIMPE Mehl MATCAMONY.—At the -Warrington Courty Court the other day considerable amusement was caused by' the case of , Longshaw v. Dootson. Mr. Longshaw, who keeps , the'Tine Tavern, Market-street, brought a -claim tar the restitution of a gold wateh.guid musical-snuff-box, feloniously-kept or taken frouvhimby Miss Maria. Doot son, and , now in possession of herrfather, Mr. Dootson, 'farmer. rile said Miss Maria (or _Maria, as he persisted in 'calling her,) and he were in conampany, and she par ticularly rrequested him to let her wear the watch for 4 week. He consented to let beri.have. it for that time, 'hut taidle , would not part with it altogether, as, it -had been been his late wife's, and he promised to keep it for ler-sake. Miss Maria gave a very different version of the affair, -affirming that the articles were love-gifts, and 'that, whert-the match was broken ciE, she went to Lang whaw's and offered him the articies,hat he refused to take 'them saying—" I'm not a child 'to take back my play thinga .gave them to you, whether you have them 'or not," :She therefore took them lack. Ultimately the case was.adjourned. LIVERFROK, AND THE SOCIEWIC.Crr ARTS.—The conic rrerace arranged br the Council of the Society of Arts, between the members of that society and the representa tives of the educational institutions throughout the country, took ,place.on Wednesday, in John-street, Adelphi, and was.very fully attended. Mr. Cole, as chairman of the :council,, presided. One hundred and sixty represents_ ties from varkmd institutions in thei,Vrrion were present. Each speaker was limited to five minutes, and the chair duration .0 the a t, d g close les been than that aine: less than n with aen hundred aver&ge Ilbe„nanies of Mr. Ed ward Baines. , o f ; , L eeds ; Dr. Rod three minutes and a half. a ni n a e n ,si an xlpe u f n echso ced mees a t t hhi son, Manchester; Mr. Ewart, M.P..; the ,Rev. I. .S -veypool ; and Mr. Nicol, Liverpool ; are men tioned .metropolitan press as amongst those who took an activeand important part in the business. With reference to the sc.bject of class instruction t it was resolved, on t h e proposition of the Rev. I. S. Howson, of Liver " That, it ,k desirable that the training schools of thie.eacutry should introduce into their.coerses of study a more thotongh 'knowledge of the natural.and physical s d eeeee , and ,a -system of instsuctie,n in art, and that the Cmacil of the -Society of Arts be requested to forward this resolution to , the President of the Couucitel Educa tion, aud• to thevarious training institutions:" A public dinner of the members of the Society of Arts and of the representatives of the Institutions in Union was held in th e even ing at the ,Freemasons' Tavern • LordiGranville presided. Speeches were made by the dean ofileteford, Dr. Lyon :Playfair,:Lord Granville, Mr. Hutt, Mr. G. Knight, Mr. ;Swart, M.P., Mr. Slaney, and Mr. S. Holme, the Mayor of. Liverpool, whose name was coupled with the mayors who were present. In responding, he said he conceived it his highest privilege and his bounden duty to promote tie ,cause of practical education. The railways, the electric telegraph, and the other facilities of modern times, were all .svorking with the moat salutary results upon the ,minds of the people; and he trusted that Liverpool, as it had already surpassed the metropolis in its maritime development,.would also do so with reference to the question of education. If the metropolis did not move in that voluntarily, it would be compelled to do so.. (Cheers.) This speech terminc4ed the proceedings of the day.—On Thursday morning the Lord Mayor of London held a grave conference at the Mansion-house, the evening being devoted to the lighter labours of a conversazione.. The conference assembled in the long parlour, and con sisted of nearly all the mayors who had attended the ban quet of the previous evening, and Mr.. Cole and Dr. Lyon Playfair. The Right non. the Lord Mayor took the chair, supported by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Lords Provost of Glasgow and Edinburgh,, Lord Mayor of York, and the Mayor of Liverpool, The mayors explained the position of educational affairs in their respecti ve t o w ns . Mr. Samuel Holme stated, that in Liverpool schools had been successfully established; sixty thousand pounds are annually spent on educational objects; and the working classes exhibit marked improvement as compared with their predecessors of thirty years since. Workmen can now understand the most elaborate plans, and have actually become critics on the designs of their employers. At the conclusion of the conference, an invitation was accepted to dine with the Mayor of Southampton on Monday (yes terday).-012 Friday the members of the Society of Arts, the representatives of the literary, scientific, and mecha nics' institutions in union with that body, and many of the mayors invited to the recent hospitalities at the Man sion -house, went down to Sydenham in a special train provided for their Accommodation, to visit the works and grounds of the Crystal Palace Company. The Daily News states that only one of the mayors, his Worship o f Liver pool, showed himself with the excursionists, his brethren, it was presumed, having waited upon the movements of the great central sun, who drove up in his carriage to one door as the delegates departed by another. THE CENSUS OF 1851.—The first portion of the census returns for 1851 has just been issued, from which we glean the following :—The total number of the popu lation returned was 21,121,967, of whom 10,386,040 were males, and 10,735,919 females. On the night of the census 12,924 people are believed to have been sleeping in barges, 9,972 in barns, and 8,277 in the open air or under tents. In Great Britain the number of families has risen from 2,260,802, in 1801, to 4,312,388 in 1851. The last halt-century has seen 1,815,567 "new lines of families " established in England, while in Scotland the number has increased from 364,079 to 600,098, notwith standing the migratory propensities imputed to its inha bitants. The number of "inhabited houses " in Great Britain was returned at 3,648,345, against 3,446,797 in the last census, and 1,870,476 in 1801. Omitting deci mals, we might state that there was 1 family to a house, 5 persons to a house, and 4 persons to a family. Of villages, that is to say of " places having defined boundaries and separately returned in population tables," there are 17,150; while of genuine towns there are in England and Wales 580, in Scotland 225, and in the Channel Islands 10. The " British isles " are five hundred in number, though only 175 were found to be inhabited on the morn ing of March 31, 1851. Of these islands we have a list, with their names and population. Great Britain had over 20 millions of inhabitants, and Ireland over six millions ; Anglesea, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and the Isle of Wight had each more than 50,000 ; and Guernsey, Lewis, Skye, and Shetland over 20,000. From these, however, we descend very rapidly to classes with 10,000, 1,000, 500, 400, 100, 40, 30, 20, and 10 inhabitants each, till we finally get to a man with an island all to himself. The name of this British Selkirk we cannot give, but his abode is called Inchcolm, and is apparently a territo rial appenage of Fife. The report contains nearly 1,000 Pages of condoled and analyzed matter. THE LIVERPOOL LETTER-CARRIERS. (From a Correspondent.) No department of the civil service has become so notorious for paltry economy as the Post-office ; and this economy is brought to bear chiefly upon that most laborious and deserving portion of its servants, the letter-carriers. The numerous petitions lately presented to Parliament, from this class of men, have revealed facts respecting their scanty wages which the public could scarcely credit. The present promoters of the system appear to have no regard for the merit or well-being of their servants, in order to carry out this wretched theory. In proof of this we need only go to the Post-office in this town, where we shall find ab•)ut seventy letter-carriers, in a worse condition, as regards pay, than the commonest labourers at our docks. Their wages are only 2s. Ind. per day, or LI for seven days' work, while dock la bourers receive from 4s. to ss. per day, and are only employed six days in the week. Another bad feature in the case of these carriers is, that no distinction is made between the oldest hands and the most recently ap pointed ; the men who have been but a few weeks in the service receive the same as those who have been employed from ten to thirty years. This is great injustice ; and the more so, when it is borne in mind that the rules of tbc department are so strict, and the duties so responsible, that none but the most attentive, honest, and meritorious men could retain their situations for so long a period. It can scarcely be wondered at, under this state of things, that the Post-office has become so notorious for lost and stolen property. Seldom a year passes without two or three being transported from this office for embez zling money-letters. It would be well for the public to bear in mind, that in no case is the Post-office respon sible for lost property; so that it is a matter of no con sequence to the authorities, in a pecuniary point of view, what amount of money is stolen by their officials ; the poorer classes ought to remember this in particular, for they are the sufferers in the majority of cases. But to return : How is it that the London letter-carriers are so much more favoured than their brethren in this town? The authorities recognise among them seniority and merit, by giving progressive wages, from 235. to 30s. per week ; besides, they are clothed, superannuated, and frequently promoted to superior situations, privileges totally un known amongst their brethren here. Why this remarkable distinction is made is a mystery; for the duties and re sponsibilities of both classes of men must, to a con siderable extent, be the same. If so, then why this ex traordinary difference ? Why give seventy men in Liver , pool 20s. a-week for performing duties exactly the same as those in London. for which a similar class of men receive front Zs. to 10s. per week more ? There can be no satisfactory solution to these questions, except upon the hypothesis that, if they make one provincial town approximate somewhat near the metropolis, all the rest would demand the same. This is, no doubt, the secret of the whole matter ; and yet how absurd. Surely, the largest towns have'the strongest claims ; and are the carriers of such a town as this to be refused a just compensation for their responsible duties, because, if granted, it would cause general dissatisfaction amongst their provincial brethren? Surely not. We would suggest that the men in each particular town be remunerated in proportion to the responsible and arduous nature of their duties. This would be true economy. With the letter-carriers, as a whole, it is not a question of labour ; the grounds upon which they ought to be better paid is the weighty respon sibility of their duties ; for it is a well-known fact, that an immense amount of property is daily under their con trol, especially in such a town as this. Why not, then, have them proportionately paid, so that they may main tain their position in society with decency and respect. THE TURN-OUT AT STOCKPORT. The strike of the factory workers of Stockport has at length become a " great fact." The men made these propositions to their employers:—To adopt the ten mile cir cuit from Manchester as the basis of the average of the wages to be paid ; or to pay the advance of ten per cent. at once ; or to refer the question to arbitration. To none of these propositions have the employers paid any atten tion, and on Friday week the working classes met in the open air, to the number of between ten and twelve thou sand, and then determined to quit work unless the ten per cent was conceded before the expiration of their week's notice. _ - . . On Monday, the members of the Master Manufacturers' Association held a numerous meeting at the Warren Bul keley Arms Inn. The returns of prices paid in the various places were carefully examined, and on Wednesday another and more numerous meeting of the employers was held at the same place, when it was unanimonsly re solved to give an advance of five per cent. upon the self actors and mule spinners, and eight per cent. to the thros tle spinners. The weavers' averages were revised, when, the Stockport list being above the averrge, it was deter mined to make no change in that department. The average was taken in respect to the old district extending thirty miles from Manchester. It was discovered that the Stockport masters had been paying from one to three per cent. below the average to band mule and self-actor spin ners : five per cent below to throstle spinners ; but above the average for power. loom weaving. Rumours, however, got afloat amongst the weavers that their application would not be conceded, and another public meeting was therefore held that night in the Cattle Market, and was attended by about 13.000 persons, all engaged in the factories. The decision was, without an exception, in favour of " The ten per cent., and no surrender." On Thursday morning the hands quitted the mills, their demand being ten per cent. The workpeople of eight mills, five of them being of the more extensive establishments in the borough, ceased work by the close of the day. The strike then fairly commenced. On Friday, thousands of the operatives, male and fe male, paraded the streets, and called at the different mills which were to become vacant, as the notices expired in rotation, various branches falling due at various hours. Their conduct was most peaceable ; their advice to the thousands as they turned out of the mills being, " Pre serve peace and respect property." The procession thus became gradually more formidable, and, as it moved from place to place, the operatives composing it, sung to the air of " Oh, Susannah," a ballad on the ten per cent. In the course of the day it transpired that several of the employers, not connected with the Manufacturers' Asso ciation, had acceded to the application for the ten per cent. throughout the different branches, and the work people resumed labour amidst much cheering. Those who had agreed to give the advance were—Mr. Cooper, Port wood ; Messrs. Micholl, Lucas, and Co., Chestergate ; Ur. Hullum, Hillgate; Mr. Hulme, Hillgate; Mr. Wheil ,don, Portvvood ; Mr. Williamson, Hope Hill; Mr. West, :Carrs ; and Messrs. Newton and Scattergood. Others ale spoken of as likely to " come in" at the commence ment of the week. But those who object comprise the largest concerns in the borough. The numbers likely to be on " strike," speaking in round numbers, may be • 30.0•30. Symptoms are already presenting themselves of the loss which this unfortunate turn-out will occasion, even to the employers themselves, large numbers of the best workmen havin.quitted the town, in search of better wages or betteremplovment in the manufacturing towns of Lan cashire. On Friday there was an agent in the town, from some extensive cotton mill recently erected in the neigh bourhooe of Ashton, prepared to engage 300 hands at improved mages and constant employment ; 60 of the most experienced spinners were speedily engaged, and he was negotiating for 250 weavers, The authcrities have taken every precaution by calling in supernumerary constables, &c., for the preservation of order, but at present there is no probability that the workpeople will commit any disturbances.—illanchesier Courier. THE GARSTON DOCKS will be opened on the 21st igstant, TAE Cotwrr COURT, on Friday, in a case in which a married woman was summoned on account of a debt contracted by another woman, for whom she had given her word, the judge decided that a husband could not be made responsible for debts contracted by a wife upon another person's behalf, unless it could be shown that the husband authorized her. TRANQATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The Liverpool and Phi ladelphia screw steam-ship City of Glasgow, Capt. Wylie, sailed on Wednesday afternoon, with 1 assengers and a fair cargo, for Philadelphia. On Tues y afternoon the United States Mail Steam-ship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, arrived off the Bell Buoy, but, owing to the state of the tide, eras unable to cross the bar, but landed her mails at 7, p.m., by the steam tug Tiger. She left New York on the 28th ult. She brought 241 passengers and 43'600,000 in specie. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Leitch, commander, took her depar ture from the Mersey about noon on Saturday,for Halifax and Boston, with the usual weekly mails and a fair com plement of passengers. SINGULAR AFFECTION OF THE LONGS.—An inquest was held yesterday, before the borough coroner, on the body of a man unknown, who died on Friday evening, under the following circumstances :—Mary Manning, the wife of Richard Manning, residing in Addison-street, said, that about seven o'clock on Friday evening the deceased came to their house, and asked for lodgings. She objected to him at first, and told him he looked very ill. Deceased said, " for God's sake don't turn me out." He said he had come out of the hospital, and was to return. Witness told her daughter to put him in bed. About eleven o'clock he asked for a drink of water, which was supplied to him. Nothing more was heard of him until Saturday morning, when he was found dead in bed. Mr. George Kemp, surgeon, said that he had made a post mortem examination of the body, and found the cause of death to have been disease of the lungs, from natural causes ; the right lung was co m pl e t e ly epatized, and weighed the enormous weight of flee pounds. STEAM TO AFRICA.—The first annual meeting of the African Steam-ship Company was held on Saturday—Sir John Campbell presiding.—when a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. for the six months ending the 15th of April last. The report stated that, although the first voyages in a line of such novelty, and including so many calling-places, could only be regarded as experi mental, all the vessels of the company had kept satisfac tory time. All the company's steamers at present running—namely, the Forerunner, Faith, and Hope— have answered the expectations entertained, and the Charity is now being fitted with her engines, while the Northern Light will be launched in July. With regard to the traffic, both direct and intercolonial, its develop ment has confirmed the calculations of the directors, and additional advantages are looked for from the abolition of the soap duty, which will greatly stimulate the palm oil trade. Arrangements have therefore been made to pro mote a semi-monthly line from Liverpool, and particulars of which are to be submitted hereafter. In relation to the dangers of the trade, the results of the introduction of steam are shown in the fact that the company have not lost one of their men by accident or tropical diseases, none of them „ even having been laid up f3y number of shares were to be 12,500 of ;Ca ach, but only 11,008 have been issued, and it is not proposed to put forth the remainder. On these ILOOB, payments have been made to £l29,792—aimm that will be sufficient for all the purposes of the undertaking during the present year. At the close of the proceedings a special vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Macgregor Laird. GENERAL NEWS MR. WILLIAM CLAPHAM, of Hatfield, near Hornsel, has a shearling sheep which was clipped last week, and yielded no less than 171bs. of wool. Mu. HORSMAN, late M.P. for Cockermouth. has started as a cadidate for the representation of Stroud, vacant by the elevation of Lord Moreton to the House of Lords. THE ANNUAL SPEECHES were delivered in the Upper School at Eton College, on Wednesday. before a large and distinguished audience. Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales were present on the cccasion. A YOUNG CUMBERLAND POET, of the name of Bigg., is about to be introduced to public notice by George Gil fillan, of Dundee, to whom the young Lake-poet has submitted a mass of unpublished MSS., the greater part of which are said to be of great merit. TROOPS FROM THE CAPE. — Lieutenant General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart, commanding the forces at the Cape of Good Hope, has communicated to the authorities at home that he can now spare the 12th Lancers and three regimenst of infantry. MR. J. E. FULLER, an attorney at Birmingham, who gave permission to a barber to use his name as an at torney for 15s. a-week, was on Monday sentenced by Mr. Justice Elle to three months' imprisonment ; but on an application from the defendant, the sentence was altered to striking his name off the rolls. • • BRIBERY.—Before the Cambridge bribery commission, some of the witnesses acknowledged that they had Fe ceived £lO, and others £5, to vote. After the election one of the agents passed the house of a voter, accom panied by a veiled female, who gave him an envelope containing two £5 notes. A GRATIFYING EXCHANGE.—TWO hampers—one of cod liver oil, the other of claret—recently entrusted to the Eastern Counties Railway, suffered a change of address on the road, and were cross-delivered. The doctor's patients, who got the claret, are said to have been more gratified than the gentleman's friends who got the oil. THE ELECTRIC CLOCK.—Mr. Futvoye, of Regent street, London, having at length succeeded in obtaining the sanction of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests for the erection of this clock, has spiritedly placed it at the corner of Beak-street, where it is not only an object of general attraction, but of great public utility. It was to the perfecting of this clock that Mr. Bain devoted his genius and labour for so many years. THE POEMS OF ALEXANDER SMITH. we are happy to perceive, have been republished in Boston and New York ; and the leading journals of the New World are loud in the poet's praise. The Rev. George Gilfillan, of Dundee, in a paper in the current part of flogg's In structor, states that the " Life-Drama" was first put into his hands in a rude state in the April of 1851. DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH COTTLE.-011 Tuesday even ing Mr. Joseph Cottle expired at his residence, Firfield house, Knowle, near Bristol, in his 84th year. Many, no doubt, are familiar with his name as the early friend of Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Southey. He was exten sively known by his own literary labours, and throughout . _ . his long life was greatly honoured and loved for his distin guished personal worth by all who had the privilege of his acquaintance. COFFEE AND CHlCORY.—ltappears, from areturn lately printed of the number of prosecutions instituted for the adulteration of coffee and the illegal use of chicory, under the respective treasury orders of August 3, 1852, and Feb. 25, 1853, that the results are as follows : Under the former there were 1,063 inspections, 50 seizures, prosecutions nil, other proceedings 6 ; under the latter, 1,884 inspections, no seizures, 94 prosecutions, and 135 other proceedings ! OATLANDS GRANGE.—The vi3itors to the CUSP at Chobham, in changing trains at Weybricige, will perceive a beautiful ravine of overhanging plantations close to the station. Over this ravine is the well-known Oatlands Grange, forming formerly a portion of the domain of the Duke of York. The Grange has just been bought for the Conservative Land Society for distribution amongst the members. The estate commands a magnificent view of St. Ann's-hill, the residence of Charles James Fox, Chertsey, Windsor Castle, &c. The late King of the French is buried at Weybridge, which is within three quarters of an hour's distance from town by the South-Western Railway. MODERN ORTHODOXY.—A tea-meeting was held at Derby a few days ago, as an ovation to a Mr. Corbin, an Independent teacher, on his leaving that town, at which the Rev. W. F. Wilkinson, Vicar .of St.. Werburgh's,. Corbin,Der by, t w h a e s v p i c r e a s r e is n t I m . a d e n b h y i s t h s e p ee c Derbyh, s it u e d p a o t r o t r ;t r . o t o f s M a y r —" And it is pretty well understood that I most freely and fully recognise his Churchmanship and Church membership, and that I esteem him not only as a member of the Church of Christ, but as a minister of that Church by an ordination as valid as my own." DISASTERS IN THE PACIFIC.—The San Francisco. Herald sums up the marine losses in the Pacific waters, during the last three years, as follow :—The City of Pitts burg, burnt in Valparaiso, 6200,000 ; the North Ame rica, wrecked on the Mexicau coast, .6200,000 the In dependence, wrecked on Isla de Margarita, 6100,000;. the Tennessee, wrecked in Indian Cove, £200,000 ; the GLneral Warren, wrecked on the Oregon coast, 450,000; the Pioneer, wrecked in San Simeon Bay, .875,000 ; the Eudora. wrecked on the Oregon ceast, 4'50,000 ; the Corn. Preble, wrecked on the Oregon coast, 43'50,000. This estimate shows at least a loss of 5925,000, to say nothing of the loss of life which has been sustained. STRANGE FRAUD.—At Clerkenwell police-court, Mr. James Palmer, of the London Gas Company, was charged with assaulting Mr. Firmin William Potts, of the Im perial Gas Company, competing bodies. The quarrel originated in the attempt of the plaintiff to gauge the quantity of gas fraudulently obtained by the London Gas- Company, through secretly tapping the pipes of the rival company, the Imperial. By an ingeniously contrived and delicate apparatus, the amount of gas thus obtained had been estimated as worth at least £l,OOO. The in- , strument was broken in the assault. The Imperial had charged the other company at the Queen's Bench. EXPENSES OF A SUIT IN CHANCERY. —On Saturday week the case relating to the will of Mr. Day, the blacking ma nufacturer, came on before the Lords Justices, upon , e question of payment of costs. It appeared that under Mi.. Day's will there were twenty-three persons who were en titled to small annuities, and many others entitled to share in the residuary estate, and nearly all these claimants upon the property had throughout the suit, which was in stituted to administer the will, appeared by different counsel and different solicitors. An objection was raised to the payment of separate costs, when it appeared that the expenses of the suit, before it even came on for hear ing, amounted to £70,000. The court left it to the different parties to consider whether they could all agree amongst themselves to be represented by one solicitor. In case no such arrangement could be come to, the question would be disposed of on following Friday. A SIMPLE REMEDY.—To persons having the care of steam-engines, the following from the Lawrenceburg Register may be available :—" Mr. Ira Hill has informed us that he has accidentally made a valuable discovery, by which the deposition of lime upon steam boilers may be obviated. Two or three shovels of sawdust are thrown into the boiler, after which process he states he never had any difficulty from lime, although using- water strongly impregnated with it. He has always found the inside of his I oilers as smooth as if just oiled. Whether the lime attaches itself to the floating particles of sawdust, instead of the boiler, or whether the tanic acid in the oak sawdust forms a salt with the lime which will not attach itself to I iron, remains to be explained. The sawdust was placed in the boiler for the purpose of stopping a leak. The experiment is cheap and easily tried."—NewYorkTribune. THE QUEEN'S TEN.—THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.— The Queen's pavilion was taken out of store at Woolwich on Tuesday. and has been set up on Greenhill, a place within the boundaries of the garrison. The pavilion has not been used, it is said, since the visit of Queen Charlotte, but it is now to be put in good condition here, previous to its being taken to Chobham-common, and erected there, as it is intended that her Majesty, Prince Albert, the commander-in-chief, and the master-general of the ordnance will be present on several occasions to witness the encampment and evolutions, reviews, and sham fights which will take place to instruct the troops in the duties that would be expected of them in actual warfare, and a large supply of blank cartridge will be issued for that purpose. The Queen's pavilion is 60 feet long by about 15 broad, with two entrances covered over, one at the east and one at the west end, each about 20 feet in length, making a total length of about 100 feet. The roof in front and back is supported on eight arches, the two centre arches being large, and the three arches on each aide of the two centre arches being of smaller dimensions. The canvas can be thrown open from any or the whole of the arches to afford an uninterrupted view in front and in the rear, and the flooring is composed of timber frames, formed of deal, about 5 feet long by 4 feet broad, for the convenience of being carried on wag gons. The marquee for the master-general was also bet up on Greenhill, but it has been taken down and for warded to the place of encampment on Chohham-common. SHOCKING CASE OF POISONING.—On Thursday great consternation was created in Belper by a rumour that a family named Flewitt, living in the Cluster-buildings, were poisoned. It appears that the moment the father had finished his last course at dinner, which was rice . pudding, he complained of sickness, and was obliged to remove hastily from the table. Scarcely had he got out of the house before three of his children and a young man named Sheldon were also seized with sickness and vomit— ing. They became very alarmed, and the mother ran into a neighbour's house and informed them that she be lieved the whole family were poisoned. She immediately ran for medical assistance, and, on her return , was fou nd to be suffering from the same cause. Non e of the famil y could give any account of what kin d of p oison they had taken, except a girl about t welve y ears of a g e, who said she saw something like flour in the sugar her moth er used in making the pudding . From this it was thought to be arsenic, although the y all denied havin g it in the house. Sheldon , wor kin g in the same sho p with Flewitt, has been in the habit o f takin g his d inner to his hou se pu dding, which was of a different kind, in exchange for h er share of the rice one, which she accepted. E° - first sight caused a little suspicion to b daughter, l t i o ke ea ; tt to rice the from op e m l u d d e d s ti t daughter, a fa u at g et t l er, ofl times, hertmhee i Sheldon being closely questio ne d s h e explained the rh.,,— cisely the same m anner as Sheldon and the rest- of tf home, eilsy her his offered having a i dis like e thiown upontii but on family, which threw th and on i r i d u:e y s m s o u r tT n e i r n e g d i m t w os a t s i p n e t r e c n e s i e v l e y d fo t r ha m t t a l ly m h a o t u h r e s r , anair into perfect mistery. The .- he worked, if he could suppl y h i m some and the morning th e part i es were poisoned he went to Flewitt' s house in his working in the evening, when she expired. After some ;, Mr. H. Meiley, the coroner, ordered the im mediate apprehension of Sheldon. It appears that lastweck '\eldon ask e d th e master dyer at Messrs. Ward's, Bel piriusp,,liacCaecid enquiries per, at whic g, through the )urs, a very mck door to the place where - the sugar was kept. It also appears that he has been wanting to pay his addresses to one of Flewitt's id, on her father . forbiddi - h; -- 1 - 11m from so - a short time ago, he said he would do away with daughters himself and them too. There are also other circumstance which make the case very suspicious against him. He i very respectably connected, his father being steward tl Mr. J. Strutt,