The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1853 LOCAL LATELLIGEXCE. Nsi:RE BALTIC (United mailteam-ship), Captain '--4.1,1-ast4ethekMBailailsed for New York on Wednesday morning, and cargo, and upwards of 120 passengers. IsLE OP MAN Steam-packet Company have char to run their fine ship Tynwald to a Londonderry company, ,r,ntril between that place and Liverpool. oft ROLARY AT BOOTLE.-Early on Tuesday the house ti, ; ,_r. Allen, at Ford, near Bootle village, was entered by ions articles and several silver spoons, a tea-caddy, and nume -7,0 tides of wearing apparel carried away. iisifilaiTAL MERSEY l'AcnT ans.-The club held their The b.,T wi thlY meeting at the club-house, on Tuesday. A h, under the patronage of the club, is fixed to take °TI Thursday, the 24th instant. , tE.e O to b e • A T HOSPITAL.-An ama t eur p er f o rmance is by th glren at the Th ea t re R oya l on F r i day, the 25th inst., floe Matichester Shakesperian Society, in aid of the of the Blue -oat Hospital. aal o E WRECK OF TUE ANNIE JANE.-On Wednesday karin e cial b r , in clnirY took place, at the office of the local the - "ard, Sailors' Home, before Captain Beechy, into .4.44CerTeanistances connected with the loss of the ship fit l " a ue- The inquiry was conducted privately. tierca EET R oBBERY.-On Wednesday evening, as a gen who 11 wag Passing along Abercromby-square, a fellow, gras aPPeared to be in company with two others, made a Reta i l ' at Ids watch -guard, but the guard broke, and the off beforelan having dealt his assailant a heavy blow, made 3 1r. re the others ca me up . euscaa' TE A u eidl, AND Mn. E DWARD J AMES, o f the nort h ern Art 6,,L'ur- Mont agu S m i th, of the Western Circuit ; and. Pear e d - ",_e , of the North Wales and Chester Circuit, ap a4d in the Court of Queen's Bench on esda, II- "re railed within the bar, and took their ` seats as her Les lx ty; s council. Poli ce OUTRAGE.-On Thursday afternoon a th te-Prficer went into a beer-house, in Greetham-street, a a disturbance, when one of the disorderly persons b ir eea r ks yr tri k o e i, ii_anid into his eyes. It is supposed to have In or some other powerful acid, as the officer IthetL-„Twately de rived of sight, and it is doubtful Rho ue will reco ver the use of his eyes. The party , i ,CA.C' t , tu itted the cowardly outrage escaped, „Inicha e l e T Z To MARINE STORE DEALERS.-On Tuesday, 'as sim ) ,„ u un, marine-store dealer, of Sprainge . r-street, ~oce sum for dealing in marine stores without a neea s a % . t in his defence Dunn said that he had left his 'of h ari, a' the Tovvn-hall in February last for the purpose tight renewed, and that Mr. Tyson told him he kr. qvcontinue to sell until the new license was granted. WorX.", however, contradicted this statement, and his and - , 0 - ' e P ts s entenced the defendant to pay a penalty of £lO 11' Es , sided GUARDIANS.-Mr. Joseph Harrison pre at th e weekly meeting of this board on Wednesday, e workhou e. The other members present were the w• tiadgll, and Messrs. Heyes, Alpass, Lunt, riBo,Vn, Alountfield, Roskell, Tattersall, Kirkus, G. Har (Zarter Craig Housley, Jeffries, Roberts, and M`Gee. e , 42 b al ance in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be the h„ a . °B ' 3d. The su re ti es Of M rs . H o bb s, th e ma t ron o f ke ate "Vital, were accepted, and a series of monthly state -Bivtia„ re ad, from various collectors. A committee, con rrnie7l,°f the members of the hospital committee, , was i rLipatio 10 consider and report upon the erection of %ace the:ll stations "iu the union; and an application to the Po dol Health Committee was agreed upon, requesting r oe the niore Health Pen the after p or ti on o f th e sewer in Mill-lane, jING p i effectual drainage of the h os pit a l. liaro POCKETS AT AN AUCTION.-Three youths, James Sniith, John Roberts, and Frank Fretorc . oft, ere ' 1 ednesday , charged, at the Police-eourt, with IVi i ; Peki4 `,;" , Pockets at a house in Breck-roa.d, where Messrs. the,i4anleY were carrying on a public auction. Mrs. Ca the ?:„ e „ l ‘littY, of 47, Prescot-street, said she went into got • 'tse to ask the rent of the premises, and, just as she she ant the ltibby the prisoners rushed against her, a : nd take elt her purse, ' containing about 10s. in silVer, being ti on ° on dr her pocket. She immediately gave infor_ma haeltd file prisoners were apprehended. Another lady aad torOftr Pocket picked in the same place. Roberts se at tn•e, who had be e n p r e v io us ly committ e d, were thr a ,,, — gaol for three months ; Smith, about whom no he„, known, was remanded for inquiries. a7ut EFFECT S or INTEMPERANCE.--All inquest was R t °,l_ Thursday, before the deputy coroner,. Mr. H. Year., 'n. In. on the body of Sylvester M`Conaclue, aged ta a cite Br idgewater -street. The deceased was be a r aribt;" - eroPerate character, being very seldom so . the last twelve months. On Tuesday morning - `11 t ,,... he `` t his house, suffering at the time from the hltpre brought on by drink, and returned . at noon illecl i ea ted,- Having slumbered for some time with ng upon a table, he went to bed at three v t ,h o -‘, and at five was joined by his - unfortunate vvifF, been deprived of her usual rest and sleep from his fo e u haLits. At h a lf- past six o ' clock the woman awoke,_ 2111 d her husband dead by her s id e . A verdict of 'Loa.ktritrom excessive drinking" was-returned. • ease iir L " ---°ll Thursday week, after the hearing of se on e of our local courts, a aierson who represen o-u-ne himself to be a reporter for the Mercury went up to 'were band Parties interested, and dated that unless a fee a _ p nded over to him, a full report of the case should pace Pe ar in e the paper of the &Borgne , day. In this in _ the gentleman addressed ?had' no occasion to be ..°1 the Proceedings in court, and he resisted the Irt,7urrttettempt to extract money from him. I Y_ against in s with a view ,of cautioning the public attemPted. No ( "f this kind, vilich are now frequently lieve that no °rerpoePortrrffor thc Mercury, and we be would ••••• guiltY of such co' s°r n any be we and the proprietors of t other Liverpool paper, e a r n d a cpeerrt: would w be glad !persons would give iuf tion P when application is ire to them for money under such circumstances. The trouble who thus attempt to fleece persons who get into ffti,-oti le are hangers about The public courts-men not calar how they raise a frsv shillings ; and they a use ii. 1 71 name of any paper whist: snits their the fellow who w the ho b,, e We have had a good description of DoAilif.ee.lllfearttempt, and have reported the case to the herllisTouic C ; n O r tETY OF LAWCASIIIItIi AND CIIE . SH n I N It vas E. e first Ordinary meeting for the present . sessio Wa s 04 Thursday, at the Collegiate Institution. The as re a very fall attendance , ef members. The chair e re w r. iaaPied by John Robson, Eaq., of Warrington. iges.tes of eleven gentlemeni.candidates for membe . rship, ft eee read for the first time. The list of presentations to Z;',ue society was of great length, and comprised a large iittaiber of volumes from various societies at home and - taiT e a d • Afterward s th e ex hibiti ons were p l ace d on the mark's a nd amongst th em were some o f those elaborate in silver executed in Ireland probably about the . P hilip ttorY• Also some most important MSS. of Sir "re (4,•lerton, especially ",The Travels of Sir William tle b , t l , -- -ii. Dr. Hume read. a paper " On an Election of whi e "h - p of Parliament for Liverpool in the year 1670,' now i llustrated with numerous letters and documents tor,- in Puke of Monmouth and others. The papers are of IA the Possession of John Ireland Blackburne, Esq., !:,0-Se, who placed them in the hands of Dr. Hume on f the Historic Society ; and they are highly interest feno, notwed only locally, but nationally. Some conversation De %, and thanks were voted to D after which th e meeting broke upr. Hume for hisFREH . LIBRA.RY.-Frvaa the report of the com- Cletdest published, it appears that, since the 18th of °her, 1 852, when the libm.ry was opened, 111,723 the t i ! al f , have been issued to readers ; in addition to which . kaki uave been 16,960 readers of periodical publicatns ni Alaa s n e g a total of works penises' of 128,683. 'fro a , ulent form about one-half of all the books react. Far ,regretting this result, the -committee feel 'their trokst.'4) render this portion of the library still more at- N•a lv h e ,' b eing of opinion that the:love of reading in any 4eNcjilist tend to counteract the propensity to low and t or ita„„,g, Pursuits, and that, in order to . inspire a thirst " y adi - " e dge, the first step is to ,cultivate a thirst for in some direction. History, general literature , A1 1e.. -es and travels, and poetry have:been next in demand. Nlt,l' u li h _ber of theological and philosophical works con -14 8 01 1 -,lig about 80 per week, or 4,071 during the year, kellet,l-wnat remarkable, and indicates a higher class of ,-! 1 • - ` l , ft readin g tha n might at first sight be expected. ideals frequenting the library•do not belong to tit':rative cusses icular. A large portion belongs to the oh,and of these again many area pprentices. one at the ~,,st•th`uzig libraries have been prepared, tion School, (71, '}inch w t the other at the South Corporation ne open two evnin in the week for het ue Rich of these ra tp,l2_l,Bdaer proper regulations.l A portion of these allaZALii4el44tcs t fr P o r m ese ge l eentral Library- The remainder oco a d ' I ,atT - ,.,-Pnrchased at an expenditure of-about n £2 e . rons o ti c loft M E BRIISH ASOCIA.TION.-A YliZetatial meeting,convened by the Mayor, was held ,. '"g y, th - e - Council Chamber, _ n f a cz ,n th f o t pu be rto ri s t e is o h i sid'ociatrrangements for the reception 'Rd i, and ' s o their visit to this town. The Mayor pre lorirmlnaongst those present were Messrs. Thomas J. A ° AI,I M.P.:Thos. Thornely, :Earle, J. Til l • 13 - `Yates, Hugh Hornby, Thomas Bouch, t ette r Joseph Pollock, and T .L l he Ft yof Att•• t s,„.of a jteli, Rev. Dr. Rqffies,_&c read It e . 41. Driogy from Lord Stanlfy, the Earl of kefron, re R aid reth, Dr. Muspratt, and Mr. J. P. G. Smith. to; l ' e 'lee liritish ssociatior. contemplated no inter ai`eace - " 1 . 1 other societies, their object being to cultivate m ugs bke°re strongly, and that more general attention stiej •• directed to its study. . They were running:a i Nee othernationsin • tion ad, in fact, every "" and naviga with ship they they must keep the lead every Lh'Ycira."-°erY locomotive they fabricate, and every blade c`Nle-funfcture Not the least gratifying fact to the "may"' Live • 1 ted the Earl of 'l l Nv a as rro t w h b e y . , asa whom they all knew and ,„ 4 .01 •--The Rev. Campbell moved the first 4 c d u to the effect Rentnr that the British Association . having thttau i t he, l . s . invitation of the Mayor to hold its next f,o t 4 .b e Liverpool, in the autumn of 1854, a committee ts x'e -- '''""ited to make the necessary arrangements 1341,4 suitable reception of its members, and that Dr. e Ltelt /le requested to act as hon. secretary.-Mr. J. hried qd br iefly - seconded the resolution, which was I,4' ° •. ° lti - g : I° o_ n iliaously.-Mr. e h Brooks Yates, in e te N, 4 , 1 ;7 second resolution, jn s s ai P d, he trusted that Mr. th e m th eu ' is the committ ee o f. St. George's Hall, would s8l •- el ves to co m pl e t e th a t edifice, in order that all e 1,ta1 d; ... - gs of the diff eren t bodies might be held in the XT eta 'co lli , wlueh the Association had never been able vush except in Oxford and Cambridge. l H em e ett, - `-t the Ida f the eful act of cal th Ot t se or tiUttaia.•.f the close of his municipal year, when . ma:to_ rs tr: roust of necessity occupy a large portion en f lerke b c P ue luded by moving that the gene . to(4:11.1, f o r divided into five sub-committees, as follows .-_- ~f in ance ; 2, for section rooms and soirees ; 4ng urr,i'i reception • 4, printing and postal ; and 6, ( 1 1°11 , Tho ' rnely, Esq., M.P. seconded the eh no vas carried unanimously.-T• B. Horsfall, kaYor Moved the next resolution, requesting the N'i,c'°ll.4N'tt.(fet the time being) to act as president of the 'and Samuel Holme Jorephß. Yates, and t 13 • ke- l'ea,sa r ' as vice- ' presidents, and that the er and secretary of the general committee be 'acor k i of the sub-committees.-Mr. Francis Haywood call aithe the • ayc, Inotion.-The Rev. Dr. Raffles moved that lueeti for the time being be respectfully requested to t ol ;e, o ni, at some convenient period, in the Sessions •l at L ir r 'er to secure the active co-operation of the 12sek „ A strolt oet . Tinne, Esq., seconded the motion.- 4 • 1 ;; Whi c h"' J- 8 (1. Proposed a vote of thanks to the tio tis uaTila ' g been seconded, was carried by THE KIEKDALE SESSIONS were opened on Tuesday, by the chairman, the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, and W. Hall, T. B. Horsfall, Gilbert Henderson, Thomas E. Moss, Thos. Rodick, James Lawrence, J. W. Harden, J. A. Tinne, R. Theakstone, David Bromilow, J. Campbell, S. H. Thomp son, Robert Benn, J. S. T. Greene, J.W. Unsworth, Adam Hodgson, and Joseph B. Yates, Esqrs., magistrates. The various reports were, as usual, voluminous, but contained little matter of special interest. CHILDWALL CHURCH BELLS.—On Friday these bells, which have been in such a dangerous condition, owing to the dilapidated state of the frame and hangings (having been up 131 years), were again made to sound several merry peals by the society of Childwall ringers, and by a select company from Liverpool. The old frame and hang ings have been taken down and new ones put up by Mr. William Tlaistlewood. In the evening the ringers were entertained to a sumptuous dinner at that noted hotel, Childwall Abbey ; and after several peals had been rung on the hand bells, and the usual loyal toasts, together with those of the " Vicar," the " Curate , " and the " Church wardens" had been drunk, the company departed, delighted with the day's entertainment. THE MANSLAUGHTER IN WOOD-STREET.—On Tuesday last, an inquest was held by the borough coroner on the body of Joseph Royles, who met his death on the previous Saturday night, in Wood-street, in an assault committed on him lay a man named Evan Hughes, the chief particu lars of which we gave last week. Several witnesses were examined, and among others the surgeon, who gave it as his opinion that the death of the unfortunate man'had been caused by the injuries which he had received in the fall, and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Evan Hughes, who was then committed to take his trial at the next assizes. FEMALE ORPHAN SOCIETY.—The annual examination was held on Wednesday, under the patronage of the Mayor, S. Holme, Esq. The children recited several pas sages of Scripture, being afterwards examined on them by the Rev. W. Hesketh and Mr. Banner. Their answers were quickly given, and were invariably appropriate. The remaining exercises comprised the reciting of " Teach a little child to pray," "God is in Heaven," and other hymns, and the reading of the 15th chapter of St. John's Gospel. The children were examined by Mr. Banner In the chronology of the first ages. The Mayor subsequently examined them in the multiplication tables, and in mental calculation, in English history, and in British geography, the result being extremely satisfactory and gratifying. NEW Prime HALL IN MANCHESTEE.—The committee appointed to secure the erection of a new public hall, in Manchester, on the site of the present Free-trade Hall, have purchased the land from Mr. Cobden, and the scene of so many free-trade and other vast7gatherings will shortly be razed to the ground. The capital for tire erection of the new building has been fixed at £25,000, and has been raised by 2,5000 shares of £lO each ; most of the sub scribers taking 50 shares, and so becoming proprietors to the extent of £5OO. Each proprietor of £lO or more paid up shares will be entitled to free admission to every con cert, meeting, &c., which takes place in the hall. The conditions guarantee that the hall shall be available for public purposes to all parties. ACTION OP THE SEA UPON TEE BlTTERT.—Captain Westmacott, of the Royal •Engineers, has communicated With the Dock Committee upon this subject. He states that, in the corner of the dock extension, north of the site reserved for the new fort, the sea-wall has been con structed so as to project abruptly in a northwesterly direction, considerably in advance of the previously ex isting wall prepared for the battery. Hence, when the wind blew from the north •and northwestward, the sea, instead of coming to the face of the battery, was directed into the angle of the north walls, and thrown upwards and scattered around by the wind. This could not fail to have an effect upon the work when completed, in caus ing serious inconvenience to the inmates, tending also to the accumulation of mud-and silt in the angle. In answer to Mr. Holme, Mr. Hartley said that the Ordnance were consulted about the wall in every respect at the time df putting in the foundation ; and the very thing they 'now pointed out, he had shown them at the time would have those objections. It was agreed to invite Captain West macott to meet the sub-committee of works, in the pre sence of the engineer, upon the subject. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Francis Shand, deputy-chairman, pre siding. Messrs. Stitt and Son's tender for supplying 100 tons of pig iron, at' 82s. 6d. por ton, was accepted.—Mr. James Todd's tender for the supply of brushes was ac cepted.—The nib-committee recommended an allowance of £2O to several of the harbour-masters of the different docks, in consequence of their being obliged - to remove their houses.—The Warehouse Management Committee reported the' death of Mr. A. Gordon, landing clerk, and requested authority to fill up the vacancy.—A communi cation was read from six master porters, who having learned that it was the intention of the committee to put in force a certain advance in the rates, existing prior to the Ist November last, for the landing of goods passing throughtthe Albert Dock and Warehouses,legged to ask whether it was intended to advance the rates of goods landed in the open docks and passing through the hands of the master porters. Mr. Robinson thought it would be better to refer the matter to the sub-committee. After some conversation the subject dropped, and the memorial was understood to be referred to the sub-committee. Mr. Bigham again called attention to the case of two men who lull been hurt while on duty. Mr. Robinson said the men would not be precluded from making an application after*„ssis for the amount of their full wages to be allowed them. me- 'High= said that would answer his purpose, and he had no objects.. ts withdraw the motion, on the understanding that on their making tlis ammen tion it would be granted. The subject then dropped.— Mr:Robertson Gladstone called the attention of the com mittee to the state of the quay at the west side of George's Dock. The pavement was in a most dangerous state The clerk said it belonged to the corporation. Mr.-Gladstone wished some plan could bedevised whereby the whole of the paving about the docks 'might be placed lankier the superintendence of the borough surveyor. TEs LIVBRPOOL SIICIPWRIGIITS.—A special meeting of the Shipbuilders' Association was held on Tuesday, with the object of considering the propriety of advertising for "strangers." Mr. John Wilson Green took the chair. Mr. Grayson recommended them to delay taking so im portant a step as that mentioned in the circular, of ad vertising for strangers, until other and more conciliatory means had been fairly tried. He proposed that the journeymen should be called upon to increase the present number of shipwrights from 1,700 to at all events 2,000; anil,hrt consideration of that, the masters should permit all apprentices in their sixth year at once to be made journeymen ; such apprentices, and also such strangers as.might be admitted, making some payment to the funds Of the Shipwrights' Association. To carry out this he should suggest that, on a given day, their own secretary, the secretary of the Shipwrights' Association, and a third independent person, selected by both, should go round and ask the masters how many men each was in want of. This would put an end to all quibbling, and prove that the scarcity of men was undeniable. Thislseing done, he would suggest the formation of a joing committee of the masters rnd the men, being presided over as arbitrator by some independent shipowner, to discuss .taid settle the whole vestion. He urged the adoption of this course, Which would redound to the interest of all, wad which was ealledlor alike by reason, justice, and religion. Mr. W. B. Jones -seconded the proposal. Mr. Clayton cordially agreed with the bulk of Mr. Grayson's remarks, but re commended the adoption of the piecework system, which was carried out advantageously in other places, particu latly in London. Mr. W. B. Jones quite approved of the Piecework .system, and had advocated a bowl: of prices at the last meeting, Mr. Grayson thought this was a matter of-detail which should be left to the committee.—lt was then decided that a circular should be sent to the masters asking them to supply, on Saturday, a list of the average number of men they had been employing that week, and Of thenumber. they could have employed,—the-committee who collected these accounts to atte nd again at-that room on Monday, to render the information, and when future s t e p s .could 'bet taken. An application for an advance of ls. per day, on the part of the ship joiners, was discussed, and it was resolved to raise their wages to 6s. 68. :Amon versation then tookplace with regard to an allegation tlmt some masters were paying Bs. a day at the Sanden Graving-dock, but without result. Mr. P o p e wi s h e d to know what allowances were paid to apprentices -by o th er masters, for his, who were not bound, had struck. 'Mr. Grayson•said thatins . ;firm allowed 9d. to old, and 6d. to young apprentices, and they paid them Is. an hour over time. This appeared - to meet general approval. MURDER OF A Poracnuals.—On Tuesday last, a me_ lancholy and tragic event occurred in Scotland Ward, in' which a police,constableinamed Richard Sunderland, was' barbarously murdered. lbe unfortunate event arose out. of the municipal election -for that ward, although it .had - no necessary .connexion with the contest or its result. The facts briefly stated are as follow :----In the course of the day a crowd assembled round a public-house at the' corner of Scotland-road anti Edgar-street, kept by Mrs. Shaw, in which several voters connected with the ward had assembled. This crowd, composed chiefly of riotous and disorderly characters, became more and more un ruly, demanding drink, •and threatening violence to the inmates of the house ; ,until at a little before two o'clock it was deemed necessary to call in the aid of the police. Several police-constables, including the deceased, went to restore order, and disperse the crowd, which consisted principally of ten or twelve " roughs," among whom was Thomas Copeland, a youth, seemingly about 19 years of age, who was notoriously the most active and violent of the rioters. On being ordered to disperse, they generally obeyed, but Copeland refused, and behaved in a very riotous manner, threatening and striking at the police. He was seized by Constable Walsh, to whose Assistance Sun derland, the deceased, came. The prisoner, who resisted very much, was held by Walsh by the 'left .collar and left mist, while deceased held him by the right collar only, leaving his right hand at liberty. At the mouth of the court, leading from the public-house, as they were bring ing out the prisoner, Sunderland suddenly relinquished his hold of the prisoner, and exclaimed, "I am destroyed," or words to that effect, and it was perceived he was wounded near the groin, on the inner side of the left thigh ; the blood rushing out in great profusion. Sun derland was immediately conveyed to the dispensary at Rosehill, but expired within two or three minutes after his arrival there, and not more than seven minutes after it was perceived he had been wounded. The prisoner was conveyed to hridewell, and on being searched, no knife or other weapon was found in his possession ; but, from the position in which he was relatively to the deceased, no room exists for doui)t that the wound was inflicted by Copeland ; indeed it is said a girl saw him take a knife out of his pocket and stab Sunderland with it. On Wed anteswdahyiChannuinmqeuresouts%Zstnleiselsesd bweefroereextahme examined, borough e examining several of them. After a protracted himself in prisonerc inquiry, coroner, at an impudent and callous manner cross the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Copeland, who did not appear moved by the result, but maintained the same sullen and impudent demeanor he had exhibited throughout the day. He was under the coroner's warrant committed to Kir . kdale gaol for trial at the assizes. At the conclusion of the proceedin g s, Mr. Superintendent Ride stated that the prisoner's relations had been threatening to take away the lif e o f the mother of one of the witnesses, Ann Turner, living in Bent street, if she permitted her daughter to give evidence. The coroner, after requesting the police to take the neces sary precautions in such a case, observed that if any persons attempted to carry out this threat, they would place themselves in precisely the same position as the prisoner, inasmuch as they would become what was termed in law accessories after the fact. Deceased s a mar r i e d man, and has left a widow and three children. THE TIME BALL over the Electric Telegraph-offices, in Castle-street, now falls daily at one o'clock, Greenwich time. PRICE OF GAS.—Mr. Beloe has been appointed auditor of the gas accounts, by 'the Recorder, with the consent of the Gas Company and Guardian Society, with a view to seeing whether there should be any, and what, reductions in the price of gas. ANN WEBSTER, who had been twice previously re manded on a charge of throwing vitriol in the face of her "liege lord," was again brought up on Thursday, and further remanded for seven days, her husband being still unable to appear. THE EMPIRE, Captain Stirch, 729 tons, which sailed. from Liverpool on the Ist of March last, with 291 emi grants for Sydney, Australia, arrived there on the 27th July last, after a protracted voyage of 141 days. Much sickness prevailed on board, and fifteen died on the pas sage, including Dr. Hyams, Mrs. Hyams and child, and twenty-six remained sick on arrival. Scurvy was the prevailing disease. GROSS OUTRAGE.—During the performance of " Vir ginius," on Wednesday, at the Amphitheatre, and whilst Mr. G. V. Brooke was delivering one of the most pathetic parts of of it, an extra sensation was created by some person in the crowded gallery throwing into the pit a porter bottle. No serious result followed, though the formidable missile struck a gentleman a violent blow on the back of his hand, slightly abrading the skin. He immediately picked up the bottle, and having found a police-officer, went in search of the perpetrator, in order to give him into custody, but was unsuccessful in discovering him. WARRINGTON.—The annual election of councillors for the borough took place on Tuesday, and passed off with less excitement than usual. The south-east ward was the only one in which the contest was at all spirited, the three candidates being nearly even the whole day. The following was the state of the poll at the close, in the several wards. South-east—Mr. John Evans, 198 ; Mr. Josiah Whittle, 177; *Mr. C. J. Hulme, 174. South west Ward—Mr. C. Heathcote, 172 ' Mr. Jas. Lee, 136; *Mr. Leftwich, 65. North-east Ward.—Mr. Jno. Bur gess, 429; Mr. Thos. Worrall, 411; *Mr. John Litton, 255. North-west Ward.—Mr. W. Jones, 302 ; Mr. 'Richard Peers, 288 ; *Jr. James Bentley, 196. Latch ford Ward.—Mr. William Lamb, unopposed. Those marked thus * are thrown out, and the election, as a whole, gives seven new members to the council. I'nSTRIICES.—We have no improvement to notice in the position of the question now agitating between the employers in the manufacturing districts and their work people. At Preston, Wigan, Bacup, Burnley, Padiham, and Accrington, all the mills are at a stand. In Man chester, at the present time, we believe all the mills are at work, but a resolution come to by the members of the Manufacturers' Association, at a meeting held on Monday last, is likely to lead to a turn-out here also. The wages that have been paid in Manchester for some time are, it appears, larger than those agreed to be paid at Stockport, on the conclusion of the late turn-out, and also larger than the amounts in other districts. It was therefore agreed, on Monday, that all the advances made to the hands during the present year should be withdrawn after the 3d of next December, and notice to this effect will be given in each mill as soon as the requisite signatures to the resolution have been attached by the employers.— Manchester Courier. DIST CIIBA.NCE AT BLACKBURN. - A disturbance of rather tt serious character took place on Tuesday, at Black burn, during the municipal elections there. The principal contest took place in St. Peter's ward, where a collision took place between the Conservatives and the Liberals, during which several persons were severely injured, two of whom are not expected to recover. Some windows were broken, which caused the tradesmen to shut up their shops, and there was a good deal of excitement in the town. Whilst these proceedings were goir , on, the houses of several inhabitants in the neighbourhood of King-street were subjected to the violence of the mob. About half past one o'clock the " Fieldenite" party marched down King-street in a body, and drove the " Hornbyites" from the front of the hotel, inflicting very severe injuries on several of the conspicuous leaders on that side, and taking complete possession of the polling booth. Several isolated contests took place in the course of the afternoon, in which sundry houses, including the St. Ledger Inn, were singled out for vengeance. The town of Blackburn was, during twenty-four hours, entirely at the mercy of a mob just as much as Wigan has been. The shops and banks were closed, and business was completely suspended. The result of the election has been to place the radical party in a large majority in the town council. During Tuesday night a portion of the mob proceeded to Linsefield and attacked the house of Mr. R. R. Jackson, and entirely demolished the windows in front of the house. Several shots were fired. JONES v. ATTWOOD.—Mr. Atherton moved, at the Court of Exchequer, on Wednesday, by leave of Mr. Jus tice Erle, by whom this cause was tried at the last Liver pool assizes, to increase the damages from 40s. to £0,400. This was an action for the breach of a contract entered into by the defendant with the plaintiffs, for the supply of 6,000 tons of iron rails during the two shipping seasons of 1853, and 1854, at £8 per ton, and the contract as declared on contained a stipulation that the defendants should fur nish the plaintiffs with a pattern section in March, 1853, and that, failing that, after request made, lie should pay the price of 400 tons of rails monthly, from May in each year, until he should have paid the sum of 210,000, bemg one-half of each year's supply. The only plea was that no request had been made, but it appeared that the 'plaintiffs had made one - in proper time, and the only question at the trial was, what the measure of damage ought to be which the plaintiffs had sustained by the breach 'of the defend ant's contracts, it being a fact that they had delivered no iron to Lho accordant, and that if they had been nailed upon to complete their contract they would have been losers by its completion, as the price of iron had risen greatly. The jary, under these facts, found merely no minal damages, and it was now contended for the de fendant that . he was entitled to the sum mentioned in the cont ac ad the liquidated damage in the event which had in fact arisen. Besides this, it was stated that there was a demurrer pending between the same parties, which would raise the same point. The Chief Baron,after intimating doubts as to the success of the rule, stated that as the motion was made by leave of the learned judge, and the demurrer would enable the parties to take the case to a court of 'appeal, the rule to go as prayed. Rule nisi ac cordingly. _ _ _ I)HAINAOE OP SOUTHPORT.—Mr. Newlands, the Liver pool borough engineer, has submitted his report to the authorities at Southport, on the subject of draining that town. He says that Southport may be drained into the sea directly ; 'but as the foreshore, by affording facilities for bathing,ls the main support of the town, there should be no deterioration of it, by permitting offensive matter to flow over it. The sewage, however, may he conveyed in covered conduits to a point below low water mark, and this at first -view may • appear to be the most - direct and feasible plan of getting rid of it ; but experience teaches that such conduits, even when they have a rapid fall and a constant supply of water to flush them, are in a short time so silted up as to become useless ; and as at South port such conduit ' , must, from the relative levels of the streets and foreshore, have very little fall, their silting up a t every tide wcaild'be inevitable. But, besides 'this prac tical difficulty, the flow of the sewage into the sea oppo site the town, even at low water, would .ereate a nuisance detrimental to the interests of Southport as a watering place. Under these circumstances "he con ceives that any means of getting rid of the sewage by allowing it to be discharged into the sea oppoSite the town either at 'high or low water would be attended by injurious results, and should not, therefore, be attempted. He also considers the proposition to convey the sewage inland directly, and by gravitation to Fine Jane's ißrook objectionable, as a sufficient fall could not be obtained. The plan by Whith he proposes to effect the object most effectually is to convey the sewage by drains to a well or sumph, whence lit might be 'raised by steam power to such a height as wouldcauseit to flow by gravitation to the distance required. 'He says that the sewage may be .col lected in three different ways-Ist, by making an inter cepting sewer along the sea Shore, into which the sewage from all the streets would be conducted, and from whichat might be raised agony convenient point by steam power ; 2nd, by making awintereepting .sewer along the bed of the Nile, with a pumping stationin some convenient part of it, and conveyinginto this sewer the sewage from the streets running at right angles to ; 3rd, by making a Pumping station in the neighbourhood of Hill-street, thereby obtaining better gradients with the same depth of sewer. Of the three plans the borough engineer recom mends the third, which involvesAhe•erection of a central limping station, and which'he,concdives would be fully .adequate to all th e wan t s o f the town. The cost of the main sewer, outlet pipe, &c., would 'be £8,040, and that sum borrowed at four per cent. would involve a payment for interest of £321 12s. perunnum; ore-thirtieth of the principal, as a sinking fund, , would amount to £268, making the -annual charge on the permanent 'outlay, when the works are completed, £589 525. ; annual cost of pumping station, £400; making the total annual ,eharge £989125. BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLICXBURN.—SEVEN PERSONS IClmp.a.--An accident of the most appalling description occurred on Wednesday morning, at Blackburn, on pre mises occupied by Mr. W. Hesketh, cotton-manufacturer, by which seven persons were killed, and several others were injured. The premises are situated Starkie-street, and comprise a cotton factory, four stories in height, ad joining which was a weaving shop, two stories high at the back, and one story in the portion fronting to-the street. The boiler=honse fills up the space between -this and two cottages at the corner of Peuny-street. Behind the boiler-house was the engine-room Mr. Ilesketh em ploys about 100 hands, of whom rather more than half work at the looms. The boiler which exploded was is the boiler-house just•allnded to. On Wednesday morning the engine was started at six o'clock, and worked till eight, when it was stopped for the breakfast hour. At half-past eight o'clock it was started again, and almost im,mediateiy afterwards the boiler exploded with a tremendous report, I the back plate flying through the engine-house into : a yard behind the houses in a street called S a lf ord ; whilst te boiler shot in the opposite direction a distance of about 20 yards, right Across Starkie-street, imbed ding itself in one of the lower rooms of the Fleece Inn, at the corner of Penny-street. It penetrated three passage—first, the outer wall of the boiler walls in its house, (nine inches thick,) thena 14-inch boundary wa ll i n front of the public-house, and, lastly, through the wall of the house itself, also about nine inches in thickness. The affects of the explosion were of the most widely -spread and disastrous character, the whole of the boiler-house bein g levelled with the ground, as also the one-story portion of the weaving shed ; and the upper story of the remainder, the lower story of the back part of this huilding, an d also the engine -house were completely gutted. The nearest of the two cottages before spoken of was shaken entirely down, scarcely a fragment of a wall being left standing Fortunately, only fourteen or fifteen of the hands h a d returned from breakfast when the explosiotook) lace. The engineer, Edward Sharpies, and the fireman, am es Walmsley, were in the boiler-house at the time of the Sharpies, the son of th e fire explosion, and also Thomas man, all of whom were afterwards brought out. M r . H es keth was in the weaving shop when the accident took ' place, and escaped unhurt. Great numbers of people were s peedily assembled round the place, and as soon as possible about 100 men from the crowd were set to work by Mr. Withers, the town surveyor, to disengage those who were buried under the ruins. On Saturday an inquestwas held on the bodies, and, after several witnesses had been examined, theinquiry w Fadjourned till Saturday next. as In the meantime Mr. turbani 1, or Mr. Naysmith, engi neers, Manchester, is to be consulted as to the condition of the boiler. In the course of_ a the inquiry it repeatedly d tio t n ha ed t h Sharpies, the engine-tenter, . bee n as to having the steam too high. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Of 590 SOLDIERS stationed at Gateshead barracks, not one was seized with cholera during the late fatal outbreak in the district. NEWBY PARR has been purchased from Mr. Hudson, for £190,000, on behalf of Viscount Downe, already a large landed proprietor in Yorkshire. THE MIDLAND COUNTIES POULTRY Snow.—The en tries closed on the 29th October, and numbered 362 pens, amounting to upwards of one thousand birds. There are, we understand, entries in every class and section. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. took place on Wednesday in the premises of Mr. Woodin, firework maker, Shadwell, and Mrs. Woodin and a boy were so seriously burned that their lives are despaired of. A PROVIDENT MOUSE.—In an allotment garden at Loughborough, the other day, there was found a mouse's nest, in which were 181 broad beans and an onion, stowed there, undoubtedly, as food for the approaching winter. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.—The winter session was opened on Tuesday, by Principal Lee, who delivered an able and learned inaugural discourse, which was heard with much attention by a numerous assemblage.—Edin burgh Evening Post. THE LONDON NECROPOLIS is about to be begun at Guildford, the commoners having been arranged with and paid £15,000 for their rights, which they valued at £22,000. Lord Onslow is also arranged with for 2,118 acres for the cemetery. PRICE OF BREAD.—On Monday the bakers throughout the metropolis again raised the price of the 41b loaf one halfpenny. The first-rate bakers at the West-end, who have been charging 112 d., now charge is. to ls. Old. for the best, the second rate from 91d. to 10d. per 41b. Many of what are called " cheap bakers" charge Bd. to 9d. MARRIAGE PORTIONS.—On Wednesday the trustees of Archbishop Laud's and Theodore Randue's charity met at the Town-hall, Windsor, and elected eight young maidens as the recipients of the marriage portions provided by the benevolence of Archbishop Laud and Mr. Randue, two centuries ago. A CASE FOR ARBITRATION.—We think it might be fairly expected of Messrs. Cobden and Bright, and the Peace Society, that they should offer their services to ar range terms, on peace principles, between the turn-outs of Lancashire and their employers. The opportunity ought certainly not to be let slip.—Edinburgh Evening Post. THE ELECTRIC Loom.—lt is stated in the Piedmontese Gazette that one of the first manufacturers of Lyons, M. Bezon, having visited Turin expressly to examine Cheva lier Bonelli's new invention of an electric loom, has again set out for Lyons with drawings, and a description of the apparatus, which he is to present to the Chamber of Com merce of that city, together with his report on the inven tion, of which he has expressed the highest approbation. SCOTCH LAW.—The wife of a musician, in Edinburgh, eloped with a foreign flute-player in his band. The in jured husband commenced proceedings for a divorce, whereupon the wife sued him for alimony pendente lite. The sheriff awarded her 12s. per week, for non-payment of which her husband was sent to prison. As the poor musician had no means of support, he made in his turn application for aliment from his creditor ; and the sheriff this time awArded him eightpence per day. AN AMERICAN BISHOP ON ENGLISH MORALS.—MT., Caswall states that in conversing with the Bishop of Con necticut, and comparing the morals of the agricultural parts of our southern counties with those of Connecticut, as described by the bishop, he had reason to be ashamed for our agricultural poor :—" A few statistics respecting unmarried mothers and disgraceful marriages among this class, fairly horrified the worthy prelate ; and he stated that such things were unknown within his diocese equally among churchmen and among dissenters." THE BELLOT TESTIMONIA L.—A densely-crowded meet ing was held ( n Friday, at Willis . ' Rooms, to carry out. the above object. Sir Roderick Murchison presided ; and Sir James Graham, with a number of gentlemen of eminence, were present. Resolutions were passed for erecting a statue to Lieutenant Bellot's memory at Greenwich Hos pital, and for investing the surplus of the subscriptions for the benefit of his family. The sub-committee were in structed to render the subscriptions general throughout the kingdom. Subscriptions exceeding £l,OOO were announced, the list including the names of several mem bers of the Cabinet. DISGRACEFUL PaosEcuTroy.—At Wakefield Quarter Sessions, last week, Isabella Heuland, head woman in the milliner's shop of Thomas Searle, was tried for having stolen a handful or two of " clippings," which she had given away to the assistants in the shop. She was in London. upon her master's business, when this serious offence was discovered, and a police-officer was sent from Wakefield to apprehend her ! The value of the goods was a mere nothing, and the chairman stopped the case as soon as the prosecutor had given his evidence, believing that there was no ease. The decision was received with applause by a crowded court. LUMLEY v. GYN.—The curious case of " Lumley v. Gye" is still pending, and will be tried at the sittings after the ensuing Michaelmas Term. It is an action against Mr. Gye for inducing Miss Johanna Wagner to break her al leged contract with Mr. Lumley, who lays his damages at £30,000. The principal witnesses, including Mis Wagner herself, being beyond the regular jurisdiction of the English courts, a commission has been issued to take their evidence at Berlin, where their examination will be con ducted by English counsel, through the medium of an in terpreter. Mr. Hayward, Q,,C., has been named sole com missioner, and will discharge the duties of a judge at a nisi prius trial. The commission was to be opened at Berlin on the '7th inst. CLERICAL VOTES.—At the late registrations for the city of Gloucester, objectuM was made by the liberals to the votes of the Very Rev. the Dean, and the Revs. Sir J. H. Seymour, Bart., Edward Binkes, and H. Wetherell, canons of the cathedral, on the score of their paying no rates. It appears that the dean and canons have been in the habit, from " time immemorial," of paying a " dona tion" of £lO annually in lien of the poor-rate, which is entered pre rata against their names in the parish book. The objectors contended this did not amount to being rated. This was the third or fourth occasion on which the same question has been raised ; and it was again deter mined by 'the revising barrister that the votes were valid, inasmuch as the parties objected to paid all rates de manded of them. • THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW FOB 1853 will be held, as usual, at the Baker-street Bazaar, Portman-square, London, and will commence on Tuesday, the 6th of De cember. The 'beasts are to be arranged in nineteen classes, according to their respective breeds, and for each of the four classes of the Devon, Hereford, and short-horn breeds, prizes to the amount of £l2O will be awarded ; to the Welsh, Scoteh, /mid Irish breeds, £l5 ; to other pure breeds, under certain restrictions, £2O ; and for cross or mixed breeds, £3O ; malting the total amount of sums to be paid in prizes for approved cattle £425. The prizes for sheep amount to £lB5, while £45 will be adjudged to the best pigs shown, thus making the total in money prizes amount to £655, with five gold and five silver medals. AFFECTING SCENE.—On Tuesday se'nnight the carate of St. Margaret's, Westminster, officiated in the morning, it being the festivalof St. Luke; whilst engaged in the service, his wife was seized with cholera, and died in the short space of thirty hours. On the following Sunday, the same gentleman preached a funeral sermon over the remains of his wife, and took his text from Ezekiel, xxiv., 15 to 19. " Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ' Son of man, behold I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke, yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run. Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and -eat not the bread of men.' So I spake unto the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died, and I did in the morning as I was commanded, and the people said unto me, ' Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so ?'" From this text he preached a most impressive sermon; there was scarcely a dry eye in the church, and the may. one who seemed perfectly unmoved was the preacher him self, such was the complete command which he possessed over the expression of Ins own feelings, necessarily acute. EXTRAORDINARY DECEPTION.--A man and his wife, named Airley, flax-spinners, were living at Garngad-hill, Glasgow, and also another family named M`Donald. The Airleys were childless, the wife being some years older than the husband, who was nevertheless very anxious to 'be blessed with a child. Some time ago Mrs. Airley quitted her flax-spinning, and set - herself to attend to her domestic arrangements, which included an occasional Application to sundry trifles of baby-linen—shadows of animportant coming event Which was to fulfil her hus band's wishes. On the, evening of Wednesday, Mrs. itirdley, who had been out all day, returned, accompanied byu midwife ; and when the husband came home from his work, "a thumping boy, with its eyes open, the picture of its -poor dear father," was put into `his arms. Meanwhile the 11`Donalds, who had been absent at work all day, returned in the evening, and found that their son, a boy of five weeks old, had suddenly disappeared. A female acquaintance had been loitering about the house all day, fondled the child, fed it with a spoon, and finally, in the dusk of the evening, disappeared with it. Immediately after an infant had been seen by two men lying under a hedge in field, but a woman came up, claimed it, and carried it off. The M`Donalds immediately applied to the authorities, by whose assistance the missing child was traced to the Airleys, and, while the happy husband was making merry with his neighbours over the birth of his supposed firstborn, 'the police-officers came in, accompanied by a medical man, who declared the young stranger to be at least five weeks old, and the birth a hoax. The child was therefore restored to its mother, and the pretended mother taken off to Dtison• The real mother of the child has been prostrated 011 a bed of sickness, in a state Ap proaching to raving madness, ever since her boy was first missed, raising terrific screams on any attempt to remove her child from her close embrace. A RELIGIOUS MssnicaNr.—Cambridge at this mo ment is full of vagrants of all sizes and all ages. Irish, Scotch, French, Swiss, German., and English to boot, are to be met with, levying contributions ou the charitable public, and every artifice is resorted to by the mendicants to evade the law. Amongst the most " gentlemanly" of these beggars is a Mr. Ross, who makes the following petition : The petition of Donald Boss, servant of God, unto the nobles in London. Your petitioner humbly showeth, asketh, and telleth the reward which shall be given at the last great day of judgment, That I went forth to France last past winter to preach and to teach the things which Christ the Son of God commanded his dis ciples to preach and to teach to all nations, having his word for my rule. I could not go through the course of learning in college perfectly, because I am poor, In France I was cast into prison on the last past Bth day of March, and brought out of prison on the last past 6th day of July, and leave was given me by the French Government to come to England; leave was rejected me to go forth from France to Spain, according to the command of Christ, because I am poor. Your petitioner humbly asketh your compassion on me, who am poor, and seeketh anything your compassion moveth you, nobles, to give me, which shall ever be remembered by me, and Christ the King shall remember it, when he shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him ; when he shall sit on the throne of his glory, the King shall say, ' Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' The reward shall be given, then is life eternal —St. Matthew, 26th chapter. Your humble petitioner shall ever pray. I am, Nobles in London, your humble servant, DONALD Rosa, Servant of God."—Other docu ments, equally "religious," were found upon Ross when he was apprehended. We trust that the really benevolent will not encourage these kind of impotors,—Catnbridge Chronick, Two WOMEN STABBED.--An American sailor, who gave his name Cocklin Jones, has been arrested at Bristol, charged with wounding two young women, named Mary Ann Dinghy and Mary Ann Sanders. The sufferers were conveyed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and the prisoner was shortly apprehended, and he stands remanded to await the result of his atrocious violence. PROPAGATION or SA.Latox.—The committee appointed by the salmon fishing proprietors of the Tay have already eommenced operations ; the spawning boxes and one pond have been commenced, and under the direction of Mr. Ramsbottom, who has had so much experience in this way in Ireland, a first effort will be made in the neighbourhood of Stormontfield, this season. —Perthshire Courier. DESTRUCTIVE STORM.-011 Thursday night a terrific storm visited Chelmsford and its neighbourhood. At the expiration of the first half hour it was thought its fury was expended, but after a short comparative cessation, the storm burst forth again with all its original force; the lowlands were inundated before many hours had elapsed ; and considerable loss has been sustained. THE EASTERN QUESTION.— A large meeting has been held at Nottingham to memorialise the Queen on our foreign policy. This assemblage passed only one resolu tion, viz., " That her Majesty would be pleased to com mand that all foreign communications should cease instantly, that a new Parliament should be summoned to inquire into the conduct of her Majesty's servants and the system on which foreign affairs were conducted, with a view to the rectification of abuse." A similar meeting has been held at Derby. THE ANNIE JANE.—The Barra correspondent of the Inverness Courier writes from Barra, the scene of the wreck of the Annie Jane :—" The shore is strewn with dead bodies, many having their limbs broken or dissevered. Among the corpses is that of a French Protestant minis ter of Montreal, M. tVernier ; and it is affecting to see three young missionaries who were with him, natives of Switzerland, shedding tears over his remains. A Captain Rose and his lady are also among the drowned; and near them lies the body of a little girl, well-dressed, her eyes still remaining open, and expressing the agonies of terror." MURDER OF A CHILD IN DERDYSHIRE.—On Tuesday morning a girl of about two years old, the illegitimate daughter of a woman named Martin, was drowned in a well, by its unnatural grandmother, in the village of Loscoe. From the evidence adduced at the inquest, it appeared that on the morning above named, Ann Martin, the grand mother, aged sixty, took the child out of the house in which she and it dwelt, and deliberately threw it into the well where it was drowned. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder," and the prisoner was committed for trial at the next Derby assizes. _ _ EXPLOSION OF A EIREWORK MANUFACTOEY.—A ter rible explosion took place, on Wednesday, at the work shops of Mr. Henniker, a gun-maker, at Chatham. He and his three sons had been engaged for some time past in preparing fireworks for the sth of November. Mrs. Henniker was leaving the workshop with a large quantity of squibs, when they became ignited, and the roof and one side of the workshop were blown away, and the furniture demolished. Mrs. Henniker was found fearfully burnt and scorched, and apparently dying. A son, aged four teen, was greatly injured by the explosion, and lies in a precarious state. The other sons, though much injured, are progressing favourably. ST. MARGARET'S, NEAR RICHMOND.—The beautiful estate on the banks of the Thames, a short distance from Richmond-bridge, comprising the noble mansion, built by Cubitt, from the designs of Mr. Vullamy, for the Earl of Kilmorey, and the picturesque park of seventy-five acres, has just been purchased for the Conservative Land Society. The estate has a magnificent river frontage, affording most picturesque and extensive views. It is immediately opposite Richmond Gardens, and is within a short distance of three stations on the South-western Railway. It is proposed to ensure, as far as poasible, the erection of first class houses, in order to render the purchase a real public imprbvement to this charming suburb. RECOVERY OP A WIPE THROUGH THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—A few days since a telegraphic message was received at the Strood station of the North Kent Railway, to the following effect :—" Please detain two ladies, the one short and the other tall, and a man very much marked with the small-pox." The parties were stated to be in a first-class carriage. In consequence of this communication, on the arrival of the train at Higham, the carriages were locked, and the parties were detained on their arrival at Strood. A message back to London brought down a gentleman, who claimed one of the ladies as his wife, who, it was said, had eloped with his managing man. After some parleying the lady joined her husband, and the parties departed in cabs, taking different directions.—Kentish Observer. ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.—The Chester and Holyhead steamer Cambria, which left Kingstown yesterday morn ing week, had a rough passage, and, when approaching Holyhead, a heavy sea struck the vessel, earr3in g away the starboard bubratlis, and the corresponding side of the saloon on deck, which was then occupied by several pas sengers. Several people were injured by this catastrophe ; one lady, a Mrs. Nugent, from Leamington, received a simple fracture on the right leg. Two servants of Mkjor Hart, 49th regiment, were also badly injured. Mr. D. J. Dinjam and Mr. J. W. Wilson, assistant-surgeon s , R.N., who were passengers, relinquished their jou rne y to London until night, in order to afford medical aid to the sufferers. DESPERATE ASSAULT UPON AN UNDERGRADUATE.— At the Cambridge Borough Police Court, 'on Wednesday, a man named John Willis, aged about 23, was charged with an assault upon Mr. P. J. Woodgate, of Queen's College. The prisoner is a denizen of a low locality, and has been several time before the magistrates for felony and assaults. From the evidence it appeared that the com plainant was walking round Parker s-piece on Tuesday evening, about half-past five, and was accosted by the pri soner just opposite the town gaol, a lad being in the com pany of the latter. Prisoner asked him to stand some beer, but he declined, and proceeded on his way. The two followed him down Regent-street, and, just after passing the Prineo Rkgpnt, the prisoner stepped up to him and dealt him a violent blow on the head which felled him to the ground insensible. When he recovered he found he had received a most severe contusion, which, from its desperate character, appeared far more likely to have resulted from a weapon than a fist only. In answer to the bench, the prosecutor said the prisoner did ask him for money, but denied that he threatened to expose him on refusal ; a female had previously accosted prosecutor, bat he repulsed her advances. The prisoner here asserted - that Mr. Woodgate threatened to give him "a poke on the head " if he did not go away, and that prosecutor actually struck him first ; but this Mr. Woodgate denied, as also that he promised to treat the prisoner at the Prince Regent. The Mayor, after some suitable observations on the atrocious nature of the assault and the character of the defence, sentenced the prisoner to pay a penalty of £5, or two months' hard labour, and, as he had no money, he was sent to gaol. There are a number of fellows, of a similar character to the prisoner, continually lurking round Parker's-pieee to entrap the unwary. SHOCKING MURDER NEAR WINDSOR.—On Tuesday night a murder, attended with circumstances of peculiar atrocity, was perpetrated at Burnham Abbey Farm, about four miles from Windsor, on the person of Mary Anne Sturgeon, a young woman, housekeeper to Mr. Goodwin, the occupier of the farm. That gentleman, returning home about half-past eleven at night, and letting himself into the house by a latch-key, found on the stairs, as he was proceeding to his room, a human tooth and a hair-pin. He likewise perceived a dense smoke, and a strong smell of burning, which seemed to proceed from the bed-room of the deceased. Calling for assistance, he entered the bed-room, and discovered the body of the unfortunate woman lying near the fire-place, with her legs on the hearth-rig ; on the legs and body of the deceased was a mass of fire still burning fiercely and consuming her re mains. On examining the body, it was found that both legs had been burned off close to the trunk, from which they were completely separated. The head and upper part of the body had not been touched by the fire, but they exhibited marks of great violence. One of the teeth had been knocked out, and had been, as already stated, found by Mr. Goodwin on the stairs. The head was in jured as if by blows from a heavy blunt instrument, and near it was a large pool of blood ; while on the floor of the apartment and on the hand-rail and stair there were also marks of blood, and from various appearances it was evident that deceased had been murdered down stairs, and that her body had - afterwards been carried up to her bed room,where the attempt to destroy it by burning had been made. To facilitate the destruction, a dressing table and some linen had been employed as fuel ; the fire bad burned through the floor of the chamber, and was consuming the joists -elkn it was discovered. Plunder appears to have been the object of the murderers, some valuable rings, a gold .pencil-case, and other articles, having been stolen from the bed-room of Mr. Goodwin. Circumstances at first seemed to throw suspicion on the groom of Mr. Good win, a man named Moses Altow, but the early steps of inquiry tended to remove that suspicion. THE LAST SESSION.—A summary of the attendance of members of the House of Commons during the past ses sion has just been published. The gentleman most punc tual in his attendance has been Mr. Duncan, member for Dundee, who has been absent from only 11 divisions, and present at 2.4.6-, on the other hand, Mr. Horsman has attended only one division. Colonel Gilpin, member for Beds., has been present at only two; Sir R. Lopes (North Devon) at only seven; T. B. Macaulay at only nine. The two members for Bodmin, Mr. Sawle and Dr. Michell, have been, after Mr. Duncan, most punctual in the home. The Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam, (Malton,) Colonel Powell, (Cardiganshire,) and Mr. Roebuck, have not attended any divisions. Of the Ministry, the two whippers-in, W. G. Hayter and the Hon. G. L. C. Berkeley, have been present at 224 and 222 divisions respectively, having both been surpassed in punctuality by Lord Alfred Hervey, who has attended 225, and the latter whip equalled by the Chan cellor of the uchy of Lancaster. The Earl of Mulgrave, an 'occasional whip, has been present at 207, while the secretary for Ireland has attended 221. The attendance of the other Ministers ranges as follows :—Mr. Jas. Wilson at 201 divisions : Mr. R. Lowe, 197 ; the Secretary-at-War, and the President of the Board of Trade, at 183 ; the Pre sident of the Poor-law Board, 175 ; the First Lord of the Admiralty, 171; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 170 : the Attorney-General, 169 ; the Hon. W. F. Cowper, 168: , the Chief Commissioner of the Public Works, 162 ; Lord Elcho and Mr. Monsell, 161 ; the Home Secretary, 160 ; Lord E. Bruce and the Hon. H. Fitzroy at 168 ; Mr. Frederick Peel, 168 ; the Judge-Advocate, 152 ; the Secre tary to the Admiralty, 147 ; Lord John Russell, 136; the Solicitor-General for Ireland, 134; the Solicitor-General, (Sir R. Bettie%) 131; the President of the India Board, 106 ; Mr. Sadleir, a member during only the last two months of the session, 54. Of the independent supporters of the Ministry, the most punctual has been Mr. H. W. Wickham, (Bradford,) who has attended 187 dirtsi°ns ; Sir R. H. Inglis has attended 84; Sir Thomas Acland, 83; and Mr. Goulburn, 32. Sir George Grey, the ed m 7 o 9. most pro minent of the Whigs not in office, The attendance of the chiefs of the much below that of the Ministers. Opposithiasonpatrteesnen an average attended Mr. SPITni stands first, 187 ; Mr. Frewen, 167 ; Napier ,l39 ; Stanley, 128 ; Lord Naas, 116; J. W. Henley, 110 ; Sir J. Peking ton, 107; Mr. Newdegate, 103; Sir J. Trollope, 101 ; S. H. Walpole, 91; B. Disraeli, 89 ; Lord J. Manners, 87 ; A. Stafford, 84 ; Colonel Sibthorp, 69; R. A. Christopher, 67; Sir Fitzroy Kelly, 61; Major Beresford, 60 ; Si r F . Thesiger and Mr. Loftus Wigram at 39. Of the Radicals, Mr. Wilkinson (member for Lambeth) has heen most punctual; he stands first, having attended one more division than Lord Alfred Hervey, after whom and the Treasury whips comes Sir George Goodman, (member for Leeds,) who has attended 2041 divisions. Mr. Brotherton has attended 161; Mr. Cobden only 110 ; Mr. Bright, 100; Mr. Hume, 97 ; Mr. H. Drummond, 86 • and Mr. Thomas Duncomln only 15. THE 2114Y0R AND MR. R. GLADSTONE. The following correspondence will explain itself : Union-court, 2d November, 1853. _ _ SIR,—In the course of the observations that fell from you in the Town Council, at the meeting on Monday last, I understood you to say that you had, on several occasions, been provoked to retort, but that you had been determined to bear in silence the remarks that had been made by me. You must be aware that it would have been in vain for me to attempt to reply to this statement at the moment; but .I am not aware, in fact I deny, that, on any occasion, I have made use of language inconsistent with the fair and legitimate rules of debate, or such as was unbecoming the appointment I hold as a representative of the people. You will oblige me, therefore, by informing me what it is you refer to, when I will take an opportunity of pointing out another error you committed, as well as the irrelevancy of your observations in so far as they relate to the real and main point at issue.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERTSON GLADSTONE. Samuel Holme, Esq., Mayor, &c., &c., Town-hall. Town-hall, Liverpool, Nov. 3, 1853. , SIR,—I n have neither time or inclination to enter into a correspondence on the subject to which your note refers. When I have vacated the position which I now hold, I shall be quite prepared in the Council-chamber to answer any questions you may be pleased to put, and to vindicate any opinions which I have ever utttered.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, SAMUEL HOL3IE. Robertson Gladstone, Esq. Union-court, 3rd November, 1853. Sin,—l have received your note of this day's date. In it you inform me that you have neither time nor inclina tion to enter into a correspondence on the subject to which my communication refers ; but that when you have vacated the position you hold, you will be quite prepared, in the Council-room, to answer any questions, or to vindicate any opinions you may have uttered. Permit me to remark, that inasmuch as neither time nor inclination were wanting, on your part, to make a statement, which I contend is an unfounded one, it appears to be not only your duty, but an act of justice towards the individual to whom that statement refers, that you should, whenever called upon, be prepared to verify it, at all sacrifices, either of time or convenience. You have no pretext for attempting to shelter yourself— you have no fair grounds on which to procrastinate until a season more convenient should arrive. A plain answer is required to a plain question; and, as the party con cerned, I cannot recognise any right or authority you may claim to defer answering, for a comparatively indefinite period, that which ought now to receive a prompt and decisive reply. But since silence is the course you have marked out for yourself, it will be for me to appeal to a competent tri bunal—the public—who, I cannot doubt, will be able to form a correct judgment between us, and to determine whether the only and proper inference to be drawn from your conduct is, or is not, that you have made a statement which you have no means of substantiating. Before I conclude, I will endeavour, though somewhat hurriedly, to redeem the promise I made in my first com munication, that I would take an opportunity of pointing out another error you had fallen into, as well as direct attention to the, irrelevancy of your observations, in so far as they relate to the real and main point at issue. In the course of your remarks at the Council meeting on Monday last, you said that when I was Mayor of Liverpool I had assisted in laying the foundation-stone of the Collegiate Institution, and on that occasion had in vited you to a dinner at the Town-hall. You are mis taken : I was rot Mayor of Liverpool when the foundation stone was laid ; but I was so when that institution was opened : and inasmuch as one of my brothers was spe cially invited to take a part in the ceremony, I did give a dinner at the Town-hall; and I would have done just the same thing for the Mechanics' Institution. But the case is altogether foreign to the point I brought before the notice of the Council : what took place, in re spect of the Collegiate Institution was within the pre cincts of the borough, where if anything was said or done that was wrong, it would of necessity be at once known, and a remedy be speedily applied ; but the objection I raised referred solely to your travelling beyond the pre cincts of the borough, to your visit to the Mayor of Lon don, without the knowledge or sanction of the Council, and where and when you, in the capacity of Mayor of Liverpool (and it was to be presumed, as representing the views of the Council), did discuss the subject of education, in what form or manner is immaterial—thus establishing a precedent which I believe to be dangerous to . the boat interests of the Corporation, and opposed tv the rights, in dependence, and freedom or the members of the Town Couneil.- I wo, Sir, your obedient servant, „ - ROBERTSON GLADSTONE. Samuel Holme, Esq., Mayor, &c., Sx., Town-hall. LIKERPOOL STEAM-BOAT PROPRIE TORS 4 THE PILOTS' COMMITTEE. Liverpool Steam-ship Association, 3, High-street, Liverpool, 14th October, 1863. Sin,--I am desired by the Liverpool Steam-ship Asso ciation to inform you that several members of the associa tion are now prepared to bring forward their masters and mates for examination by the Pilots' Committee, that they may have certificates granted to them, in pursuance of " The Pilotage Law Amendment Act, 1853," and to re quest that you will inform me, at your earliest conveni ence, at what time and place the Pilots' Committee will examine such masters and mates. I shall also be obliged to you to inform me of any regulations of the Pilots' Com mittee of which it is necessary that masters and mates applying to be examined should be informed.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, BEN. J. THOMSON. . D. Rowland, Esq., Secretary to the Pilots' Committee, Liverpool. Pilot-office, Liverpool, 26th October, 1853. SIB,—I am desired by the Liverpool-Pilots' Committee to inform you that they do not intend to grant any licenses to any persons who have not been apprenticed, and regularly brought up in the Liverpool pilot service, and are not meaning to continue in that service as their only pursuit ; and that, therefore, they have not made any regulations, nor do they intend to do so, for the ex amination of any masters or mates of steam vessels who might be willing to offer themselves for the purpose. In coming to this determination, the Liverpool Pilots' Committee have had singly in view the public interest, and an anxious desire for the protection of the vast amount of lives and property in charge of steam-vessels resorting to the port of Liverpool; and because they are satisfied that there are peculiarities connected with the pilot service of Liverpool which apply to no other place, so that it is not sufficient for a Liverpool pilot that a man should be a the oretical and a practical seaman, or be experienced in the pilotage of vessels in any other port, or even possess a ge neral knowledge of the coast and harbour of Liverpool, acquired from long experience in the coasting trade. All or any of these qualifications do not ensure the knowledge and aptitude essential in the Liverpool pilot, for the follow ing amongst other reasons : Because the approaches and entrances to the port of Liverpool are extremely difficult and intricate, and subject to continual and considerable change, and the requisite knowledge of such changes, for the purposes of safe navi gation, can only be kept up by uninterrupted and almost daily observation, as Capt. Evans, R.N., the conservator of the river, and Lieut. Lord, RN., the marine surveyor of the Liverpool Docks, have, in their printed reports, abun dantly demonstrated. That it is an essential part of the education of a Liver pool pilot to acquire the knowledge of a large extent of coast ' • and before a pilot's license is granted to him, he is subjected to a strict examination in this respect, because in the way of his calling it may be necessary that the ship under his charge should run for shelter to the Isle of Man, to Beaumaris Bay, to Chester Water, and to Wyre Water, as far as the Pile of Foundry; and the knowledge of safe places to resort to, according to the point of the winds, can only be gained by such apprenticeship as the Liverpool pilots are compelled to undergo, and by the knowledge of currents and sandbanks, which can only be acquired by unremitting observation. That the bringing up and education of a pilot from early life, in a particular locality, where danger is to be apprehended to ships, and cargoes, and passengers; his being inured from a boy to all the hardships, trials, and difficulties of the stations, and the sense of personal res ponsibility under which he acts, and the conviction that he is constantly under the observation of an executive body, having great powers to punish any misconduct—all these circumstances give him a status which is eminently calculated to ensure sobriety, vigilance, and promptitude, on which the lives and property placed in his charge mainly depend. The position of a pilot is so essentially that of a middle man, between the shipowners and masters on the one hand, and the owners of cargo and the public on the other, that, as soon as a vessel receives him on board in his pilot ground, the authority of the master is superseded, and the responsibility of the owners is at an end. That this position of the pilot as the recognised public guardian of lives and property, at the mouths of ports and havens, should not be interfered with, except for the most cogent reasons, and only in deference to the public interest generally, and not of private interests of a particular branch of shipowners. That such is the necessity for skill, founded upon expe rience in navigating vessels through the channels during the winter season, that the Pilots' Committee formed a by-law twelve years ago, and which has been in operation ever since, restricting themselves, under any circumstances, from granting a first or second license to any one, though regularly brought up in the Liverpool pilot service, between the 25th of September and the 25th of March. And that the Liverpool pilotage authorities having, recently, mode avery a g e r c pilot age, which will take in council has been obtained to it, they conceive that the ea t atfte reduction u ti c i t e loconns in en th t e of ra h t e es r b o l f aj estyonly just ground of complaint by the Liverpool steam-ship ay with. Committee Pro F p o ri r e t t h o e rs s ebaansdboetehnerdornease az-sayt de cline to grant any license except, as above stated, to per sons duly apprenticed and brought up to the Liverpool pilot service, and inten din g to p rosecute i t as their only , am, Sir, your most obedient servant, DAVID ROWLAND , S ecretary. B. J. Thomson, Esq., Secretary to the Li ver p oo l St ea mship Owners Association, High-street. ALEXANDER MTLINTOCK, Esq., has been appointed by William Blundell, Esq., of Crosby-hall, near Liverpool, to the agency of his estates in the counties of Louth and Meath.—Drogheda Conservative.• TIIE ROYAL REGIMENT of Lancashire Militia Artillery has finished its tour of twenty-eight days' duty, and was inspected, on Friday week, by Colonel Brereton, R.HA,, when the manceuvring of the regiment in battalion, and the proficiency of the gunners in working the field and garrison guns, was such as to elicit the warmest commen dations. On the following day the regiment, with twn field guns, mtrched to the North Shore for ball practice, and proved, by th e nernraoy their fire, that the lessons given in the by square bad been carefully studied. The strength of the regiment, at the training, was about 380 present, with their guns ; the officers—Colonel-Com mandant Sir Duncan M`Dongall, K.S.T. ; Majors Atchi son and Bourne ; Captains Hall, (brevet -major,) Fyers, Crigan, Benton, Lediard, and Creagh ; Ist Lieutenants, Middleton, Milton, Furnivall, and Campbell ; Captair. and Adjutant, Campbell j surgeon, Ferguson, ALB, ; assistant burgeon, Belu.end. ABER CR 0.318 Y WARD. A LARGE party of gentlemen ; friends and supporters of Mr. R. C. Gardner, met on Tuesday evening last, at the Phcenix Inn, Mount-pleasant, to celebrate that gentle man's return, for the third time, as a Councillor for the ward. Richard Griffith, Esq., occupied the chair, and Mr. Hastings the vice-chair. The numerous company having partaken of the very substantial dinner provided, the cloth was drawn, and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts proposed and duly honoured, when the CHAIRMAN rose to propose the health of Mr. Gardner. In doing so, lie eulogised Mr. Gardner's past conduct in the Council, and remarked that the ward had honoured themselves, as well as Mr. Gardner, in re turning him again to the Council, and by so large a majority. lie then proceeded to give some information relative to Mr. Robertson Gladstone's former connexion with the ward, and stated that that gentleman was three or four times brought forward as the Conservative candi date, and at last succeeded in ousting his now bosom friend, Mr. Earle, from the representation. Mr. Gladstone was re-elected three years afterwards ; but, when his time of service had again expired (he having, in the meantime, given symptoms of those Radical changes of opinion which, from being a violent Tory, have led him to become a now more bigoted and intolerant Radical), Mr. Gardner was brought forward by the Conservatives to oppose Mr. Gladstone, and, after a very severe contest, Mr. Gardner was returned, though by but a small majority. This was six years since, and, in the meanwhile, Mr. Gardner's conduct in the council had met with such general approba tion, that, after three years' service, he was next re-elected without opposition. This year, however, emboldened, it is supposed, by their success in the previous November, Mr. Gardner's opponents (or rather Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Earle, who claim, forsooth, the right to dictate to them, and to choose representatives for the ward) deter mined to bring forward a candidate to oppose him, and, after a due and proper time spent in the selection and se curing the approbation of the gentlemen before-named, Mr. J. Houghton Braucker was at length brought for ward. The result of that day's proceedings, however, would prove to those gentlemen that their pretended in fluence was but ill-founded. The Chairman again referred to Mr. Gardner's conduct, and congratulated him on the unexampled success of the day's polling, and concluded by proposing his health, which was drunk with enthusiaism by the company. Mr. GARDNER, in returning thanks, entered at some length into an explanation of his paSt conduct, and re ferred particularly to the Rivington Pike scheme, to which, he said, he had always been opposed, and was just as much so now ; and, in conclusion tendered his acknowledgments to his friends for the assistance they had rendered him that day. The VICE-CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Chairman, in very complimentary terms, and that gentle man having replied, Mr. GARDNER proposed the health of the Officers and Committee of the ward Conservative As sociation, which was replied to by Mr. CHRISTIAN. The next toast was the 'health of the Alderman and Conserva tive Councillors of the ward, which was proposed by the CHAIRMAN and drunk with all the honours. The SECRETARY here read a letter from Mr. Councillor Neil, congratulating Mr. Gardner on his return, and apolo gising for his absence. The following is an extract from the letter:—" Winter is coming on, and war and pestilence may not be far off; many of our poor householders in this ward may ere winter is over have a fireless hearth. I know the suggestion will be enough, and that you will propose some arrangement by which many a cold hearth (and what is so desolate?) may be warmed up on Christmas-day. I therefore would suggest that, in proof of our gratification at the splendid result of this day, we create a fund to warm up the hearths of those poor householders in the ward who require such help on Christmas-day ; and if you will appoint a treasurer I will hand him £lO to morrow morning." The reading of this paragraph was received with loud cheers. _ _ Mr. QARDNEI then rose to respond to the toast, and in doing so returned thanks on behalf of the alderman, Mr. Mr. Neill, and himself, for the honour done to them ; and, with reference to Mr. Neill's letter, he cordially concurred in the sentiments of that gentleman, and should be happy to put another £lO at the disposal of the committee. Numerous other toasts were drunk during the evening, among which was " The Lancashire Witches," coupled with the name of Mrs. Gardner, which was proposed in a humorous speech by Mr. CgRISTIAN, and responded to in the same way by Mr. JOIIN GARDNER. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE CORPORATION. AT the Police-court, on Saturday, Joseph Rowson, brick contractor, and William Clark, clerk of the works at the New Gaol at Walton, remanded from the previous week for an alleged conspiracy to defraud the Corporation of the sum of £1,400, were again brought up for examination. Mr. Snowball appeared for Rowson, and Mr. Bretherton, in place of Mr. Bremner, for Clark, and Mr. Simon for the Corporation. _ _ The first witness called was Thomas Kitchen, broker, Manchester. In 1851, I worked at the Walton Gaol as a brickmaker for Mr. Rowson. I worked to the end of the season. I was paid ss. 7d. a thousand for the bricks I made. I worked at No. 3 stool, and kept assistants, whom I paid. I counted the bricks over roughly each day, and accurately on Friday night. Mr. Harper, Mr. Rowson's clerk, used to come sometimes on Friday and sometimes on Saturday to count the bricks, and we compared onr reckonings together. We generally agreed, and he made an entry in a book belonging to me. When I went - to him on' Saturday for payment, I took that book. The book produced is mine, and the entries are in Mr. Harper's handwriting. From that book there appears to be 560,000 made. The entries were correctly made once a week by Mr. Harper. I know Mr. Clark, the surveyor of the works, who visited them frequently. Ile used sometimes to look over the stools. Altogether I hate worked for Mr. Rowson seven summers, including that of 1851. I cannot say if he would be able to judge tolerably well of the number of bricks made, for some days a man might only make 5,000, and some days 7,000, and the " flats ' are not always the same length and breadth. Samuel Ingham, brickmaker, was engaged at Walton Gaol, by Mr. Rowson, in the season of 1851, and worked at No. 6 stool. I worked the whole season, and was paid ss. 10d. a thousand for the bricks I made. I paid my own assistants. I daily counted the bricks I made. On Friday Mr. Harper came and counted the bricks, and our accounts generally agreed whenever we compared them. He used to make an entry in a book of his own. On. Saturday, when I went for payment, he entered them in my book, and called out the numbers. Rowson was I I generally present, and on Harper's calling out the number I was generally paid by Rowson. At the end of the season I added up the number of bricks entered in my book. In the month of February, 1852, I was still working for Rowson. I sent my book to him to have the amount of my work entered. I have not got my book since, though I have asked for it. In the season 0f.1851 I made 575,000 bricks. At the end of the season Mr. Clark asked me how many bricks I had made. I told him 575,000 also. I used sometimes to see Clark in the field with Rowson. They now and then went to the different stools. It was very seldom that I saw Clark and Harper together. William Harrison, brickmaker, in the year 1851 worked for Mr. Rowson, for thirteen weeks, at the New Gaol, at Walton, at No. 1 stool, from April to July. I counted my bricks daily, and every Friday Mr. Harper used to count the bricks. The rest of the evidence was in almost every respect similar to that of the preceding witnesses. Mr. Tweedie, chief clerk at the Treasurer's-office, Town hall, said : I have heard the evidence given this morning as to the number of bricks made and the account paid for them. I have also examined the book produced, as fur nished by Clark to Mr. Weightman, the borough surveyor, and on those materials I have made a calculation of the number of bricks made, and the amounts paid, in a docu ment I hold in my hand. I make the number of bricks overcharged to be 1,196,680. This number does not in clude No. 9 stool. The total number overcharged, includ ing No. 9 stool, will be 1,643,145, the amount for Ne. 9 stool being 416,565. The amount in money overcharged, including that stool, is £1,378 is. lid. The amount over charged for the 9th stool is £334 18s. 6d. In making that charge stool No. Bis omitted. I have made the calcula tion for the 1,2, 3,4, and 7 stools at 15s. per 1,000, the lowest charge the bricks are made for. On the sth and 6th, the charge is made at the rate of 255. per 1,000. The actual charges made by Mr. Rowson for No. 5 and 6 stools were 245. and 275. 6d. a thousand, and on the others 15s. After some objections by the legal advisers of the pri soners, The'llworsTEATEs decided that both prisoners should be committed for trial at the next assizes. Mr. Suaoif then requested to call a further - witness, which was objected to by Mr. Bretherton ; but the bench decided that Inspector Kehoe, the witness in question, should be examined. He said: I am detective officer in this borough. I ar rested the prisoners. I took Clark in Oswestry ; I arrested him at night, when he appeared to have some drink. He asked me to tell him the charge, and I did so. In the morning he asked me again, and I told him the charge- I told him he was charged with conspiring with Rowson to defraud the Corporation of £1,727 145. 9d, by returning nealy 2,000,000 of bricks which had never been made, and, that for so doing, he was to receive, so it was said, £l5O for his share from Rowson. He said, " I know nothing about the bricks, I depended upon Harper's return, I must admit it was very gross negligence on my part to do so. I have on several occasions, three or four times, received £5 and £lO from Rowson, but it was to pay off debts due by me, and I gave him my I 0 IL" I said to Clark, it is also said that you returned a ninth stool, which was not on the ground. He said there was a jobbing stool or two during the summer. He then went on to state that "as it is come to this, it will go further." Cross-examined by Mr. Simoiir : I have made diligent search for Harper. I have had two men as well as myself to look for him, but have been unable to discover him. Mr. &mow then stated that offers of money had been made to some of the witnesses, not to appear against the prisoners, and he wished the bench to warn the witnesses that if they took money, it would make the case against Rowson stronger. After a discussion between the different legal gentle men about the amount of bail, Rowson was bound in him self in £l,OOO, and two sureties of £5OO. Clark, himself in £6OO, and two sureties of £250, to appear for trial at the assizes. ARCHITECTURAL AND AucirsoLooroAn SocrE'rr lld . e --i The usual fortnightly mee ting of this society w as in the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, on Wednesday, Mr. Verelst, president of the association, in the ch a i r. Mr. Picton read a paper on the suhieet of Birkenhead Priory, which he showed to hav e been foun ded in 1160. . photo graphy, tilhieencoduenliveereofda lec ture on of thesubtjhe:tprocesof which he explained preparing the paper, and t he different descriptions of cameras employed in the art. The lecture was ill ustrated gsli by various specimens taken both by daffy and ght, and a series of photographic pictures Ith Thebes, in 'Egypt, taken by a Frent • .„L" 11:411 fi l l ; , „ .Nl`Kinlay also exhibited and explained a , A , 4 5,`" 4 , --- "r 43 .4. 1 . of his own invention , which was adr e i re a f - o - rit , — ; h ru ilt ltZ). and convenience. The lecture gav e • c H o o n: v •e a rs rd a , tio m n r. on u th om e subject Peatire ; and Mr. Frank '''-i. 2' je:l iv do h i ftPh _! ers .ec njte etar th y t an po inte inted l'est ::::: ' , - ; \ t } many useful purposes to might be further applied, cz the art of photography .4,-. , $ .. ...: ..1 , !' t 1:41 1 7 4. . ;: - . _ _