The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1853 Mr. BEAN cg's WINE SALE.—One of the largest lots of first-class wines ever offered to the public in this town, will be brought to the hammer by Mr. Branch on Thurs day next. The whole, including a small lot of brandies, amounts to 1,195 dozens, and includes most of the cele brated vintages. JOHN THOMPSON, a baker, residing in No. 4 Court, Renshaw-street, was, on Thursday morning, found in his bed-room with his throat cut, and a razor lying on the floor near him. He had been drinking the whole of the preceding fortnight. EMIGRATION PROM LivinzPooL.—The number of emi grant ships which left the port of Liverpool during the mouth of November was 37, with a total number of 14,732 adults on board, being less by 3,570 than the previous month. This, however, affords no criterion as to the state of the trade, the Mums for the last three months of the year always exhibiting a material falling off. PROPOSED NEW DOCKS AT FLEETWOOD.—A few days ago a number of the directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company visited Fleetwood, with the view of seeing what facilities were afforded for in creasing dock accommodation. It is proposed to con struct new docks near the old terminus of the railway, and their formation will be the means of reclaiming a further tract of land from the sea. THE CUSTOMS LocrEßS.—An official notice was re ceived on Wednesday at the Custom-house, stating that the claims of the Liverpool lockers had been granted; that iu future they would rank in the service as salaried officers, and be paid in a similar way to the same class of officers in London. We understand that this result is mainly owing to the energy and untiring perseverance of one of their own body, supported by the combined influence and assistance of T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P., and W. Brown, Esq., M.P. THE GRIZZLY BEAR.—The American ship Lampedo, just arrived from St. John's, N. 8., has brought to this country the largest bear ever exhibited in England. It was captured about twelve months ago in the valley of the Sacramento, whence he was shipped to San Francisco, thence to the isthmus across the Nicaragua route, and was the first passenger that ever crossed on wheels. He weighs upwards of 20001b5., and associated with him is a Californian boar and other rare animals of that country. THE SHOEMAKERS' EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. — On Wednesday a meeting of the assistants in shoe shops, at which several of the employers were also present, was convened at the Roebuck Inn, Queen's-square, for the purpose of forming a society, by which that object would be more speedily achieved. After passing various resolu tions bearing on the subject, an early closing society was formed, several of the proprietors present rendering their assistance, by contributions to carry out the object. A vote of thanks was passed to those masters who had com menced on Monday to close their shops at eight o'clock, and a general hope was expressed that the few masters who still refuseed to do so would soon see the error of their ways. SUICIDE AT THE QUEEN'S HOTEL.—On Tuesday morn ing James Smith, a native of Aberdeen, who had been in the service of the Cunard Company, committed suicide by taking a quantity of prussic acid, in his bed-room at the Queen's Hotel. On a slip of paper lying in the room, was written in pencil,—" The underneath will be understood; had more leniency been shown this would never have hap pened ; disgrace from sucti a quarter is insufferable." On the person of the deceased was found a letter, directed to his sister, Miss Smith, 34, Chapel-street, Aberdeen, in which he tells her that he had exposed himself to all sorts of bad weather in different climates ; that his constitution was breaking up; and to be cast adrift upon the world was insufferable. He added, " Before you get this, the hand that wrote it u-ill be cold in death:" At an inquest held on Tuesday, a verdict of self-destruction, whilst labouring under temporary insanity, was returned. [The deceased was mate of one of the steamers, but it is not true that lie had been discharged.] ST. HELEN:B WATERWORRS.—These works, which have been constructed by the town commissioners, are now fast approaching completion, and promise to give great satis faction. In a fortnight the whole of the pipes will, it is hoped, be laid down. The works, which are situate on Eccleston-hill, were commenced in November last year, and will cost 812,000. Eccleston-hill is on the estate of Samuel Taylor, Esq., and stands about 210 feet above the level of the town. .he water springs from the red sand stone, and has been tested by au eminent analytical che mist, who says, " I have analysed the sample of water sent me for that purpose, and find that it is quite free from iron, and it contains only very small quantities of sulphate and muriate of lime. It is, in fact, very pure water, containing much less foreign water than is gene rally found in water supplied to towns in this county." The water is pumped from the well by an engine of 47- horse power, with 36-inch cylinder, and is built upon the Cornish principle, by Robert Daglish, Esq., of St. Helen's. The probable quantity of water which can be raised per day is 1,000,000 gallons, and the reservoir, which is an extensive cave, will hold about 1,400,000 gallons, and the mains from the works are twelve inches in diameter. The water from the old reservoirs, a great portion of which is surface water, and the old mains, which have hitherto sup plied the town, will, for the future, be solaly reserved for the manufactories of the neighbourhood. SUDDEN DEATHS.—There were six inquests at the Coroner's Court on Wednesday, nearly all of which were cases of sudden deaths. On the body of Margaret Deane, aged 23, who was servant to Mr. Spencer, Bute-street. On , Tuesday morning she was washing clothes, with another woman ; they stopped about noon, and partook of bread • and cheese. She then rose to return to the washing, when she was taken suddenly ill, and died before assistance could be obtained. The cause of death was sanguineous apoplexy.—On the body of John Cooper, aged 44, who • lived at No. 6 Court, Cooper-street. He was at work on ; Sunday morning, hoisting wheat, when he suddenly fell down on the floor of the warehouse, and died almost hn mediately. He had burst one of his blood-vessels in the region of the heart.—On the body of James Bewley, who attempted to destroy himself by jumping into the river • from one of the ferry-boats, and was suffering under deli rium tremens, from the effects of which he died on Tues- , day.—On the body of James Dobson, aged 46, of 12, Richmond-row, who died on Tuesday night, from disease of the heart.—On the body of Bernard Dougherty, aged 33, who lodged at 5, William-street, out of Dale-street. He was a day-labourer, and on returning home on Tuesday he partook of a hearty tea. Afterwards, while sittity , in his chair, he died suddenly, without even a groan.—On the body of Mary Small, aged 5 years, who lived with her parents, at 12, Mansfield-street. About nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, she was putting a bit of chip on the fire, when her pinafore ignited, and she died the next morning. LORD STANLEY AR PRESCOT.—On. Thursday, a meeting was held at the Town-hall, at Prescot, to devise means of establishing a public library. The announcement that Lord Stanley was to take the chair appeared to give in creased interest to the proceedings, and the hall was com pletely filled. Lord Stanley confined his observations to the subject of the library. He spoke of the success of the various public libraries established, and said that there were now 700 or 800 mechanics' institutions throughout the various towns of England, all of which had libraries, larger or smaller, attached to them. Prescot, he added, with a population of 7,000, should not be behind-hand with the rest of the world in that respect. £4OO had been fixed as the amount which would be requisite at first, and £3BO had already been subscribed, with which it was proposed to purchase at once fifteen hundred to two thousand standard works. Then a sum of about £4O would be required for expenses, and subscriptions had been guaranteed to that amount. He should have been glad if they could have made the library perfectly free, but it would be necessary to its efficiency to make a pay ment of 4s. or ss. a year a necessary qualification.—The Rev. T. W. Sampson, the vicar, then addressed the meet ing, dwelling on the benefits of reading. He then an nounced the various donations promised, amongst which were the Earl of Derby, £100; Lord Stanley, £100; Sir Thomas Birch, Bart., £bo; Richard Willis; Esq., £5O; and the Rev. T. W. Sampson, Rev. 5. S. R. Evans, J. Birchall, of King's College, Cambridge, £lO each.—On the motion of Mr. Wm. Pilkington, seconded by Mr. Ward, a vote of thanks was passed to Lord Stanley ; and this terminated the proceedings. Docx COMMITTER.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair. A conversation took place as to the wages paid to the street-sweepers in the employ of the Dock Trust. The Chairman stated that the men were paid at the rate of 2s. 6d. a day. Mr. Langsdale said that the men employed to perform similar work for the Health Committee were only paid ls. 6d. formerly, but now ls. Bd.; some of them were, however, very old men, and perhaps not so efficient as others that might be obtained. It was agreed that the matter should be referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee.—The Committee of the Marine Department recommended the appointment of William Barrow as clerk in the office of the harbour master at a salary of £BO per annum, in place of James Williams, resigned.—A recommendation to ap point a scale-beam maker to adjust the beams, &c., used in connexion with the Dock Trust was agreed to.—The Secretary read a communication from a number of the principal shipowners and agents engaged in the foreign steam trade at this port, submitting to the consideration of the Dock Trust the inconvenience and loss they sus tained by the detention of their vessels on arrival in port, arising from the want of greater accommodation at the lock-up sheds. There were 26 screw steamers at the Nelson-dock employed in the foreign trade, which were making not less than four, and some of them 16 voyages within the last eleven months, showing an aggregate amount of registered tonnage of 46,300, on which dock dues had been paid. They all discharged at the Nelson dock, and there were only four lock-up sheds for their accommodation. Ultimately the matter was referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee.—The Chairman called attention to a resolution of the Finance Committee of the Town Council relative to landing-stage accommodation for sea-going steamers. An application had been made to the Dock Committee to know what extent of space at the boundary wall of the Princes's-dock would be given, in order to afford access to the proposed landing-stage. The Chairman further stated, in explanation, that he, together with the deputy-chairman and Mr. Lockett, had two con ferences with the Finance Committee on the subject. They met Sir William Cubitt, who proposed an improved plan of landing-stage for channel and sea-going steamers, to have two decks, of the length of 1,000 feet. The ex pense was £130,000 at the lowest estimate, about £140,000 taking the average, but it might reach £150,000. Before going into it, however, it was necessary to ascertain where they should put it, in order that convenient access might be had to it. It was quite clear the present width of the Prince's-parade would not afford sufficient access, the width of the pier being only 30 feet. The plan proposed in committee was to throw back the - wall 15 feet, which would then leave an approach 45 feet wide, and would give good and efficient accommodation. Less than that would not do. If the wall were thrown back 15 feet, there would then be left a space of 35 feet between the wall and the back of the transit sheds. The stage was being erected at the expense of the corporation, and would be for the benefit of the estate, as all the vessels that came there paid dues : it was not like the present stage, from which the dock trust derived no advantage. They would derive benefit by the accommodation given to the coasting and channel trade of the port.—A long con versation ensued, after which the subject was referred to the Committee of Works.—The Chairman stated that an application had been received from Mr. Pennington, receiver of rents, &c., under the dock trust, for an increase of salary, from £l2O to £l5O per annum. He also stat• c d tIY that the Finance Committee were favourable to it. ft e r some discussion the recommendation to grant the ' reuse to Mr. Pennington was agreed to. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. la ta I ' l 4 t a7 uD GEs partook of the civic hospitality so libe -1 k th e ir' e nsed by the Mayor, John Buck Lloyd, Esq., Gsoewn-hall, on Wednesday. the I °R ATKINSON, Esca, of the Inner Temple, and of leaerthern circuit, has been appointed one of Her strs sergeants-at-law. ta c lZ E rll ROLLS, ESQ., Inspector-General at this port, itaaam promoted to the office of Surveyor-General of Her 's Customs, London. 1 . 1114 1 7,E 1 CALLAGHAN, a widow, residing in R- u m r v s a d l o t "Ei g h t , ark, commenced vomiting blood on a4ncl, before medical assistance could be procured, 4 l' lrttit BOY, residing in Hygeia-street, on Monday er aoo tk was frightfully burned by the explosion o . f a b 3, ;aster of gunpowder which he had, in play, ignited 8 4/ll gt'ete mach. ratatt ACCIDENT.—On Sunday night week a child taa'al ia ed in Manchester, by having fallen from the bed in Iletale was placed, and between a set of drawers, by which 11 0 , * ' e creature hung on its chin until it died. ataa a a t t MEasEr YACHT CLUB.—On Tuesday several fat abeta met at the club-rooms, Duke-street, but there was aesafficient number present to constitute a meeting, tatscsae candidat es for membership stand over until the ,a a rti t , °nth ara -C 'TTE ROBBERY. —On Monday night, Mr. Councillor al° l •th, of Manchester, was robbed of a purse containing titw If- sovereigns, in the Hyde-road,near Ardwick-green, ° Meta who nearly deprived him of sense by clawing a i r l eand the neck. to) CIT Y OF MANCHESTER, screw-steamer, Captain fe t 'arl Leitch, sailed on Wednesday, shortly after noon, ksahiladelphia, with a fair cargo, and fifty-three cabin la e t°S'ers. This is a much smaller number than these kr •essel s usually carry. a t nE Col:arca MEETING, on Wednesday, the Mayor 11141'9a -li-clerk, reviving a long-disused custom, appeared i t mar robes of office. We believe this arrangement will he a . ° ated on all occasions when the Council meet—at all p IS during th e present Mayoralty. k a i lle IN WHITECHA.P EL —On Tuesday evening a fire aa,discovered in the rea r of the premises of Messrs. at 'aer and Pinney, blind-manufacturers, Whitechapel. a•,liewitt, with the fire brigade and the West of Eng ata brigade, with their engine, were quickly on the spot, la speedily subdued the flames. hived PiLoTs' Commarram of this town have, it is said, ;aeived a communication from the marine department of hoard of Trade, requiring information with respect to . 1 , 1 '2 1 -attire of their objections to the chains of the journey.... L'i,l sll°tB , a statement of whose grievances , it appears, 7 sea Laid before the board. (a" oa Max —A deputation, consisting of Captain al and Mr. Jeffcott, arrived here from the Isle of Man, } f grace Orry steamer, on Wednesday, for the purpose ' lit r. a -ee di ' llg to London to make enquiry as to the desira %al af having a steamer built on the Thames for the azewavn Steam-packet Company. P a I I°VEMEN T OF THE DOCK REGULATING-OFFICE.— c i 4 aee for regulating the graving-docks is to be enlarged, ea tallettse of between £6O and £7O. The subject of Nar at gement was discussed at the meeting of the Ship *aael'3' Association, on Monday, and several members laa,,ef opinion th a t an a lt era ti on mere l y t o cos t £io i`a . aot be sufficient for the wants of the trade. le; i ll tf ISLE OF MAN Batfic.—On Wednesday the go- Ito:: and council granted Messrs. Dambell, Son, and Prot,,ll, on their giving in sufficient security on landed &Lay according to law, a banker's license for the issue ata a 7 of notes for circulation in the island. The bank is :a nll Under the style of " the Douglas and Isle of Man atilt 'I44T /llama Sun. E • FATAL ACCIDENT IN SOUTH JOHN-an:LEFT. ,N,!',,,lnierion with the above, the particuLars of which a ° fa r e d in last week's Standard, an inquest was held on na f ' s 3 a which was adjourned till Thursday Last. Several tyl; tairs. l e i s r h s a a v in * g examined , l bel i n iemr. relative to the accident H. P. Horner, and Mr. Ne a l ds gay ! : n e e viden n ce m as' to the condition of the pre 'atab after • h the jury returned a verdict, finding ktaa'e deceased persons " met with their deaths by the .441'8 IN ta falling of a wall." THE RIVER DURING FOGS.—A memorial to a:lat Com m itt ee has rece i ve d th ree h un d re d s i gna t ures ta, e4r aodside Ferr • and is still receiving more, request tae aat directions be. given to pilots bringing ships into Na n et, not to anchor during the prevailing fogs between ati",' and Seacom be Ferries, as, from the number of f s 'eatriers running, there is fearful danger of collision. I 'L'asa s° be hoped that the Pilot Committee and captains of kat will comply with a request so necessary to the Ito g°B so many. efa lllll3 ltlr IN TOXTETH-STREET.—On the sth of No kaaaala the house of Mr. Farrer, Toxteth-street, was ciao of property to the amount of £lO, chiefly con- Npre °f wearing a pp are l. A mongst the articles stolen alstaLaree top-coats, a s h aw l , a pa i r o f b oo t s, a s il ver aft "at, a gold pin, a meershaum pipe, and several maa articles. —At the Police-court, on Wednesday, a pan William Jones, and two women, Mabel Sorter and e or e , ll coly, were charged with committing the theft. las e and another officer of the detective force had b e i ll e . ,l them after hearing of the robbery. On Jones aria apprehended, he was found wearing the boots ?la ef the coats, and the silver snuff=box and gold se a a e ,!'e also concealed on his per s on. The shawl• or sf th e w as found o n th e woman S orter, an d th e res t 3treei-,D4 Der tY was discovered a t ' a ce ll ar, N o. 13 , laa:ait far e te the prisoners reside. They were committed „ WEsr N an at the w G UARDIANS.—fir. Harrison presided aerab ee „ eetino. a on Wednesday, and the other aa _ars present were Mess rs Ai ms H e yes, G. Harri tta alomitfield, at'Gee, Abrati a hoskell, Tattersall, ar s a f all, Carter, Pilkington Lunt aledealf, Jeffries, th e r4ll s, Craig, and Shaw. n n n uinber of paupers in atrcw_sorkliouse was stated to be 667, against 721 in the 1 4 Mnding week last year. The bah in the hands N 4 treasurer was stated to be Z 1,209 12s 9d. The 41 A °ntil lY statements from the rate collectors iyere byl th,, complaint having been made to the Guardians blea t " ansPector of Schools against the present manage *ikesaf the workhouse schools, it was resolved that the should be referred to the Visiting Committee, wa, ins tructions to report them to the board. Notice k aaa 4iv en by Mr. Kirkus that he would, at the next ho hove move that an organ be provided for the work -1141.41aPel f and by Mr. Reyes, that an advertis . erne . nt aa issued for a vaccinating surgeon in the vicinity ,Ta ir El a b a y,„ or Aintree. a. Esv MERCHANTS' DINING-ROOMS.—The new `'cu p as well as commodiously fitted-up premises, sir by Mr. Feeny, in Castle-street, were opened for dryfs Yesterday. In making the arrangements neces- V l ' conducting an establishment of such importance o ua - f l 2 ° l llfort of a large portion of the commercial com e ataaaxtens i ive experience and good tase could suggest to : 11, 1 aa ' the convenience and accommodation of his friends •latt h 7torners. The fitting-up of the various suites of ata 'eats is ele t and tastefulculinary arrange a % are air • unique and beautiful. OnWednesday and during k ka , oiat'elt,,,the rooms were visited by crowds of gentlemen, aa a &C., from Change,i nc luding T. Littledale, Mr. t a,„ailey-Moore, Mr. Eyre Evans, Mr. John Stewart, 1 1 1 1 , a aa• Horsfall, Chapman, Mr. m H aha b r__. Daniel Campbell, Mr. G. W , . r .aloss, H. a a of 4 ,a11 - r. M. Gregson, Mr. Duncan al iccar, &c., &c., .aalla v nolli highly complimented Mr. Feeny upon the l 4 l,k kb ee nee and completeness of his new establishment. i ti !et C r aaft FESTIVITIES.--Yesterday week, the usually ( aka alfilet of Culcheth was the scene of great rejoicing. N7 )1 10 41 S tandish Standish, Esq., of Duxbuu-park, near a 4, th is c ounty, and of Cocken-hall, Durham, 4 11. 1 41: 411 11er to his tenantry upo . n Patforlong Estate, a l ai, a elahorse Inn, on the occasion of the . maryiage of ia ta a (a ). at a, Ish, to John George Tollemache Sinclair, Esq., altf au z of Sir Geo. Sinclair, of Ullsha and Thurso Castle, ealalCa t N. 8., w hi c h took place a t Cocken-hall, on the ICU LN gr. Rawes, agent ta the estates, presided, but was a i 'teni the Chorley festival, being present . at Cocken l7 la aa g ng the eventful occasion of the nuptials. After , a,aleaaaa loyal t oas t s , th a t o f th e l ove ly b ri d e an d h a pp y kl a 4P, lll were drunk with enthusiasm, and the cheer- N at some minutes ; the health of their worthy C s ,M;aS also received with unbounded applause, as that of Mrs. Standish, William Standish Carr h a laca s ja tlsq., the heir to the estates, and the Misses aaao t aa• The meeting was kept up with the most aal l11 „ . 8 spirit until an advanced hour, when young tea aaa e jt, fully appreciating the treat they had receivad, OIC" I lg many a blessing upon the newly-martaed tea a 4 a nal their-liberal landlord. h a ths'atEa's CommissroarEns.—The monthly meeting te,,N a „ c ' ca lltnissioners was held on Wednesday, in the lgal2e t iara j • Present : Messrs. Sinclair, chairman, R. tlas •W. Glover, R. Moncrieff, H. Johnson, S 14t,triP, It. Penketh, R. Harrison, J. Marsh, and W. N s ,. It was resolved that Mr. Whittle be requested, a L 4 fialllence of Mr. Burrow's illness, to superintend the Ott 5. * the remainder of the main pipes for the new a l i qaT i a llPlY. Thal in all cases where notices of nuisances t ai et ae Nuisance Removal Act be received the clerk be I'l 4 t ile t ied to institute proceedings before the magistrates, tri: 4 t t,: )4 and reports having been made of such nuisances. a„nalers for the construction of sewers be advertised h c ataaaat 28 notices from two householders, complaining ,i t a•% ll aa c es in Green-bank district, having been received, Via • intention to inspect should be given to the 441katarties, and that Mr. Edge be ordered to inspect i, g 4 : i4 a . rePort thereof. The chairman reported the a a 61. Messrs. Moncrieff and Worsley in the place of Vie k and Webster. Resolved, that it be referred saffula committae to make a contract for the light aaa t h ale, town lamp's for the ensuing year, and every 4 141 - t ne year. That Mr. Moncrieff be appointed a af aa l ' a nf the paving committee, in the place of the late N h ' Ir • a Tenders 'were received from Mr. Mercer and I Vta aunhason, surveyors, for preparing an ordnance Nt,i t i me town, and Mr. Mercer's estimate being the pl e a re eelved the order on condition that the same et a`aa a 'au, on or before the 30th June next. ,ge 4,, I RS TRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided ts ul~jaa` la l meeting on Tuesday, when, in the course of a O t aa relative to the proceedings of the Cottage-rating tel e Plittee, Bradley stated that the accounts up 4,1 4 ; ..sth October were as follows:—Collected, 1853,. ,aaaaa c P.P to the same period last year, £5,412, showing laaataa'l favour of this year's collection of £l,lOl. If al t ald aall,?t,a satisfactory statement for the department, aaaae r s a" Kllow what could be. The Workhouse Com alla tiillerted that the admissions to the vagrant sheds ( hea ( Np a e Past week had been 309 males, 192 females, and Lai! a aro ; total, 567 The toatanumber of inmates in ' l l 4 k rel u s an e .tvas reported . to " be 2,011; and of these adt ta anslek cases, 63 being of fever and 50 of itch. 1 1 abaa aal ia Schools Committee reported that a com aa'a that brought brought ag a i ns t the bandmaster at the IN the 'f a " .h,e had withheld 103. which he had received doty 4 Pula i : la n - office, that he had taken two of the . boys le-house to drink, and that he had himself aaa re The committee had suspended him from rlta l a t farianunended his dismissal to the general board. fro la ' ti a appeared, had been returned to the Wora ate, retarlieaa schools, and the various teachers had . also t tl itta:claa rai aa After some conversation the proceedings as charge against the bandmaster to be at V' l gated, and it beina left to the tion of the t a lk lap a c 'rkho a e s f e C ramittee. to send the children . . again from ata aa tt waa the schools when necessity might arise. too °f ge rral from Mr. Browne, the Government I Cato asst s . i nals, and a recommendation agreed to, a t , e jai, at (-ants to the medical dispensers should be Sal '3l a 83111 7 of 12s. a weak, with lodging at the . ~_ '.,~_ THE T.TVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER LIBERAL EXCLUSIVENESS.—Yot a single Conservative has been placed on the finance. committee of the York corporation ! ! And Mr. Alderman Bowntree, very inno cently said, it was all right, as there was no party feeling in the council ! ! !—Yorkshire Gazette. SVEFOCATION.—A remarkable case occurred at Elsecar, near Barnsley, last week, a woman, her two children, and a lodger in the house, having been destroyed by the escape of fumes of cyanide of potassium into the house during the night time from an adjjicent blast furnace. THE O'CONNOE SWINDLE. —At the Lord Justices' Court, on Saturday, the official managers appointed to wind up the affairs of the National Land Company, were appointed to execute conveyances orthe several allotments of the O'Connerville estate at Ri&mansworth, in Hert fordshire, to the allottees, in the place and stead of Mr. F. O'Connor, who had been found a lunatic CAPTAIN WARNER, so well known for his invention of what was popularly termed the "long range," died sud denly last week, having been a day previously in the ap parent enjoyment of health. It appears that recently Captain Warner was very sanguine of coming to some arrangement with the Turkish Government for the use of his invention; and whether the excitement arising from this expectation had any connexiortwith his sudden death is not known. SHARPERS IN A RAILWAY The &c.—No fewer than six "schools" or gangs of London sharpers have been making the tour of Scotland this autumn, and playing at thimbles, cards, and other fraudulent games, to entrap the unwary, both in railway trains,. and at fairs, markets, and other places of public resort.. Their tricks are sup ported by great skill and address, and there is reason to believe that their visit has proved a very lucrative one.— Scotsman. DEATH PROM THE BITE OP A Rix.—An inquest was held on Friday, at Bristol, on the body of John Thomas Barry, aged six months. A fortnight ago the mother was awoke by the cries of the infant, and, on lighting a candle, she found that the child had been. bitten by a rat just under the right eye. There were marks remaining of the rat's claws and teeth, and also a great quantity of blood. The jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased died from injuries occasioned by the bite of a rat." ACCIDENT TO TWO BISHOPS.—th Friday, as the Bishop of Natal and Graham's Town were proceeding to Caddesdon Palace, to meet a party at the Bishop of Oxford's, the carriage was upset near Wheatley, and the right rev. brethren were extricated from their perilous situation by being helped out through the window, as the door could not be opened. Their lordships sustained no injury, and as the Bishop of Oxford's corriage, returning also from Oxford, reached the spot shortly after the accident, their lordships were enabled to proceed to their destination without much delay. Times INROADS ON Tiir BRNClL—During the last four years great changes have taken place among the judges of our Supreme Court. We believe that so many appointments to the bench have not occurred within so short a period since the commencement of the Court in 1552. No fewer than nine judges have taken their seats on the bench since the beginning of the year 1850, in place of the following seven members of the Court, viz., Lord President Boyle, Lords Jeffrey, Dundrennan, Mac kenzie, Moncreiff, Anderson, and Fullerton, who have been removed by death ; and two other judges, viz., Lords Medwyn and Cunninghame, who have resigned.—Scottish Record. Coax OF A PBERAGB.-A parliamentary return has been printed of the persons to whom, and for what ser vices, the sum of £420, charged in the civil contingencies for 1852, was Paid, and the names of the several persons receiving the same for the patent creating General Lord Fitzroy Somerset a baron of the United Kingdom. The Crown-office charges amounted to £390. 15s. 4d., and the authority for the same-is stated " ancient usage." Of that sum £150.25. went to the Stamp-office . ; £1.04. 6s. 10d. to the Royal Household. Some of the items are curious. The payment to the Lord Chancellor, Great Seal fee, is £2. 6s. Bd.; the Clerk of the Hanaper has £24. 13s. 4d. ; the deputy, £l. ls. ; the Lord Chancellor's pursebearer £5. ss. ; the porter to the Great Seal, £l. ls.; gentlemen to ditto, £0 ; sealer, £l. 2s. 6d. ; deputy ditto, 10s. qd. ; Chaffwax, - R.l. 2s. 6d. ; deputy ditto, 10s. 6d. ; principal Usher of Scotland, £6. 13s. 6d. ; Scotch heralds, £l6 ; English ditto, £36; Earl-Marshal, £5; Garter-King-at- Arms, £2O, and the gold emblazoned skin and boxes to hold the patent and seal . cost £9. The Patent-office charges amounted to £29. 18s. 6d. By the Attorney- General, £2O, for approving, settling, and signing the Queen's v. - arrant for her Majesty's signature, according to " ancient usage." By the Clerk of the Patents, to the Attorney-General, Al. 7s. 6d., by " ancient usage," and £l. 10s. stamp duty on warrant. By the engrossing-clerk, is., for engrossing the warrant and for parchment. In this manner £420 was expended in the creation of a Baron of the United Kingdom. BRISTOL POULTRY Snow.-The annual show of poultry for Bristol and the West of England in connexion with the Bristol Agricultural Association was held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, at the Great Western Railway terminus. The attendance each day was very large. The liberal premiums offered attracted exhibitors from all parts of the kingdom. Judging from the prices affixed to the pens, the rage for Cochin China fowls seems to be as great as ever. One pen of four birds was labelled £lOO, and several other pens wese respectively m alted £3O, £4O, and £5O. There was a good supply of turkeys, ducks, geese, &c. TRACT DISTRIBUTING.-On Tuesday, a deputation from the committee of the Society for Irish Church Mis sions to the Itomanists waited, by appointment, upon Viscount Palmerston, the Home Secretary, for the purpose of presenting the memorial of the society, praying for an inquiry into the circumstances which have lately taken place in Dublin in reference to the decision of Mr. Hugh O'Callaghan, the police magistrate, in the case of William Smith ; and also into the instructions given by Colonel Browne to the police inspectors in the matter of the placard exlabltetl In front of the society's office in Rutland-square. The members of the deputation were -viscount 'Alford, General Sir Peregrine Maitland, G.C,8., Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Admiral Hope, C. 8., Colonel Alexander, Mr. John Beckett, Rev. R. Rickersteth, Rev. E. Auriol, Rev. H. H. Beamish, Mr. John Bridges, Rev. C. J. Goodhart, Captain Kelly, Rev. Dr. Armstrong, Rev. Thos. Nolan, Rev. M. M. Preston, Rev. A. J. Ram, and the Rev. W. Marrable. The memorial was signed by the Duke of Manchester, presi dent of the society, and forty-five of the vice-presidents and members of the committee. The Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., introduced the deputation to his lordship, and the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth explained the circumstances under which Smith, for offering a handbill to Mr. O'Brennan, was ordered by Mr. O'Callaghan to enter into recognisances to be of good behaviour, and read the closing paragraph of the memorial, which was as follows : -" Your memorialists humbly pray that your lordship will institute an inquiry into the circumstances which have lately taken place in Dublin, in reference to the decision of Hugh O'Callaghan, Esq., the police magistrate, in the case of William Smith, for a constructive assault ; and also into the instructions given by Colonel Browne, commanding the metropolitan police of Dublin, to his inspectors, in the matter of the placards recently exhibited in front of the Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics in Rutland square. A conversation ensued, during the course of which Lord Palmerston observed :-" I think it is absurd to say that a man distributing things of that sort is com mitting, or likely to commit, a breach of the peace. The breach of the peace is committed by those who may be made angry by it, and who cannot keep their temper." Ultimately he was understood to say that he would inquire into it. Tlie deputation then withdreW. CADVRRTISRMENT.I DAYLIGHT REFLECTORS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Slll,—l sin instructed by M. AUBIN CHAPPUIS, the Proprietor of the Patent Reflector Factory, 10, St. Mary-axe, London, to request the insertion of the following statement, the greatest part of which has already appeared in several of the London and of the country newspapers, namely, Times, Daily News, Advertiser, Observer, Athemeum, Builder, 6.e. • Having performed this duty, I feel confident the Liverpool public will very soon detect on which side there is truth, right, and might.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, E. BENOIST, Manager of the Patent Reflector Branch Establishment, 6, Old Postoffice-place. Liverpool, 26th November, 1853. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE GO-AHEAD AGE.—The railroads of the United Kingdom are now carrying passengers at the rate of fifteen hundred million miles a-year--equal to eight times a-year to the sun and back again ! GREAT MORTALITY and consequent distress prevail in Ramsey. Scarlatina is carrying off the children, and English cholera many adults. A soup kitchen has been opened. BELGRA.VIA was, on Tuesday night, suddenly enveloped in darkness • to use the words of a cabman—" The lamps vas lit, and Ll at vunse they vent out like vinkin." No explanation is given of the awkward occurrence. THE CABINET, it is understood, is now busily em ployed in preparing its promised measure of Parliamentary Reform, and not even the pressing interests and harassing perplexities of foreign politics will prevent its being brought forward early in , the session.—Economist. A CORRESPONDENT of the Glasgow Free Press states that whilst Mr. Sheridan Knowles is lecturing and preach ing with great vehemence against. Popery, his son, Mr. Richard Brinsley Knowles, " a gentleman of high character and great attainments," has become a Roman Catholic. THE MASTER OF THE Roixs, on Friday, ordered the sum of £250,000 to be transferred to Mr. Mackinnon, M.P. and family ; and, also, that the additional sum of £60,000, and estates in Lancashire and Surrey, should be transferred in the same manner, on or 'before the first of May next. Isrumus OF DA.RIEN.—We understand the most gra tifying intelligence has been received respecting the pro gress about being made in perfecting Sir Charles Fox's plan for crossing the Isthmus of Darien. The English government is to lend the most ample assistance ; America has promised its entire co-operation ; and Sir Charles Fox is now in France, in fill expectation of obtaining the approval and patronage of the Emperor.—Mining Jourual. PRESERVATION OF STONE.—I think the publication of the following recipe for preventing frost from acting on newly-used Bath and Caen stone would be of service to the architect, builder, and operative. I have tried it four winters, and found it successful :—Take fresh burnt lime and mix it to the consistence of whitewash : to one gallon of this add one pint of common salt and a quarter of a pound of alum. This is to be used similar to whitewash, and is to be put on as soon as the lime is run, while it is yet warm, and is then to be dragged off in the spring. I have found this to answer well on blocks of stone fresh dug, which usually feel the effects of the weather first when they are equally exposed.—Correspondent of the Builder. DIE NAWAB OP SURAT.—Among the passengers by the . Ripon with the India and China mail, were several per sons belonging to the suite of the Nawab of Surat, who came from Bombay to Suez in the East India Company's steamer Ackbar, and, in order to shorten the sea voyage to England, proceeded from Alexandria to Trieste in the Austrian packet, accompanied by several of his friends and servants. The rest of the suite came home in the Ripon. Surat was the first place at which the Mogul Emperors allowed the English to establish a factory in India. The principalpersons in Surat were fire worshippers. The Nawab's servants were dressed in the picturesque costume of their country ; one of them spoke English fluently and grammatically. They cooked for themselves on board the Ripon. The only thing they would eat which had been touched by Christians was bread. They killed the fowls they ate, and cut the throats of the sheep which furnished flesh for their own table. The Nawab's object in visiting England is to prosecute some claim which he has on the British Government. PROPESSIONAL PERJURY. — A man fell down stairs and killed himself at Stow-on-the-Wold some time since, and a surgeon named John Mageniss gave the following evidence on the inquest :—" I was called in to the deceased at two o'clock in the morning of Thursday last, and found him dead, lying upon his back on the bed, dressed. The body was cold. There were no marks of violence. I knew deceased when in life, but never attended him profession ally. From my knowledge of him, the circumstances as detailed in evidence, and having seen him after death, in my opinion the cause of death was a disease of the heart, probably accelerated by the fall, and the state he was in." It subsequently transpired that this surgeon had not seen the man at all. The coroner remonstrated with him for volunteering such a false statement upon oath, but the surgeon replied that he had got his guinea for his evidence, and he meant to keep it. A warrant was then issued to apprehend him on a charge of perjury, and it was satisfactorily proved before the magistrates that he really had never seen the deceased. The defence set up was that he was drunk. He was committed for trial at the Gloucester assizes. THE WONDER OP THE AGE. — CASSELL ' S WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED PAPER, price One Penny, containing eight pages, the same dimensions as the " Illustrated London News." Number 1., though bearing date December 31, will be ready for delivery December 14. It will be pub lished thus early to afford the public an opportunity of purchasing what will be unhesitatingly confessed the greatest achievement in the history of cheap literature. Notwithstanding the low price at which this paper is pub lished, the first writers and artists will be engaged upon it. No. I. will contain "The Arctic Crusoe : a Tale of the Polar Seas," by Percy B. St. John ; with a splendid Engraving of Young Robinson and Stop in the Cave, from a Drawing by G. F. Gilbert—" Christmas and its Asso ciations," with two large characteristic Engravings by H. Linton, from designs by Kenny Meadows—" Joel Kirk ham's first Experience in the American Backwoods," by William Howitt —Portraits of Prince Menschikoff and Prince Paskewitsch, with brief Notices—" The Russian People," with engraved costumes of the various- orders — Engraving of the Turkish and Egyptian Fleets—ditto of the Sultan's State Barge—History and Curiosities of Almanacs, with Engraving—Chess, with engraved Prob lem—" HQW Young Newman was Cured of a Water cure''—bcientinc Miscellanies, &c. Orders for this re markable paper should be immediately given to any bookseller or newsvender. _ _ _ _ SUICIDE of A YOUNG FEMALE.—A melancholy and disastrous occurrence, calculated to give rise to most pain ful feelings, occurred on board the Laurel steamer, during the passage, on Friday night, from Glasgow to this port. From the account of the occurrence which has reached us, it appears that a person, who has attained some notoriety for keeping a house of an abandoned character in Queen street, engaged passages, from Glasgow, for six or seven unfortunate young females on the occasion referred to. During the course of the voyage the party indulged rather freely in wine, and their conductor, perhaps apprehending that some accident might occur, succeeded in inducing them all to retire for the night, with the exception of one of the females, named Elizabeth Nixon, belonging, it is said, to Holywood. She had been in the cabin saloon for some time, and in consequence, it would seem, of repeated requests that she should go to rest like her companions, she went on deck between eleven and twelve o'clock, while the vessel was off Ailsa Craig. She was followed on deck by the female who had the party in charge, and while the latter was requesting the intervention of an American gentleman, who was on deck, in order to induce her to go below, she suddenly caught hold of a portion of the rigging at that part of the vessel, and flung herself overboard into the sea. The vessel at the time was going at full speed, and all exertions to rescue the unfortunate creature, who thus met an untimely and premature end, were entirely fruitless.—Belfast Northern Whig. SECURITY FOR TILE WORKING-CLASSES.—lnstances are of almost every-day occurrence, by which the families of industrious artisans are plunged into deep and often irremediable distress, through the destruction of their little property by fire, occurring either in the factories where they work, or in their own dwellings, where they are much more exposed to risk from the carelessness of inmates or near neighbours. Hitherto the poor man has not had an opportunity of protecting himself against loss, by having recourse to Fire Assurance Societies, owing to the tables of risks not being calculated below a certain sum: so that a mechanic who might desire to insure his house hold furniture, or the tools employed by him in his trade, say to the amount of twenty or thirty pounds, could not do so without paying as much as his rich neighbour for insuring two or three hundred pounds. This is the true cause why the working-classes have not largely availed themselves of the benefits of fire assurance, so widely extended amongst the wealthy. We are gratified, there fore, to perceive, by a prospectus of a plan from the Athenaeum Fire Office, that the directors of that office have resolved to extend the advantages of fire assurance, so as to enable the poorest man to protect himself from loss by effecting a small insurance at an insignificant cost. Some idea may be formed of the inexpensiveness of the means of security, when we say that for a quarterly pay ment of sixpence (less than one halfpenny per week) an assurance may be effected with the Atheneum Fire Office for £3O, upon household furniture, or for a quarterly pay ment of one shilling the assurance will include a sum upon a workman's tools. We have great confidence in this plan, which, we doubt not, will be taken up eagerly by those classes for whose benefit it is designed, based as it is upon sound commercial principles, and a philanthropic regard for the protection of the working-classes.—Sunday Times. THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CATTLE SHOW in London commenced on Tuesday. It was only " less splendid" than that of last year, but in usefulness, and in an im proved character on points of real importance, a decided advance was discernible. The short-horns were the prin cipal features of the show, and carried off two gold medals competed for in the cattle classes. The attention of the visitors was early directed to one huge animal, which towered about two feet higher than all his neighbours—a five-and-a-half-year-old ox, bred by Sir Harry Verney from the stock of Mr. Hayter, of Linslade, near Leighton Buzzard. Much had been said beforehand of the extraor dinary qualities and symmetry of this animal, but it is fair to say that a comparison of his appearance with that of other animals in the exhibition did not bear out the praises. His proportions were on a colossal scale, it is true ; the ordinary specimens of the breed seemed quite dwarfed in his presence ; but, on the other hand, there was an absence of all those " points" which are so much desiderated by connoisseurs. Instead of the rotund, barrel-shaped farm, which is esteemed the perfection of good feeding, this animal presented ridges of bone, his skin being flabby about his loins, and there was an absence of symmetry which must have struck the most superficial observer. As might have been expected, no prize was awarded. A very different picture was presented in a red and white ox, exhi bited by Mr. Stratton, of Broad Hinton, near Swindon, Wiltshire, aged three years and nine months, to which was awarded the first short-horn prize and the gold medal, as the finest ox in the exhibition. It is remarkable that Mr. Stratton has also gained the first prize in the class of steers a year younger, and that last year he was equally successful in carrying off the gold medal, the first prize in the first, as well as the first prize in the second class of short-horns ; awl that the animals which gained the prizes in the two years were all by the same sire." The Devons made a fair appearance, but the Herefords were fewer in nuriber and deficient in quality. The muster of Scots were, unusually poor ; there were, however, some really excellent first crosses. Among the sheep, South downs clime first, the other pure breeds being scarcely up to the average. The pigs were as fat as usual ; Mr. John Coate, of Hammoon, and Prince Albert dividing the Pl' l Les. A show of roots by the Royal Dublin Society v ere especially noticed, as showing the luxuriant green crops produced by the fertile soil of the Emerald Isle. The collection was magnificent, embracing all the different varieties of mangold-wurzel, turnips of various kinds, sugar-beet, parsnips, white and red carrots, potat oes, . field onions, flax-seed, and several remarkable spec imens of field-cabbage. Some of these roots were. curte.3ities. in their way. THE PATENT REFLECTOR QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Si a.—lf my *country customers were in possession of those facts which are patent to my London connexion, I should rest satisfied with the publicity given to my letter of the sth instant, but for their sakes it is necessary to expose the equivocations of my opponent, and having done so, I shall take no further notice of anything which may emanate from him. Now "mark how a plain tale shall put him down 1. The name of Troupean's late agent is Emile Chappuis. 2. My name is Aubin Chappuis. 3. I do not even know Truupeau, nor have I ever owed him a farthing. 4. In January last I became the purchaser of the business, 10, St. Mary-axe, as We name affixed to the door, bills, &c., shows. 5. lam the sole manufacturer of reflectors residing thereat. Of these facts T roupean is as well aware as I am myself. _ Lastly, in vindication of my rights, I am bound to declare that I am the only manufacturer of the " MYRIASTRACTIC," OR PERFECT APPARATUS FOR THE DIFFUSION OF LIGHT, FREE FROM THE GLARE OF ALL OTHER REFLECTORS, AND IMPENETRABLE TO AIR OR WATER, FOR WHICH LETTERS PATENT WERE GRANTED 20TH APRIL, 1853, the Solicitor-General having set aside the opposition of the said Troupeau, the proprietor of a pretended patent. which is practically invalidated by the fact of his having sold to the public the very article forjbe preceding twelve months.—l am, gentlemen, yours respZet fully, AUBI N CHAPPUIS. London, 26th November, 1853. The very identical stories (I ought to say perversions of truth) have been hawked about London for the last twelve months, merely resulting in the defeat and confusion of the originator. In order to silence him once for all, I now chal lenge him as follows : I hereby pledge myself to pay M. Troupeau the sum of five hundred pounds. by check on mybankers, if he can succeed in obtaining an injunction to prevent my manufacturing the Daylight Reflectors. Further, I authorise my Liverpool manager, E. Benoist, to furnish his customers with a legal undertaking, whereby he will, in his name and mine, promise to refund any moneys paid him for reflectors, together with fifty times the value as damages, if the said Troupeau should at any time bring any action against them to enforce the removing of reflectors sup lied by me ; and, lastly, I will undertake to defend them in any such action whatsoever. PATENT REFLECTOR FACTORY, 10, ST. MARY AXE,. LONDON. AUBIN CHAPPUIS. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.—" FOr Upwards of nine years, (writes Mr. Thomas Province, of Winchmore Hill, Andalesex,) I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with head ache and indivstion ; but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief ; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other medi cine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add; that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it." In any case where an aperient medicine is required ' they need only be tried to be universally adopted. Sold by all medicine vendors. Price Is. lid. per box. S ee th e nam e of " Thomas Prout. 229, Strand, London," on the government stamp. f tCANCF.itOUS TUMOUR ON THE HEAD OF A PERSON 73 YEARS OLD.—Extract from a certificate, made by Mr. Al exa nder Ayson, dated Markland s , N.8.,'N0v., 18.51.—" I hereby certify that I was afflicted with a tumour on the head, which the faculty termed cancerous. and that I was in the Perth Infirmary for some time under most eminent medical men, but deriving no.benefit from their treatment. I left and was induced to try. Holloway's Ointment and Pills; after using them for short period the tttmour began to disperse, and lt is now perfectly cured, allllP:ughtalP 7e3 years of age." PROTESTA.YT REFOR - MATION SOCIETY._ WOREDIG MEN'S BRANCH. O Thnrsday evening a meeting - of 'the-above society was held.in the Toxteth-hall, Mill-street. The chair was occupied: by Captain Purnell. Having called upon Mr. Ware to open the proceedings with prayer; the Chairman made a few remarks upon the nature of the association, showing that its object was, not to war with individuals, but with principles ; not to injure the- victims but to destroy the Popish system itself,—and then.called upon Mr. J. Parsonage to move the following resolution: — "That the events of our own times and country bear con clusive testimony that the system of Papal power or the Romish religion remains unchanged in all those features which render it dangerous to civil and religious liberty." Before he spoke to the resolution, Mn Parsonage said he would explain the principles and object of the Reformation Society. " Its name," he observed, " is. significant, and carries our thoughts to the dark days-- of Bloody Mary, who, according to the undeniable testimony of the his torian Hume, put Cranmer, and Latimer,and Ridley, and many other excellent men to death for their Protestant principles. By Protestant principles- we simply mean those leading doctrines of the Gospel which • were disentombed and brought to light from the sepul chre in which Rome had buried them. Not to enumerate all, which would occupy much time, he had selected the following :—Man's total ruin by sin.; the efficacy of the Holy Spirit to quicken and convert his soul; man's acceptance, first and last, before God only through the merits of our Saviour Christ; the sanctifica tion of the believer ; the freeness and sovereignty of grace : these, and other kindred truths, constitute, in our judgment, the distinguishing doctrines of our never-to be-forgotten Reformation. To establish these principles, our English forefathers willingly shed their blood, rather than submit to Rome, because they could not surrender justification by faith alone, or admit of any but the one Mediator ; neither could they believe bread to be flesh, or wine to be blood ; they could not bow down to images, or speak of purgatory except as a pernicious delusion ; and they would not ascribe to a fallible man the unerring wisdom of the one living and true God. In this sense we are Protestants, and every upholder of scriptural truth will protest against Popish errors. and corruptions, which are as irreconcilable with the word of God as they are destructive of immortal souls. Our movement is based upon Holy Scripture, and in unison with the recorded sentiments of the Established Church ; for we conceive that the great religious principle of the Protestant Reformation is plainly stated in the sixth article of our Church. It is this : " Holy Scripture con taineth all things necessary to salvation ; so that whatso ever is not read therein nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man that it should be believed as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or neces sary to salvation." We hold that it is the right of every man to hold and exercise his private judgment upon Scrip ture, which is the only infallible rule of faith. Conse quently, we sympathise with our Roman Catholic fellow townsmen, who are under the dominion of a system which has ever been hostile to the word of God : they hate the light, their deeds and intentions being evil ! When Martin Luther, the great reformer, gave to the world his translation of the New Testament, the historian re marks, " The Reformation was thenceforward taken out of his hand, God showed himself, and man was seen as nothing !" And our confidence is not in man, but in the use of those weapons which are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. We are determined not to heed those who advise quietness, and counsel peace with Rome. No, though we love Romanists, yet we hate Romanism and detest it, and our cry, as we oppose Popish superstition and tyranny, shall ever be, No peace with Rome !" Some of our Protestant brethren fancy that Popery has changed, and say that she is not now in the 19th century what she was in the days of her Innocents and her Hildebrands. We doubt not their sincerity ; but we believe it to be a delusion, and we propose to use means calculated to expose this miserable deception, too successfully prac tised upon the credulous by the crafty advocates of Popery. Something in this direction is already accomplished at our North Institute, where weekly above 500 persons, chiefly men, are instructed in Protestant principles. We are about to form a Tract Distribution Society, to lend tracts on the idolatry, treason, immorality, absurdity, cruelty, and priestcraft of the Popish system ! In reference io ' the disloyalty of Popish priests, he read from Dr. Cahill's lecture on the Social Condition of Ireland the following extract :—" I perceive now there is no slander or articles against us in the Times. And do you know why ? Because Napoleon 111. stands at the head of 500,000 men. * * * * Austria has turned the Times newspaper out of her dominions ; the Queen of Spain has prohibited it also ; Bulwer was turned out at forty-eight hours' notice from Spain, in consequence of his interference with the Catholic worship. We have now seven Catholic thrones ; and when Leopold dies, his son, having married into a Ca tholic family, we may expect an eighth. So,as God is just, we may expect the triumph of the true faith!" He continued : Mark the language of this loyal priest. Now, Napoleon is still at the head of ins 500,000 Frenchmen, and yet the Times has written against Popery; and in last Friday's paper it represents the Roman Catholic Church as rampant rather than triumphant throughout the whole of southern Europe, and tells us that the Papal Government is exe crated by its own immediate subjects ; and that it needs but the first burst of war to shatter the system on its very I centre. Now, let us ask, where is the fear, on the part of the Times, of Napoleon, or his French soldiers ? But the Times says more :—" There is no stronger revolutionary element in the European system at the present time than the growing despotism of the Roman priesthood." Is it to succeed ? No. " Whether it will be chastened by the immediate action of the persons aggrieved, or whether it -.411 fall Lu pieces to LILC ptc;.,ru,c kyr A l eat, polltleal events, it is not for us to determine, but fall it will, and that ere long !" Where is Dr. Cahill's triumph of the true faith ? Allow me to ask, what are we to understand by Dr. Cahill's allusion to Napoleon's (3.0,000 men intimidating the Times? I believe it may be thus interpreted. Dr. Cahill hopes that - there will be a war between France and England, and that France will conquer England, so that his Church may have a chance of recovering her long lost supremacy in our beloved land. The priests of Rome are dangerous subjects, — and we cannot wonder at their sentiments when we call to mind the fact that their sworn fealty to the Pope must neces sarily destroy their allegiance to the Queen. Nay, more, it is their opinion that our Sovereign's title to the throne of England ought not only to be set aside, when an effort to that effect can be safely and successfully ventured on, but cannot be legally ratified by the coronation, inas much as that ceremony was wholly invalid, having been performed by a Protestant and heretical Prelate ! What can we expect from men of such principles ? And if you doubt that they hold such principles, hear the oaths taken by Jesuits on being admitted to that society. Mr. Parson age then read the oath taken by Jesuits, laying particular stress upon the following words—" he (the Pope) hath power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, common wealths, and governments, all being illegal without his sacred confirmation, and they may be safely destroyed." These are the men who put themselves forward as the advocates of liberality and philanthropy. Their charity is akin to that which Cardinal Bellarmine, in his standard work on Maynooth College, explains in the following significant language : " When heretics (Protes tants) are strong, they should be committed to God ; when weak to the executioner, because it is an act of kindness to obstinate heretics to take them out of this life, for the longer they live, the more errors they invent, the more men do they pervert, and the greater • damnation do they acquire unto themselves." And in Liverpool there are Romanists who are not quite divested of this sanguinary spirit of persecution—men who countenanced that shameless perverter of history, the vindicator of the diabolical and bloodthirsty cruelty of the infernal Inquisition ! Yes, our Roman Catholic townsmen heard, with delight and cheers, the following, among other statements, from Mr. Northcote " The inquisition made use of torture, as one of the judicial means of getting at truth ; and it is not to be denied that the inquisition did deliver heretics (Protestants) to the arm of the secular power, knowing that they would be put to death I" What can we think of men who presume to vindicate this seven-headed monster, which destroyed not less than fifteen millions of human beings ; who justify the massacre of the Albigenses, the most peaceful, industrious, and godly people on earth, who were persecuted, pillaged, burnt out, and murdered, simply on account of their religion ! When such men are applauded for falsifying history, and misrepresenting Protestantism, are we to be idle ? No ; we resolve, through Divine assistance, that our efforts will never cease until we convince every work ing man in Liverpool that Popery is essentially what it ever was ; that it inspires its votaries with a similar spirit to that which of old led to the murder of Cobham, and to despoiling the grave of Wickliffe, and which has been ready, in every age, with the fire and faggot, to put to death every one who dared to dissent from its tenets. Look at the priests in Ireland, who endanger the lives of harmless men by publicly denouncing them in their chapels. No wonder that the laity should drink in the same spirit, for, like priests like people ; therefore they cheer the advocate of torture and murder, even of the horrible Inquisition ! In speaking of such a system, we cannot use gentle terms. " Away with charity that soothes a lie, And thrusts the truth with scorn and anger by; Shame on the candour and the gracious smile, Bestowed on them that light the martyr's pile." Come then, Protestant townsmen, unite with us in our efforts. By the noble army of martyrs, by the sacred ashes of confessors, and by the scattered dust of a thousand witnesses for the truth, who died rather than crouch to Antichrist, be staunch in defence of the Protestant reli gion and the liberties of England.—(Great applause.) Mr. War. CLARKE seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. THOS. WORRALL (missionary) moved the second resolution, to the effect that "the meeting, being fully per suaded that Popery is the great apostacy, and contem plating the large amount of good which is likely to result from the operations of the Liverpool Working Men's Branch Reformation Society, in exposing the same, desire to give it its cordial support." Mr. Worrall referred to Scripture for proof that Rome is the seat of apostacy, that the Pope is Antichrist, and that the Church of Rome is apos ate. He then invited the working men to join the Reformation Society, and to bring Romanists to its meet ings, to defend the doctrines of their Church, from time to time ; but not to bring men like William George M`Ewan, but honest, sincere Romanists. To show them what he meant, he would read to the meeting the " Recantation of William George M`Ewan," written with the latter's own hands, and presented by him to the Rev. W. F. Taylor. Mr. Worrall then read as follows : " Having been led, by hasty and unfounded data, to re ceive the doctrine of Transubstantiation, and having had reason, from more mature judgment, to consider it as an imposition, and as a traffic in the souls of men, I consider it my duty to declare that I now abhor that Christ-killing doctrine ; and that I am sorry, to the bottom of my heart, that I should have ever lent myself to the support of such a soul-clestroytng dogma. I now beg, in the spirit of deep humiliation, to recant my former error, and to declare my conviction that the doctrine of Transubstantiation, as held by the' Church of Rome, is blasphemous in theory and idolatrous in practice. " I rev et that I should ever have connected myself with Deicides, who profess to adore their God, and then to eat him ! I wish to be reconciled to the Protestant Church of England, as a branch of the Catholic. Church of God. As part reparation of my error, I am willing to make this a public- statement.—Williern George ArEwan_, formerly master of St. Mary's school, Kirkdale." Mr.. NYPS44-14. SOMO few days after 11ir. . 7g,EwajA gave in this recantation, he (Mr. W.) was informed by his friend Mr. Bennett of very inconsistent conduct practised by this same professing • penitent. Consequently, he was not received into fellowship with the Church of England; and now this same recantation-writer is coming forward, with unblushing effrontery, to dispute about religious doc trine. He thought such a man's conduct should be ex posed ; therefore, he made these remarks. After stating that they feared no man; but did not like to encourage impostors, Mr. Worrall moved the second resolution. Mr. EATON seconded it, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. WARE moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which Mr. Grindrod seconded, and the meeting separated after singing the doxology. Several workin,;-men afterwards gave in their names as members. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. I A MONTHLY and special Council was held. on Wednes day, at the Town-hall, the Mayor, J. B. Lloyd, Esq., in the chair. MR. BRADLEY'S CASE. The MAYOR announced that the first business was to receive the report of the sub-committee appointed to in quire into the charges against Mr. Bradley. The report is as follows: — The special committee appointed by the Council on the 9th instant, "to inquire into the charges preferred against Mr. Edward Bradley, a member of the Council, relative to the course pursued by him at the•recent election for Vauxhall Ward, as to which it is alleged thathe unduly and improperly used his posit.on of a councillor and member of one of the committees of the Council„ to influences voter named Stop ford, as to giving his vote at such election ? and to report thereon,"—unanimously report to the Council, First,—That Mr. Bradley being a member of the Water Committee, and of the Financial Sub-Committee of that committee, became cognizant of the names of persons in ar rear for water-rates in the several Wards ; Secondly,—That a meeting of the Financial Committee of the Water Committee was held on the 21st ult., and attended by Mr. Bradley; and it was proved that he, at this meeting, made extracts from the list of persons so in arrear. and residing in Vauxhall Ward;. Thirdly,—That George Stopford, a voter in that Ward, was one of the persons included in the list of those in arrear for water-rents; and that Mr. Bradley did, when canvassing Stopford for his vote, at the recent municipal election, un duly and improperly use the knowledge of that fact which he had obtained as a member of the Water Committee, and of the financial Sub-Committee of that committee, for the purpose of inducing Stopford to vote for a particular candi date at that election. Your committee submit with this report a transcript of the shorthand-writer's notes of the evidence adduced, upon which, the committee observe only, that, witnesses having been called to disparage the character of Stopfor.l, other witnesses of undoubted character and re spectability were called in reply, all of whom, having known him for ninny years—speak of him as a sober, hard-working, well conducted man, and as one upon whose honesty and truthfulness every reliance n.ay be placed. J. Itaaatz.sir-Nloons, Chairman. Town-hall, Liverpool, 29th Nov., 1853. . , On the motion of Mr. S. liotmE, the report was adopted nem. con. A good deal of desultory conversation on the subject ensued, arising out of an attempt by Mr. Dover to be heard in defence of Mr. Bradley. It transpired that no farther steps would be taken against Mr. Bradley by the Council, but that his name would be omitted from all committees. Mr. Mann was appointed to the Church Expenditure Committoe, and Mr. Earle was elected a member of the Water Committee, and of the Literary and Museum Committee. 1 . /NANCE COMMITTEE.—The proceedings comprised a resolution of the magistrates recommending that the sala ries of two clerks in the office of the clerks to the magis trates be increased, namely, Mr. Jacob Walter, from £l3O to £l6O per annum, and the salary of Mr. Richard Ellis, from £llO to £l4O per annum, also, a recommendation that the sum of £l4O be paid out of the surplus income for the improvement of Cable-street.—Mr.HOENßT moved the confirmation of the proceedings, with the exception of the proposed increase in the salaries of two clerks in the office of the magistrates' clerks, which would stand over for consideration at the next meeting.—The proceedings were confirmed. • WATCH COMMITTEE.—In moving the adoption of these proceedings, Mr. TOBIN thanked those gentlemen who had interested themselves in raising subscriptions on behalf of the families of the two police-officers (Wheelan and Walsh) who had lost their lives in the public service. The amount contributed had been increased by Mr. Mans field, the stipendiary magistrate, who subscribed £2O, and a further contribution had heen made by the Steam-tug Company. The committee had ordered that one of the widows, who had two children, should receive 125., and the other, who had one child, 10s. per week. DOCK COMMITTER.—Mr. TURNER, in moving the con firmation of the reports, called the attention of the Finance Committee to the inconvenience caused to the channel steamers in consequence of the removal of the small land ing-stage from the Prince's-pier. He understood that it would only be temporary, but those connected with the channel steamers had applied to the Dock Committee for the use of the large L an d ing -sta g e for the purpose of landing the passengers. The Dock Committee expressed their regret that, in consequence of the accommodation required by the river steamers, it was impossible to pro vide the required facilities for the channel steamers at the large Landing-stage, without interfering with the river steamers.—Mr. HORNBY, chairman of the Finance Com mittee, stated that every exertion should be made to ex pedite the completion of the stage, and, if any temporary accommodation could be supplied, the Finance Committee would take care that it should be done.—With reference to the risk incurred in crossing the river, for the want of some protection in fog,— Mr. C. TURNER said the matter had not escaped the attention of the committee, but it was attended with extreme difficulty. As a proof that the Dock Committee were anxious to do everything in their Power, he might mention the fact that,including the interest of money, the Landing-stage Committee did not get one .a.rantage. The stage would cost from 4..,10(1 to £5,000 a year.— nie proceedings were confirmed. COURTS OF LAW CommirrEE--The proceedings stated that Mr. Cockerell, the architect employed at St. George's hall, had been authorised to procure transparencies for the windows, for the purpose of seeing the effect ; that he had submitted designs for the concert-room, which had been approved, along with a design for figures to be placed on the pillars at the entrance of the gallery ; that he had been authorised to employ Mr. Kelly, of London, to model model the enrichments for decoration ; and that lie had been empowered to alter the south end of the concert room, and to finish the east approaches.—The MAYOR suggested that, inasmuch as the workmen had now com menced laying the floor, and would immediately proceed with the erection of the organ, and 'as considerable noise would be made for the next few months, the Recorder (Gilbert Henderson, Esq.) had stated that he would hold the Quarter Sessions, between the present time and March, in the old Nisi Prius Court, near the Exchange. LUNCH FOR COUNCILLORS.—The MAYOR said he would take that opportunity of stating that, for the con venience of members of the council, he had directed that, from one to two o'clock, on the days the Council met, refreshment should be supplied in the ante-room. GAOL COMMITTEE.—The proceedings of the Gaol and House of Correction Committee comprised a recommenda tion to accept the tender of the representatives of the late Mrs. Aldersey, for supplying the gaol and bridewells with bread, oatmeal, and peas ; and of Mrs. Catherine Close for butcher's meat. The report stated that Mr. Jamieson, the Governor of the Gaol, had not yet given in his bond ; and it also contained a recommendation to take steps for procuring a reformatory hulk for juvenile convicts, and to request the co-operation of the Shipowners' Association in the attainment of the object. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMITTEE.—The minutes contained a description of the recent enlargements and improvements at the library, together with a recommen dation to appoint Mr. William Itoulston superintendent of the lending libraries, at a salary of £lOO per annum. Mr. PICTON, in moving the adoption of the proceedings, ex plained that the Roulston appointment must stand over, so far as the salary was concerned, according to standing orders. BATHS COHMITTEE.—An application for the use of the baths had been made on behalf of the Irish and German emigrants, and had been refused. Williamson, the keeper of the Pier-head Baths, had been reprimanded for intoxi cation. A discussion arose upon a resolution of the com mittee to expend the sum of £220 on the Pierhead Baths, chiefly in procuring new zinc linings for the baths, piping, &c. Ultimately the resolution was adopted. The Coroner's account, amounting to £7l 6s. ed., was allowed. A letter from the Chaplain of the Borough Gaol, request ing a revision of his stipend, which amounts, in all, to £3OO per annum, was referred to the Gaol and House of Correction Committee. A letter from the Committee appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, to make ar rangements for holding their next meeting in Liverpool, and requesting the Council to grant the use of St. George's hall for the occasion, was referred to the St. George's-hall Committee. A memorial from a number of waiters protesting against the practice of the servants engaged in the Town-hall hiring themselves out as public waiters was referred to the Town-hall Establishment Committee. This concluded the business, and the Council rose. DR. M'NEILE'S LECTURE AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. Ox Friday evening a lecture was delivered at the Col legiate Institution, by the Rev. Dr. 111`1%Teile. The subject was " The Jews and Judaism ;" and the lecture, which continued for two hours, was most attentively listened to by a large and intelligent audience. The Rev. lecturer began by an eloquent introduction, in which he gave a rapid but convincing outline of the value and importance of Christianity. He next adverted to the tendency of in quiry in the present age as being peculiarly disposed to build only on ascertained facts. Even there, however, much, he contended, must be taken for granted, other wise no conclusions could be made to follow ; thus, the astronomer reasons upon the ph enomena of gravitation, and if its fundamental principles be not admitted, the reasoning built upon them . must fall. So of other sciences. In the matter of which he intended to treat on the present occasion, he also should proceed upon recognized an d ascertained facts. He sho uld begin with the Jews, men women, and children ; all of th e m having their peculiar characteristics. In every country and in eve r y c li mate J e ws are to be met with, and in every place they exhibit t t r o a t v h el e le p rs la , ce so T oun ivl i tc g h f t o h r ey a are time, fonn an d d ; norav having c haracteristics of then: own.. They are not, as it were they like settled their affairs and accomplished their ission' about to return home. They have no home, and this peculiarity is found to be recorded of them in the history of every people and of every country. They may be said, in fact, to be practically in b on d age, and thi s bondage arises chiefly out . of their voluntary a tt ac h men t to the regula tions contained in the six hundred and thirteen precepts. The principal of these precepts, however, he should only allude to, and they were three in number. The first related to the use of phylacteries ; the second, to the im portance attached to fringes, or borders on the garment ; the third, to the indispensable veneration in which the sign on the door-post is held. He then entered into a minute description of the various peculiarities of each. Such matters, he admitted, might b e looked onas frivolous by some, but he looked on them :as having peculiar significance, and although they might in reality look like absurdities, they were not in any. degree more frivolous or absurd than many of the practices which were observed among Christian men. In illustration of this, he read a small hand-bill, issued by some one professing to unravel the mysteries of fo , ci and fortune by astrological rules, It was addressed to the community of Liverpool, and was issued, he said, in the year 1853. Such announcements ought to make them pause ere pas s i ng t oo rea dy an d sweeping a condemnation on the frivolities of the Jews— Another peculiarity which pointed out the Jews from all other people, was the protracted and bitter suffering tat which they have been exposed by Christians and religious professors of different denominations. Ou r own country had had a share in the guilt of this persecution, but ill the records of the Spanish Inquisition were to be read its bloodiest pages. Yet another peculiarity of the Jews, was their unity of hope : through persecutions and disappoint— ments, they still look for the coming of the Messiah, and -- with Him they look for the advent of such a change ht their physical condition, as can only be brought about by the agency of omnipotence. He then read a long e x t rac t. from the writings of Theodore Parker, relative to the non— fulfilment of the prophecies which had foretold the coming of the Messiah, in which that writer contended that they could not be applicable to the earthly mission of Jesus or Nazareth. The reverend lecturer showed that the prophe— cies concerning the coming of the Messiah had only beeit partially fulfilled by the coming of Christ, and that they would be fully realized on His second coming. He characterised the sophistry referred to as one of the most daring and dangerous forms in which modern infidelity had presented itself. In all their usages the Jews refer to a written revelation, and recognise the full value and importance of vicarious sacrifice in working out the schema of salvation. The latter peculiarity he traced with much ingenuity of reasoni ng , from the sacrifice of Abel to the sacrifices of Abraham, and those inculcated under the Mosaic dispensation. He concluded by again referring tor the fact, that after 18 centuries of persecution, the Jews retained their affection for the prescribed usages of their fathers, and their ard en t h ope f or a fulf il ment o f t h ose prophecies which had pre-indicated their past and present position. He likewise adverted, in eloquent terms, to the Bible of the Hebrews, as the compl emen t or first volume of the New Testament, which, read by itself, was in soma degree imperfect, but read in connexion with the Old Testament, it becomes clear, comprehensive, and convinc— ing. As already stated, the lecture was listened to through— out with much attention, and at its conclusion the reverend" doctor was warmly applauded. THE LATE MESSRS. HOLMES'S BANK, ISLE OF MAN. THE Isle of Man Steam-packet Company being one of the largest depositors in the island, their agent, Mr- Edward Moore, announced a meeting of the shareholders and other depositors to be held in Douglas, on Tuesday Last, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of affairs... The meeting was held in the Wellington-hall, and was attended by about 200 persons. Mr. W. Canister, of Ramsey, presided. Mr. HARRIS said he would not vouch for the correctness of any one figure or any one statement he might utter because he was not in a position to do so. He had merely gleaned his information from Mr. Avison, of Liverpool, who had rendered him every assistance. He then pro ceeded to state that Henry, the father of the late Messrs- Holmes, carried on business, with his three sons, up to 1809, at which time he left the concern in their hands. In 1826, the elder Holmes died, leaving the whole of his , estate to Henry, John, and James, subject to the payment of three legacies to his three daughters. One of these legacies, amounting to £6,440, had been paid ; the other two, amounting to £12,000, were a charge on the property in Liverpool. The three sons carried on business with satisfaction to themselves, and possessing the confidence of the people of Liverpool and the Isle of Man, up to the year 1845, when they became lenders of money on railway scrip. They continued to advance money to a large amount during the years 1845,1846, and 1817; and it was supposed they had suffered losses amounting to £200,000 by trusting brokers who did not understand the business better than themselves. Mr. Henry Holmes, died in January, 1848, and by his will he devised the whole of his property to his Mothers John and James, and upon their death he left his property to Mr. Isaac Holmes, and on his death to his family, numbering eleven children. The property was enjoyed by John and James up to the time of the death of the former, who left all to James. After alluding to the fact that proceedings had been taken on the part of Mr. Isaac Holmes in the Court of Chancery, and that a bill had been filed at the instance of Mrs. Denison and others, he adverted to the sum of £12,619 which bad been taken off the island from the bank. That sum was placed to the credit of Mr. Avison and Mr.. Boardman, in a Liverpool bank, mid was ready to be re turned, providing leave was obtained from the Court of Chancery. After referring to a few more matters con nected with the estate of the late firm, Mr. Harris then proceeded to lay before the meeting the following state ment of the assets and liabilities, during the reading of which many of the depositors expressed their opinions on the value of the property, &c. LIAM LITIES. Creditors in England .e47,203 Isle of Man deposits 201,000 Interest on deposits 5,000 Notes in circulation 20,000 113i'ls falling due 5,000 Claim of Mr. Isaac Holmes 1,27G Total ASSETS .t'279,479 Overdrawn accounts.. Rent due on island.. Interest on mortgages Deb a in England Real property in England and Isle of Man (less £12,000 due Mrs. Whittaker and Mrs. Denison) 121,369 Mos tgagea 25,800 Stock in island 4,417 Household Furniture in Liverpool 2,189 Farm stock and stock-in-trade on island Cash in Messrs. Leyland's bank Railway stock Cash in bank in name of Messrs. Avison and £6,025 2,000 370 4,115 3,000 7.184 18,641 Boardman Stock in Wick and in transit Cash in Bank of Mona. Cash due by a debtor 12.619 1,000 2,257 3,600- Total 4'214,587 The estimate of the assets were considered to be extremely low ; and some gentlemen were of opinion that the rear property on the island would realise £lO,OOO more than what it was estimated at. Mr. Harris said that there was some real property in Wick which was not accounted for, and which some gentlemen were of opinion was worth £6,000. The CI AIRMAN remarked that it had been stated that the books of the firm in England had not been balanced for years ; to which Mr. Harris replied that such state ment was perfectly true. Mr. Duunsm. said the security of Messrs. Henry, John, and James Holmes was not altered, and was good for every note issued ; and, therefore, it was to be lamented that poor people should part with their notes under 20s. in the. pound. He moved " That the following gentlemen be appointed a committee to represent the creditors of the estate, and be authorised to take such steps as they may deem necessary for the interests of the said creditors, namely, G. W. Dumbell, Douglas • F. B. Clucas, Munsay W. F. Moore, Tromode ; W. Gell, Douglas ; and W. Cal lister, Ramsay." The CHAtumetr said that they had the comfort of knowing that the assets would bring £214,000. The proposition of Mr. Dumbell was carried, and the meeting was unanimous in advising that dividends of the estate should be declared as early as possible, Mr. Dumbell stating that there were persons who had not one shilling, as they had depended on Messrs. Holmes's bank. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: A * MEETING of the committee of this society was held on Tuesday, at Warrington, for the following business, viz., —To receive the inspectors' reports of green crops grown this year; to revise the list of rules and prizes; to fix upon the heads of a report, and on general business. There were present Dr. Wilson, of Norton, (who was ap— pointed chairman); Messrs. E. J. Pemberton, W. T. Pownall, Whittingham ; John Birch, Rose, Edwards, Baxter, Mercer, and Law ; Messrs. Dixon and Bothwell, (inspectors of farms); Mr. J. Green, (treasurer) : and Mr. H. White, (secretary.) Mr. Thomas, Atherton, of Speke, a member of the society, was also present. After hearing the reports of the inspectors, the following awards were made in Class 2, (green crops grown in 1853,) the prizes for which are to be paid at the annual meeting in 1854: SwEnisn Tunrups.—Thomas J. Langford Brooke, Esq., of Mere Old Hall, near Knutsford, the society's silver medal. Weight of crop, 33 tons per acre. Eight acres. Atherton,42 t ous 8 cwt. se k 2 e . qrs. Weight g lbs. h t To. Mr. John Birch, of Orrell, near Liverpool. Weight, a s c r i c 2 s . cwt. To3Mqr 48 Four tonqrs. Th . 12 "1 1b as s, Two acres. To Mr. Robert Birch, Netherton. Weight, 30 tons 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. COMMON TURNIPS.—To Mr. Thomas Atherton, Speke. Weight, 20 tons 16 cwt. 1 qr. 20 lbs. Four acres. MANGE', WITBZEL. — To Mr. Robert Birch, Netherton. Weight, 50 tons per acre, of the long red kind. Two acres. To Mr. Thomas Atherton. Weight, 62 tons 18 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. per acre. Long red kind. To Ditto, globe mangel wurzel. Weight, 35 tons per acre, C.A.RBOTS.—Mr. Jo hn Balshaw, of Hill-house, Altar, near Ormskirk. Weight 29 tons 17 cwt. 1 qr. 16 lbs. CLASS 3. STACKING.—The prize was divided between Anthony Rimmer, labourer to Mr. James Birch, of Sefton, and Joseph Gilbertson, labourer to Mr. John Lathbury, of Toxteth-park. The committee entered upon the revision' of the rules, and resolved, That the next annual meeting and show of cattle be at Altrincham, on Friday, the Bth September. That the Earl of Stamford and Warrington be invited to be presi dent of the society for next year, and, in the event of his declining, that Lord Stanley (of Knowsley) be solicited to fill that office. Several gentleman, chiefly resident in the neighbour hood of Altrincham and Manchester, were nominated as vice-presidents. Alterations and additions were made to the general rules, viz., empowering five members of committee to call a meeting of the committee at any time by requisition to the secretary;—fixing that a meeting of committee shall_ be held yearly, in the first week in December, to pass the treasurer's accounts, to award the prizes in class 2, and to revise the list of rules and prizes ;—directing that the two members of committee who have attended the fewest meetings shall go out annually, and shall not be eligible for re-election that year. It was resolved that there should be a ploughing match and draining match about March next ; the prizes and. re gulations o ir rf offered d. Dixon, ththree for which guineas Hopwood, a re t towardsobhe o fi tsh x e ed econe a xd t pede t n h st e eh n eo e pf a ro t th m poe e s e si tin atimon g e.: There appeared to be a general wish that the matches should come off in the neighbourhood of Altrincham, and. that both should be on the same farm, or near together, if land can he m e t w ith so c i rcumstance d. Gr as s land will be required. The only alteration at present made in the prize list is in the premiums for bulls. The amount offered for these is unaltered, but prizes are to be given in every instance for the second best, so that some of the prizes for the best have had to be reduced. It was determined that another trial of reaping machines should take place a few days before the annual show, and, if it can be so arranged, on the day on which the special general meeting is held for awarding prizes for the best cultivated farm, long servitude, &c. The next meeting of the committee was fixed for Friday, the 27th of January, at the Unicorn lun, Altrincham.