The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

Auz. 11, 1816. Lora! aith tarobinciat Rms. The usual meeting of thetligi,way Board was held on Tnursdiy. The bus , ness was merely of a routine cha racter, and did not possess any pubic interest. FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDENT —Oll Friday last, a col lier in a mine at Shevington fell taut of a ba-ket from a height of twentv.three yards, and was k lied on the spot. Mr. John Wright, t to lessee of the Runcorn quarries, gave to his labourna a gratuity on the nee:as on of Prince Albert's visit to Liverpool, leaving to themselves the dis poen, thereof. Yesterday week, a dog which was left in a house near Blaatkhurn. while the family went to worship. by some means bolted the door inside, so that the master of the house was compelled to obtain access through the window. James Thompson, of this town, engatieer, h as taken out a patent for cert ain improvements in machinery or ap aa ratus for obtaiaaing motive power. part or pat ts of which improvements are appltc•ble to other useful pur,oses. THE LivEpeoot. NI AIL FROM DUBLIN.—The sailing of the afternoon mail from Knagstown commenced o❑ Thursday, according to the old arrangement, at half-past six o'clock. PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH•HOUS;ES —The public baths and wash-houses, M.:leo:es er. will be pened about 4het9sne of the opening of the public parks, on Saturday, the 22.1 instant. The Manchester Reform Association have resolved to invite Mr. Cobden to off•r himself as a can li.l.te for th. Tepresentation of Maucoester, in the place of Mr. Mark rtnliips, woo ititemis to retire on a di,solution of Parlia ment. PRESBYI RATAN CHURCH. ISLINGTON.—On Tuesday evening a soiree was held in the , chool-room attached to the Pie-byterian Ch rch . 1-I:ngton. when the pastor of the church. the Rev. V. M. White, was presented with an address and a vitt watch and chain. Miss Ward, daughter of Mr. James Wa-d, o' this town, may he short y expected to make her de'bat in the musical world Her skill, taste, and executi.tn, are sue. prising, and. fir so young an artiste. al.nost wiego died. Mk Ward has not yet attained her fifteenth year. THE HIGH SHERIFF'S CAVALCADE.—The High Sherif f . W. Standi- h Stan fish, Eeq., of Duxhury w 11 .nske his public vi.it to Line kter ibis day, sec ,m -panted by the usual refit ue of tiff .ers, j ivel , n men, & t. lie wll proceed by "rail," and not, as on the last occa sion. t ravel by "toad." CH kSHIRE t'ATTLE FOR AMFRlCA.—Twocipital three years old heifers, from the exeelieht and well bred stork of Mr. W. Pain, of Stapleford hall, were shipped on Fri day week. be the ship Roman, tor America. Tree were bought by an entrrarisiag agriculturist from Massachu setts. The price arts £6l. —Ore./Er Conant SUN STROKE —Ou Thursday nioi 'ling. as a danehter of John Rae, Buttiiii-'treat, was playing with some other Thildren. she was a rue k by he min, and remnioed inaen• sihte t. , r three hours, when, tinder the ewe of Mr. Taylor, she was restored to ani aeon, and is now, we are happy to hear, e , insidered nut of danger. Sivnor Ztailoti has ri•iceived the following reply, ac knowl•alging t .e receipt o' the It iliaii amine , , addressed to Prince A lb.rt. pithlistie I in our last :—" Hui kingh•-im Palace, August Ist, 1446.—Mr. Ainion is commanded to acknowledge the ri-c-ipt of Mr. Zintiotti's letter of the 30b ult., aad to thank him for the poem with which it was accompanied." EFFP.CTS OF FREE TRADE —Tie Charm Spinners' and Cotton Manutartur rs' Ass.iciation, at a meeting h e ld on Wednesday, det-tmined to vto k the mil a only tour dais a week. A fortnight's notice h.s he , n gireti to the work people, sighed by all the, leading firms, and caLing upon the trade generally to work -hi rt time. FIRE CAUaED BY LIGHTNING.—I)UrinE the thunder at irm on Saturday evening vieek, the o H farm at Carden, the property a Mr. John Harker, of Nantwich, were ign t-d by the lightning. arid in a wry chart time were entirely dear , nved, together rvlth their cmiteots. The pr.igress of the fl trues was so rapid that it was impossible to attest them. _ A man named l'ye, iq Preston, having been deputed by the Teo perince Excor-ion Committee of ti at olace to collect the mune) , for tickets for a cheap twin to 01. tow , during Prince Albert's rft•it, recely,d uncy.ed...l 1 Q Ititb which he decamped, and his not suice been heard di Toe poor working torn wh't compose the committ e e h a ve paid the whole t.um to , he railway company. ANNIVERSARY DINNER ON THE LICENSED VICTUAL• LERS . As,,OCIATION.—Wr tram that the auni.er•arp dinner of this a.eful and benevolent association, other tied for Thursday last, was pos'poned to Thursday the Dili instant, when it will take plitcr at their his itution in St. Anne-str.et Wm. Lowe, I'm., will occupy the chair, and Th s. Bold. Esq., the vice-cha'r ; and the pro ceedings msy be exo. Ord to posses. great iotere.r. THR MANCHESTER CORPORATION.—T e members of us' b ,olv h.ve bo far nrif,,t,-,1 this hug tore and general deport m• nt. that th v are about to throw open the , b ors of the Council Chamber, and sff rrd their constituent. all °lvor unity of liwening to their eloquent d. bates. The reporters will not. we pre.ume, have irn• p( s rd udon them, in future, the labour of corrective t-e grammar or suppressing the provincralisms of the various speakers. CAUTION TO CAR DRIVERS.—OVER CHARGES —On Wednesday, Henry Nueent, car dri , er, was chased w i th having, in two instances, overcharged peiso .a for car hire : and, in another instance, for having refused a fare on Friday last. Mr. Ruslron ordered him to be fined 20s. and costs its each instance, and his license to he ens p;lided till the fuses sere paid.—John Giffet was also Mod 21)4. and costs C.r an overcharge on Tnurstlay last. BIRTH ON A PUBLIC ROAD —About ha'f past three O'clock yesterday morning, a woman from Manchester. named Jane Taylor, wes seized with the pains of labour, in Brunswick•itiad, and soon afterwards delivered of a daughter. .Inspector Hine came up at the time, and sent for -Dr Owens, who t oteernied her, lie then procured a oar. and Lad h r taken to West Derby Workhouse. where she now renurins. Sire was rather res.,eetanly eta& and the inspector learned that she was separated Iron, her hus band, ant dependent upon her 'Whir for Sopptirt, Tow P _ KESS THAT KILLED THI4 CORN I.AW.—The SDHONftle was exhibited Orr a bard earr ed by the printers in- the. free-trade procession in Manchester on Monday week : • - THIS IS TII.CPRESS THAT KILLRD THE CORN LAW 'I his is the pre%s h-tt pri ted the e;retil.rs Th called the meetings That made the league 1' at funned the plan That registered the men Thdt haught the treeh..lds Th t ki• led the Corn law. OPENING OF THE PUBLIC t'ARKS OF MANCHESTER —Thc. tbty fixed for Itsi4 itnnorttint event, Is S‘turilav - . the 22 .d instant. The SaPord authoriiiel and nroc-ssion wig ain.emble at Viettola bridge and proceed fiat to the P4l Park ( L. rk-hill estate, late the resi cure of William , rnett. Esq ), which will be opened and named by the Earl of Ellei.mere. The Queen's Park will next be opened. by Maik Phihpr , Esq M.P.. ai.d Mr. Milner Gabon will i ertorm the same ce'emonv at the Philips Park. A luncheon will be provided for the Rues's. and a limited nun ber of the pithily, at the Town.hal. Sir Robert Peel was invited by a ciertrati,.. , of the committee to attend, but d-clif ed on the ground of repose and re.-re ation tieing necessary for his health, after hid severe Darlikirrientary TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV W. POLI.OOE.-011 Mon driv week, a handsome present war roolee 10 the Rev. W. Pollock, the new involohrot of S. Mark', Courch, Liver. pool. on hi , floe! dry a, tu , e fr• m tie flack g which he has labotired for the last five yea's. It 'on-is ed of a purse. a Pet of robs, a silver tea service, and other articles of plate, hearing the following inscription : • Prest rated by the congregation of the 0 d Church, St. Helen's, Luicashire, to ihe R-v. W. Pollock. A.M., on re ignation of that incumbency. as a token o• their aff c esteem, and a trig. ifilOtty to hip faithfulness. Jtey, 1816. A workmitt that needeth not to be isbamed, rightly dividing the word of t. uth The gift .vas aerompanird wi•h a n ost affrctionate address, to which the rev gentb•man fi'iroarileo a fet Litz reply. ....)!OBSICRY OF AN IRISH I MIGRAYT —On Saturday. irtim t Toe, ary, who intended to emigrate to New (Weans. named Ntrick • ulcrihy. went to the Ceti. vat P o li ce Station , le , ding by the hand a little barefooted girl, who, he s Od, was his daughtrr, and l o dged a com plaint to the eff,et that h had gone into a public-house near the'docks, whet, nfi-ci.d by liquor, and drew out his pimp, to treat four " ilaicent " In. king met. aho sat in the' tip, and who, of courpe, informed him 'hat they also Mere goi g to New Orleans, and, as lurk would h a ve it, by the slime whit,. In a little time, when he became " complA ly distruised " m deink, they l-d him our, and, in °tie of the hack streets, drew the pur-e, cowaioing forty-seven sovereigns, out of his pocket, gave him a pitch, head foremo.,t, into the channel, and took to their h . els. The truth of this s'ory rests. of conr-e, wi h him. ,though it is by no ri ran. improhahle. From the impossitiiiily of identifietvion, the thieves have not been funnel, Assirrs —The commissi , n for the 1 iverpnol iumnier tur the •ouihern division of the county will he ore; ed next Stlturd•iy b,lore Mr. Ja-tireCie,svve-11 And Mr. Justice W'ghtflinli. There ate tiitutv prisoners fur trial. The foliowinir are the crimes fur which th , y are seve. ally charit,d :—M u' der, 4 ; intent t murder, 3 ; manslatighter..l3; st..bning ano sounding, 11 ; robtiery, ari , h vintenee, from the pe,oti. 8; buritlary. 16; renew. ine stolen tt 1.. 4 ; tit dory. 1 ; bigamy. 8; rape, 1 ; maing filer d. claratipns, 1 ; the hiat 1 ; forgery, 4 ; .11mM...eking. 1; mint ca.t s, 8; ailing Mild sib , Vim; to commit f, I .t.y, I ; c merninnt h:ith. 1; cu.,. stealing. 1 ; beastiality. 1 ; stralinz money. 2: in all 91, and 10, it not more, :nay possibly he added to the Miffs. , or t Grand Jur v. This is a p e r pm .o the o narge 01 the beavier ca►endar than have hail .or some lime. of 'the n urders are alleved to have been eon,rniq Manchester, and one in Lives pool. The ',Mir is tint oi the ujuirgier of a wife by her hipaind, in Tox.e.hsrark. MUNIFICENT BEQUEST FOR EDUCATIONAL NCR ro sPs• —Vk e lesrn io at the late John Owens, Esti., o' 74,,ocItester. has lett the hulk of his large property .o as to cotittr an p rt.oit benefit upon the community of that town , a• d perhaps ultimately up on t h a t o f S ou th Lancashire. By his will. atier outheloug liberal bfqoest. to h's own tektiveb and coonect , ons, and to the local cho rine,. •h e has gtvett the rt-s:due of his persona! t•state to polie.l for t h e purpose of affordine to tru-tees, to be a s oa iourieei i years and u b . pward., in.trnc t on in the bratoh , s f f erlueatimn t aug h t at toe Engli,h nniversiti,s. tree horn the rel.igious tests which limit t h e extrusion of university educat ion. The trustees her this purpose include the mayor, dean, and i n4 rhainentary re persentativis of Maneliester, with other gentlemen of i local teput.t on and nfluei.ce. The recipient s of the be nefits of the tru't fund are not restricted to any local limits, hut pre'erence is to he given incase of need to the children of inhabitants of the borough and its vicinity, within two miles, and in the next place. of the pi , ha_ m e ntare divi-ion of South Lancashire. The amount of the fund which will eventuatly he devoted to this important purpose eani , ot, of course, he yet known; but we under. stand that it will probably be such as to admit ol c.rr% ng out the te.tator'a benevolent views on an extensive plan. ACCIDENT TO A MAIL STEAMER.—As the Liverpool and DeWitt mail steamer Prince was approaching the et trance to Dublin Bay, in a dense fog, nn Monday morning. she struck against the rocks off the Hill of flowth. The force of the collision, and the confusion on beard, caused the passengers to hurry on deck in a state of great alarm. The accident might have been a serious one had it not been for the strength of th- bowsprit. which sustained the eh ,le shock of the collision. She was got under weigh aeain in the course of a short time, pursued her course to Kingstown, and yesterday morning aiirived here on her re turn tr p. The damage was very trifling in amount, and no blame, so tar as we have heard. is attachable to any one on board. She was fortunately only going at the nee of one knot an hour, in conseqernee of the fog. Had she b en going at the rate of three or four, the con sequences might have b -en dreadful. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meet ing of this body was held on Tuesday fast, Dir. Roberts in the chair. It appeared there was a lilanee in the hands of the treasurer of £327 2s. 10d. Cheques were given to the three relieving, officers, for their disbursements in the ensuing week, to 1111 amount of £174. To the County 'Amalie Alflum, for patients lodged therein, dur ing the two foregoing quarters, £lB6 3a 6d. Arid to tee Liverpool Lunatic Asylum, for paiients belonging to Tox teth-park and West Derby. durieg the last quitter, £5l -Is. On the motion of Mr. Peers, seconded by Mr. Shaw, subscriptions of four guineas each, from the town shies of Everton and Wes' Derby, were voted tot e Liver_ pool Infirmary. A letter was received from the Poor law Commissir ners, with reference to the evils in the ad ministration of medeell relief. It was supoost d to refer to the Southern district of Toxteth-park. The Board then adjourned. MEDICAL MESMERIC SOCIETY.—A general meeting of the Meeical I‘.l , smetie Soriety was held at Mr. Calder wood's large room, last Wednesday. Mr. Revnoldson brought forward several cases he has cured by mesmeric , reattnent. Among them whs a domestic named Flizi beth Ellis, the widow of a seafaring man, who has suffered p tin in the light breast for three years and a half, me t a hard substance as large as a walnut could he felt; andone medical adviser had wished to cut it out. By mesmeric nee intint this has been dispersed, the pain of the Brea-t relieved, and other irregularities of the system rectified. Meier this treatment con•iderable quantities of gross trader have been drawn off trom toe nipple. Several other cases of cepial int , rest mere presented, arid the meeting adjoutned till next Wednesday, when it is pro. ttsed to elect offiee.heareis, a committee of management, Zkie Earl Duck, Vi-count Morpeth, Baron Gold-mid, with many other .influential parties, are.on the direction of the Linden Mesmeric I.•firmarv. LANCASHIRE PURRING.—About seven o'clock on Monday even:rig, a large number of persons assembled in a field belonging to Mr. Thomas Wilson. of the Hopwood Arms putete.house, about three miles from Rochdale and two from Middleton, to wiiness a disgracetul umeed down Lam ashire fight for £3 10s., between John Ogden. alias Burke, of Middl e ton, and J ames Buckley, of Hi g h er Tinge. Tne latter staked £2 ro tie f letter £1 10s. Many wagers were made. Both " eurrers" were almost in a state of nudity : the latter hail a large pair of iron clogs on. and the f 'rimer a strong pair of shoes made fir the purpose. The men kicked each other far 21 minutes, until blood was sesn issuing from their stockings. Buck ley received two sevt re kicks on the abdomen. and cave nu the contest. A similar scene occurred on the morning In lova icg between the same Mutes in human form, %heti Bucl-ley was declared the witin-r. Fights similar to the ,hove are often occurring in the ab Ise twig, hollthiwil Manchester Tines.—[Yet Mr. Jelin lStight, M.P., eonel he sesnidn'ized it it were even hinted that t h.. locality of his martyr town, lfochdale, was behindhand in the settle ef civiliza'inte—Ed. L. S THE SICK AND ACCIDENT SOCIETY.—CAUTION TO \CKKING AIEN.—On Frieay, John Prier, one of the retires ntatives of the Sick and Accident Ilaramermen's Soeh tv. was sornmoned le fore Mr. Rushton, to answer coin faint, charging him with basing refused to allow sick meney to one of the members, John Tracey, although the ' a ster was admitted to be sick, and to be upon, what is called, "tire box." The defendant Price put in the franks of the society, from which it app ate I that Ttecy ea. re. posted sick on the 19. h of Match, and that on t the sorittv oassen a res o lution that the sick money was nn► in hp milnwpti him. if_ as he was advised to do by the we 26th . • , surgeon attending him, he went into the country for the htm-fit of his health. Ihe defence was th'tt, despite the piss ig of this resolution, snd the rules of the society, he . . . the 1 -, ox. Mr. Rushton, after investigating the case corn ment,d very severely upon the prepo-terous character of tt , e rules of the soc,e y. which prohib•ted is sick mem bers foln adopting the most efficac;ous means for the restoration of health, and hoped this expo-ute would oper-te as a caution to working men to avoid entering this or any othrr ritnilar soci , t y without previonblv examining its rules. As the cape btood be could not interfere between the ;battle!. _ . WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS —The first meetinz since the election of the ahoy...! commissioners was held on Thursday eve. itig, in the Queen's Arms Hotel. Liiieard. There was a full a tendoncc, and the new members made the necessary declaration of goolificotion.—Mr. Fisher, •econded by Mr. Halliday, moved that J. C Ewart, Esq . s ,, ould be re-elected chats-mom—Mr. Meadows proposed NI r. Fisher, principally. he observed. because in a Canning district they should not be presided over be a chairman of an Anti-torn-law league!—Mr. Mann hoped ti,e Ant - corn-law Lengthe had nothing to do with t em or their proceedings.—Mr. Meadows : But it has to do with ate : speak as I feel.—Mr. Mann hoped the commissioners would ale ass keep clear of polities while sitting in that room.— S vetal members expre-sed a similar Opinion.— Mr. Meadows said he would press his motion to a diyi stun ; but it was discovered that it had not been seconded, and it consequent:y fell to the ground. Mr. W inch was elected vice•chatratan; and a _some% hat lengthy discus won ensiled as to the co•nmittees to be appo nted. It was e.entuallv resolved that, as list year, there should be thr,e t ommittees,—a finance, an improvement, and a hle- I•tw entronittee, hut that the ta o former should in tutu, consist of seven members, the 1a tt r of fis e, the chairman and vice-chairman bring ex-rjficio members of each. The committees were then appointed, and after some rou tine bosh,• as. the b ,- iard ailjoutned. A ARMING ACCIDKNT AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.— One of tile most alarming accidents and providential ese,iprs.from a sudden and awful death ever rt corded by the press of &island occurred near Upholland, on the week. About two miles from the village of Upht 11 , nd. on the tiru.skirk road. is a d-1f close by the way s de, and worked up to th' rdg- of the toad, at least thirty feet deep, with no other prott ctiqn than a tenni) , hedge, a rail or ty bank f ' f- 'he re „pro, and a cop or r tisso 4or mu I , OM t. or scrapings I f the road. Tire approach to this spot is by a narrow-turned and ill-shaped road, and also a stef p hill in the direction tnentioi,ed, and to a stracaer (and indeed to the regular traveller) presents an awful chasm from which he is glad to escape. In cnrnirl down the hill, at the approach to the delf, you face the most fearful and almost unprotected corner of it. I was at this spot that a cart, he'i•na'ng to a pert.on named William Knight, re aiding at Wigan, and driven by a man apuaiently ignorant rf the danger, was pap.sing, at a bii4 trot, about Pen n'el ek in the morointr, havirg n h s charge eight men and • 110-- persgass, women, iut. otne Wl►en nearing the corner of the delf, to which place there are three lam-ends, he hesitated as to whirl. wa► to turn, and the horse at the moment t holed to ward, cl,aring the cop, and, to the horror of the travell, is, hung over the precipice, the side rock of which is at least ten or twelve v»rd• de, p. The violence of the shock produced by the eart•wh els coming in contact with the r►►isrd earth on the brink of the deli fortunately threw the whole party out of the vehicle into the road, and the horse, in its fearful and mom, Mary struggle, bloke the hind traces h, its uriAtt, and at I.st hung by the collar, a►h'ch se-curd fine) fixed round his neck. Another violent struggle of the animal dis, titan vied the culler, and he fell to the bottom of the delt. The travellers, thanktul for their own mitt►culous pree.er vAtion, at once gave the horse up as lost ; but on looking over it was discovered 'hat the nob e aonbal had alighted feet of water, and that it was then making an effi r , to eain a landing. The party, by a circuit! us road, got into the dell. and. rendering the horse every assistance. safely landed it bruiseless, and apparently u• injured. The only loss susta'ned was the carter's hat, which sunk in the water. 'I he horse was benughr up into the read, and the tui , ellers, well shaken but lit , lei jured, enntinued their j urnev with the same conveyance in w h ch they had encountered ao perilous an adventuse.-111unelrester Exa- Docx COMMITTEE, THURSDAY —The following mern rs were presel,t !—Mess , .. Moore (chair m.h), Nicol, Nlo;yneux, sliddle , en. E - I , ,setall, Maim. tiel,derson, Ran lon, Houghton, Tobin. llovdon, Bold• Kendal, Chi'. ton, Wood, and Aiken. The Commit tee of Works r• com mended that orders he 6/iv •n for the dis!ontmuinz i.f the use o lights in the offiers r huts on th dock trays con- W-reht , use M , tiagernent et thd aoi.oitittnt tit of J. 1 hristian as for , mai, of ;Fie h ld, and four labourers, Edwards. Holland, Prrstun, a n d Williams. at 18s per week—cotifi.m , d. The camutittee suhmtited copies a iiirtiuctions for the officers of tie Altirrt Dock %,‘ are tiou.es. the cansideration of which whs p , stponed until nest week. The warehr uses w• re stated to be tea& for the reception of cargoes. The receipts of the lion of Runc To, for the trotoh ending July. were a.: Gain*, —258 yessds, 13.735 ton:. amount. £72 10.1., being an "C' ease, river the corresponoing mouth f last )ear, of 18 vessels. 252 tots, and £3 17s. 101. A letter re spect_ tog the fikilnBY. s ustained by the steamer 8.11 nasloe, in sequ.nee o f groun di nt in the Calming nit the ht in t h -- -ni • way re•erred to the North Harbour Alitoer, in urder t h at \lr. W inqu•ries n itcht he miale. A letter from rti.ingt,,i,, , he Dock Solicitor, as to some pro posed regul a i ons for landing t tu b er at t h e eas t quay of the Brun.wi. k Dock. was referred to the Harbour Mas ters' l'onttnittee. A I , t•er from Mr. 11. Turner. ag , nt tor the fresh Iterr•n g boats, discharging at tie (hi tge's Duck B trio, wishie g i nstructions to be given to t h e cot k iniliver. co that he mithi ennn,..l .1- ~—.1.. in /nib the dock %hen dii•ChariVa. Vitis it rred to the sane ct nun" - tee. A report ails read s• had been it jur , d tlyat.ng that two of g.oett en t xPlos on of gds at the r Dock ; in con. queo n re of aoit g into one ti the fficri% with Th., secrete,. y was d•re ctrl to evite a I glited ea , die. i vento ,. i n h d e ..i.ii,etziaini 0 unicate with the Ita. Coro t .ai, on iii To in. seconded by Mr. Middleton. mi , s , l l c , C i b l , ; . , ,4 1. , t ; thanks of the fork Committee be and sub.coq mit tee, for their indefati gab le t xertir ns en the m ening of the A lher t Dock. Mr Tobin added that the Prince had exvrtssed his sati s f act i on at t h e igav in which he had I eel] received at the d. ck. The re golut.on was unanimously ridmted. The Chairman, , n behalf of himself and the ron•mittee. exi r-sged his g , at i . ficatinte that such was ti e case. and said they felt unip y repaid for 'heir labours by the ki.owle . dae 'bat everythi ng went elf well and gave general satisfaction. anti that no accident whatever occurred. lie concluded by thanking them on behalf of the committee. The finatecul business was then pructedtd with, and the reporters withdrew. Tun tAvnnpoor, STAND/dill. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday last, the usual monthly me. ti ng o f t h ea Council was held at the Town-hill. The M ayor took the chair at eleven o'clock, at which 4 ; me there were twenty•.fire members in their respective places. The mi nutes of the lit tw.) C•tuncils, which were read, included the reply of his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the ad dres., of the C irpwstion presented , in the 3 hi) u t. FINANCE. COMMITTEE.-THE BOTANIC GARIWNS Tue proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Finance Co•nrnitte , , comprised the appointment of John R ibinson and Joho Bunbury as assistant dist , let surveyors, which appointments were postponed at the last monthly Council pursuint to the standing orders. _ Mr. G. li. LAWRRNCE moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and also tt at the Gardens Committee be em powered to draw up rules and regultvianas for the tut uae government of the Botanic Gardens. possession of which have been delivered to the Corporation. He said that as the Gardens Committee had not any very arduous duies imposed upon them, it would he a pleasure to them, no doubt, to have t'js additional but then transferred to their sh 'adders. (A laugh.) lie hoped they would take care to throw the gardens open as widely as they could, con sktrritly with the pre:, rvation of the valuable plants. (Hear.) He also hoped that they would give the Council some idea as to how toe pravisious of the Museum Act could be cal-lied out, with a view to graft on the gardens some depository far a collection of obj -eta of natural his. tory generally. Tne Commit hat now got possession of the kard , ns, and the curator had permission, rather than no:true ions, to admit the public, daily. ( Hear, heat.) Under the old system, the punlic were only admitted on two days in the week, but now they could he adtiai ted daily and generally ; and here be might say, that he ult.. siticere!y gratified the 0' her day in taking possession of the place, and on seeing what very beautiful and valuable gardens the Council had secured tor the public. Their appearance certainly surpassed his expectations; and he hoped that those members of the Coulicil who had ob jected to the pure.base in the first instance, would hesitate to cute. tam any scru les on the subject, when they, like him, witnessed the gardeos for themselves, and contem plated the, benefits likely to be derived from them. (Laud aPitlause.) Mr. HIGGINS said he was exceedingly glad to find that the eh:44mm of the F fiance Committee had kcJcorne a convert to t. a views of the Council on this subj c ; hr was also (o , te delighted on hearing Mr. Laaretoce g ye 5 , exc,llent an scc , unt of the gsrdens. (Hear, hear ) lie anked for an exulanat ou or a arnall item read iti the ac colMts of .the.Fium.ce Committee--it. W Ali aAu of £l2 i 6. . paid to peobiooers. Mr. THUrtNHtt.L replied.that the persons denominated rnsioners were 01.1 watchtnen—noeu past thor labour and hurt in the set vice. " Nlr. lIKNDERSON. as a member of the Gardens Com mittee. plow sett to render his best assistance in dra.itig up the rules and regula!ions for the gardens. He hope. tuit, as the instalon-tit tor St. G.-orge's was not pay able wilnin the current finatici4 year, it would not be ne ce.sary to have recourse to the bor.,tigh or museum tale n tuntain t he gardens. The proceeding, were then confirmed, so alma were the I r yeettings I. the Wa ell Conitt.ittee. THE. DOCK COMMITTEE -THE AI BERT WAREHOHAES The procretiniga ot the D.ck Committer (until r sed a series ..t length•-ned rules and regula ions tur the manage ment of tly A ib,rt Dock warrhousra. Mr. NICOL moved the ciinfirmarion of the roceedinfo. and, in ming so, said the regalaiion • w re for the most 'lir, similar in thi•se In operation in thr noir, p The rxcrp ions were such as local circuuistaticrs st , jnett to pi in out. Mr. 11. if oRN BY believed that m-rnv of the reaulation b wt-re cxttrmety totpOrtdtit and brunt : l6A. not he thomait the me.chatits of the I , .v‘ti ought to have hid an opooriu nity of considering them. Ile moved, as au ainendmt-tit, that the proceedings be eotifirtn , d, svi . h the exception of the regulations, and that ti ese be mkt n intu considera tion at the next unt.nttny Council. Mr. CHAI MER. seconded t e amendment. • Mr. BIRKETT said ii was impo,sibl, to know, except hv the pr.etioal working of the rule, where they were de fective, and, the etorr, they might as well be euntirtbed now H 8 A any future time. Mr. ROBINSON hoped the Council would not be called upon now to confirm what !hey could not understand. Mr. NICOL announced that the committee h.d com menced ti.e working of t..e .vbert Doek that very morn. , was now in course of bring di.- charged there 14G. AIKIN said that proposals were now made upon which the good Ina ntarmritt of the warehouses matith depended, and, unless the Council knew the meaning of them. it. was impossible to assent to heir confirmation. When the synopsis was first submitted t.l the conanittt e he pointed out a very great number of alterations; ai.d rade. d so crude and ill-digested was it as to be doseredit- elle to that or any wher e“ilitnittee. Ht ob.ervedtbat the rates had not vet been determined up. n. Mr. MANN denied that any alttratii.tis of moment had been made iti the rules atter they were originally sun. witted. flit re might have heen d will" for a " or a " shall " for a " will," but bcarcely anything elan of ant) consequence. Mr. At KIN pointed out one or two of the alterations which had herd wade. Mr. PROCTOR supported, and Mr. G. U. LAWRENCE oppo.ed. the amendment. Seveial other members ad drepsrd the Council pro and con on the Pubject. Even. tually the Council divided, and tittle appealed—f, r the amendii.ent, 12; rtgain,t it, 32 The Amendment was cone' guru. Iv lo,l„atid the pr c. edin, s sere ontirmed. ELECTION OF FOUR DOCK COMMITTEE MEN Tile t umunt then ptooe nen to .ppoiht tour members of the Count:llin be members of th:• committee fur the Nffa , rs of tuft estate of the Ttuotees of. the Liverpool Doelc,, in the room of Mr. R. S. Henderson. Mr. C. S. Middieton. Mr. T. B. Hord:all, and Mr. J. Britniley -51,0re, 'rho, ie.iired from that c .ntrint.ee by rota.wo, pursuant to act of parliament. out the 3d inbfard. Met. Nicol, moved she rr-ilevtion of glebe gentlemen MOLYNEUX s canded the m..tiotv Mr. H. iI , KNBY did n t ris to oppose it, becsu'e ronsiittued as the Council was at presriit. oppos.tion would be useless. Yet, without casting Vie slightest re ft upon any of the ern kitten proposed for re t lee k 10 is , there was one geotlenian in that room pre•eminrntly fitt►d for a ti m.tuoti on the Dock Committee; and he t►tought the Council would perform an act as is►actoty• to the town at large it they were now to appoint Mr. Evans on ti.e committee. (Hear hear.) N., one could have been pri-sent at the Alpert Dock on a late oeca.i ~,, with out elins , th ring that the inagnitici-nt pile of building there, which, besides being ornamental, %mild De of the utmor.t us- and sere o the town ; %at , principally owing t o th e untiring t xertin:4, the gnat ability, and the peramering z,al of that gentlen an. M nendermp., Middleton, tiorslill, and Bram le) - MOore wtrt V.( Irrtrit ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN OF THECDOCK COMMITTEE Tie Council Lllrn peoceedtti t _ppoint our u , the teen membtrs of the Dock Commi tee a l pointed by the Council to be the Chairman or that Committee in the place of Mr. J. Brmidey-Moore. who retires from the committee by totdti.n. Mr. Nicol moved that Mr. Bramley-Moore be re. e'er ted ebau mall of the Dock Committee, and said it was unnecessary lir hint to add one weird in the shape of a rec mnieodation nt t h at gentleman. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MoLv N aux seconded the- motion, and Mr. Bram ley-Moore wis I.n-elected. COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE The preCeetiiis K s of the Cowl is of Law and St. George's Ha I Commit ee rompri,•ed a report on t e re ference trom the lart Loaned ref tive to the design of N:r. Cockrell for the embellishment of the pedhurtit of the south portico. Thee ummitnou-ly recommended that .he desigits of Mr Corkiell, which will Lost a sum of about 500. be arc. pied Mr. STLW A KT moved that the reports be adopted, and B. lit the were will wor! h theexpense. Mr. RATHBONE regrrited to be obliged to oppose thf mow ti. because he t ntrtt bird a very high ieg.irti f r Mr. ought to be de%meti at present to purpos.s of a u,eful in btead of an ornamental description. He rhowd, as an amendment, tha• in the piesent state of the Cttporation tends it uas inexpedient to increa-e the expense. Mr. G. 11. Lawas.Ncs. ag eed in opinion with Mr. R.ohbune. and said th..t in the course of a year or tar. t. e corp , ration aurplua might be sufficient to bear the expendi nre. Mr PROCTER said there was not a gentleman in Liver pool who enuio blow hot at.d cold bp well as the chairman of the Finance C nunillle. (Laughier.) At a recent public miettng Mr. Lawrence stated that the corporation %until have view y of money. but now he was getting I'd.) his old hab is again (lau2lot r), for he was saying that the corporation. I ould ut t i.fford to spend a sum t.l £3500 on a Nan, lid wink of art. Mr ItoniNsoN supported the moton, on the ground th , t it width, be bOtLe hug ilk , ' budding a vessel without a filorr-ht dot, to rte.% St. Geori:e's.hall and leave it with. ul a handsome pea mot. Laughter.) Mr. BIRKEIT said it really appealed to him that every n etoter of ti,e count it Lad some hobby or other of hi.: own. Mr. Clpdther, for inst,hce. wanted to wash the people with salt water; ano her mail, of the limn e of Martin, waisted to wash them with fresh. and so'they ect. on. ( Lauv liter.) Where watuthe mnuer t' Come from for id+ these hubbies? In a neighbouring town, the other day. th.Ar going. -on haul t,b iged them to lay a ho roll h rate of 5.. in the pound up , it the inhabitants; and in Liverpool.. if the council did not take especial care to deep their expenditure wtthiti their intone, they *bold tint. oast% get into trut,bl• , but absolutely the est:te d be taken out of their hands. There were son .e neristit;rs in the council who would not conduct tneir own bu.iiiettes in the way the ctdiductt d the business of the town. Mr. RoniNsoN Mr. Birkett spoke before. 111 r hilt KETT.—I real') think Mr. Robinson must bavr bet'' , ki - irilt• (Li oil laughter.) lie n ust have been think ine Cl himself. I did not apt ak before, air. Mr PAIIKEIt as d the mut,icti.al *cotton y of Mr. Bir. Lett had tut hint in ntittd of a rketeh in Punch hart week, in which they saw political e en i i iii i iy, or Lot d John cling, which Rue_ sell dress , d in Sir Robert n el's clothes. (L utliter.) llMihoPed [ h ey were not uoing to spoil a p eat public I.was the admit at ton ot evt ry strangt r, and P. , 1 • ti rb i al ly of the Prit ce the other thy, by r e f ut i ng to v 1 ,1 ,4 Ihrli the south pot tiro. and the gteater the M . Co ALMER c .11ed upon them to look at the orna meittal rhop touts to be met With in all p •rts of tie t0 ,„ 1 ,. and told them to imiiate the shook, epees. The more ornamental they made St. George's Hall, the more Aran. (g i ue i Z t h tt e rl a y7: b l ' c ifl i n J jo in rn t , de n y r t atw i a lb s et i o o s ,„ by a majority of 25 to 8, p t . n e t l among wn' the town people. and the ploceedotgs were confirmed. MARK' TS COMMITTEE The proceedings ut the Mai ice.b Louirnittee having been read. - Mr Ctint.m ER stated that, on Thursday morni •g last, in consequent e of the at - 4E94 of iiis . Rovil tl , gtmes4 P r i nce Albeit, but witbuut any proms lutlllatioo, St. johia's Market was closed at twelve o'clock, and % nt tre opened until Saturday rnornine, with the exception of about two hours on Friday. The cons , owl:ices were very disastrous to the keepers of stalls ; for the butchers and poulterers, in anticipat.on of a great multitude of peopir c g to Liverricol, had made very ample preparations. He would not detain the council by telling them how the poulterers had denuded the fowls of their feathers, or how they had r+ised their breast-bones and thured them ; but he woul.! proceed at once to state that the bu chets and soul erers had suffered very severe losses, arising fr , rn the closing of the m-rkets, and also arising from the state of the atmosphere, sa , urated as it was with electric fluid. Under the stall of one butcher he had been shown, .vered with cloths. same of the tmtst beautiful meat he had ever rem in a sta'e of putrefaction, and that man had ruff red to the extent of somet:ting like 6561br. weight of meat. The suff , rers did not agege anything against the Prince, who, by his atniabilty of deportment, had car ried with him the hearty good wishes of every inhabitant, (hear, and cheers,) but they con plaided against whoever it was that caused the market,. t be closed; and he thought they had a right to come to the council and claim some compensatiim. tie troved that it he a leconim n dation to the Markete t ommittee to make inquiry into the logs-s sustained by the individuals, and to irport to the council, f •t• the purpose of considering whe her corn oen-ation ou . ..:ht to be rendered to the injured parties. l - le believed £l5O or £2OO would cover the whole of the Mr. THORNHILL. — Oh ! you don't know what it will be; it teas be thousands. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said, that he had seen the chairman of the Markets Co mittee (Mr. Aspinall) the oat/ be ore, goi, g out on a sh 'thing exciirsi in, and that he sail he had not given any. ()tilers to close the markets. The markets, so far as he was aware, were not closed by order of the Markets Committee; in fact they had no power to order then) to he closed. Mr. KILSHAW. Mr. PARKER, and other members of the Markrts Ct mni tee, al.» assured Ito- con,cil that that committee had n it issued any orders to close the markets. They al-o stated that they had not, in their individual Capacity, ordered then) to be closed. Mr. Illootxs thought sufficient had been stated to tre:llv he y. in order that h dera c, % s fe a r r eticeotthe suhjectiteoy might thec,in a scertain whoteeessen i it was that had ordered the cl Mr. Chaltnei's motion was not pres-ed, it bin under stood that the c mnittee would makr pri.rnpt inquiries. HEALTH OF TOWN COMMITTEE - The proceedings of the Firalth of Town Coonmq.tee, in. cluMn.,,,Wash -nooses. and Banta. comprised the appoint moot of Mr. Clarke aasuperinfendent. and of Mrs. Clarke is matron, of the new baths in Psol-street, which appoint ments were postponed at the last monthly Cont.cd, our -u .nt to the standing order. and a recommendation to ap. Thomas Wilkin.ott, as sopprinte , ident. and lathe. rin • Wilkn.son as Mate on. of the baths in Frederic -street, in lieu of Mr. and Mr , . Clack-.—Cot firmed. CO. ONER'S ACCOUNTS Tt e Coroner's act omits fur the moloh, amounting to £76 9. 21, wrre pas.wd ; so, a1,,9 wrre b y e-laws to. regn -I.tooz ..teem b , •ats u.ing the Egrewont slip and pier, and the Seacumbe slip and pier. NEW LANDING STAGE The Mayor's communications c •mpri , ed a letter from llr. AI- xander 11. an, Chairman of a meeting of a mitrer held a► the Public-office, Toxteth-pack. on the 7 h July last, on the necessity ot• providing a !tinning stage near the site i f the old Cockle-slip, opposite the loot of Stanhope-street. Upon the rn tion of Mr. Mann, Fecondid by Mr. J Lawrence, it was referred to the Ferrirs' Committee to thquire and report. TOE COBDEN TRIBUTE FUND A letter was read r , 111 the Mayor of iia , chester, en clo.ing an address issued by the couniiiree for prom.ititia the Cobden Trihote Fund. In this letter, which was art drr-ssed to the M lor or Liverpool. a hope was exuie•sed that he would assist the tribune and alluw his mime to be placed on the ei.moii,t,e. The MAY it.—What is your pleasure, gentlemen, with re,:ard t, thi. lent r? Air. thooiNa.-1 would suggest, Sir. that you accede to the rt que s t and becnne a member of the Society. (Loud laughter.) M AVOR.-1 am always happy. Sir. to receive “:1111* sogge.tions, and you will he 'quadri willinz, 1 am sore. to ail , w rue t.. judge in this matter hr myself (t tear, hear.) Mr. LACL.—It ought nor to have been read here at all, for it wa. address-d to the Mayor. Mr. IL lioaNsr.—The Mayor hag acted quite right in submitting it, buL it is quite incompetent for us, as a Cone,cd, to subserihe. The receipt of he letter ware odered to he acknowledged THE LEVI ING OF LOCAL RATES Mr. R ATH BON E moved . put sum , tonot ce. "That ,in the opinion of the Council, 1 is expedient that tell local rates should be levied on the owner instead of the c ccupier of property, as being more equi , asdle in princiele, less bar densome in attitheation. less costly in collection, and, therefore, I , eneficial in its overation to both Ithdlotd and tenant, and that ii is exredirot that a committee of five members be now appointed, with instructions to corder with air parish author-He 8, at d report." Mr. LAWRENCE seconded the motion, believing that a comnyttee ot inquiry would do no haim. Mr. G. H. Lawrence, Mr. Atkin, Mr. Parker, M r . Booker, Mr. H. Horieby, and Mr. Thornhill severally addressed the Council, all in favour of the principle ot the motion. "Take my advice," amid Mr. Birke t, " sin a man who has had some experience in this matter, — keep clear of the Poor Law Commissioners; if you once ket under their claws, yt u will regret it." The motion was unanimously carried, and the following committee were appointed to curler w th the parish authorities,— Nler.srs. 'I intie, J. Lawrence, Booker, H. Hornby, arid Rivilrone: . • THK WAVERTRF.E HALL ESTATE. Mi. PROCTER tteco..u. d by Mr. Booker, then moved that the re.ulution of the Cout.cil of tl•e 24 h M ty 1843. authorising the erection of a gaol on the Wavertree hall rstat~• he rescinded. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE was at a lose to know what the rnonoo aimed ar. The Finance Committee hail the sub j et under conesidt ration and would rt-p,Ot in a %ery short time. Mr. PROCTER SAID h:s ohjeet wag to lay the land out in walks, to and It to the Botanic eartik.s, and to make it a place of rrereation for the inhabitants, There being only a ineuiLleis present the Council was coin.ted nut at a quarter to three ;clock. _ _....... Mr. PROCTER promised to renew his motion at the next meeting. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. At the wind mon'hiv meeting. held on Tuesday last. in the Commi , sioners'-rooms Hamilton-square. the toilow ing gentlemen were prestnt :—Vles,rs. Potter, (in the chair,) J. Laird, W. L kird, Watson, Pim, Appleton, Brownrigg, Dobbs, 11 oud, Ti.ocupson, Barbour, Little, and Horner. ADDRESS TO PqINCE ALBERT It appeared from the minutes, that at a special meeting of the board, on the 21-t ult., the chairman, Mr John Laird, anti Mr. Pritchard, had been appointed a commit tee to prepare en a.ltir• ss to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and on the 30th a special rueetmg of the hoard was held, at which it was approved, and ordered to be signed by the chairman. The address. w I,ieh was of a most loyal character, waa committed to the care of M of A hereon', K G., aidi the following most gracious ato.wer had been received " Buckingham Palace. Aug. 1, 184 G. " Sir,—The address ot the commissioners tor the gene ral imptovement ot the town of Birketth, ail. i n the c.unty of Chester, ka%ing been la d before the Plinee, by the Marquis of Ahereorn, I am commanded to return the sine. re thanks of his R Highness tor the kiwi sent.- trynts contained in it.-1 lave the honour to be. ST. your mo•t ohedn. nt s- rvant. " G. A. ANSON Wm. Putter, Esq., Chairman." FbRRY COMMITTEE The proceedings of this re was taken first, in eonsequ• nce of the illness of the chairman of that com mittee, Mr. Brown igg, retiu'ring his early deparure. It appeared that the survey 01 the new boat, built by Messrs. Forest and Co., was satisfactory, and the p iyment of .f2OOO, the remainder of the money due on the contrilet, was 1 - eeonitnenderi. The sot-, ey of the host now building fir the cioumissioners by Me.srs Hodgson and Cu. was unsatirfictory, and it was determined to r• j et it alto lee h• r. and the law-eletk was ins , ' ueted to institute pro eeed•oga to obtain the repayment or the two instal...qv s ►ec••iwrd by Messrs. Hudg t n and Co., with iniereo, Jt was also neommehded, tot the grim:id that the additi.inal accommodation fur the public was in.t at a , l commensurate with the increa•ed ex: ense, that the resolution, by vitro.. of Which Monk's Fere y had been opened, should be re scinded, hut that contractots should tr, allowed to avail therm. h e. of those boats w Emit cross to and from Mink's Ferry It) convey railway pas.eogur4. Sortie conversanon ensued as to the closing of Monk'. F rry, in wi.ich it was statt'd 'hat the railway boa's make tweio•tour trios p r day, sod that, therefore, the an i on ter the pubbc could !tot he no n , , s.t then under the pre - sent plan, while the expense would he greatly reduced. It wits also stated that if facilities could he obtiiiied on the. Liverpool side to run hoats every quarter of an twit'', t he. commissioners would be hippy to avail themselves 01 such an improverneut. The rereipts E , ,,r the month of July, 1815, were stated to be £2996 12.. 4d. 11,e r-celpts of the co resootoilog mooth it, 1845, eas £3279 12s. 5d.; thing a falltog cff of .4:283 Os. Id. The pr.. , eedines were co. firmed LIGHTING AND WATCHING COMMITTFR The proceedings recommended that the wage., of the inspector.: of police shc , l.Vd be raised from 25 , . to 3 Iph It was also stated that wanton damage bad been done to the e• tea and plaids in the park by some scoundrel who had 13 , en Playing at cricLet ui.til a late hour on Saturday night. The proceedings were confirmed. FIKALTII COMMITTITE The pioceedineß were c .titi. med. MAi+KKTS COMMITTEE If was recommended that the clock f cos in the interior be forthwith dec. , rated. In answer te npplications some of the oecurams of shops and stalls in the minket for a redo( tion of rent, it was stated that they were already as low as could he reasonably expected. Tue pructe - Were confirmed IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE The proceeduno. which mentioned that Mr. Brassey had given up his purchase of laud to the pa , k, were con- firmed FINANCE COMMITTEE The proceedings were confirmed. A letter from Mr. Willoughby, comp l aining of th e ho.tile and unfair competition commenced by she commis s oners. by putting up on the ir boats. " Birkenhead, by Wund s ioe," by which parties were led to believe th t to be the only ferry. and strangers staying at Willoughby's hotel weie put to great inconvenience. The CHAIRMAN said that the mistakes and inconveni ence preponderated on. the other side; as strangers going td 1) .. docks and n .rth end of the town often went by the ferry, being ignorant that Woodside was at I4irk Bukenfwgft..7 t 811 si f , stated that by a mist a ke o f the painter been omitted. It had, however, the word " lrtry' been n rectified. the tone of the latter, Af er sons, Comment tiP O The board then nojournel at nine o'clock. CHESUIPRE The bas;ness at these asbiz;a, on raCiday, was ttr? un important . . . . Wednesday, Lord Denman, in the rause Smi/h v. KPlarick, fined ten spec at jurymen did wit answer to tier names, and on whom service was proved to have been made, £lO e-ch, and signed the usual warrant for levying the saute. The parties tirincipaLy aside at Bir kenhead. and most probably will hear troy i the Sherif f of Cheshire on the subject. On Thursday. Anarear Battle was charged before Mr. J •tie,i, in the Nisi PriuF Court, with wounding' John Brown. on the 6th of May last, in the city of Chester. He was found guilty, and sentenced to two years's impitieon merit, with hard labour, the last fortnight solitary, in Chewer city INFANTICIDE AT RUNCORN.—Mary Pinot)let, 27, and Joseph l'itriblei, 31, were indictel for the murder of their n ale child. Richard Pinibli , t, at Runcorn. The case was heard before Mr. Baron Rolfe. The cnild bad been en tered in a burial club, am' died just twenty-four weeks aqr r the nt anee had been r ffected, which was the time required to elapse bane the r•presentteive of a member could, is case of death, be entitled to the club money. The teenale i.risone, had been heard to advise hi r neigh bi urs to enter their children in the club, stating that in case her child (the deceased) should die, she should re ceive £5 from the club. The body had been exhumed, when an opinion was given that death had been caused b 5 arsehic. it was also shown ;hat in December and Feb ruary last, arsenic was purchased by the prisoner, under the pretence of wanting it to kill rats and mice. After a long examination, the ptis•iners were acquitted. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.— Sterilh v. !lig ginGoliorn —Mr. E ans. Q C.. stated the case fir the plait Iff. He said he sh.rulo have to lay before the jut y one of the niii-t heartless cases be hail kit , wit. The plain tiff. Miss E:izabetit S•nith, was the daughter of a hiehty respectable silk manufacturer. residing at Macclesfi-Id. His family consisqd of five surviving children. The plalriff was t he yrqing,st daughter, and attained her 2li h year last June. The fart•ily were Wesleyan Methodists. and the plaintiff' belomed to that denomination from her ea' heat years. The defendant. who w.o; a "Silk manufac turer, was al.() o e of the Wesleyan body. and was a ste ward. lie was 27 years of age. On the 10 bof Decem ber last, the defendant made his advances to Miss Smith. to whorrr Mr. Exal, a student for tare Wesley,. • ministry, had been paying marked atienti.ms, and he planne I to meet her at the chapel. and went wi , n her to her lather's house, and at partin4 he pre,ented her wi-h et letter, w iich the learned ceunsel read. It acknowledged that he knew ot her correspondence w th Mr. E.; and expressed a hope that her affections were not tulle engaged, and prt,sed upon her (Miss Smith) to accept him as a suitor, eulo- gised her most highly for her good qualities, stating that he would make her happy as a partner, and concluded by off-rOig her his hand and heart, and hoped to make her happy. The learned .!ontisel highly eulogised this leurr, partit ularly the parts which alluded to "artless tervi ur of genenisity c.itnuosing her disposition." Miss Smith showed the lett r to her parents, who approved of the tiffed. panicolarly as it fl•red a home in Macclesfield, %hi real if she married Mr. E. she a ould have to it Iterate all octet the country. 't he plaititti in six days after re ii"ed to the letter, hip, how she was situated. 0 the 23 I. M. F. came to Nlaccl, Add ; an 1 Mr. Hig genhottoto called up •n Mrs. Smith. in a slate t f weal ex , and told her that he had st nt ht r daughter an rirr in.n' offer. and prerseil for an itnmedinte marriage. -Subse pyrit'y, he met Airs. Smith on the road, arid gave her a letter to give to the plaintiff, again cogeht , y pr. s-i g his suit. A further family to , sulalion took place. Mr. B. was aware of what was goint on, and took leave of the taintlY with good feeling, but abandoned his suit, when the ohintiff »ecru ted the defendant. and the most kindly feeling existed hrtwer n the families. lie proposed tl ar they should be marred in January, to which she objected. It w.rs then agreed the marriage should take plac, in March Mrs. Sm th aid Mrs. J. Beaumont, sister , o the vis,red the mother of the defendant, arid the marriage was fixed for March ; hut the plaintiff ot , jr-cted to the poropotrem,nt, wherenpon the defendant wrote several letteis, declaring he would not merry the t laint , ff. making es rn excus- th it she had exhibited bail temper. The caae having been proved, Mr. Chilr,m, Q C., made a powerful appeal iu in , t , gation of damages, after which, the jury rttuined a verdict for the plaintiff— Darnagts, £5OO. CH ESTER R VITA This event took i l iac bint.clay. And on in.- titr on the afternoon of ancient city but in 11 , e diarist for miles rnund. There was a consirteralli attendance from Liverpool, and, the weather being arlenOid. the regatta was of the moat ex citing and del ghttut character. There was a large attendance of ladies, ir.cluding the elite of Chester, who seemed It'ghly gra•ifird with the sports of the dly. Amongt the distinguished persons present was Li rd Robert Grosvetkr, Treisuter of her Majesty's Household. The event was mum d by one acei lent—and nue play— the upsiAtitig i f a boat, in which were four rowers. Tn.- keel turned up, and the poor fel'ows receive d H sou d duekiiie ; but they were spec ily teactied, and nothint worse than a 111). tfluity of Fattier Nlathew's favourite beverage wat. their fate. Toe folkoving . iall correct return of the running : The TRIAL STAKES. value 5 guineas, to he rowed and Steered by hot s under 18 ‘e-rs of age. !..ec.n.d boat to receive lOs: Entrance, ss. each boat. First heat. Mmgnet .... Linicao,irr ....... Princess Royal ...... Second beat. Rehm ... Gipsy Queen D, cidino heat Echo.... Magnet.. The DEE Cur. value £lO. 1.4 f.tur-oared gigs, to be rowed and steered by mechanics. Second boat to receive back her en' ranee money. Entrauce, 10s. each twat. The Earl The Echo .. 2 Lancashire Witch The WIRRAL STAKES. value £lO. for tour-ov,ed gig.; be row-d ami bletred by fi.hermen. S. cond boat to rective back her entrance money. Entrance, ICs. each The Dim nips% Q ieen .. Lanc sahire Witch .. The CITY PLATK. value £25, with £25 added by Sir John iervis. M.P., Attnreiry-Gineral, for lour-oared Ries. to be rowed and steered by gentlemen amateurs Second boat - to rec-ive Entrance. £5 each boat Queen of the Dee—the-t , -r R. R Club—Crew : Wm. Dixon, T. Walker, T. Wats , ,n. W. Laded:de (atsoke); Coxswain, J Massey.. The Lune—Lancaster Itowine Club—Crew Bond, Whelon,— Austin (stroke); Coxswain P.lev, Milson. . __ Thr Earl—Chogter H R. Club—Crew : W. Booth, E Lacey, W. Williams. H. Dixon (stroke); Coxswain. It. Hardinge N yen betting between The. Queen of the Dee and The Lune. At st rine The Queen of the Dee jumped niairrained her lead fr m beginning to end, and won very ensi:y by several boats' leneth. The SKIF , PRIZg, value 5 gu'nens, in specie, for Acifi4, to be sculled by gentlemen amateurs. Entrance, Ws. each skiff. Jennv F-ittovlsler G. z •Ik Cht ster . Liverpool Chest , r . F. Potts 1 As.ittall 2 Walker 3 Some fouling fo.ik place during this race, and at the e-nclusion of it Mr. Walker followed Mr. Aspin4ll into the b•ait• house. and, after having st uck him several times, the parties wrr RivER DEE COMMISSIONERS —The annual mee•ing, a ,, coiding to the a t ut parliament. of the N. ver Due Cctnniissi in to, was hoid e n a, Cheater Castle. on Tues day Present. C. W. D Dundas4, Esq.. (chairman). Lord ‘lostyn. W. Br twit. Esq.. E. F. French. F..q Jon. Edwards. E,q . R. Weave,. Erq . and Rev. P W. 1 - 14milton. The business was of a very unimportant ri-ture. two to err- 1 concert. a , the A*sen.b y rooms, urea' Ge iree-.trtet, on to-morrow (Wedne•ota‘) and Fr.day evening , , tireviou. to hi. &par are for A merica. In an adv.-rti , ement 'hat has appeaied in tn. st of the Mr. Und,-rh ll's, relative to the sale n' rcal p~ wry Ci r,,w A Bi r OF DEVONAHIRF.—Mr. JuAice Platt "brought nut" a Devonshire boy in good stvle Irt.t we?,lt at Exeter. and eyilent'y enjoyed the fun. In a case of arson, one of the witnesses again.t the prianner was John Brown, twelve years of age, whose business, he said, was to "go about 'long wi' mother." sel•iitg "slab." He stated that he wa' on an arch over the tunnel, about vower o'clock in the arternoon, and zeed amok comi•qg out o' the back h uz-; he know'd 'twas rower o'clock. 'cos he thought when waa a tan o' th' arch that his mother wid'n catch to whop him. The Judge : When did you expect si.ur wt oppwg, that evening ? Boy : When her catch'd me.--Judge: What made you gn "non the arch ? Boy : Co. I could zee her a coming.—Judge : And then you could bolt eh ? Boy : h ee-, zur, my loarl.i. . _ MADAMK CATA I.A N MallaMe C.etaisni , by her wonderful powers, brought the Italian Opera into general nit ce. and drew crowds of perso , s to th" theatre, who before knew it only by name Her floe figure and f.tscina ting count, nauce, with the charm of her acting and aingi' rend red her the id , Ito which e very one brewed. These splendid endowments, however, proved the d •truction of the opera. The rum she demanded absorbed a great por tion of th rec• in's. and the nth, n,,rta were filled with : - second rate performers. Finding herself a star sm)itg twoilchig satel ites, she took the liberty of mutilating the opera for the purpose oc introducing songs forrign to the le eee , iii order to exhittit her peculiar powers. Corsi fen 'vile was the first °pet a brou.th' nut of M. .z irt's in which Catalani sustained the principal part. While reli arsine a cavatina, which she had prepared herself to sing, she hard some instruments that incommoded her, and stopped short. saying, ••What is that you ploy? " " The hot n , madame." replied the pe formers. " Horns! I'll have ril horns;" and, turning to the chtrionets, said, " I like not that ; cut the clarionet our ; I'll ha v e none of deer install tnents." As the only object was to see and hear h er , this continued through s,.vetal seasons. by which she gamed little l.ss than a hundred thousand pounds.—Gar d ater ' s Music and Friends. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT. Hi Lord s M ß o o r y p a e l t h il ,t ig h h e n; i g a s nl P u r i i s n o re , A,Ablebreercii,acc,inndmpsuiti te, hy arri ved by spe c i a l t ra i n at toe Wrmitighant station, t!rt their return from Liverpool, at twenty minutes past six. and started again for London at ten minutes to seven. During his 12 , irf ;stay, his R , ,yal Highness promenaded the Esplit natle, and entered tutu familiar conversation with the Mayor of Birmingham, Wore, Thorne, the commendent The the i?e.w district, holeor a nd tile the spir oa ot rtya li p ; a a r u e t d ilo t r o iti i e ) : attendance. e in the highest ts, tr!il expressed th e great gratificatien they bad ex perienced in their trip to Liverp 01. Mr. Bury. the head of the locomotive department or the line between Binning hum and London, t ink charge of the train sin its retina thence to the meter polls'. fl,s Royal litglmess r ached Buckingh Palace •it a quieter past ten o'clock. On Friday last, whets the Prince araived at the railway station in the afternoon to take his departure. Mr. 1),,w -li.,g was in waiting with a portion of h a force ready to re ceive him. Wode wailing the necessary arrangements previous to the delyittur,-, he crossed over to the head cons!able and slid—" Mr. Dowling I am ve r y muc h pleased indeed with the arrangement: that hive beers made: they have been very good. And with such a vast number of peo,,le, I cannot i nagine how yon manotted to preserve order. I an, told tkrre has nor been a Angle accident." Mr. Dowling replied , " Not one that hag come to my knowledge, your Royal Highness" runt makes it doubly pleasing to me," rtjo'ned the Prince. Just at this• moment a tnt-t , senger arriv,-d by an express r , in, and presented a small despatch-box. which Peirce Albert opened with a key attached rte a , hair) roued his neck, under his vest. Taking out a small et le, he read it attentively, and then replaced it in the box, which he locked and handed to the Mali:pis of Abercorit. The train in which the Prince set out consisted at two carriages on:v. In that which conveyed hi- R val Highness were the Marquis of Abercorn and L M rpetn. Whilst Prince Albert was at the Town-ball, on Thurs. day, Lord Sandpn presented him, iti the name of Mr. Chadburn, optician, of L rd. st reet, with a hea , ,,ti ul t0,. 8 „ cove. which his royal highness received very t racionsly, and expressed himself much pleased with the beauty of toe wo_kmanship. THE STANDS.—We regret to fini that the erection of stands, for the convenience of parties snxi ' , is to st cure a good view of Prince Alb.- rt, at d Vie prore-sion, on their way to the site of the Sailots' Home, his been very gene. rally an unprofitable speculation, o.ing in part, no doubt, to the length of the strett. passed . through, froth witch a view could be obtained, and in part, to the extravagant expectation= of the parries themselves, C..wairiee4hle sums of money having been lost, *here a very differeut result was anlicipated. THE 01113hil of ODOPELLOWS.—iII roticing the irrop. thin of roam parties uron the plitforni of the Sailors' Horne, we are intornied that our reporter Iris been guilty f some unfairness in attributing ' , he circumstance to the Oildiellows We ere ce , - airily vor learned, nor perhaps is our reporter, in diz.tinguishing the members of one order from those of a , other ; all or thew look odd enough %111-11 bed zoned in ti,eir 035 , i-a finery. We certainly could n ;t mean to efFild to r. . admi.. on o f •• • , aa r tipectihie a body f men. A the platf o-m. we r , all know theN l i o ,,, . , h c e „ u s n io ti n et , :. o ta i n b d , i . n r g ,a w o t f , ...hr,;:peer to nothing abut it, except that the space would not have hel i half of them. Br DS WANTED —So great was the ingress of strangers inro Liverput.l tt ring th- tao days of the visit of Pr nee Albeit, that beds acre in request ititini , ely hey-nd the means of supplying them. Ar a subrtitute, n a•iy t.arties whore means %Pre no. excessive, took refuge in the stands erected along th- line of t rocersion, eons tli • g t hems. Iv es with the retietrion, that though they in ght rippin t .ri tely sing, " Mc lodging is on the hard hoard." even that wis belt, r than pet atubul tying tine stretts, or running the chance of being robbed in common lodging-houses. We heard of one st,,ri, on the vacant stoic- in frtut of the Ly.lcurn. in 80ld -street. were the pal ties I laced in ma nagetneht the cutirder tlettess In have a private vta.ch man onisn'e t take care of the p'ekets aid !ir rsons t f their L,u , sts. The fart of parties rleepitig thu• unshel tered trunt the n ght de sir speaks vo times for the fineness of the weather. THE ROYAI. YACHTS.—The royal yachts Victoria and Aloes , . and Fairy, arrived in Portromuth hat bour ott Mon day evening ; both hid a rapid passage to tiie Land'—end, but site; wards circumstances delayed them a few hours. The Victoria and Albert, between the start and Dart. mouth, during very thi 'k weather, and at night in Sun day. came in contact with a merchant br g, and although men,rved t. r t l e t e h e n , :w:a h , s e r o t, w n g a i d s v e r c:k i :a r o t time t b li y e C h :a l P m n s L ordo t he t t w h A i e , i F i o g i 06-ou t and then reverse the action of them, the weight of the yacht carried away the brig's bowsprit, and chused such other damage, that liis 1 r !ship. the (crew he. ing foreigners) aid not thin k it tglit to aband on h er , an d he therentre had her taken in titw, and carried into Dart ni.ush. On arrivitrg there, the injury was ound to be &V I. By this accident, the yacht wag delayed seven bouts, otherwi.e she would have made the passage from Liverpool in 40 bouts. HOUSEBREAKING IN THE ARCADE BY A FEMALE. On Friday last, an wren ely well-lorking female. ap pkren. ly hot more than s xteen years of age. and most rrs. P hrouitht tit fol. Mr. Rushton on c e h e a t t a g b e lY or h 4 a t. v d in , g wa broken and entered the chop ot Miss Burgess, in the Arcade, and stolen ih , Trout a variety of t iroverty to a conti •erable ao.ouut. kit r name it. Ca he. ►ine Cairns. The youth and respeciahihy ot the pri.oner i , omitted with the Nei mu. nature ot the charge against her, excited the deepest interest of the court. She was nude. fended. Mks Susannah Burgess was the first witness called. side with my f at h er. Jame. Burgess, at Ni. 19. She dein:sed a., Vllows •—I sm a sin g le woman, and re.. mas's.huiloings. Ile is .in artificial fl taw manu'acto , r. and ti.e . k . B .t .- P t l e. , ; t : ; P e c n. l o The pr;s mer, Cat h. • rine Cairn's lath, r. lives in the ti. xt hou-e to or-. Al mit 1 al. c., on - ..orsay night last, I wect t•ut of our shop, leaving all sa•e. I the Arcade, near Bold.street locked the door, [ a M pl i , s a tt re t i l . u rgzs k s ., he fi r , e rn d it -;c e r , ib .er d titt h our key ; I went in, o'clock on Wednesday morning, I went to our shop, and found it locked. I opened it with filial flowers, &c., subsequently found to be missing.] I l a a n r d ge ni q l ; s,e n d tt a tv h o ir r d w e e s rri . ng saw all our turniture safe a hen I locked up on i tit-soity but I cannot say that I saw all the article, I have des cribed. Information was sent to the nolce, and b•lts were printed describing the property. Yesterday morning, to Constab e Lloyd took me to a house iii Minolta' 1 --- tuOiriruiur.,ol.ShiPipTii,:hilini •a Street s Edge-hill, where we round the ',harmer. We looked in r .om., and fund all the pioperiv which I have des cribed. I clainled it. It is my father's property, and is wor. h £3O Roger Dargin said ; —I live in Daly's-place, OHO- street. and keep a donkey-cart. I stand in a yard rie.r St. Johrt'r-lane. About a croarter to six on Wednesday morn_ tog I wits putting my donkey in the rhafts, when the pri soner c .me up to me. and asken. •• Do you ON turni tuie ?" I said, yes. She said, '• Will you go with me to the Arcade, and shift some furniture to Edge-hill ?" said, yes. 1 took my cart to the Arcade. and &topped near the back door of Bold-street Savings Bank. The pri boner went down some C►liar-step., and I saw her go in at a door, which was the top one on the right of the passage. She handed me the furniture and other articles, which I put in toy car'. '1 he prison , r told me to drive on. I did .0. and sne, walked by my side. t"he took me to a house in Minsliul!..street. Edge-Ain. The prisoner stood uport the house-steps. I handed her the property, and the took it ii.to the house. Yesterday afternoon. Constable Llosd came arid made son►c inqu►ries, and 1 to , k him to the honte in M►rshull.streer, where we tonnd the prig , ner. Jane Thompson said :-1 am the wife of Joseph Triomp sore, a carpenter, a'4l we live in Minshull-street, Edge hill. 1 hate kno4 ti the priscner about a fort n ight. I lad a card in my window with •• Apsrinients to lit" on it. The prisoner Came in and raid, I want a parlcur; I refused to let it. She carve the next day. and took niv middle - MOM Nrxt day some furniture came for her; and on Saturd last the prisoner came. She went Out on day night I ist about six o'clock ; and at about ten minutes to seven o'clock on %'ednesday morning she knot ked we uo. I opened the door, and found the prisoner with a donkey cart. borne furniture, and some boxes. All the prop. rty was taken into my loose. Yesterday, Miss Burgess and Constable Lloyd came and took the property away. Co. , stahle Lloyd depnr:Fd to finding the carter. and to po , nting out Miss Borgrs , .'s shop in tt.e Arcade, and Mrs. Th nip.on's house in Alinshull•atreet, and to the di-i very of the pr The prisoner, vvt.o tit-dine?. to sqy anything in her de. ully committed for tried. We understand that a Dana h e r of keys were fouled upon the pri-over, which leads to the ~upuns►tiou that she has some accomplished net', was crackzinan as lu-I prrcepto' THE ORANGE INSTITUTION. A meeting of contry grand c•ffirera, and other influen• tial members of the Orange Institution. convened by cir cular and public adaerti:enie•.t, was held at the Town hall of Enniskill , n, on M n.lsy. the 3i of Augu4. 1846, for the ourpope of orgati'zina the Orari,emPti geticrolly, and forming a Grand Orange Lodge for Ireland._ The EMI Of ENNP.IICILLICN WM. called to the. Chair. Drputatirms attended f•om the the counties or Antrim, Cavan, Down, Duthin. Tyrone, London terry, Monaghan; and Ferman9,h ; and letters were read from influential mernb-rs of the Orange Institution in Armagh and other giticad.v. :all. E`cl 9 counties. Th.: deputati•ma made statements cnncern;ng the orga- I rebind. Accor tit gl., by th e resoluti •na of the me. tin:, the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland was cunatituted, and Lhe tollowing r ffieers were el , creti : t i'n o :eez i : n r t'ej , id e in e s e l:' d usd t " o tni t :l l9 ;: e c_b ;ol e r p r i l .: o sy : ir o r a ti t f e s i o i t ! l n l il i, i di : ;l 3 l a ,,i r l e n i G s s i k Tr i i s a t i ;c n i je e t : n‘ 7 , T h .a e : t ord n igle et , f l'l t i E t iv r t:g .. s : wt : l i nice : e . Cal.tberk, E t pre i l mr G) ::::: : ::: b . i t i r G ; t a rl t i l e ß:l 4. , a m .•k a ir. c A oi r: t n t. a . g li t t : P Fe. manael. : C..lonel Barton, Fermanagh ; Henr y Kia g;- E•q . D wit ; William Earn ❑ mill, Esq ,nu lin ; H G. Johnston. E , Moi, t'- James Lemirum. 1• sq ,T% rove ; Heim% 10 .. ag )4" ; chardson.E.l , ~q . Antrim. 1,/ wed thapla n.—The Very Nev . W.Beres, ev Holt Waring. Mall of Dr. more. Grand Treosurer.—Nlervyn A rchd4l. Fog., M.P. Depuly Gra n d Trcasurer.—Jofin &Hs, .ever Newry. Depul Espy. E Y sq G , 7ffi nd ce B . 5, " et Grand Ss er stary.— Hon. Somerset Mmxwell. 14 :"1, SW , * L•sb Ilsw. Fermanaih , • Wm. Compton It was re.olved, in conelu.ion, that the next alerting of the Graid Lodge uf Ira nd should be held in Dublin, on the 12tb of November, 1816 . r c o a n r Ir es e. .-- str S raemr.nDel Dublin . es Johnston,