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each, in the to a intaia In the' ae last n, the ill the 0 oil- have y £l2 :;1, to e and a to a COll.. mena- ;arned to the )1. the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY,- your wages, and if you do not deduct the amount of wages due for the election day when your servant was absent, are you to be charged with bribery ? This must needs be so, if the practice in these establishments is to be taken as affecting the sitting members. It cannot be bribery at common law, for there is no corrupt contract ; it does not come within Lord John Russell's act, for the practice only exists in particular establishments ; and, however the committee may regard it as bordering too nearly upon bribery, I cannot see that thero is any moral turpitude connected with such a practice. It is not a payment on behalf of the candidates ; it is a private act of certain individuals ; nor do I see how it is to be prevented, for certainly the candidates have no control over the proceed ings of mercantile or other establishments in the borough. My learned friendson the other side assert that a stipulation was continually made, that the voters should give their votes for the ss. given to each. That was not proved in one single instance. All the witnesses, without exception, tell us that their votes were not affected by the money, that the money did not induce them to vote in a certain way, and that, in short, it did not influence them in the least. Recollect none of them were paid as freemen, they were paid as workmen. The practice of giving wo r k men a holiday upon such occa sions, and paying them ss. each, may be a bad one ; but there is no tnoral turpitude connected with it, and at all events if, as in the present case, the payment is not made on behalf of the candidates, it cannot be brought within the p-enal section of the act of Parliament. I now come to the case of Evans, the beerseller at the Old Oak, in the Tolletie Ward, who was deputed by Mr. B. Jones to pay Ss. to each of his worhmen. What did Mr. B. Jones say to Evans when he gave him his instructions ? He told him he had been always in the habit of giving his appren tices, blacksmiths, and sawyers, and every one in his employment a holidavupon such an occasion as an election, and to pay them their wages. Well, that is not a case of payment of head-money, but of payment of workmen by their master, in accordance with the usual custom of his establishment. Of the sixty men paid by Evans on behalf of Mr. B. Jones, there were fifteen who did not n belongb to the establishment, but who were private friends exceeded his &tithe Now, r. t i h t e y_ ex t p h l a a t na h t e ion ma o d f e t p h a is ym is e , n t ts hat to Ev m e e n n s I : 3,e on . e b s ; without the sanction or even knowledge of Mr. B. ou an gh d t that `what he did, therefore, cannot fairly a gen e.. a gaiest the sitting members or any Of Ent what course have my learned friends on the other side adopted ? Why, they have rceaelleeittribe the of the fifteen men who should not have th Payments, but they have not produced one of ether kitty-fire who were paid as workmen. I appre he that'.". very sittarp imotioe. now eomo to clone 3 , the case of Tudor and others, who are alleged to have been bribed by Rowett and Greene. Mr. Macaulay leer take it for granted that the committee would look upon Rowett as an a g ent for the sitting members, hut I venture to say that the committee will not come to a riY ahch conclusion. However that may be, I submit 'that class 3 does not come within the class el' payment of 11ead " 4 oneY• One of the witnesses under this class, it is 4 -erne, did not deny that he sold his vote, but he added that he went to the poll chiely for the purpose of satis fying himself as to whether there was bribery practised or not. It is remarkable, however, that all the other wit sea gave a totally different account of the transaction. - 1 - 1 1 e all assure us that there was no contract whatever for their rotes theat they did not sell their votes ; and that 'the money y received was not intended or viewed by 'them as an inducement for themlo - vote in a certain way. bClass 5 consists of the case of Tudor, Ileskett, and Wilson, o the are all p rove d to have b een bribed by Jonas Gleave Payment of - ss. each. The CRAIRMAN: Tudor was the man who appeared in a state of itiirium &einem. We won't trouble you to say ane.e: • anything about class 5. corrimitt Axe's : I am not surprised at the decision of the e e laPon art of the gh want all 0 remember how this muc p h was made case of , it thou by Mr. we Sergeant t h e ICin g l ake, who called it the famous rosette case, and said 11 e..anie referred to the concealment of sovereigns in ,-.husettes, and - then distributed among the electors. The' friend was heralded with agreat flourish of trumpets, my, er'e,ad -eveneesorting to his Latin grammar on the subject, deciairiumiee augurs in herba,—and yet a man labouring under treraens has been brought forward to prove it. B nch is a sample of the way in which my learned friends have endeavoured to substantiate their wholesale and rash accusations against respectable and honourable men. az e ve come to George Turner, alleged to have been bribed QV Jonas -Gleave. Hawas to have employment at 15e., out Of - which he was to pay his rent. Now, apart from the con sideration that this is not exactly the way in which a man would be brib e d f or hi s vote, I have to remind the committee that Turner avowed being by a fe eling of hatr e d an d revenge towards Gleave, actuated by whombe h a d b een destrained, and that he publicly stated in Li verpool, before gi v i ng hi s ev i dence, that he would-aerve Cleave out when he came to London. I have no' hesita tion in saying that Turner has tortured an Office of em 'Moment het° an act of bribery, and I think the committee 'am have no difEcuity in coming to the same conclusion. 'We come now to class six, the caseof Wilson, 'West 'more, Talbot, `Whitty, Brown, and Woods, -who are Alleged to have been brib e d by Birchen, at the Pontack i lia. 'Now, the witnesses under this head 'were men of character and respectability in 'their dffice -of life, = and they a l l deny the existence of any corrupt bargain for their vote. One and all tell us that they did :not, or would not, sell their votes; and, indeed, to offer such meress. each for their voteserould have been per _fraecontleeTyrhideicAlt:cas; hisT Talbot w sa a i g d ee t ; hat he looked upon the All the other witnesses made a voted the sense way though and.atra.itlharatathaetemen.wouldt,haanyde he bid not received the ss. et is evident that no bribery took 'place as far as class 6 is-coneerned. I now approach the case of Cannell, - who is said to have been bribed be B' hall, by the pay ment of 10s. Well, we had Mr. :barmen beforeata, and 'the committee will recollect that• on the lasteceasion he appeared in-a state of coma, and that his evidence de pended upon his memory, which - did not appear to be 'very good. The GHAMMAN: The committee do not require you to go into the case of Cannell. Mr.' JA Ales Very we ll. t I d sha i l r l,pl . o u c r e n e e d r. to the formal h Charge against my !ten il - The CiLAJR.M A N : With respect to that charge, also, the committee do not wish you to refer to it, as it has not - at all been substantiated. Mr. Jamas . The COtnnaittee has come to a-wise and ,prudent decision, and I will only add, that election com mittees cannot be too scrupulously;jealous in seeing that acts of good nature and philanthropy are not distorted into acts of bribery and corruption. Mr. Macaulay taunted- me-with not having put Mr. Turner into the witness-boa. Now, in reply to that I have only to say, that I and csylearned friend beside me, as the counsel for Mr. Turner, have told him that, in our opinion, this is -not a case in respect to which he stands in any 'Peril, or one in which he is required to give evidence. I now come to the case of lir. 'Grooby, the eccentric bandmaster, who is alleged to have been bribed by a number of the most respectable gentlemen in Liverpool, inasmuch as he bad received £l5 fcr the services of his band during the election, instead of £l2, the estimated *Nethere was no occasion-to bribe Mr. Grooby, "cfliora,rge. accordingto his own account, he is a Protectionist and a Conservative, and Mr. Hatch told the committee - that he counted upon his vote as securely as he did 7upon h is own. Th e t rut h is—and this was proved by ,erae w itnesses—that the sum .cf £l5 was given to wi tnesses—that because that wa s th e amount pa i d to the othrit two band m ast ers engaged during the electi on; and was thought that if Groby was paid less than his nei ghbours he would not be content. I think I have now gone through the whole of the evidence with regard to briber 'Let us see how the evidence of agency . stands. The committee have alreade — assed resolutions declaring .Gleave, H a t c h, Birchall, an d—in a modified Sense— B. Jones, to have been .authorised agents of ,the -sitting members at the last election. I do not -wish to i nterfere with these • resolutions, but manly -to shew how the agency might be restricted excess and modified on account of of authority on th e p ar t of the gentlemen in q ues tion. No w, with reg ar d t o th e machinery by which the last electi on o resinpeLcitvefrrpoomol that conducted, it diff ere d i n no material used at 'elections indssndon, Manchester, and oth er l arge towns. here was a Constitutional aboutio ployed, if -you please, for I won ' t quarrelnn'amem as a Central Committee; but according to the evidence of Mr. Sherlock and others. it appears that, although that committee consisted of about three hundred members, yet to all intents and purposes the whole business was ma naged by Messrs. Peacock, Bremner, Buckmast er , and Bold, who, th er efore, 1 contend, were the only -recognised !gent& for the sitting members at the last election. Let s)ae now refer to the constitution and the actions of the ward comtniees. They seem all to have originated foras general election purposes. Their chief action , so far vawsians recognized by the central committee, was - in can appt. g- Several gentlemen were ca ll e d t oge th er , and their own officers, __ . can vassing pre arations. Although there was the l and made the necess o as r Je cen tral committee. the chief persons concerned in the matter e:eer-zit:Tttlicteelleeessantiroso. is ,Peacock,does the aot ßremner hoti , t y B t o o l d o , a n a v n a d s s B , u fromc k rn a- i t h t e e s r e . An th e tut ?? the committee, affect the sitting members? andnothin I"it7 on the part of the eommittee or the four the attkounhtavast attreztiinong.ed.,l maywas an authority to cannel, tO tk ee . g more, as it is on this point we greatly rely. Ae stde nce to ander that h ea r I naneY actually proved make to o n h o o b v s e e observation o paidas Paid ;,C,leEggvenlntPeayrcarho;ft's bill was 440, and . 30 was 430, not p a i,F•l Paid • Hughes .£l4, paid : W. Lawson Es. ld.. Thus there has be:. 11 £24, not paid ; Bridge, £ll treating in a constit: £l4, paid ; Lancaster, £4, paid. In order to Connect the members £194. Amd what is the 7 o ral in this mighty case of 16,000, and hills existing for na, it must be sh own general character of she treating ? the her members with it, and to unseat wn to have been given by the mem eadeco„rding to the act William IV., " in order to be ele:t un ea rdl li:ghessi an d ° d this had been decided in the case of i n 1831, . Marshall (tried in the Court of Exchequer) which the member was declared not to expense o f d , as= tlheaptrpeating, though supplied at the tnAs_ c the candidate, was not given in order to """‘TI e the election. If that be the legal construction of tcie act, apprehend it is, I do not sea 11 .... aw It bean on the present case. The act of 5 and e 6 vict b °f the act re "ht in by Lord J. Russell, is a re- enactment . be elected" William 111. ; and if the words "in order to have any meaning', what conclusion will the „" . Mns o ittee come to ? In many cases at Liverpool there 7,_) evidence of any orders having been given ; in other a "`,,ITI . !here were positive orders not to supply provisions ; ~`.-4 the extent of what was supplied has been grossly ;Z.”ggerated. Publicans, so long as human nature is what _ ls , s will always be found to supply provisions upon N 'i r e a 8 iseculation of being paid by somebody afterwards. t this corrupt treating for the purpose of influencing t_h,e vo ters ? Clearly not ; for the whole extent of recog ,, Payments was only £77 ; and I may ask any less than whether his bill for refreshments was ever less Inan that. Th e pet i tioners complain that they have not been able to ascertain the real extent of the money ex- Psroled. Mr. B o ld, h owever, the treasurer of the _ Whole matter, was in the lobby; and, had they not reared to call him as a witness, he would h Plained to the committee every shillin-r that was expended. Whose fault is it that the case has dwindled into these miserable proportions ? Clearly, not ours. They have had witnesses present who knew best about the matter, witnesses of character and respect abilitY, azl whom they bad peglectesl t 9 call, cud they have no right to complain of any difficulty they may have had in obtaining information. But it is clear that Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie did not owe their seats to the corruption and treating which it was said has been so extensive among the freemen, for they had a majority of the household constituency. It is clear that Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie went to Liverpool with no object to bribe, no object to corrupt. You have not ventured to put upon evidence that they have expended money which might be deemed to be with the knowledge of corrupt practices, or which was for corrupt practices. They went there to vindicate a great political principle in the representation of one of the largest constituencies of the kingdom. And if, in the result, the com mittee should hold them, by a strict construction of the law, responsible for the acts of over zealous partizans, they will have this satisfaction, that the attempt to prove the existence of extensive corrupt practices at the election on their part has signally failed, and that they themselves may leave this inquiry with a political character un tarnished and a personal honour unstained. Mr. James concluded his speech at ten minutes past three. The room was then cleared for the committee to deliberate. After the doors had been closed five minutes, parties were recalled, when The CHAIRMAN said the committee, in order to give them time to consider the evidence, had determined upon adjourning till this day at half-past twelve. HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION AT THE CORPORATION SOUTH SCHOOLS. Yesterday forenoon the half-yearly examination of the chil dren attending the Corporation South Schools took place in the upper school —room, Park-lane, in the presence of a nume— rous company of ladies and gentlemen. The Mayor, who had promised to preside on the occasion, arrived at the schools, accompanied by his family, shortly before the appointed hour. Amongst those present we noticed Mr. Alderman Molyneux, chairman of the school committee, Mr. Councillor Wagstaff, a member of the committee, the Rev, J. Monk, the Rev. Mr. Bowman, curate of St. Saviour's Church, &c., &c. We were also glad to see present a large number of the parents of the children attending the schools. On arriving at the schools his Worship proceeded to the infant school, where the examination of the children was conducted by the mistress and her assistants. The children were examined in the Scripture history of the New Testament, also in Geography, including the productions of the different countries on the continent of Europe. They also gave ready and exceedingly correct answers to questions concerning the people of the different countries, and what they were remarkable for. Their examination on the History of England was equally satisfactory. The proceedings in the infant school having been concluded, Mist Wilncitx. tadroceod the tit& children in encouraging and affectionate terms, and then said, as there were no doubt many parents of these children present, he would take the opportunity of saying a few words to them. In the present day there were great advantages offered in comparison with what there were thirty years ago, for the education of the young ; and, as parents and mothers, he would wish to point out to them the great advantages they possessed for having their children taught. But it was in vain for the masters and mistresses to pay attention to the education of the children, if parents themselves did not aid them by their exertions and the example they set at home. They would remember that, when Moses was taken out of the river, the daughter of Pltaroah said'to the woman, "take this Child, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages ;" and she took it accord ingly; and he (the Mayor) wished to inform the mothers pre sent that their duties as mothers did not altogether consist in washing the hands of their children, and providing them with food and e - ith shelter, but Blatt° nurse a child as they ought to do, was to remember that their children were given to them by God; and That they were to teach them and train them in theways of God. 'When we know how much more the training of a child depended on its mother than on 'its father, it Was'the especial duty Of mothers to watch over their children. We well know 'that many of the men that adorned this country bad been in debted to the early training of a mother for their position in life; and it might be the case with regard to several of the chil dren now receiving their education in these schools, if the mothers would aid the conductors of the schools, in setting an example to their children at home, that when they were old they might not depart from it. It might be, 'that by sheaving such a regard for their children, they would be the means of so training up their children as to become net only a blessing and an honour to themselves in this world, 'but would also le the means of their receiving a crown of jewels hereafter. But it was often a pain to him to see, that Whilst children were taught in school to keep the Sabbath-day holy, they found on going to their homes that the Sabbath-day was not kept holy. In many cases, instead of good examples 'being set them, they found themselves witnesses of intemperance and unchastity at home. A great responsibility, therefore, rested on parents, to see that the education their children received at school should not be hindered in its effects at home. After some fur ther remarks, his warship'proceeded to the upper schoolroom, where the general examination of the boys and girls took place. After the children had gone through various exercises in Scripture history, descriptive geography, history, and other studies, they were examined by the Rev. Mr. Bowman, curate of St. Swriour's 'church, and the answers they gave elicited much satisfaction, and reflected great credit on the masters and mistresses. The leFavoit then addressed the children, observing that it was a very pleasant part of his duty as Mayor of Liverpool 'to come to 'the school, and witness the improvement amongst ti - .e pupils 'which 'was so apparent on the present occasion. He had reason 'to hope Ihat the improvement would still continue. They must all of them be aware of the advantages of a -good education, and of the privileges they possessed in this respect to a much greaterextent than any other country on the face of the earth. Those:privileges, however, carried with them,cor responding'duties on their part. His worship then pointed out the great advantages which an educated person possessed over one that was uneducated. and next urged the vast importance of combining a sound religious along with a secular education. If they imparted to the youth of the schools secular education alone, theywould not be doing that which was necessary. Mere were numbers of educated sinners in the .world. France, among other nations, had many such persons in the last generation, and they did more mischief than all the people put together. In education they should combine that •which belonged to earth-with that whiCh belonged to heaven, and in imparting secular knowledge, never forget the reverence - which was due to God. His Worship next referred to three prizes which he offered last half-year to the pupils who should re. spectively produce the best essay on Holy Scripture, on bio graphy, and on history. The reason he offered the prizes was for the purpose of carrying out this principle of combining spiritual with secular knowledge. The speaker dwelt for some time on the wonderful ability-which the three successful com petitors for these prizes had displayed, more particularly the writer of the essay on the Holy-Scriptures. Andrew Robertson was then called forward to receive the prize for the best essay on the - " inspiration and importance of the Holy- Scripture s :" The MAYOR, in awarding the prize, paid Robertson a greatwell deserved hoped th amount at he w of o ü b l i d b I p i a r s l e e n re o knowledge, d t g h e e , h p a ul i s n u g it r o ea f da ;m -el compliment. H e sa id th a t h e ev id ent l y possessed a Ltd he did not think it unlikely that he (the Mayor) might one day see him arespected minister of the Church-of England. Charles Dorringer was next called forward to receive the prize for the best essay on Geography. The MAYOR, in handing him the prize, said the essay did him great credit. Ile hoped that he would pursue the study spirit a f m p rißdues, Russel i t w i n a s c o n n e n x e t x icoani called pl t h o l e s ce o i t s h .c e other he studies. priz e fc of this important 'branch of education,—not, ho wever , i n a r the hest-essay on History. The MAYOR, addri- - ssing Russell, said the essay was unques tionably the best which had been presented to him. He was sorry to confess that the best essays were from the boys. He should have liked some of them to have come from the girls. There was, however, one which had been written by one of the girls named Mary Botham, which was so correctly written that he (the Mayor) had deemed it right to add a fourth prize. Thegirl Mary Bothara was then brought forward, and received the prize from his Worship. Mr. Alderman MoLT,NEux, chairman of the school, proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor, for his attendance to take part in the proceedings, as also for the encouragement his worship had given to the plipits , by offering the prizes. Mr. Ccuncillor WAGRTAFF seconded the motion, which 4Vaa passed amidst loud cheering. The MAYOR having returned thanks,-the proceedings were brought 13 a close by the singing of the national anthem. We understand that the number of child ren a t present in the schools is 450 boys, 300 girls, and 280 in the infant school. THE 11ADDINGTON arrived at Southampton, on Friday, with the Mediterranean and the Levant mails. During the voyage two of the passengers fell ovcrboad and were drowned. THE CIIZROKEE, the first vessel that ever came into I s iverpool from the interior of Canada, arri?ed at this port on Thursday last. She is alake-built vessel, and is rather novel in her appearance and .rig, combining the barque and the schooner. and having three masts. The Cherokee was built atliingston, on Lake Ontario. -She has opened -up a trade which will, doubtless, be followed by others. THE REPORT OF MR. CARDWELL7S RAIL".VAY COM. MITTEE, so anxiously looked forward to, is said to con demn running powers and to forbid large amalgamations, besides suggesting that a standing committee of each house be appointed, before whom all railway bilk must be presented ere they reach the ordinary stages of committee. DEATH OF WILLIAM ECCLES, ESQ., LATE M.:P. FOR BL AQZBURN. — Yesterday morning, a little b e f oro n i ne o'clock, William Eccles, Esq., expired at his residence, S h p a r t i ng terl i in u a n te t d 9 his in tuhseeki°lthcayreeaerr vrofas his :gastricage . fever.T he disease There is a general desire in the town of Blackburn for a public f uneral. ---Preston Ch' onicle of Saturday. MA.); iICILLED.—An old man, named John Peers, aged Upwards of - 74 years, living in Collingwood-street, with Mary Hughes, fell head foremost down auellar on Satur day last, and was so seriously injured that he died in a few hours afterwards. At an inquest, held on his body yesterday, a-verdict was returned of " accidental death." SERIOUS AgSAULT.—Yesterday morning a young Ama zonian, named Margaret Willans, was charged with com mitting a serious assault on Katharine Brahatn, wife of Thomas Braharn, a mate of s vessel, who resides in Fre derick-street. The attack would appear to have been almost entirely unprovoked, and the weapon used by the prisoner was a water-jug, with %hich inflicted two blows on the head of her neighbour. The depositiois in the case were taken, and the prisoner will be brought up to-day for committal. ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Any letters for the Arctic ships, if sent to Queenstown, Cork, to-day, will be taken by the Dolphin yacht to Disco or Uppernaick, in Baffin's Bay, on the chance of their delivery. DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—The Hon. and Rev. A. P. Perceval, Rector of Little Bookharn, and recently one of the Chaplains to her Majesty, committed suicide on Sa turday week, by taking a large quantity of laudanum. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." THE 'EIZ URE OF WAR Rocxvra.—The departure from this country of the two most important witnesses in the case of the late war rocket seizure at Rotherhithe, has de feated the proposed judicial investigation of the whole affair at the Surrey sessions. An official communication has been made to Mr. Hale, offering on the part of the Government compensation for the articles seized, the proof of the legality of the seizure being necessarily con tinzent upon the issue of the trial. INTERESTING FACT.—The ~ following singular and authentic case of restoration of the human hair is worthy of observation, more particularly as it relates to an article of high and universal repute during the last half century. Mr. A. Herrmann, of Queen.street, Soho, had been quite bald for some time past, and had tried various preparations for the recovery of his hair, but without any beneficial result. He was then ind uce d to try the e ff ects o f Rowlands' Macassar Oil," and, after daily applying it for about two month s , h e , much to his gratification, had his hair quite restored, and now possesses a beautiful head of hair. This fact speaks too strongly for itself to require comment.—Bell's Weekly Messenger. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILL, A CERTAIN AND EFFECTUAL REMEDY FOR. DISEASES OF THE SKIN.— Ringworm, scurvy, leprosy, jaundice, scrofula or king's evil, and the most inveterate skin diseases to which the human race is subject, cannot be treated with a more certain, safe, and speedy remedy for thei r cure than Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which r.ct so peculiarly on the constitution and so effectually pu r if y t h e blood, that those diseases are quickly eradicated from the system, and a lasting cure obtained. These sovereign remedies are equally efficacious in curing tumours, burns, scalds, g i an _ dular swellings, WcerG',43 WQ , Ands, rhvacoattorn, contracted Bad otiff Mate. LOCAL NEWS. THE Ulverston paper states that the dry weather is proving destructive to the lambs in the Fell district. THE BRICKMAKERS OF LIVERPOOL " struck" on Tues day night last for an advance of wages ; a disturbance was apprehended, but none occurred. A NEW GAS COMPANY having been set on foot in Burnley, the old company has brought down its charge to a uniform rate of 3s. per 1,000 feet. IT is said that in a township ten miles from Manchester burnt clay is manufactured into a powder resembling guano, and sold under the imposing title of " gypsum." THE BLACKBURN power-loom weavers send contribu tions to the Stockport operatives, now out on " strike," but they do not contemplate adopting the same course. THE DOCK PORTERS' STRIKE terminated on Tuesday last, the men having gone in again to work, as we antici pated from the tone of their Monday's meeting. THE DEATHS IN LIVERPOOL were lower last week than in any previous week of the present year, numbering 172, 34 less than the average during the preceding five years. THOMAS LOFTHOUSE has been committed for trial at the next assizes on a charge of stabbing Ralph Meadowcroft at St. Helen's on the night of Saturday, the 4th inst. A MAN went to sleep, last night week, under the Prince's Dock gate, and in the morning he fell into the water and was drowned, before the dock gateman came to his rescue. Six of the crew of the ship Ann Lockerby, of this port, while on her passage from Singapore to Sydney, were poi soned by eating some bonito fish which had been hung up in the sun without any covering. FATAL RESULT OF INTOXICATION,—During the past week two residents in Liverpool, Thomas Rearden and John Kane, have been " found dead"—the cause of death in each case being their attachment to spirituous liquor. ELIZABETH DEAN, aged 25 years, a girl subject to oc casional aberrations of intellect, and who lived at Cra shaw Booth, drowned herself in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, last week. A few days before she made an unsuc cessful attempt to strangle herself. MR. C. P. RoNEY, who was recently in Liverpool, en route to Canada, and who is to be - knighted early in October, when the Dublin Exhibition will be closed with legal pomp and splendour, was at one time a parliamentary reporter. THE BRICKMAKERS' CARRIERS, at the north end of the town, struck work on Tuesday for an advance of ld. per thousand; and, after an ineffectual attempt to compel all the brickmakers' carriers in the town to do the same, went back to their labour on the following day. THE RIGHT Hos. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY has Treisieu a letter to .r. ht. Tinne, Esq., soliciting informa tion from that gentleman upon the working of the Lodging_ houses Acts in Liverpool and the contiguous country districts. The Health Committee are lending their aid, we believe, to supply the information. AT the conclusion of the " Nunneries Bill" meeting, yesterday week, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, an indiscreet opponent of the Papacy, for daring to ask a few questions, was attacked by the Romanist rabble. His hat was torn into shreds, and but for the timely arrival of two police-officers, he could not possibly have escaped with his life. MR. WILLIAM RENNIE, of the firm of Rennie, John son, and Co., shipbuilders, of Liverpool, furnished the model for the ship Neleus, which arrived at this port a few days ago from St. John, N. 8., where she was built by Messrs. Brown and Anderson. Mr. Rennie has furnished the models for some of the finest clipper ships afloat, in cluding some now building at Greenock, Troon, Warring ton, New Brunswick, and elsewhere. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Langsdale presided at the weekly meeting on Thursday. The engineer submitted a plan of the new streets to be laid out at the Wapping Docks. It was agreed that the Finance Committee should ,be consulted upon the subject. The Town-clerk stated that a bill of the Electric Telegraph Company was before Parliament, which, in its present shape, would permit telegraph wires to be laid down above the streets without the committee having any control in the matter, as was the case in Leeds. Mr. Gladstone thought a charge should be made; the engineer suggested that the streets should be tunnelled for laying down pipes of various kinds. The Town-clerk was instructed to take necessary measures. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—On Wednesday evening the distribution of prizes took place at the Mechanics' Institution, the schools having on Tuesday and the fol lowing day been visited by many of the parents and friends of the pupils. The recitations and delivery of speeches in English, French, and German, took place on Tuesday afternoon, under the direction of Dr. Ihne and his colleagues. At the conclusion of the ceremony a vote of thanks to the masters was moved by Mr. Charles Holland, and seconded by Mr. Charles Robertson. The recitations and delivery of speeches, in English and French, took place on Wednesday afternoon, under the superintendence of Mr. M'llveen and the other masters. On Wednesday evening Mr. E. Simpson Samuel, in the absence of the president, distributed the honours among the successful students. The first-named pupil of the first-class was F. W. Reinshagen, of Eberfeld, Prussia. rREsENTATIGN.—On Tuesday evening a tea meeting was held in the Cornwallis-street schools, to celebrate the presentation of twenty volumes -of books from the teachers as a testimonial to Mr. Clark, on his resignation of the situation of training-master, which he has held i n th e above schools for the period of seventeen years. Mr. J. P. Cornforth presided. Mr. Wm. Rou'ston presented the testimonial and an address, neatly framed and glazed. Mr. Clark expressed his thanks for the high compliment that had been paid to him, and his regret at being com pelled to resign a situation which he had occupied with so much pleasure for so long a period; but as the school was to be put under government inspection, in which case a female only would train the Infant School teachers, he was about to open an academy for the infants of the higher classes, in addition to which he would still keep open hie training-class for teachers. WEST DERBY Allpass presided at the weekly meeting on Wednesday. Mr. Miller, agree ing with a letter from Mr. Clayton, stigmatized the wall that had been commenced to be built with red brick around the new hospital as " a most despicable wall ;" the bricks were bad, being soft and clayey.—On the motion of Mr. Kirkus, it was agreed that Mr. Clayton get the wall built of red brick, of such a quality as was shown to the board on the occasion when the £lO extra was voted. —The chaplain, theSev. Mr. Moore, submitted, by letter, a detail of his duties in convection with the workhouse and the hospital, from which it appeared that his labours had of late been materially increased.—lt was resolved that Mr. Cleaver .should write -to the poor-law board, embody: e.n• g the substance of the letter, as a reason for in reasing Mr. Moore's salary.—The motion of Mr. Miller, that Mr. G. Harrison be placed on the finance and visit ing committees, was negatived. Door COMMITTEE.—Mr. Shand presided at the weekly meeting en Thursday. Compensation was granted to parties who had sustained damage by the lowering of the street levels of Wapping. The solicitor reported that in a second case of intimidation, followed up .by gross out rage, on the part of the combined parties, against one of the permanent labourers at the Albert dock warehouses, he had again prosecuted to conviction, and the offender, Michael O'Hara, was sentenced to three months' im prisonment, with hard labour. The solicitor considered that the promptness with which protection .had been afforded was .wholly attributable to the good feeling and energy displayed by Mr. Cowan., the superintendent of the warehouses. It was stated that the screw pile had been fixed on Little Burbo Bank, and it was now a mark, 15 feet above the level of high water springs. A commu nication .was,read from the shipping-dues commissioners, stating that as a commission had :been appointed, -they desired such information as may assist them in their investigation as to the.charges levied at this port on ships, the authority under which they were levied, and how the charges were applied-; also, the nature of exemptions. In order to assist in the investigation, -they propose, if necessary, to hold a court, of which they will give due notice as to the time and place.—A letter was read from Mr. W. iMacgregor, alicing for additional cranesge accommodation for large steamers at the Sandon dock. There were at present four or five large vessels in the dock, and in addition to these, 12 or 14 more were ready for launching, and unless further conveniences were granted, the trade would be driven away. Letter referred, as was also a letter from Mr. George Loch, on behalf of the trustees of the Bridgewater Trust, relative to an extension of the communication to be made between the Duke's dock and the proposed Wapping dock, from thirty to forty feet.—Mr. Bighorn gave notice of a motion, that the surveyor be requested to consider and report as to the best mode of providing fit accommodation for the repOrterg, and give greater facility for hearing. ImenoyecesENTs IN LIVE&POOL.—A numerous and respectable meeting, convened by the mayor, in com pliance with a requisition, was held at the Sessions'-house, on Wednesday, for the purpose of considering what mea sures should be taken for carrying out a scheme of public improvements, The object of the requisitionists met with the approval of the great majority of those present. The mayor, in his opening speech, said, " The increase of our commerce and population, together with the methods of locomotion adopted, from the extension of our town, have rendered omnibuses and wheeled carriages absolutely necessary ; and the desirableness of having broad and convenient thoroughfares must, I think, be admitted by all. (Cheers.) Great leading arteries in our large towns are just as necessary for our health, if health is to be pre served, as they are, in the structure of the animal frame, for obtaining a healthy circulation, and giving life and vigour to the system." He was desirous of seeing a well digested plan carried out : the plan to be spread over a series of years, and to be accomplished without throwing heavy burdens upon the inhabitants.—Mr. Wm. Earle moved, Mr. F. Shand seconding, the first resolution, which, with the others, will be found in the advertising columns of the Standard.—Mr. Benjamin Smith, of Club-row, as a large owner of property, objected to it : they were about to " heap disgrace and taxation upon their posterity." He proposed that the matter be con sidered six months hence,—a motion which Mr. John Taylor seconded.—Mr. Picton replied to their arguments, urging that Mr. Taylor's object, in acting as he had done, was to " protect his rents," and begging of the two sup porters of the amendment to banish the feeling of self interest—not to seek to stifle inquiry —but to join in the resolution, which merely was to appoint a committee to see what might be done. He also called attention to one or two improvements which appeared desirable in the town. He argued that, if the burgesses were polled, there would be a large majority in favour of the inquiry into the subject.—Mr. Duckworth followed in the same strain ; but was succeeded by Mr. Bigham, who said the question was one of how to raise the money, and who said he would support the amendment, not being willing to commit himself to the hands of a committee, which would be like the lamb trusting himself in the hands of the wolf, a re mark which, with some others, called Mr. Jeffery to his feet with a rejoinder.—Mr. Urquhart had every sympathy with those gentlemen who wished for improvements in Liverpool, but he signed the requisition with the full idea that the improvements should not be carried out by a tax upon the inhabitants, but by some economy in the management of the corporate funds. (Hear, hear.) Ul timately, Mr. Earle having summed up by giving each opponent a " wipe," the amendment was declared to be carried by an overwhelming majority.—Mr. J. R. Jeffery moved the second resolution, which, seconded by Mr. Gregson, was carried, with only one dissentient voice.— Mr. Bennett, Mr. H. C. Beloe (who stated that a pamph let, published ten years ago by Mr. Holme, bad first made him feel interested in the improvement of the town), Mr. Picton, Mr. Gilpin, and Mr. Tinne, were the reniain. use Ppeakere who occupied the attention of the meeting. COLONIAL CHURCH AND SCHOOL SOCIETY. A public meeting was held last night in the Collegiate Institution, in aid of the funds of the Colonial Church and School Society. - The meeting was numerously and respectably attended. Among the gentlemen on the platform we noticed the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, the Ven. the Archdeacon Davies, of Melbourne, the Rev. T. R Birks, and the Rev. M. 'lll. Dillon, the deputation • also the Revs. W. Rawson, W. M.Falloon, H. Jones, W.Pollock, H. Hampton, F. Ould, W. Brewster, D. Barry, W. H. Wright, S. Minton, F. Parry, W. 0. Powell, W. Wallace, J. Bardsley, H. Car. penter, W. Read, and Messrs. T. D. Anderson, W. Jones, M. C. Jones, J. Eden, &c., &c. On the motion of the Rev. FIELDING OULD, the Rev. Dr. M`Neile was unanimously called to the chair. The meeting having been opened with prayer, _The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting as follows My Christian friends, you are aware that the object of this meeting is to commend to your favourable consideration, and thereupon to your cordial and liberal support, the Colonial Church and School Society. The object of that society, as stated in their printed prospectus, is " to make known the Gospel of Christ by sending clergymen, cate chists, and schoolmasters to our fellow-subjects in the colonies and foreign lands. If there be a place in the United Kingdom, where the Colonial Church Society might fairly urge a claim, and expect to excite a peculiar interest, that place is Liverpool. The progress and pros perity of our colonies act in a direct and peculiar manner on the progress and prosperity of our great and growing town. The trade of Liverpool, now co-extensive with, I believe I might say more extensive than, that of even London itself, brings us into immediate connexion with our colonies, not only by the perpetual passing to and fro of our ships, but also by the establishment of branch houses of business, correspondence, and by the resi dence at the larger colonial ports of the junior con nexions of some of our most extensive and longest established firms. If England be with propriety called the mother country with reference to our colonies, Liverpool may be called the eldest son engaged in the home busines, while the younger sons are gone all over the world. It is a very hopeful family altogether, stamp ing the impress of its nationality on a large portion of the globe. iHear, hear.) In this we glory. For this we are thankful to our heavenly Father. But let this be done fairly ; and while the industry, the activity, the skill, the perseverance, the indomitable determination to overcome all difficulties, which characterise the mother are transferred to all the junior branches of the Anglo- Saxon family, lot it not be for g otten how lar g ely those characteristics have depended upon the Mother Church. To whatever extent our ancestors of the 16th century may have been indebted to the national character for The accomplishment, under God's blessing, of the Re formation of the Church. we are in a still greater de gree indebted to the Reformation for the develop ment and stability of the national character. (Cheers.) Let these which have grown together at home be kept to- , ether in the colonies. It is an apostolical principle that the parents should lay up for their children, and now, while worldly parents in England are laying up places and partnerships with all their wordly advantages and emoluments for their colonial children ; let it be seen that England possesses Christian parents also, anxious to pro vide a richer inheritance, and conferring upon their chil dren in the colonies the same enduring blessing of sound and saving religion. (Hear, hear.) The rev. chairman briefly alluded to the meeting to be held in the Amphi theatre on Thursday next. Before the meeting was ad dressed by other gentlemen present, who would go into details, he would call upon their friend, the Rev. Mr. Minton, the secretary, to read what had been done in this town already. The Rev. S. MINTON then stated that, during the last 20 years, the subscriptions in Liverpool to the Colonial Church and School Society, and the Newfoundland School Society, amounted only to the sum of £1,532 ; but yes terday there were eleven churches which opened their pulpits in aid of the societv, when the sum of £212 was collected. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. T. R BIRKS proposed the first resolution, which was as follows : "That the duty of the members of the Church of England to employ all suitable means for alleviating the spiritual wants cf British subjects resident in the colonies and foreign parts, is peculiarly incumbent upon the merchants and people of Liverpool; in that the Colonial Church and School Society affords the most satisfactory instrumentality for the discharge of that duty." He said that the resolution he had read was peculiarly applicable to a town like Liverpool. It appeared from the statement which had been read, that during the last 20 years Liverpool had only contributed to this society the sum of £1,500. The speaker proceeded to show the peculiar claims which the society now had an the true friends of the Church in its present state. The efforts of the Anglo-Catholic societies had not given it that support which was desired. Indeed, the former secretary of one of these societies was now the secretary of what was called the Catholic Defence Society, in Ireland. (Hear.) In consequence of the -spread of Tractarianism in the Church of England at home, which bad had the effect of mystifying, in the colonies, the real principles of the Anglo-Saxon Church, the society now demanded the sup port of all true and earnest Protestants and Churchmen. The society's objectwas to send to - the colonies clergymen who would preach the - true principles of the Reformation, unmixed with the reserve and uncertainty which was in volved in the Tracterian heresy. (Hear, hear.) The speaker, in continuation, defendedthe plain Protestantism and evangelical character of the Church of England as contrasted with the objections urged by its avowed op ponents, and covertly participated in by its unfaithful friends. The rev, gentleman concluded by an eloquent and thrilling appeal on behalf of the society. _ _ _ _ The Revs M. M. Drt:ox seconded the 'resolution. The rev. gentleman entered at considerable length into the experience which he - had had in the colonies during the last seventeen years, and showed that, during that time, he had been compelled, on many occasions, to be present in churches in the colonies where the friends of evangeli cal principles had actrally been denounced as canting hypocrites and modern Puritans. (Hear, hear.) He also stated, that the Church society within the colony of Newfoundland was emphatically a Tractarian society, and the great hulk of the clergymen were avowed Tractarians. After dwelling for some time on the unsatisfactory condi tion of the church in Canada, the rev. gentleman stated that he was persuaded, from what he had seen, that the Clergyeßeserve -Bill, which had recently passed, as the meeting knew, the Imperial Parliament, was calculated to advance the interests of Popery, and prejudice the cause of Protestantism). He had been an eye-witness in many parts of the colonies (all in consequence of the unfaithful ness of the ministers of the Church of .England), to Pro testant congregations being reduced from hundreds to a mere handful ; and, in numerous instances, he had seen the places of worship of the Moravians, the Wesleyans, and the Presbyterians, partially set apart for those true members of the Church of England who could no longer attend their own places of worship, in consequence of the semi-popish practices of the ministers of the church. (Hear, hear.) He stromely urged on the meeting to extend a liberal support to the society for -the purpose of sending out evangelical ministers to the colonies, for if the youth of the colonies was to remain in its present state without any efforts being made to introduce a more evangelical spirit into it, on the part of the church at home, there would he no hope for Protestantism in Canada. (Hear, hear.) The resolution, on being put by the chairman, was carried uneeimously. A collection was then made on behalf of the society, during which a hymn was sung by the audience. The Venerable the Archdeacon of MELBOURNE pro. posed the next resolution, appointing a committee of the Liverpool Association in connection with the society. The speaker more particularly alluded to the state of the colony of Victoria, which he described as being in an immoral state, but he could say, from his own experi ence, that it was not in the condition in which it was represented to be by the public newspapers, and he would state further, that, in his opinion, there was not more .crime in Victoria than in any other part of the world. According to its population. The vens archdeacon proceeded to give an encouraging account of the diocese of Melbourne, where, he said, the clergy and the laity acted harmoniously together, and where evange lical principles were carried out. He regretted it was not so in many other districts in Australia, where it was to be lamented that tractarianisea prevailed. The archdeacon's account of the manner in which the Lord's Day is kept at Bendigo and in other pates of the goldfields was not only most gratifying but somewhat amusing —the primitive state of the country driving the inhabitants to many strange shifts. His experience, on the whole, indicated -that there were many religious and devout men at the diggings ; that they were most willing to sup port the ministry ; And that there was a great call for mis sionaries proceeding from the mother country to the anti podes. He struck out a new Idea, which is very hopeful to the Christian, viz., that Australia will be made the happy means of spreading the 'Word of God among many nations of the earth, to whom the Gospel has hitherto been an unopened book,—it being a singular fact that the Chinese and other distant nations were sending emigrants to Aus tralia as well as England._ The Rev. J. C. I(yLE, Rector of Heltningharn, se d c c o a n mll di e d t u h p e o n r e s t o h l e u t p i o e t: ) , p leen of d d L e l i i v v e e r r p ea o l a t s o t i r c r o i n al g a s p f o e r e w cll . , boldly and zealously in behalf of the Colonial Society— enforcing enforcing its claims upon all true c h urc h men, as it jil7, in his estimation, a true help to the good old Church of England, in sincere love to which he yielded to no high c hurchman whatever. (Cheers.) And h ere he took occasion to remark that he knew high churchmen who were no churchmen at all, and who ended by going over to the Church of Rome. (Laughter.) As the English people felt for the unevangelized masses of the great cities of our own country, he argued that they were surely equally called upon to support such a society as the nresent, and thus add to the agencies which they had already at work among our white brethren in the distant colonies. He denied that the society was not a Church of England Institution, and, in disproof of this taunt —so often urged against them by a certain class —he quoted the fact that the chief patron was the Queen,the and that those brightest stars of the bench were it s chief supporters, viz., the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York. (Cheers.) It was a purely Protestant and a true evangelical society ; those tw o words had always stood in front of the society, and they would still be maintained. (Cheers.) These, he main tained, were the only true grounds on which a society could stand or could be maintained. Alluding, in course of his address, to the Rev. Dr. M'Neile and the notorious &v. Mr. Bennett, vicar of Frome, being both clergymen of the Church of England, he quoted a story which he had once beard of an English and an Irish servant who were one day conversing as to what, they had had for dinner and supper. The Englishman, after telling his companion that be was wont to have beef and pot a _ toes to dinner, asked the Hibernian what he had. " Ah, faith," replied Pat, "jist the very same, barrin' the beef." (Loud laughter.) He (Mr. Ryle) left them to decide which of the two had the beef and potatoes, and who had the potatoes alone ! (Continued laughter.) The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to close the proceed ings, by counselling those present to do their duty in connexion with the society, and expressing the hope that the public press of Liverpool might place the speeches of that night before the merchants and wealthy inhabitants who were not present ; but who, he felt convinced, would pay more attention and devote more of their wealth to the aid of such a society, if it were introduced at suitable length to their notice. _ _ _ - Win meeting shortly after belf•pg§t nine (Alga JUNE 21, 1853. THE LANCASHIRE HUSSARS passed through St. Helens on Tuesday morning for Southport, where they are expected to remain on drill for ten days. THE PRINCESS ROYAL STEAM-SHIP, the elegant vessel plying between Liverpool and Glasgow, arrived at this port on Thursday at noon, having made the passage from Greenock in 15 hours 35 minutes. COPPER ORE.— Nearly twelve thousand tons were imported into Liverpool last year; 7,078 tons of manu factured copper ; and nearly the same amount of metal sheathing. PRIZES.—In Dr. Fisher's educational establishment the prizes were awarded on Thursday to the successful competitors in classics, mathematics, science, and com merce. PRESENTATION.—The members of Mr. Robinson's confirmation class, St. Bartholomew's Church, have pre sented him with a handsome set of books, for the kind manner he evinced to them throughout the examination. A FARMER named Morris, a tenant of Lord Stamford, recovered £5 from Edward Bolton, gamekeeper to Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., of Tattoo, at the Knutsford County Court on Tuesday, being the value of a dog which the defendant had wantonly and unlawfully shot. HENRY WATTS, a furniture broker, in Liverpool, was on Tuesday committed to gaol for three months for a most disgraceful attempt to rob a generous tar, named Peter Johnson, whom he had met and inveigled into his company, in Lime-street. A SPANIARD named John Charles, but who was known by about a dozen aliases, died in the borough gaol on Tuesday last ofpulmonary consumption. He had been in jail ten times during the last two years, and at the February sessions he was sentenced to 15 months' im prisonment with hard labour. THE STEAMER ALBION left Drumore, Wigtonshire, on Friday week, for Liverpool, with 63 head of fat cattle, and 300 sheep, besides the cargo—the cattle and most of the sheep belonging to Colonel 31`Dowall, of Logan, and David M'Culloch, Esq., Auchness. The Albion has since taken a cargo of fat cattle from Mr. Anderson, of Drumore.—Ayr Observer. BEBBINGTON CHURCH SCHOOLS. — The pupils attend ing the North Liverpool Church of England schools, in the new parish of Bebbington, underwent the usual half yearly examination on Monday and Tuesday last. A handsome inkstand was presented to Mrs. Clark, the mis tress of the Infant School, by the young persons acting as her assistants. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last James Mac Donnell, a poor boy, placed his foot on the step of one of Busby's omnibuses, to get a cheap ride. The guard immediately kicked off his foot, and the little &How ' fallin g on hia back, was run ocer and killed by an omnibus which was approaching at the time. We hope, for the credit of his class, that the omnibus-conductor was not aware at the time of what he was doing. GRATITUDE OF A SERVANT GlRL.—Ellen Owens, poor creature whose destitute condition had excited the pity of Mrs. Griffiths, Lower Beau-street, and who was taken into that lady's service on the sth instant, almost immediately eloped with a quantity of wearing apparel. Apprehended the other day, in Lime-street, she was brought up at the Police-court, with part of the stolen property on her, and sent to gaol for a month. GARSTON NEW DOCKS will be formally opened for business to-day. The men have been at work day and night to complete them. Two high-level coal-drops, communicating directly with the St. Helens coal-field, are erected on the east quay, spaces being left in other parts of the wall to fit more drops, should they be required, while at the extreme end of the same quay the foundation of a graving-dock is laid. On the south quay will be built a range of warehouses. Round the margin of the dock a line of rails will be laid, on the level, the waggons being hoisted and lowered by hydraulic apparatus. ST. BARNABAS' SCHOOL.—On Tuesday evening last, the Rev. T. M. Lester, and the Rev. J. L. Moore, held a public examination of the boys of St. Barnabas' School, Greenland-street, which reflected the highest credit on Mr. Trott, the head-master, to whom a certificate of merit has been recently awarded by the Committee of Council on Education. The usual prizes of books were awarded by the trustees, and Mr. Trott presented four hand somely bound volumes as " the master's prizes." COLOUR-SERGEANT PATRICK NEAL, of the 2d Royal Lancashire Militia, formerly of the 10th Regiment, was on Thursday last presented, by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir T. Hesketh, in an appropriate and complimentary address, with a silver medal, and a gratuity of £l5 a year, for meritorious conduct, granted under the provisions of the royal warrant of 1845. The gallant veteran feelingly re plied. Sergeant Neal, at one of the recent engagements in India, gallantly saved his lieutenant-colonel's life, who was desperately wounded and about to be despatched. SUMMER ASSIZES.—NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—(Before Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Erle) : Last day for full Commission notice of trial York and City June 29 Durham July 13 New castle and Town July 18, Carlisle La p n p Acas teleby r July Jul 27. 25, Liverpool July 9. July 23 July 28 Aug. I. Aug. 4, Aug. 6. Aug. 10. AN ELOPEMENT BY RAlL.—Just as the train was starting from the Blackburn station at Accrington, v few mornings ago, a woman rushed on to the platform, cry ing out, " Stop that train ! stop that train ! for Heaven's sake stop that train, for my husband is running away with another woman!" The railway official coolly re plied that the train had started, and could not be stopped. " Then." said the injured female, " could I not go by a nearer train, and stop the hussey ?" " No," calmly re plied the porter. " Then cannot you," asked the en raged woman, " send me by tallygraph to catch the vagabond ?" She was informed that telegraphic commu nication had not arrived to that state of perfection ; when she left the station, consigning railways and railway officials to a nameless place, and wishing all railways " was turned upside down." THE EARL . OF HARROWBY'S VISIT TO THE EX CHANGE, on Friday afternoon last—anticipated with so much interest and pleasure—collected a large number of gentlemen on the " flags, " who accorded their noble visitor a hearty welcome. About four o'clock he was in troduced into the news-room by the Mayor, and, imme diately upon its becoming known, he was received with enthusiastic cheering. He advanced, at the request of some gentlemen, towards the bar, and after the cheering had subsided he delivered an address, in which he reverted to Liverpool as " the scenes of his earliest years," which it was impossible for him to visit without many pleasing reminiscences. He commended the men of Liverpool for their wisdom and ability—for their noble and successful perseverance, and for the manful way in which they suf fered ; reverted to the days when he was their representa tive in parliament, declaring that at home or abroad ho found his greatest claim to regard was the fact that he had once occupied the honourable position of representing the greatest commercial city in the world ; remarked that their commerce had increased tenfold since he first knew the town ; and concluded by stating that he should carry home with him an earnest and grateful recollection of those kindly receptions and endearing associations which en twined his heart with the welfare of Liverpool. THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIVERPOOL NATIONAL SCHOOLS was celebrated, with the usual ceremony, on Thursday—the event having generally taken place, in former years, on the 18th of June, in commemoration of the battle of Waterloo. Upwards of 18.000 children walked in the procession, and crowds of the inhabitants assembled to witness the animated spectacle. The children of the Blue Cost Hospital led the way, and were followed by the Orphan Asylum children, and the various schools of the town, the rear being brought up by the children of the Liverpool Workhouse, the West Derby Workh ouse , and the Liverpool Indu strial Schools. The procession was joined at the Town-hall by his Worship the Mayor. The sermon in St. Peter's was preached by the Rev. T. Jackson, D.D., rector of Stoke Newington. We append a statement of the number of children in the various national and Sunday schools that formed the procession, given in the order in which they walked :—Blue Coat Hospital, 350 ; Female Orphan Asylum, 160 ; Male Orphan Asylum, 36 ; Moorfields School, 252 ; St. Mat thias' ditto, 272; Hunter-street ditto, 212; St. James's ditto, 540 ; Welsh Charity ditto, 425 ; Everton and Kirk dale ditto, 527 ; Mill-lane ditto, 452 ; St. Mark's ditto, 481 • St. Andrew's ditto, 322 ; St. M a tthe w 's, Scotland road, ditto, 240 ; St. Saviour's ditto, 264 ; Edge-hill ditto, 456 ; St. Jude's ditto, 650 ; St. Augustine's ditto, 675 • St. John Baptist's ditto. 620 ; Church of England north ditto, 810; Church of England south ditto, 361; St. Bride's ditto, 674 ; St. Catherine's ditto, 367 ; St. Luke's ditto, 307 ; St. Philip's ditto, 220 ; St. Mary's, Kirkdale, ditto, 258 ; Christ Church ditto, 660 ; All Saints' ditto, 280; Mariners' Church ditto, 180; St. Bartholomew's ditto, 502; St. Clement's, Windsor, ditto, 534 ; St. Simon's ditto, 410 ; St. Barnabas's ditto, 419 ; St. Silas's ditto, 333; St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ditto, 305 ; St. Thomas's, Toxteth. ditto, 8.55 ; St. John's ditto. 579; St. Thomas's, Park-lane, ditto, 200; St. Matthew's, Toxteth, ditto, 277 ; St. Paul's, Prince's park, ditto, 416 ; Vauxhall ditto, 195 ; Christ Church, Great Homer-street, ditto, 596 ; St. Stephen the Martyr's ditto, 220 ; Liverpool Workhouse ditto, 277 ; West Derby Workhouse ditto, 275 ; Liverpool Industrial ditto, 1053 ; total, 18,494. PRESENTATION OF COLOURS AT LIVERPOOL.—THE ROYAL LANCASHIRE MILITIA.—On Friday, in the pre sence of a vast assemblage gathered in the fields opposite St. Domingo Honse, Everton, a grand militaryfele took place. On the ground there were, in addition to Sir T. G. Hesketh, lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, and his officers, Colonel Derinzy, the official inspector, Colonel Wardlaw, Captain Swan, and other members of the military profession. Almost all the men of the 2nd regi ment of the Royal Lancashire Militia, in number about 1,200, were present. They looked greatly improved by their recent drills, and throughout the day conducted themselves in a manner which called forth universal admiration from the spectators. Lady Arabella H .sketh, attended by the Rev. John Conor, chaplain to tin garri. son, took their stand opposite a drum, across which the colours were placed in their covers. The rev. gentleman then formally consecrated the colours, and delivered a prayer. Mr. Preston, the senior ensign, and Mr. Pi! kington, the junior ensign, attended by three sergeants, were then called. The ensigns knelt opposite Lady Hesketh, who gracefully presented the Queen's colour to the former gentlemen, and the regimental colour to the latter. In delivering them she said :—" I give these colours into your hands, trusting that the regiment to which they are committed by the Queen will always respect and honour them in peace, and if unfortunately war should arise, will gallantly gather round them in defence of the crown and the country." Sir Thomas Hesketh afterwards addressed the regiment, at the con clusion of which three hearty cheers for the Queen were given by the troops. The regiment then went through a variety of manoeuvres, which did not terminate till nearly 4 p.m. Colonel Derinzy then expressed his "unqualified approbation" of the " efficient state" into which the regiment had been brought. Shortly afterwards the militia officials, accompanied by a numerous and fashionable assemblage, numbering about two hundred, partook of a cold collation in a large tent, the " good things" being provided with a liberal and tasteful hand by Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel. Among the toasts given was " Lady Arabella Hesketh," which her ladyship acknowledged in a brief and modest speech. The day's pleasures were brought to an agreeable termination by a foot race between some picked men from the different companies of the regiment, who have previously beaten all competi tors. Whilst the cliYeuner was taking place in the tent, the men were regaled with as much bread, beef, and beer as they could consume. The men gave up their regimental clQtbiris and departed to their /3941c§ on Saturday. MR. HENRY BEHREND has been appointed assistant surgeon in the artillery corps of Royal Lancashire Militia. BENJAMIN DAVIES, of Holywefl, was proclaimed an outlaw, at the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday, not having surrendered himsef on his last examination. AN AGREEABLE FETE took place at Eastham village On Tuesday last—Stubbs's favourite band being in attend ance. A series of reunions will take place during the season. THE NEW SCREW which has been applied to the Great Britain steam-ship will be tested before that leviathan proceeds on her next voyage to the antipodal regions. ST. THOMAS' CHURCH, LIVERPOOL.—The Rev. Chas. Parsons Hobbs has been presented, by his late confirma tion class, with a very handsome inlaid inkstand and gold pencil• case. THE LADY EGLINGYON, screw steam-ship, Captain 'Walter Paton, sailed from this port, for Quebec and Montreal, on Thursday, at six, p.m. She carries up wards of 400 tons cargo, and 48 cabin passengers. SOME THIEVES entered the house of Mr. Cockshut, in Rodney-street, on Friday evenine. by the parlour window, and stole plate to the value of £lO. The police are on their track. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS will present brilliant at tractions during the present week. A dramatic company, numbering some talented artists, have been engaged, and will perform several sterling pieces. WEDDING FESTIVITIES.—Aigburth was rendered gay on Wednesday last, on the occasion of the marriage of two of Admiral Grenfell's daughters, and the occasion partook of the character of a fete champetre. SAN KEY BRIDGE.—A grand fete took place at Sankey bridge, on Saturday week, on the occasion of the presenta tion of colours to the 4th Regiment of the Royal Lan cashire Light Infantry Militia. Miss Wilson Patten gracefully performed the presentation. _ _ _ THE REV. T. W. JoNis, Welsh minister of St. Paul's, has been presented with a gold watch by a few of his con gregation and friends, as a testimony of their esteem and regard. The watch was manufactured by Mr. Brownbill, of Prussia-street. Two WHXTECHAPEL THIEVES were discovered yester day evening week with a gold watch in their possession. On investigation it appeared that it was the property of Mrs. Bird, Low-hill, whose bedroom had been entered on the previous Sunday, through a back window. ONE of those delightful treats, a pupil concert, took place at the Colleciate Tnstitution, with great success, on Tues day last—Mr. Smith presiding at the organ, who also played a solo upon the new grand piano -forte just pur chased by the institution. THE EARL OF HARROWBV.—This nobleman arrived in Liverpool on Thursday evening, and has been during his stay the guest of his Worship the Mayor. Ou Friday night a party was invited to meet his lordship at the Town hall, and on Saturday he returned to London. QUICK Won.K.—The screw-steamer Rattler entered the Merszy from Oporto with a full cargo on Wednesday. She was discharged, coaled, reloaded, and again despatched for the same place on Thursday evening, a fact that does credit to the management of the port and all concerned. THE STOCKPORT " TURN-OUT."—Ten of the smaller concerns at Stockport have yielded to the demand of the factory operatives, and have given the demand of ten per cent. All the large millowners, however, still firmly refuse the demand. WE are sorry to know that upwards of two hundred ex cellent seamen, lately paid off from the Hastings, have lett Liverpool for Australia. We can ill spare our good men at this critical moment. The merchant service laugh us to scorn.—Morning Herald. EVERTON.—PRESENTATION. —On Thursday evening last, the members of the confirmation class of St. Peter's Church, Everton, met at the church for the purpose of presenting the Rev. Edmund George Williams with a tes timonial, consisting of an elegant Church Service, with clasp, and the Life of Bickerateth, in two volumes. THE REV. DAVID JAMES.---It is the intention of the Welshmen residing in the town to present, at a public meeting, the Rev. David James, th e i ncum b ent o f S t. Mary's Church, Kirkdale an address of congratulation upon his appointment as principal of the college at Llan dovery,_south Wales. THE WELSH STEAMERS.—There is no more pleasant trip from the port of Liverpool, during the present fine weather, than that to the Menai Straits by these fine vessels ; and by means of the Prince of Wales and Menai steamers a daily communication is kept up from our good town. ROYAL LANCASHIRE MlLlTlA.—Artillery corps : Jas. Middleton, gent., to be first lieut. ; Chas. Robert Cragan, gent., late of the Hon. East India Company's service, to be first lieut. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia : John Hardy Thuraby, Esq., to be captain, vice Stanley Lowe, resigned. Titc PERJURY CASE.—On Tuesday, at the Police court, James Anderson and William Jones, who had been taken into custody on the charge of perjuring themselves in giving ev;dence in a case of assault upon a police officer, were again brought up. Jones was acquitted, but Ander son was remanded. AN OLD DODGE has been revived in Liverpool. About dusk every evening a tall man, respectably attired. in black, meets a child, and gives it a penny for itself to fetch him a noggin of gin. He gives the child a base crown-piece for this purpose, and if successful he gets the change, he being on the look-out for the success of the experiment. Should it fail he decamps. THE BRAZILIAN steamer Argentina will be tried to day. She is rigged with three light masts, and, having two funnels, has a rakish appearance. She has the patent feathering floats on her paddle-wheels, and having plenty of power, is expected to be the fastest steamer ever turned out of this port. The screw-steamer Brazileira, for the same company, is also approaching completion. MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY AT THE ADELPHI On Thursday night some person entered the bedroom occupied by Captain Stanley, and stole a cash-box con taining £23, a gold watch, and other valuable articles. The Mayor and other gentlemen were dining with the officers of the Royal Lancashire militia at the time of the robbery. ST. PETER'S Chem.—The children of the choir of St. Peter's, on the anniversary of the National Schools, to gether with their teachers, were very kindly granted a free passage to Birkenhead, by Messrs. 'Willoughby, the pro prietors of the Tranmere Ferry. Buns and milk were provided for them under a tree in the Park-field, and everything contributed to render their excursion a pleasant one. MANCHESTER,SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RA IL. WAY.—The committee of shareholders, appointed at the meeting held at Manchester, last week, have, it is under stood, begun their labours. The general opinion appears to be that they will recommend a closer connexion with the London and North-Western Company, in lieu of the acceptance of the offer made some time since by the Great Northern Cornpany.—Morning Herald. THE REV. JOSEPH R. WELSH, on Wednesday morn ing last, distributed the prizes and gave a short address to the young gentlemen of Mr. Wright's academy, 5, Parlia ment-place. The reverend gentleman expressed himself highly pleased with the evident progress, and excellent discipline of the pupils, at the close of which a testimonial was presented by the pupils to the principal of the esta blishment. SPECIAL MEETING CF THE ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY COMPANY. — According to advertisement, the directors and shareholders of the above company met on Friday at St. Helen's Railway Station. Thomas Kidd, Esq., vice-chairman, presided. On the motion of Mr. W. C. Fosbery, seconded by Mr. R. Daglish, the meet ing approved of the bill now pending before Parliament, to enable them to extend their railway to Rainford, and to enlarge their station at Sutton, and for other purposes. SCHOOL EXAMINATION. — The first annual examination of the pupils attending Madame and Herr Stern's school took place last Tuesday in the presence of a large number of parents and friends. The examination in French and o G f er e m a a a n ca w rio as n, h t i t h e ly ex s a a m tis i f n s a c t t i o o r n y s g. b y I n t h t e h e E n o I t h l i e s r h branches of education, the examinations by the English teachers were equally satisfactory. The meeting, which was through out very pleasing , was brought t o a conc l usion by the presentation to Madame Stern a piece of plate, as a mark of the esteem and gratitude of the pupils. THE GRAND LODGE of the Loyal Orange Institution of Great Britain will be held at the Queen's Hotel, Lime street, on the Ist of July. An amalgamation of this loyal body with the grand lodge of Ireland havin g recent l y taken place, several of the Irish grand officers have sig nified their intention of being present at the ensuing meeting. Among these we may mention Lord Dun gannon, deputy grand master of Ireland, Sir William Verner, Bart., M.P., the Hon. A. R. Cole, William Beers, Esq., J.P., Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, D.D., grand chaplain, besides many of the nobility, gentry, and clerzy connected with the institution in the sister kingdom. MR. WYBERGH'S RECENT EVIDENCE ON PUBLIC HOUSES.— On Friday, several gentlemen connected with the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Association were ex amined before the Parliamentary Committee on public houses, in London ; they went as a deputation for the purpose of giving evidence in reply to that of Mr. Ro bertson Gladstone, and Mr. John Wybergh, jun. The deputation, we understand, endeavoured to show that the whole of the evils of which the ten borough justices com plained, and which have led to the present inquiry, are the result not of the present licensing system, but of the way in which it is administered by the justices. WARRINGTON AND ALTRINGIIANC JUNCTION RAIL WAY.-3 special meeting of the proprietors, Mr. W. C. Fosberry presiding, was held at the Clarendon-rooms on Saturday, which unanimously approved of two bills before parliament, namely, " A bill to obtain powers for extend ing the Warrington and Altringham Railway to South port," and " A bill to enable the same company to make deviations and branches at Warrington, and a station at Manchester, and to cross certain neighbouring railways." The first bill, it was stated, had passed the House of Commons without opposition, and the second stood for its third reading yesterday. The second would meet with a severe opposition, Mr. Milner Gibson haring given no tice of his intention to move for certain clauses, two of which were for power to run over the Southport Junction and the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Railways, to be struck out of the bill. The Chairman moved the adjournment of the meeting until the 30th of June inst., on which day they would have ascertained what course Mr. Milner Gibson would take. This proposition was carried nem. dig. FIRES IN Ll rooL.—One of the m os t VE . R features in the police report of the year 1852 is ttlau relates to fires—the slight decrease in the number of w hi c h, when comparea with the very great amount of property saved, points out in a striking manner the increased efficiency of the present arrangements for extin guishing fires. The total fires in 1852 within the borough was 132, 68 in the north town and 14 in the south town. Of these 49 were discovered and extinguished by the police, 29 without reel or engine, and 20 with these aids. Civilians ered 35 of the conflagrations, and, with the aid of .e police, extinguished them. The engines were turned out on false alarms on six occasions. _These fires took ;ratifying , 64 in dwelling-houses and shops ; 23 in warehouses, sheds, and offices ; 25 in workshops and yards; 4 in vessels in dock ; and 16 elsewhere. 65 were caused by careless ness, 31 by accident, 2 are attributed to the incendiary, while 34 arose from causes not known. The amount o f g £55,945 i n th e nort h ptorwopneratynd .esave6, saved £ i n l22 t ,h7eo4 south. bei In the nor th town n £4,633 2s. 6d. was lost by fire, and in the south town £11,242 ss. ; total lost, £15,880 is. 63. Twenty-seven of the properties in the former division of the borough were insured, and twenty-nine in the latter. In 1842 the fires within the borough numbered 140 ; in 1843, 11l ; in 1644, 100 ; in 1850, 101; and in 1851, 147. The fire brigade at the present moment has a total force of 101- 1 superintendent, 8 sergeants, and 92 firemen. There are 3,245 yards of bop, 10 water carts, and 5 flu escapes. which L Is nmit n the arned some ipli- Cee. tch a the part: -ants 'ould ed as the lade. Ise of pre nuie njust rhole esire °ugh say have Cow, with the ool), been have rnly d, it the aith, Ym. I by ility, enry: ibery dealt refe- iittee erely id to But ch (mt. lying :ailed )f the :aunt the ance 9 ation ,ug'!l.; Jag ; o penalinn ,f the Len 1 pose• i ctice lidaY don ; you an of to sions 71y o r Li PI/