The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

EPTEI 1-) irt INTELLIGI ~-- a of 101 "e, or at the rate of £4 per cent. on the preference v., has been declared. THE VEN. ARCHDEACON BROOKS iS MOW quite recovered an the effects of the accident which he met with in trzaml..-- MR. Joirs L. WRIGHT has been re-elected chairman of of the Runcorn improvement commissioners for ensuing year. As Miss ELLEN BLUNDELL, Church-street w as walking on th e Southport road, onSatu , rda Cknis y week, , she was k noc k e d down by a donkey carriage, and sustained severe inj ury , AN APPLE TREE is at this time in full bloom,r. w and also loaded w ith apples, in the garden parsonag - house, Woodpl ump t on ; the of m same circumstance has occurred on the same t ree i n previous years. .ax F LOWERS.—At the flo wer show, on Tahx flursedwaeyr, Miss Newton again carried ofil the prizes f Modelling, for the thi r d ti me thi s year. A group of mag nolias and some blue water lilies excited especial ad r m t i h ra e t s iO nl n : NEW MAGISTRATES.—Two new magistrates fe f ord Hundred of Lancashire have qualified at the Salford Sessions, namely, 3,1 r. Robt. Ashton, of Rusho , lme-hall, and Mr. Jas. Heyw oo d W hitehead, of Southside, Manchester. TH E MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINC OLN u A,IL WAr.—At the meeting held in Manchester onThurs,: ay, a divid en d on the 6 per cent, preference stock, pay. able on the 21st September, was agreed to. A FIR E b roke out on Thursday at Mr. Capper's stable, Olive-street, Windsor. Considerable damage was done, but, ()Wing to the exertions of the West of England fire- Men, the flames were soon extinguished. __FATAL Aeciopisx.—On Monday, a labourer, named Williams, was killed at the Farnworth station on the S . Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway, He was jumping from a waggon, when he missed his footing and fell, the 'Wheels passing over him COMPLAINTS having been made to the Dock Committee, they have decided that vessels entering the Albert Dock from the Salthouse Dock shall be placed on the same foot ing as vessels from other docks as the same accommo dafion, the Harbour -master to have a discretionary power in the matter. PRE BISHOP of MaN..—Amongst the Vassengers who landed from the steam-packet Tynwald, we noticed the lord bishop of this diocese, who, we are .gratified to learn, is in the enjoyment of better health than when he left the island some three months ago, and is, though slow),}, recovering from the erects of his'late accident.—Mona's lierald. THE MAILS. —The letter -box at the post-office will hence forward be closed for the despatch of the London night WWI at 7.15, p.m; and the Edinburgh and Glasgow bags, hitherto despatched at 9.30, pon-, Lo in raon The box will also be closed fbr the despatch of the will be disconr daily mail at 3.15, a.m. fifteen A Itnxiwx v Par Ppit.— Samuel Remfrey, aboutd fyini th e Leers of age wag 1--- 1 u 4 rged with having absconded vv wit h , Derby Vorkhouse, 22nd ultimo, ana taken With hilt a snit of clothes belonging to the union. W take into custody tke Ar ' oat was found to .rove been ' ls P es ed 6 f. He was committed for fourteen days. Tne CnOEPna.—Nearly every quickly-fatal Asiatic thole Nearly is preceded for a few hours by a painless of diarrhoea, and in its first Stages the diarrhoea can generally be "' r ed by medical meo, and the threatening attacks of cholera'be averted. Persons should, therefore, of diarrhoea, whether occurring in children or in adults, in all cases inamediately apply for medical advice. tilWautnoesz ACCIENT AT MamenvatrißE.—There was *Ming accident on Tuesday, at ti , e. warehouse of !lie Ming Itylands and Sons, in Tibb-street, Manchester. The floor of part of-the secOnd storey gave way Pressure of Irish linens, and came down. upon the first under the floor, where the 4erks were in the counting-house, but have sufficient waridng to enable thee to escape. Some Inner walls had been removed whilst i incorporating some adjoining buildings in the warehouse "which had too much 'weakened the supports of the floor. ' SRIPPING A NEW LEG. —Art intormati n was laid at '-the police-court en TueSdav, against e ptain Hall, of the . Atalanta, for neglecting Co keep a idea -watch. The ship keeper, who appeared to answer the charge, said he ' Was like a ship on a: lee shore at the IC. As this did not. appear very cle4r, he one that he fell and broke his: op ear that one which happened to be *wooden: pne—as he AIRS making his way down to the vessel, and' !lad. to go did to '` ship a new. one." It appe3xed that the man did arrive at his post 'With the new limb, although somewhat late, and that prerk- usly he had been very at te.ntive, in coulderation him. ofwhieli Mr. Mansfield discharged .... Testruorn AT. "" - 1 01 1 ---*--Itle gun - Plans of the poor - of 'the lirs em and. Woistantou Unita, Staffordshire, are about 1)to,. Present to their chairnian-e, testimonial, which consists 3 ' o a allaverlea-kettle, with lamp and stand, a gold straff- I ' an ' . a ttrawillg-room cloik all engraved with suitable inscriptions and armorial bearings, the work of Mr. Mayer, 14. Lerd-st reet, in this to who has also madem-silver aiter With an el aborately, chased border, which is tO be is , 4 rtese n ' ted to Mrs. J. Harrison Smith, with the following te.'4;-, Pti(4 ' '---" Presented to Mrs. J. Harrison Smith,•as a —. ..onial of the esteem an. which she is held 'by - those of e lzr in Panama von th More intimate friends remaining s '''' as ,-. i nn t f her leaving that city.—June 22nd,. 18 . _ _ . '11)1m. Citrucu, TOICSETH-PARIC.—The dastriry- of St. ashkes's, which has now a population of 16 , 000 , i tno 1 ; 1 g! another section cut off to form an independent -Coln l'he aiMIY-grovving demand for church accomincittiionn. n behalr of the working classes has eneourageLtep of eumbent to procure a license from the . Lord * Chester for th performance of divine service in S . t. - Bri f ct' t s . 13,e11001, ituate e na' Grey-street, within the district , o . 'allies': The-- Li , 1 Church of England 'Working minister Associtionvv:Z7, supplied a stipend of £lOO for a c‘,7ll3ter, th e rev- Edward Gabriel, 8.A.., late curate of ',Ainst Church, Bi * righam, has been appointed to the neTir district, which Wrd henceforth . go by. the. name of Christ Church, Toxteth-parlc, as it is intended .to form the basis of a new church and parish. It was opened on Sun day week, when two sermons Were deivereil l 37 Mr. Gabriel to crwded. congregations. RAILWAY ACCIDfiNZ—n a fearful evident occurred at the Enston-square shy'teminas of the London and North-western Ilailway. Several work„ n. en gaged ('Ti the rails -- close to the station -e i Ti.er : s the train -was on the point of startin,7, seve' ajaci r '- eig ust ht men were carrying across ile line close to the t il erna ° inns - a long . portionof iron rail, itt the ve -Which actonipatied the train rY moment that 'the engine shed. Before they culdc ertriiieerged o,enznmee 11P, striking the irou rail that they w thee.carrze and !clocking the men about right and left. ISTotwitlistkiding this -rightful Collision, four of the men a ed in _gettin out of the way of the engine, while two ', others, !allied Edmund Woodland and Abel Robertson, were not btt.tort. note, the engine ancl tender having Passed over cm No hobs of the recovery of the Ivouzded meat are 'entertained. Zee"W'ls'r thpinr Graunians.—On Wednesilay -at the r.kelyieltvnieeting of this body,-llr. Harris' on in the'eliair,— er read an application to the guardian s from the overseers of Wavyi ,_ the Poor of the township of Ga -ton request orig,,,..toa t * valuation of a portion of the prorlperty',of such 'P, 'tailielY, the recently constructed dock ,h t m for th rates, acre,A e-Purpose of assessment to theme' txbad eathaa .Cleaver informed the board that the overseers o pe vednsertilawtoi po t o .l )4 ,,kort. 4. A pictou who had stated that the geed £2o.' The Ttev. W. Rockall tion, at a cost noVet xton.eeednbey.employed to make such,vtdua the ra o ti„ £2O Mr. Abrahams seoonded u„ , and it was •car"ri ell u.naninmusly.—At h,,ee quest of.a u, the tthabettZvellaliji.T'la_ within list of arrears of calls owing:44Y the union was read, and it APPeared tient% ,i.,,,rr51.1..nt, 4 uting by Toxteth-park, on two instal llati);;,' a n "14 e1(11°°. new . n uosto,AL FESTIVAL --The opening of the celebraallt:Ld'lsintnVins hall just erec . ted inßradford-was f°rnianees. Th;ek' !:)y - a series of grand musical per -01 a few itaiv. huildmgwes its on to the enterprise Bra dford (s it ' l l ia „„in . the town, including the mayor of' and sohse •., enlue, fli,tll, Esq.), Who have taken shares! tannnoh. , , .ribed the requisite capital (about £25,000) • the' Pet Wing to afford the means of giving' musenter: ents upcu a large sc.,ale, and al so .- - I eat uation for pnblie ineetingt. and 11.1)1 saupPpPesaYrsateQtonihTve liting, &c., .been copied, ill arrangement, hz* from the Phil- harmonic Hall, Liv erpool u zfi a . epprinciPal singers were Mlle. Clara Norello, Miss Yne, Mrs. Luckey (late Miss Williams), Madame Castellon `Vreeman; 'Arr. Sims Reeves, Mr. I Sunderland' and liiir. Winn, Herr Pormes,Sielior T- r key, Mr ' Weiss, Gardoni. The band •nurnbereeninety4goiatfiheeajbe;td inSignetroar- Witall instrumentsilists. eurl) MURDER. —A young woman was e gag.ed 1-.... , fortnight ago in the service of Mr. Hornen,-of-W-anrrentn stitreet, and in a few days after entering on her duties 11 8 .i. ra, .lorne began to suspect she was pregnant. On clot her condition was efteh as tore teite suspicion, and a de l.. e'se eye being kept upon Ler Toveinents, 'unmitakeable Aadications were discovered tchnekt, she had.given birth to a c hi ld. , Mr. Horne im. 1 -., communicated with the olice, and at abou ea t ei.,,,,7!._ ze oek deteetive officers Marks and Eaton proceed adliorne's -residence and saw the woman, who instanTly Mitted that she ' had been eonn ~ ti- n - 4 , and that the body of the child w concealed inn ,:nye.o4 vault. The officers at once went and savv the 14.0;b3Z,,,_aud on examination found its skull fractured. 4% gentleman ordered the mother to e e sent to the oteetattse, where she now lies, in the charg of a police- c Pine Waabb Y - ge u ti r telel SWINDLER. —On Thursday,, a woman of Brown, wrelararsneP:ll gave 'le 'lame °' Mail' fraudu .eutly. She vraylaidaenildren in °theairsntiren`retnic, 4hlrives, ° a. ' e ' edY induced them to go and borrow money fro rifterw:u'ds aPPropriatod to h erself ''' . which she she effected by them practising on the credulity of the childrepatBi4oaruriug that she had been roquested by their such loans for some immediate payment whie i t' Prot at the time. The police had been for sorae time s ' pf her, and it was not till Wednesday lost they sio„eeareehd 'a. taking her into custody. She was brouom up before Lkoolil Hodgson, Esq., in the magistrates' room., which Was Partially filled with young children, their parents and relativs, who had upon various occasions been swindled ficilt, of mote in the way stated. All the witnesses identi- , committed for trial at the ' - , v rho prisoner, who was Eessi°ll o• She was tried and convicted of similar frauds More than a year ago. M. c o ', an —A special meeting of ~_t he UN einnon. FERNIHOr • shealth o ittee was held on Wednesday. The 11: i Y n r took ethe chair, and there were also presen, plessrs. Langsdale Gladstone, Beckwith, Moss, _Dover, Bo:inning, Johnson,' Stewart, Hothead, M`Nicol, Hender th"crdfre; 3% i ghana, and Clayton. The mayor informed viewe- - 0 1. r nlittee that he had called the meeting with the tiztowitTrantur.noicatig to them that he had had an inter- Pernili-ough, who had consented to apolo out (rmwr.haLtahne hiud sai'd in council respecting the . ch_air t. - . !idal ), and also for his conduct to In 11°bertsna Glajtonee, in the event of the committee con ksenting to 'ti t wi draw the resolution entered on the minutes ittilpf.iotion of Mr. Gladstone ;another stipulation being be had' .Gladstone should withdraw the motion of which given notic,e for Wednesday next. The committee tfthaltillin-_eonsent.to such a pmposition, hut it was arranged , 1 hire Ferinhough made a suitable at the mo ving meeting to-morrow apology(WednedaMr. Langsdale, in "toeuinvnit g the confirmation of the proceedings of the health th e a it tee, should exclud e the resolution referred to ; and ~___Peh)gy being made, Mr. Gladstone's motion will, of Kat.:i"'lrse, be unnecessary, Mr. Langsdale is also to with ' ran ' the word " false," which he used in reference to a --Anent Made by Mrs FenfillOugh. CURIO Cuic r seal lips, 1 upon with veins, ej e forth. MATERNAL AFFECTION, the picture by Bruhl, of B lin, now amongst the collection at the Dublin Exhibith has been purchased by Mr. Samuel Holine, the Mayor of Liverpool. The subject is one of thrilling interest. A house, in which two children are asleep, is being consumed by fire ; and while the father is hesitating s to wha course he shall pursue, the mother, actuated by a strong feeling of maternal affection, rushes through the flames to save her offspring. PRoFAYE SWEARING.—At the New Baik. house, Salford, a case of this kind was brought before M Trafford, magistrate, on Tuesday, upon a summons, rather reluctantly granted, at the application of a master silk manufacturer against his servant. Mr. Smith, the appli- cant, said the offender's name was John Buckley, a labourer in his employ, and he was in the habit of using most shocking oaths. The magistrate said, " Buckley, do you plead guilty of swearing profane oaths ?" Buckley " Yes, when I'm out of temper." Magistrate —" Then the act of parliament says you must pay a shilling." The court fees made the fine into one of four shillings, which was paid. SELECT VESTRY.—On Tuesday, at the fortnightly meeting of this body, the Rev. Rector Campbell presided. Mr. Moss said he had received an offer from ,a respectable party to restore the chimes of St. Peter's Church, and to wind them up andkeep them in repair for £25 per annum. He was sure the general vestry would sanction such an ex penditure by the churchwardens ; and he for one would be willing, to exonerate them from risk by a private sub scription. The matter was referred to the churchwardens, who will appeal to the next general vestry on the subject. It was agreed to pay the demand of the council on the parish for £2,442 as library and museum rate. A letter had been received from Mr. H. W. Slack, stating that he had received a telegraphic report of the death of his partner, Mr. Frederick Cripps, one of the district medical officer' and tendering his servites till a successor be ap pointed ; whereupon a resolution had been passed recom mending that Mr. Slack should be placed in the temporary. charge of the district, at the same rate of remuneration as that received by Mr. Cripps,—the appointment to be sub ject to discontinuance at a 'week's notice. It was reported that about 16 of the children from the Industrial Schools had received situations - since the last board day, and that one girl had absconded. There were vacancies at present for 63 boys and 109 Oils. The total number of inmates in the Workhouse was stated to be 1,703, amongst whom there are 417 sick cases. Mr. Hart read a return, showing that, whilst there had been an increased cost of provith'ons, the number of paupers had diminished, there being 305 this week less than in the corresponding week of last year. A woman, named Elizabeth Carpenter, had applied to be changed on the : books from a Romanist to a Protestant, which, after tine inquiry, had been granted according!. The Vestry then adjourned. NEWRY, NOARRENTOINT, A.NI —The eighteenth ordinary pany was held on Tues -had'i 18'5'3. Liverpool, Mr. F. Shand is the et appeaied *hat the whole of the fotfe Vein sold, the debt of the comr. that sour' - a by the sum of £7,706; but, 'much to the sur prise of directors, Sir William'Cubbitt, who, as stated in last !report, was appointed arbitrator between the com pany tud the Newry Navigation, had, by his award of £1;800 against this company, added- so much to the out standing obligations. In amordance With the pledge given at tht last half-yearly meeting, the directors had endea voured to carry into effect a junction. with the Newry and Enniskillen Company for mutual - advantage ; but' they regret to say that the ternis - prOposed by that company were such that they could 'not, with due regard to the - company's interests, comply with them. The real obstacle Which prevented an agreement was not that stated by the . - Chairman of the Newry and Enniskillen Company at their ;meeting in July last, 'but - the - lel/is-11 of that company to - adopt the principle ofdiViiion; the directors consider the only fair one. The directors had not yet succeeded in procuring the whole of the money necessary to re-. new the debentures at ;per cent., at which they are; willing to borrow ; but they had, nevertheless, been ac commodated with fonds t0:411.e advantage of the company, and had no doubt, when 'the present tightness of the money market shall 'have.passed away, that they will be able to procure all that they require. The traffic on the line continued to increase, confirming the confident ex pectation of the areetors, fiat when, at the expirationof Mr. Dargan's lease, theqine again comes into the posses sion of the company, a much larger return may be antici pated. Mr. Spac'kman, ',secretary of the Newry 'and Enniskillen Railway, appeared as a shareholder to condemn the policy of the directors in not having amalgamated with that company. lie was , replied to by Mr. Charles Holland and others, after which the report was adopted.: DOCK COMMITTEE. —The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Turner:in the chair. The Suh;Committee levels at t b e th z oT W ee a d pp to i , un - D a ec t k h , e p w ro o p r o k se e d x b ec y u t ted he H u e n al d t e h r of Works recommended That the arrangement as to the thee°sllafimrme-cerLorta—mThitteere, that'as s da u rion ns fro io m n, a th n e ot s l urv ier in structed to proceed :with the foundationthe --:intended d d of e . warehouses on the south u quay of the Stanley Dock if found practicable, *itheut interfering of the dock. The.Chai. • n 8 with 'the working thed contracts on the one side were going onrolowi andai desirable to make s 3” the committee - thought it other side. The recommendation for proceeding cr. the Chairman was agreed to.—The stateitirrrererence to the works at the north docks, that on a recent 'inspection only 40 bricklayers 'cklay r found to be at work ; 'there should have been 400 er"v s e oo e . A conversation'fiillotrea, from which it appeared to the feeling of the committee that, though the contractor /night have some diFiculty:ingetting men, he was responsible for proceeding with the 'works, and the Dock Trust ought not to be the sufrerers.--ahe committee of master porters re commended that-the wages of the keepers of weights and scales be increased from 20s. to 225. 6d. per week. Mr. er3ec°-or.rn:the°emenir. Bigham and Mr. - Evans opposed the increase. Ulti mately an amendmead, that the matter be referritPback, with a recommendation to put the men .on the same footing as dock gatemen, was carried. Duringthe con versation, Mr.Bigham.stated that it would be injudicious; with a surplus of only •£booo, after one of the most pros perousyiNirs . ever known, to increase their expenditure. — A resolution was read: which had been passed by the -Baths Committee, in reference to the intention of the 'Dock Trustees to constrict :,new works, which, it was thought, would interfere with - the pier-head baths. The 'Baths Committee considered that the loss and destruction of those baths wimild•cause additional expense, rendeiing a pumping establishment necessary ; and they recommend the Council not to ;sanction the contemplated arrange ment. The chairman remarked that the Baths ',Com mittee'had taken a great deal for granted as regarded what the Doek Trustees intended to do. Mr. lligham said the resolution Of - the Baths Committee was in oppo sition to what the Council had- determined, a-s laird had been bought at Evertonr for a reservoir in which to pomp salt water. The pier,ltead baths had been declared-to be so expensive as to -be li•nsisance. He thought the:•com mittee had gone out of Abeir duty in passing such Areso lution, and doubted , wliether it should be received. The chairman considered that i ts it was a courteous communi cation, the Dock Committee were bound to treat itas such. The matter was referred to the Sub-Committee:-of Works to give an answer to it.—The Finance Committee recommended an .advance. of salary, from £l5O to £2OO per annum, to George C. Jaekson and Richard Mason, two book-keepers in the -treasurer's department. A conver sation thereupon ensued, and it was agreed to refer the matter back to the Finance- Committee. NEW ORANGE INsTtTUTIGN AT ST. HELENS.—The opening of a new lodge at St.'llelens, in connection with the Loyal Orange lustitutionof Great Britain and Ireland, took place on Wednesdaydast, at th e King's Head hotel. Arrangements had been made for a lecture on the prin 4ciples and duties of members, prior to their enrolment; the large assembly-room was fitted up with the national emblems, &c., and a large assemblage of ladies was pre ,sent, anxious to hear the principles of Orangeism, and by -their presence grace the appearance of the meeting. At the hour appointed, the R. W.D. G. AI., W. Clark, Esq., of Liverpool, entered the room, in company with the Hon. G. S. and other grand lodge officers, who were enthusiastically received. When the enthusiasm had subsided, the G.T. introduced the D.G.M., who opened the proceedings by the usual,form of prayer. The D.G.31 then gave his address in eloquent terms, and was warmly cheered in the course of ,its delivery. He showed the protesting spirit of our ancestors, from the invasion of the &visas to the great revolution, an epoch which settled on a firm foundation those rights :and privileges which now are Britain's pride and boast, and that the 13 111 of Rights was not the work of that time alone, but Was-the confirming and securing of what the nation had been struggling for through many generations. He next skewed that the Orange Society had been, and ever would be, a protesting and repelling system against foreign 'l t " vestal", or home rebellion; that, with God's 'blessing, I was the mainspring of action to support our Chureh, our Queen, and our glorious constitution; and also it was, he said, the lever which bad raised Protestantism high above subserviency to Popery, and that if the powerful stimulus of Orangeism were removed, or suspended, our re ligion and liberties would be torn from us, He then re minded the meeting ofihe heroes, soldiers, and martyrs, who, to gain the liberty we now enjoy; had endured agony and torture; and that, amidst the strife of war and persecution, through them th e fl ag of truth and liberty had been pheld ; that martyrs had not been burned, that they (the meeting) should be enthralled ; nor had heroes bled, that they should be the vassals or slaves of Popery. He alluded to the memory of their devoted and high hearted ancestors, to the thrilling deeds of glory with Jo h their names are imperishably connected ;—their undying ..l,soveid love ee of liberty—their zeal—their enthusiasm for ments nil in life —their fidelity in danger and in death. These, '_, he, are things of which you have no right to boast, if his uea p ti ri en es a t l h e oo st d ah to lia b h e . Bible e e r tz u b d e ia y t o e ur d, ruler, ied )Izreeted. He exhorted them to be faithful and true to hand i t the sacred trust committed to their care, and to hued he, cowmne unimpaired wha to posterity ; and then, conti recollection. mifayf,ebane found but w ha ea t l, t w ru o e e, t l e ib e e a rt r y a , s o lre e ry ar , c o nil tlr y . , e a v n e ci n death t , each other, we may look back with a grateful sent, to giv e After an urgent appeal to the friends pre brhaveilFweoenniseniTedhitopfulgivsanat install the Ri g h t N in their me . s as candidates for admission, g list ; a 1, am' amidst much applause, another lecture in a month. — hated, and a lonful wc.;narnes seanrri Ras teh( opened in due form as the the gra wnor d s gt di p i c i e l, s, dg ieu, ? , t re s a large number were mi ._ n for approval. At Vtion.T., Brother Joseph Taylor the close of the proceed' with their ladies, in supply of good things Th e e a plenteous v ! , an.. l . o : o a l 7Y W T e e r t the brethren, toasts were drunk, addedastoPr7lded• &c., of the Grandis England and the Orange 1 It' ic h was k i,, of„ excellen, G.T., N. Bradley, Esq., ,T, LitTe, trict, Liverpool, and Brother Lodge, made some excellent observai• various speeches the D.G.M. respondedi°ins ; and stylise and spoke in terms of commendation T. J, Ouseley, Esq.. The toast of the evenin g M ;hi lV ,P* A l , to Brether Taylor and the Lancashire Witelie ' g . — ;'' wa s . may be supposed, enthusiastically received, a n d - as ' " warwisa, . u . 371 . he, eNorthChup lro Churc h 1I D loyal e rosf. responded to by Brother Taylor. The brethren suitably bitants of St. Helens have not enjoyed a moreA d tif y i n inha g ," festival for a long tinle,—(Fr4m a cQrrespondent) IPOOI New:Yorl , is to be commanded by Captain Edward: Australia. She will be 190 feet long, 42 feet deep, and about 1,600 tons measurein be launched in December next. _ _ _ VTI THE DOG NUISANCE.—A vigorous raid has been com menced on the part of the police against .. vagraut dogs and their owners. On Thursdiy, upwards of 400 persons were summoned before the mayor for having allowed their dogs to go at large in the public streets. All these cases have originated since the mayor called the attention of the police to the dog nuisance. In each case where ownership was proved, a fine of 55., with 2s. 6d. costs, was inflicted. FLEETWOOD, PE,ESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION. —The half-yeaigy meeting was held at the Town Hall, Preston, on Monday last week, Mr. T. B. Addison in the chair. The statement of accounts showed—Receipts to June 30, 1853, £157,822 ss. 4d. ; arrears of calls, £18,954 10s. Bd.; awaiting completion of forfeiture, £19,941 ; total, £196,717 las. Balance due to bankers, £3,378 9s. 9d. The chairman believed that no change had taken place in the position_ of the company since the last half-pearly meeting, and therefore there was no formai t t reporo be presented on this occasion. After a short conversation the proceedings terminated. Airuoul BOItEA.LIS.—On Friday, there was a beautiful display of the aurora borealis, or " Northern lights." The coruscations were most brilliant, and from dusk till midnight the whole of the horizon to the northward and westward was illuminated with intermittent flashes of light. About half-past eight, a singular body of light was visible immediately over the town. Its appearance re sembled the ray thrown out by the elecctric .light, only that it took a zigzag direction, and appeared denser in substance. It appeared very low in the atmosphere, and many were puzzled to make out what it could be, not a few supposing it to be " the comet" increased in its dimensions. That " illustrious stranger," however, had sunk below the horizon before seven o'clock. PICISAAUMONIC CONCERT. — The fifth performance of the year'took place on Monday before an exceedingly large audience. Upon the whole the concert was successful, though the illness of both Gardoni and Tagliafico, and the extreme nervousness of Mlle Bellini, detracted in some degree from the interest of the concert. An addi tional attraction was afforded by the performances of the clever boy pianist, Arthur Napoleon, who astonished the Hence bs his extraordinary plying. Though only eight years and a half old, he exWniedconipositions with an ap preciation for the intention of the composers, and display ing an executive facility which surprised every one preseht, THREATENED STRIKE AT IkIiNCHESTER.—We regret to have again to record vymptoms of differences between employers and employed, This time it is the manufac turers of domestics who are seeking an advance of wages, and, seeing how very tuiremunerative this branch of trade has been for a length of time, and is at' present, their em ployers have not been able to comply with the demand of ten per cent., whieh is the advance required.. In conse quence, the operatives in four or five large mills have given the requisite week's notice, and left their employ ment this week. Their example has been followed by others, and thgr notice will expire next week, when they are expected also to strike work. ln someinstances they may succeetl'in obtaining a temporary advance, until the warps and Weft in the hands of the manufacturer are used, but then, :assuredly, the mills must be -closed. All the year the "trade has been. unremunerative,, with brief in tervals'; and it is clearly impossible to - afford more for labour . 6tpresent.—Manchester Courier. likAttll OF THE TOWN.—The meaital officer of health repotts"that, in the week ended the . 7th ult., there was .ecrease in the mortality of the borough, the again -E deaths r ;gistered having been Ig3, against 192 in the preiious 'Week, whilst the average •:of the same week of former years was 230, without cholera. Of the 66 deaths froth zymotic diseases 43 were from diarrhoea, &c., a smaller number than in the . corresponding week of any year since 1848. Of the 43 who , died not fewer than 40 were infants and children. Typhus caused 4 deaths, scarlatina 3, small-pox 1 (unvaccinated), purpura 1. A patent, aged . 34, died from - hydeophobia - , having been - slightly bitten, about three months previously, by a dog, in the country.. From diseases of the lungs there were _3B deaths, against 53 in the precious week. One death from delirium tremens was reported—a male, aged 54. A fatal case of imported chOlera, reported as "Asiatic," occurred on Wednesday, 'to 'a German emigrant, aged-20, who was attacked with - the disease in its premonitory stage in Hamburgh, a fortnight preciously, and who negleeted ; to employ means to arrest its-progress, until within a few • hours previous to his death. The medical officer of health, having investigated this -case, finds it to have been of foreign origin, and is of opinion there is no reason at present to apprehend an outbreak of epidemic cholera in Liverpool. The health of the town has seldom been so good as it now is-and has been for the last five months, during which period - the mortality has been continually below the average. No'ePideniic is prevalent, and diarrhoea in particular, which 'always 'increases in frequency and severity before am outbreak ,Of cholera, is at present less frequent and fatal than it has - been at any similar -period of the last five years. Tie AN - NU-1a LICENSING SESSION was resumed on Tuesday, in the -Sessions-hone, Chapel-street, ',and the bench proceeded to -consider the renewal of 'suspended licenses :—Johnlintler Gill, Batchelor-street, renewed with a caution ; Mary Ann Willicot, Burlington - streetjurther inquiry; Jessie 'Webster Cable-street, renewedsviith an admonition; George Bradshaw, Christian-streets-renewed; Hugh Williams, Clayton-street, renewed ; Matthew War rener, Dickinson-street, renewed ; Francis Parry, Edmund street, renewed; George Wood, Flint-street, renewed ; Re becca Smith, -renewed ; Elizabeth Jones, Gerard-street, refiised ; Thomas Brocklebank, Glover-street, refused ; Thomas 'Slack, sGreenland-street, renewal refusad. The following. were - renewed:—Wm. Scott, Greenland-street; Robert Walker, Jervis-street; 'Win. Smith ; Mary 'Hurst, Kent-street e Charles M. Bowman ; George Hunt; France, Milks Street ; Robert. -Christian, Norfolk-street; John MTillimore ; Win. Henry Spencer, PeteNstreet ; Daniel Millway, Pleasant Hill-street ; Maria Dowling, Pownall-square; George Bennett, Sawney Pope-street, sus pended. An .amilication from Mr. Snowball for a - license for Charles Pugh, Shaw's-alley, i 4 as suspended, false papers having been sent to the magistrates by some man - n,amed M`Ginnis, as to 'the transfer, which was sufficient - 4,0 :close the question of. granting a license to the house. 'in the case of the railway-station refiashment-room, in 'Lime street, in the ename of Henry Booth, the license was granted, but 'it was to be understood that no future-offence be committed: - On Wednesday the following 'licenses were renewed :—J. Bushell, South Jelm-street ; Wm. Howell, Union-street; W. Cole, Waterloo-road ; E. Farrier, West moreland-street ; Mary Clay, Simpson-street. In thescase of Marry Wannop, Skelhorn-streets the license n-as granted to Stephen Sharpe, now her husband. A license to James Berry, Vauxhall-road, was refused, MANC HE sTE Uafl3 LIVERPOOL AGSIC ULTURALSOCIETY. —The preliminary meeting was held at the Lion Hotel, Warrington, on - Wednesday. William Tatton Egerten, Esq., M.P., (the seeietY's president for this, year,) was in the chair ; and there were also present Messrs. Dixon and Rothwell, inspectors of farms to the-society ; Mr. James Green, treasurer; Mr. Henry White, ,secretary ; Messrs. Ledger, Longton,"'Warburton, Edwards, Birch, Baxter, Rose, Garfit, INlTafittne, Lonsdale, Pownall, Pemberton, LoWndes, James l3eut, G. Halsall, James Langshaw, Peter Leather, Thomas tAtherton, Thomas "li`Farline, IL B. Briscoe, and James Dickinson. In -Class 3 (rewards to farm servants) theeptizes were awarded. The inspectors of farms then read -their reports on the farms of each claimant' in class 1, (best cultivated farna, drainage, Sse. ;) and the prizes in that4'd'zass were awarded. The prizes ; in class 2 (green crops grown in 1852) had been awarded at a meeting held on the ;16th of December, , 1852, and the awards were confirmed at this meeting. The : green crops of this year and the staehang had not yet been inspected. The officers of the society for the ensuing year were then reappointed, and the fssilowing gentlemen were added to the committee : Robert - .Wilson, Esq., of Halewood, near Liverpool, and Thomas Whittingham, Esq., of Ashley-hall, -near Altrincham. The secretary stated that following the -rotation hitherto adopted, the place of meeting for.next year ,would be Manchester, hut be believed it would' - be to the ?benefit of the society to meet at Altrincham, anti, as that -town was only a few rained& ride from Manchester, by -railway, it was hoped that little or no inconvenience would 'be occasioned, to the Manchester members by this arrange went. The members present approved the secretary's suggestion, but nothing will.be fixed until the, meeting in December. The entry for the show to-morrow, (Wednes day,);is now complete, and 'is the largest the societylbas ever had. The exhibition of ,potiltry will considerably exceed, both in numbers and quality, that of the shatvest Liverpool last year. The reaping -machines are to be tried in corn-growing on the farm of Mr.'Warburton, of Bewsey, about two miles from Warrington, the day before the show. Unnies s eivinis Menscan PRAGELTIONERS.—In a ease, Ecroyd v. Knowles, at the Salford County Court, on the 24th nit., says the Manchester Courier, his Honour (J, W. Harden, Esq.) gave judgment in .an important case. The plaintiff.ib a chemist and druggist, :and keeps a. shop in Broughttat-road, and having served. Ati apprenticeship to a surgeon, he is in the habit of giving advice to his customers, sometimes attending' them at 4heir own houses, but charges for medicines only and not for advice. He attended the defendant's wife in her confinement, and was paid for that attendance. In February, 0:851, he vacci nated the child, and shortly after it began -to suffer from scrofula, and died in about three months, after very great suffering. During that illness, the plaintiff :and no one else attended the cklld, frequently calling at the defend ant's house, and being always' addressed as Dr," This action was brought or lotions, powders, and ,ointment, supplied in the course of his medical treatment. The defence was, that by the act 55 Geo. 3, cap. 194, see. 21, it is declared " that no apotsecary shall be allowed to recover any charges claimed by him in any court of law, unless such apothecary shall prove on the trial that he was in practice as an apothecary prior to or on the sth August, 1816, or that he has obtained a certificate to practise as an apothecary from the Master Warden and Society of Apothecaries ; that the plaintiff was probably not born in 1815, and had no certificate. The defendant, moreover, contended that as the death of the child was attributable to the plaintiff using diseased matter for vaccination, it could not be said that his services were worth anything. My decision turns upon the first point only, and it becomes necessary for me to inquire what are the relative duties of an apothecary and of a chemist, within the statute 55 Geo. 3, cap. 194, by the 28th section of which it is provided, " that nothing in this act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prejudice or in any way to affect the trade or business of a chemist, in the buying, preparing, compounding, dispensing, and vending drugs, medicines, and medicinable compounds, wholesale and retail; but all persons using and exercising the said trade or business, or who shall or may hereafter use or exercise the same, shall and may use, exercise, and carry on the same trade or business in such manner, and as fully and amply, to all intents and purposes, as the same trade or business was used before the passing of this act." The business of a chemist is, in my opinion, to prepare and dispense, that is, distribute or deal out and sell medicines ; but if he presuines to prescribe or administer medicines in the ordinary course of attending patients, it appears to me that he practises as an apothecary, and that he cannot recover for the phials. See the Apothecaries' am: ttleyr, Company v. Greenough, 1 2 B. 799 ; Allison v. Haydon, 4 Binge 619; Steed v. Henley, 1 C.' and P. 574. Each branch of the medical profession has its own province ; it is, I think, quite clear that the plaintiff in this case has interfered with the province of the apothecary, and that Charging for the drugs is a mere blind ; he is, conse quently, from m • • debarrededfo r the b def t e h n e dan 2ls t t . section of the Apothecaries' _ n .maintaining this action, mid the verdict must tray next. A VIOLENT ATTA workmen were being I vent them from being chester to work at Openshaw •ed van, to pre vav from Man had arrived at Ancoats, it was violently attacked ; the door was forced open, and, notwithstanding a protracted and spirited re sistance, the inmates were dragged out and severely mal treated. Two of the ringleaders were apprehended ; and, having been brought before the magistrates on Thursday, were committed for trial. FALSE PRETENCES.-At the Police-court, on Saturday, Francis Risenburg, a young Austrian, of respectable ap pearance, was charged by Mr. Francis Holzenger, secre tary to the Austrian consul in Liverpool, with obtaining £3 by false pretences. On the 7th ult. the prisoner went to the office of the consul and informed the secretary that the consul, who had been kind to him on a former occa sion, had verbally ordered him to call at the office, and draw £3. The secretary, knowing that his master had taken an interest in the prisoner, and giving credence to his story, gave him the money. In the course of the day, however, I he consul had given ae ascertainea that t..- Risenburg no permission to call for money, and informa tion was given to the police, who succeeded in apprehend ing him on Saturday. A document of a suspicious cha racter, leading to the assumption that he had been con nected with begging-letter impostures, having been found in his possession, he was remanded, to give the police an opportunity of making further inquiries. OPERATIVE SAIVIRRS.—The s s awyers of LivE soliciting their employers for the following rate of wag€ Yellow pine, 29 inches deep and upwards, 3s. Bd. per 100 feet ; ditto, under 20 inches deep, 3s. 4d. per 100 feet ; red pine and Iva Baltic deal, 4s. per 100 feet; all foreign white hardwood, except American ash, Gs. Bd. per. 100 feet; all single fiat cuts, double measure ; English white hardwood, American ash, and all oak billets, 6s. er 100 feet. Best cut for all in all kinds of wood, and extra cuts, as usual; planking ash for felloes to be paid for by measure the same as the above. Sweeping felloes immediately after being sawn, N. per inch clear; chit° dry plank or planked in the country, id. per inch dear, All labouring, includ ing taking down boards, loading and laying loads, and getting in timber, to be paid for at the rate of 4s. per day. or sd. per hour. The employers have had a private meeting on the question, bid resulted has not yet transpired. THE WATER QuEsno/t.—On Thursday, Mr. IWDonald delivered a lecture at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson street, on the " Past, Present, and Prospective Supply of Water to the Inhabitants of Liverpool," in which he gave a clear, succinct, anti impartial history of the Pike contro versy, detailing fully And fairly the part he took in oppos ing the Rivington -scheme, and referring to what he had suffered personally for his opposition to it. He gave full credit to those who had removed him from the water works, because they thought he was an obstruction in the way of carrying out `a great improvement. Referring to the Pike he said - :-=" The town has no more use for its waters than a horse has for two tails. If it were possible even now to stop these works, there would, in 'all probability. be a saving of at least - £200,000." At the elose of the lecture,. the audience awarded a vote of thanks to Mr. M c Donald, and a committee was formed to draw up a memorial 'to the Town Council against expending more money On `the Rivington scheme. Lliq.9l.l'ooL SESSIONS. —A report of th. sions, width commenced on the 27th tilt., was by accident omitted last week. The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, said it was satisfattory to - find that the com mitments to the sessions hail ; been decreasing, and proba hly•during the last ten years or more there never were fewtr commitments for the period 'than during the last feW months. He added, "It is probable that this will be the last sessions in which' thiseourt will have to pass •aentences of transportation under thelaw as it now stands. • Lin fact, I may say the present ;law will expire on Friday 'next, when a term of penal servitude will be substituted ,4n a great many caries for the pre sen t sen t ence o f trans ''. tat'on It is satisfactory 'to 'see th e p rov i s i on made, 'through 'through the liberality of 'the 'Corporation, for dealing more effeetually with prisoner, by the :erection of 'the new gaol which will shortly be Opened." The Recorder next descanted ort the subject of the licensing system. He said, "I can lay 'my -finger on a public-house inrthis town which I believe to he the resort of thieves, •and where I have no doubt there;is a sort of society of thieves, and that publit-honse is licensed by magistrates •of this town, and will be ;licensed eguin ; for though I ammerally certain, from seeing, sessions after sessions, what is done there, what becomes Of There is no powerto deal with it. It is not easy to bring legal proof into a-court of what you might be otherwise pretty certain of, and-so the mischief goes on, and the house retains its license. And if the magistrates 'Having to do with the granting of licenses felt certain ' the house was one of a - certain de scription, and Tailed to. prove it in a court of justice, they would be visited personally with the costs. I have long thought that the publielhouses were too numerons'in this town, and that !more - -sparing use should ;be made Of the power ef•givingi licenses by those who exercise it." The following . is -a summary of the sentences :—Jane Davies alias Mary Ann Bell, stealing a watch from James Shaw, seven years' transportation; Wm. Thompson,-steal ing 10s. from Mary Whitley, ten months', hard; labour ; James Evans, steahig a coat from James Walker Bell, the same; - Thomas 'Trougher and Job Davies, the former for stealing, and: the ' , latter for receiving, 37 brushes, be longing to John Henry Hopkins and others, s four months ; Maria Turner, stealing £lO 18s. from Is= Caddy, six. months; Agnes 'Wilson, stealing 243 from John. Retbert ion, twelve months ; Wm. Johnson, four months, and Thomas Brady, five months, for stealing 181bs. of tobacco and 7111 s. off - Cigars :from the warehouse of Mr. Procter ; Nicholas Dunn,- *slings watch belonging to 'John 'Jones, and a coat 'belonging :to Henry. Williams, nine months ; George Furness ',alias Pye, stealing a handkerchief 'from Wm. Norms; nine months ; Bridget Broderick, stealing a shirt belonging to William Parker, *tie months ; Thos. Stephenson ; stealing:7lhe. of sugar belonging to Alexander Durantv and others, four months ; Eliza Walsh, stealing £6O in )leak of England notes from Joseph Hadfield, six months ; John Le. Court alias Victor Le Court, embez zling from Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, antY Co., £220 seven years transportation ; John Gough, stealing handkerchief , from . Gillin, eight months ; John Rowe, 6teliaing ' sL ' ad " belonging to Matthew Sills, - nine months ; Waliam Jones, stealing ni ne va i r s of •bootiii be longing to 'Charles Freer, four months ; Th om as Southern, stealing labs. of sugar, th e property Of the Liverpsol Dock Trustees, four months. Misdemeanours :—Eliza Dickinson, 4obtaining.22 ender false pretences, with intent to defraud John Woodruff, six months ; William Racket, maliciously wounding James Agnew, one month ; Thos. Z jiil 2s eY llis e ., ni f b oiTr zli m n o g f nth r s oni ; Th ikr o e m ss as i.s. Ln Ai n ‘C ;7 on e . s p an iri d nirguntoPlill'de fraud Peter'Graham;fifteen. months. e August Ses- lOSSTREVOt RAILWAY meeting 6f this com- it the Clarenclon-rooms im the report it GENERAT •TELLIGEXCE. DEsEnTrow,trom the 74th Highlanders, is•ftsid td have been prevalentlat the Cape .or Goad Hope. THE NUNNERIES IN S PAIN, according to a Madrid journal, are 803 in number, and contain 20, - 613 nuns. A CONCESSION has' bee n granted to a po6 j ec t or w h o proposes to establish seawaterl a th s at Paris, mho has undertaken to have seawater brought to the Park of Monceanr. asid MORE TRANI' TWO IluarDiria• STomars, of ' a lar g e size, were seen flying round the steeple of the ehurch of Cabadellause, in Spain. Two of them were shot, 'and f e ll into the street. THE CONTINEHT - has been visited by severe -storms, which have occasioned much damage to the crops. In same places hailstones, weighing early a pound alidA half , were picked up. ne Tn Citanimaxtatif of the London and Northwestern Railway Company, so -unsettled since the retirement of MT. Glyn, will, it is now said; be aec tQ ted by the Marquis of Chandos. TEE FI7RNITITRE ANA ERITOT-E3 -OP,TIER LATE WARitatr } LISTI NGS were sold at `DaYlegfercl, , the sale being com pleted on Monday week. It was numerously attended, and though old and considerably worn, the furniture realised £4,000. A collection of all the evidence against Warren - Hastings, in 13 vols., sold for eighteen guineas. Inman :REAPERS.—Last week, upwardz of 3,000 Irish and high land reapers were-earried by the I,'dinburgh and Glasgow Railway to the different agricultural districts in the east country. During the week the annual immigra tion of •Irish.reapers into Glasgow commenced. The Derry steamers, as they successively arrived at the Broomielaw, have been crowded from stenvto stern, paddle-boxes and all, with this class of passengers. A POWDER MAGAZINE in the neighbourhood of Ots thakow, in Russia, in which about .6,000 kilogrammes of *powder were depvsited, blew up a gliort time sine with a terrific explosion. A soldier who was on guard was cocked to pieces, and an old man who 'lived in:a house near the place was killed by the falling of a stone.on his 'head. The roofs of the houses and the churches in the town were seriously injured by the falling stones, and an immense number of tleAndows were broken. A J Ewt SEE CoLoNY isdescribed in the J W ish Chronicle as 'having 'lately been discovered at Singapore. They claim tone descended from the exiles of the first Babylotii& captivity, and are ignorant.of the second dispersion. They embraced a European Jew visitor as a brother, and were glad to find that be could converse with them in the He brew language. On his attending divine service, he was called to the reading of the law from a beautiful scroll, the rollers of whiela were of. silver, ornamented with filagree work. THE INHABITANTS OF HOLTHEA.D have presented a petition to her Majesty, requesting that she will be gra ciously pleased to allow the new harbour to be called the " Royal Victoria Harbour." It is a magnificent place, and would afford accommodation for 100 sail of ships, and forms a perfect basin, where ships can at all times lay in perfect security. THE FOUNDATION STONE of a new building for the Athenaeum, at Melbourne, Derbyshire, has been laid by Lord Palmerston, who followed up the formal ceremonial by an address on the advantages which such an institution was capable of conferring. The building, which has been commenced, is to be erected after designs by Air. Stevens, of Derby, at an estimated cost of about £7OO. It will provide accommodation for an Infants' School, a Mecha nics' Institute, and a Savings Bank. LORD LONDESBORGUGH, it is Said, has completed the purchase of the Seisby estate for £270,000, from the Hon. Mrs. Petre, widow of the Hon. E. Petre, of Selby. Mrs, Petre, who was left sole executrix to her husband, with the property at her own' disposal, has taken the veil in France ; and the whole of her property will of course go to the funds of the nunnery which she has entered. A SINGULAR SUICIDE occurred last week in the coffee room of the Cathedral Hotel, London. A young man named George F. St an l ey Smith, who was shortly to have been married, swallowed prussic acid, which occasioned his death. From a paper found in his pocket, it is inferred that he committed the fatal act, in consequence of feeling an inferiority of merit, in himself, to the young lady with whom he was about to be united. A TRAIN on the York and Scarborough Railway was, on Wednesday last, discovered to be on fire. On this line, it seems, luggage is carried on the roofs of passenger car riages, and on the occasion referred to, it is presumed, a spark from the engine had alighted on a pile of luggage, and fanned by the current of air induced by the motion of the train, speedily involved the pile i n fl ames . Fortu nately the fire was discovered, and the burning luggage removed, before any very serious damage took place. Several of the passengers, however, were seriously alarme d by the occurrence. RAT RCIAL t..DVERTISER Sin D . Queen's Royals Salut Publique, of Lyons, that a caravan of forty-three pilgrims are about to set out for the Holy Land. WIRES OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS which are painted red are much less liable to oxidation than those which are painted white THREE INcLo sum sion—the last on the " Chobham," the scene of th, enclosed. ICTS th ultimo, by virt ue of which ent, is to be last encami THE BIBLE WAR( I produced on tl recent trial, and which contained alleged his mother's marriage and his own baptism by him at an old book stall in. London, last THE LICENSE DUTY paid by st for the year which ended th to £11,343 15s. The provinces contributh and the metropolis £4,663 105.,, of that sun THE APPEARANCE OF THE COMET has the Madrid journals, excited great alarm in tha it is considered "a symptom of divine wrath, a s e carriage propri th of January la mounted 3,679 lOs THE SOAP PLANT; which, on its decay, leaves ball of natural soap for each flower, and which is of California, is about to be introduced from that country into Austria. This natural soap, it is said, is superior to the best manufactured. RAILIVA.Y ECONOMY.—AII the engine-houses that have been left standing since the failure of the atmospheric system on the South Devon line, and which involved an an outlay of nearly half a million, are being " blown up" by the contractors, to make way for a double line of rails from Newton Abbott to Plymouth. Ma. Rozßtrca is a wise man. He knows how to secure the pleasures of life without its toils. While the pession lasted, his health was so indifferent as to preclude his at tendance upon his Parliamentary duties, to the great loss, no doubt, of the country. No sooner, however, is Parlia ment prorogued, than a sudden fit of improvement comes over him, and enables him to accept an invitation to the Cutler's feast at Sheffield. CAUTION.—Thomas Lister was charged by Elizabeth Goodall, of Heckmondwike, on Saturday, with having in a railway carriage put his arm round her waist, and asked her if she was going to Leeds. He did this twice, and a gentleman in the carriage advised her to complain to the guard, which she did, and defendant was given in charge. The defendant's answer was that complainant had told her father, who had " pummelled" him, but the magistrates thinking that no answer, fined him 445. THE MLLDON BRIBERY COMMISSION The Commis .eport that open and direct bribery y the last and previous - elections for this boroug - h ; that a large portion of the electors, consisting chiefly of the poorer class of freemen, are influenced, not by the political or personal recommendation of the candidates, but by the money habitually employed to corrupt them, and that the blame of this does not so much rest with them as with their superiors who tempt them. PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY CARRIAGES.—The existing form of railway carriage is proposed to be improved so as to accommodate a larger number of persons. The carriage is to be formed of two tiers of seats instead of one, the body being placed low so as to give the necessary head room for the passengers in each tier, access being given to the upper tiers by side doors, staircases, and steps, and to the lower or ground tier by doors placed at the ends, the body having a projecting platform protected by railings at each end, to enable passengers to enter the end doors, with a passage or thoroughfare (as in America) from end to end • of each carriage ou the lower floor. RAILWAY CoLLlsrolf.—On Wednesday, a serious acci dent happened to the five o'clock down train at the Horn sey coal-sidings, on the Great Northern Railway, in con ' sequence of the tender of an engine of a previous train having got off the line, whereby one lady, a Mrs. Harri son, has sustained a compound fracture of the leg, a Mr. • Harrison, and Mr. H. Justins, a solicitor, have each a leg 'broken, and several of the passengers are more or less cut and bruised. The Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Enfield, the Lord Mayor of London, and Sir James Duke are among those who are slightly injured. • A NEW LOCOMOTIVE for travelling on common roads has.been invented by M. Alexandre Lefroy, of Nesle, in the department of the Somme. It is said to be a great improvement over anything heretofore tried. It is of ten-horse power, has four wheels, and is of simple me chanism. It is turned by a peculiar sort of chain from the right to the left, and, without forcing the steam,.can be made to go rather more than fifteen miles an hour. Its weight is not so considerable as to injure the roads. It ascended rather sharp inclined planes, turned corners, and went backwards andlorwards with facility. CONSERVATIVE L'A'ND SOCIETY. — The thirteenth pur chase of the Conservative Land Society, and the fifth estate in Middlesex, . has just been made at Page-green, Tottenham, near .the Seven Sisters'-road, Stamford-hill, close to the railway-station. This new property is situate near the Markfield estate, which was recently sold at such a large profit. The fourteenth purchase within eleven months of the formation of the Conservative Land Society, has just been effected for allotment among the members, at Reading, Berkshire. The estate is situate on the Castle hill, and is knownby the title of the Devonshire Square and Crescent Estate. It commands :a most extensive and beautiful view. . . _ . INSURANCE ON Lwes.—By an act of Parliament just published the provision for - the abatement of 'the Income tax in respect of insurance on lives is extended. It is en acted that any person who shall have made any insurance on his life, or on the' life of :his wife, or contracted for a deferred annuity in or with any insurance company exist ing on the Ist of November, 1844, or with a •company registered as set forth, shall be entitled to all the benefits and advantages which by the provisions in the new In- \ _ come-tax Act are •expressed to be given in respect to such insurance. The act is to continue in force until the Ist of Any, 1854. • MARRIIGE WITILI DECEISED WIFE'S SISTER.—There seems to be a reasopaMe.prospect of our being rid of the further agitation of this question. The Committee of the Marriage - Law Reform Association are advertising the countries in which such-marriages may be celebrated, and offer every facility to parties inclined for this new descrip tion of Gretna Green alliance. Their zeal in this matter reminds us of the fox in the fable that set up as professor in the art of beautifying vulpine hind quarters by biting off the tail. It is quite intelligible that persons who have contracted marriage which in the eyes of the Church and of the law is incest, should wish the fashion to spread. FRENCH AND - ENGLIVA SURGERY. — The foliating anecdote is told of Sir Astley Cooper. On visiting the French capital, he w.as.askszl by the surgeon en chef, of the empire how many times he had performed a certain wonderful feat of surgery. He replied that he had per formed the operation thirteen times. " Ah, but Monsieur, have done him ene ohunkh-ed and sixty time. How many time did sousavelds ?" continued the cations Frenchman, after Ike..looked. into the blank amazement of, Sir Astley's face, "I,", said the Englishman, "saved eleven out of the thirteen. Bow ..many did you save out of one hundred and sixty r . Ah, Monsieur, I lose dem all, but .de operation was rery,:hrillinte:" SO3INA.MBULISIC—Between twelve and one o'clock on (Wednesday morning, a policeman on duty in Upper Albany-street, Regent's-park, London, observed a female in 4P.r night-dress walking briskly.along the pavement. He As poke to her several times, but .rveiving no answer felt ,eouvinced that she was in a state of somnambulism. He. • therefore laid hold of her, and, wrapping her up in his great coat, called a cab, in which he conveyed her to the Albany street station-house, where, after the:lapse of an hour, she became restored to consciousness. . She said she was a 'donlestic in the service of ,Mr. Haine‘Albany-street. It appeared that, having been in the habit of engaging a cab for, her master in the morning, she had, while her " senses werershut," gone upon the same errand. The key of the street door, which was discovered to have been left open, was.fcamd in her hand. Communicationwas made to Mr. liaines..,.and her mistress, in going to the station-house, recognised her, and was sillow,ed to. take. her home. .NEw X.A.X ON DOGS.—Under the Assevd Taxes Act, just prir4ed, a new tax is to be levied on aiLdogs. From the sth of April next, 'for every dog, of whatever discrip tion or denomination the same be, the annualtluty is to be ,12s. The•daty is to be paid by The party keeping a dog or having. the same in his custody. or .poSsession whether the same behis property or not ; such p erson no t discover ing.the oWner thereof, who shall have been. duly assessed for the same.. No person is to be cb with duty to onygreater -amount than £39 12s. for any number of 1011114, or ..E9 , for any number of gre.yhoundakept }by him tunny one year. The only exemptions to the tea are, a dog .belongurg toler Majesty or any cif the royal family, or dog. or a whelp at the time of returning the:list of.dogs thatshallnot actlially be of the age of six calendar movths or any dog bonclAle and wholly kept and used in the..eare of sheep and cattle, .or removing the same.; provided no such deg shall be a greyhound, hound, pointer, setting dog, spaniel, ;tardier, or terrier. EXTRAORDINAR.T CEASE AND CAPTURE: RUNNING A. •"CH r Ma Arn " co EAR:TU.—A notorious " black varmint," in the shape of 'a ,cbiamey sweeper, named Coppook, afforded the .officials of .the County Court, and a large " field" of spectators, some fine sport, last week, in Shrews-. bury. He bad been cast in an action in the court, and John Doe and Richard Doe were on the look-out for him.. Suddenly they sighted their gentleman, and gave chase ; but sooty, soon finding himself hard pressed, bolted into a house, and quickly ensconced himself up the flue ! His pursuers sounded a parley ; but chummy was in a position to dictate• his own terms, who instantly determined upon so surrender. Bailiff on the roof:abote, and bailiff in the .chamber below, kept watch and ward at both ends of the varmint's "drain,' peering down and up like a magpie into a marrow-bone, but utterly unable to draw their 'badger. After the fort had been thug invested for up wards of seven hours a compromise was effected, and the black garrison suffered to march out with the honours of war, amid the laughter and congratulations of a large crowd of idlers attracted to the spot by the novelty of the proceedings. . GOLD ii CIIMBERLAND.—On Thursday, a party con sisting of Mr. Clarke, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Deare, of London, headed by Mr. Calvert, the Australian geologist, obtained gold readily (by the common washing process with the tin dish) at the head of Borrowdale, and also near Buttermere. At the former place the gold was rather water-worn, and at the latter it assumed an angular cha racter, and was found in the ferruginous earth lying on the surface of the clay and green stone slates. The lump of gold mentioned in our last, found by Mr. Calvert, near Buttermere, presents a very beautiful and rich appearance, and seems to encircle small particles of silica, and generally to be embedded in, or tinged by, the earthy oxide of iron. The weight of the entire piece was 57 ounces, and is valued by Mr. Calvert at £221. In the gossan, at a mine near High Ireby, Mr. Calvert detected small particles of gold, but the softer" gossans appeared to contain none. Near Bassenthwaite Lake, at a short distance from Peel Wyke, Mr. Calvert obtained a very beautiful but small sample of gold, in the reddish earth resting on the clay slates of that locality. He is of opinion that gold is generally diffused on the clay slates, and locally on the green stone slates, throughout Ctunberland ; but how far they will pay remains to be proved by deep workings in the beds of rivers, where sufficient de'bris, or alluvial mat ter, has accumulated. The result of a search through the Skiddaw group was fruitless. Mr. Calvert is of opinion that the mineral resources of Cumberland are not nearly ' fully developed, as he has seen indications of rich copper and lead lodes in maiden und. We understand th a t he intends to pursue his rese rches in Lanarkshire, w h ere he fully expects to find that he similarity of the g eo l og i ca l con ditions with Australia Iv I make the pursuit pf the preelowi metal equally profitable.—Carlisle Patriot. _ As AN ILLusTßA.nolv Crystal Palace, it is men to the latterl, from which THE CA )ERR A. of Cor about £1,050. Ascension," ti Iwo Marys warden's eo NATAL I aid ore ROM A. CHURCH sample pad Seimlc rived at Southampton from the Cape of Good I is the firs that has been bra for the pt market here countr BALL AT masonic ball is announced to take hall, next month, under the distin the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetla of England), and many other r connected with the craft, seve the noble earl and Lord Godes signified their intention of d (M. W. arra -ludin hat, it SALE OP A FRENCH NEWSPAP Presse It may be remembered of the warning given to the Patti proprietor, announced his intention t+ purchaser having come forward, the co were that he should pay down 1,5 tion, take the lease of the printin years to run, at 18,000 f. per annun —We n MI Del with eigi —Gali.qnan THE ESTATE OF ISLAS_ _ valuable ever offered for sale in SeOtland nesday last, disposed of by Messrs. Ca Edinburgh, to Mr. Morrison, of the fu Dillon, and Co., of London, for the su t I The upset price was £440,000, and a spit rag, on Wed .nd Black, in Morrison was for some time carried on between the purchaser and Mr. James Baird, of Gartsherrie, M.P. for the Falkirk district of burghs. A NEIN , PRINTING PRESS.—In the New York Crystal Palace is a new printing press which prints from uncut paper, rolling from a cylinder, and cuts and fats with perfect regularity 30,000 popies per hour. Both sides are printed at the same time, and 30,000 per hour is a low estimate, since by increasing the speed, they can be printed as fast as paper or cloth can be unrolled from a cylinder The inventor declares that he can print paper as fast as a locomotive can run on a railway at its L g in I exploring the one mile of news- 'trice Albert exclud( )hn ZV Charles R gussol: worthy ; 2, Charles 1 and 3, Isaac Had 2 and extra, Julius 1, Isaac H Charles WiLson,Esq. ; 2, It Thomas Amy es, Esq.; 2, William 3. Mr. Chas. Ryla] son Gladstone, Esi L. CLitre B. H. J Charle Esq., R ouection of rppeies) : /, 1, Charles ras Pia CLASS Flowers Esq. ; 3, Char] Julius Focke, I and Co, ml - laces Saund nurserymen excluded : 1, B. H. Jones, Esq. Moss. Ditto, (8 specimens), nurserymen ( H. Jones, Esq. ; 2, J. B. Y - s, Esq. Lorrimer hs : 1, William Ir. J. B. Lea- 3, S. R. Heai, rimOthy - Asker, g CLASS 4.—FLORIST chided from competing for prizes in this clas (all u_ Mr. Thomas Barton ; 3, Mr. Richard Tvr specimensl‘frHugh : Howard.ll,3. Thomas 3, istinct v Dahlias Ditto:sii Mr. JamesVoss' N o V f hi l t 2 eh di ead ttoi 2, Mr. W. E. Harrison ; 3, Mr. - 1 hocks (stand of 12 , all distinct vane varieties) s n ) : Ditto , l'rr. ( j sta ani nd es , Saunders, Esq. ; 2 and 3, J. J. Bibby 1 and 2, Mr. James CARNATIONS AND PICCOTEES. - Seadet Bizarre : 1, Mr R . J . Kaye, James Kaye, gardener ; 2,3, 5,- and 6, Mr. Lee • 4, Mr. James Whitehead. Pink Ditto : 1,3, 4, an d 5, Mr. Lee ; 2 and 6, R. J. Kaye, James Kaye, gardener. Scarlet Flakes : 1, Mr. James Whitehead ' • 2,3, 4, 5. and 6, Mr. R. J. Kaye. Pink Ditto : 1 and 3, Mr. Jas. White. head ; 2,4, 5, and 6, Mr. R. J. Kaye. Purple Ditto : 1, 2, and 5, Mr. James Whitehead ; 3 and 4, Mr. R. J. Kaye ; 6, Mr. Lee. Ditto Piccotees : 1,2, and 3, Mr. ja s .whit e . head ; 4, Mr. Lee ; 5 and 6, Mr. R. J. Kaye. Red Ditto : 1 and 5, Mr. Lee ; 2, Mr. R. J. Kaye ; 3 and 4, James Whitehead. WAX FLOWERS.-Collection of six distinct specimens : and 3, Mr. W. I 1, Mr. Jas. Moss ; extra T ames Whitehead. Holly- 1, Charles Extra prize • Leatherbarrow EXTRA PRI: .—For the best collection of twenty In ig Plants, gathered during the present lit of fifteen miles of Liverpool, - PQn_ the localities urseryn nateurs ox . S. M. Ma digenous Fl year within a ci giv an by Joseph Dick( time of gather Thomas Mosses, 10s Mr. W{l iam H Lug to be marked on each each plant os, Ormskirk. For the best collecti of the Botanic Gard For the best seedling Fuchsia, los., given by C. W. Newmann, Esq., William Bates, Esq. For the best Seedling Dahlia 103., given. by C. W. Neumann, Esq., - Mr. C. %lance. A3l extra prize, not exceeding 10s., for the collection of Stove or Greenhouse Plants, on which the names are best and most correctly written. This prize awarded by officers specially appointed, and not by the usual judges, William Thomas, gardener, to Charles Wil son , E sq . SWEEPSTAKES FOR DA.zure.s.—For the best 24 dissi milar blooms : 1 and 2, Mr. Charles Rylance. For the best 12 ditto : 1 and 2, Mr. Charles Rylance. The dahlias exhibited for the sweepstake s were very fine specimens. CLASS s.—FRUlTS.—(Specimens all to be named.)-- Best collection of Six Fruits : 1, B. H. Jones, Esq. ; B. Yates, Esq. Four Ditto (exhibitors of six specimen; 'lowed to compete in this) : 1 and 2, Mr. John liar 3, _Edward Bates, Esq.; John Turner, gardener. rt Greenall, Esq., M.P., George 1. Two bunches of Black Pine . Ap . pl Rose, Bard • _ lorris, Esq., Thomas Thomp. 'o bunches of Whit( 2, S. R. Healey 1 and 2 d in the 1 is torrr especial reierence to biblical illustration." the accounts furnished by M. Layard, onl cent ruins of Assyri been exaniined, - all but certain that t and of Mr. Botta, bear no proportion to the treasures yet undetected in the earth. CONSERVATIVE BANQUET AT HALIFAX.—On Tuesday the Conservatives of Halifax gave a sumptuous dinner to Hwy Edwards, Esq., who represented them in the Par lianient of 1847-1852, and fought their battle in two sub sequent elections. As a testimonial of their regard and attachment, they presented to him on this occasion a mag nificent centre-piece of plate, valued at 1,000 guineas, the contribUtion of 600 subscribers. LEADERS OF TRE COMMONS.—II is a enrinns fart. that a Scotchman has never yet led the British House of Com mons. Only two Scotchmen—the Earls of Bute and Aber deen—have been prime ministers of England. Two Irish men—Castlereagh and Canning—have led the Commons ; and amongst prime ministers, Ireland counts three —the first Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Wellington, and Mr. Canning. As successful "leaders," Sir Robert Wal pole and the younger Pitt are unrivalled in the duration of their power. A RATIONAL MUSEUM FOR SCOTLAND is a subject which has long occupied public attention in that country, and last week the Right Hon. E. Cardwell visited Edin 'burgh with a view to enquire into the subject and report to government. He inspected the Natural History and other museums in the University-buildings ; after which he visited several places which were suggested as offering favourable sites for the erection of an edifice, suitable for the reception of the contemplated `museum, promising to consider the whole matter, and report to the proper quarter. HAMILTON.—The Tablet says that the Duchess of Hamilton attended mass on the 21st ult., at Hamilton. The Rev. M. Condon received from her grace a supply of church ornaments, consisting of a statue of the Madonna and Child, flowers, vases, vestments of all the colours and 'of the richest kind ; altar linens, cope, hutheral veil, and six superb silver candlesticks ; a thurible, incense -boat, cruets and cruet-stands, ciborium, chalice, bell, grand altar cross, and monstrance, all of solid silver and of exquisite workmanship. " The gratitude of the congregation was extreme at the sight of the princely gifts and at the pre sence of the noble princess. There were tears of thanks- some very interesting statisticsvith respect to the issue of coinage from the Mint, during th L uarfer ending the 30th of June last. It appears that tl during that period in money is £4,763,826 3s. id. Of t amount, 95,692 lbs. weight was coined into 4,471,242 sovereigns, of the standard value of .24,471,212 12s. 6d. ; 6,2611b5. was also coined into 686,107 half-sovereigns. 1,141,663 florins, 717,763 shillings, 194,304 sixpenny pieces, and 15.840 threepenny pieces were also struck off. The total value of the above silver coinage is £155,100 Is. 3d. It appears that no crowns, half-crowns, or four penny pieces were coined, and that no copper coinage of any description was executed during that period. FOOD DISTURBANCE IN BELGIUM.—On Tuesday even ing, a large body of workmen and women assembled at Brussels, in spite of the rain, on the Quai de la Batte, Liege, where a species of corn market is held. The me nacing attitude of numbers amongst them created con siderable alarm, and the authorities, apprised of the cir cumstance, thought proper to call out the gendarmes, who were received with loud hisses. A manufactory of arms ,e gold c on the Quid d'Avroy was partly broken open by some of the rioters, and a quantity of fire-arms removed. Great excitement prevailed during the whole of Wednesday morning ; but a telegraphic despatch, of one p.m., stated that no further disturbances had occurred. Intelligence tif the affair has been sent off to the king, who is attending the fete at Bruges. A DANGEROUS ACCIDENT took place last week in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park, London, to one of the keeper, named Scott. This individual, while engaged in eleathng out the dormitory of an antelope, was unex pectedly set upon by the animal and severely butted and gored. The poor man was first alarmed by seeing it run full • tilt :at him, and making a charge with its powerful antlers, caught him on one of the points by the inside of the left thigh, jerking him ten or twelve feet over its head into the suir. Upon falling, the whole scene being ob •served;but!enacted too suddenly for prevention, assistance came•to his aid and he was conveyed to the University • College Hospital, where on examination it was found that, -although 'he was not very seriously injured, he had had a narrow escape, the wound being within a little of rup turing the femoral artery. STRIREs.-The plasterers engaged at the Wellington barracks, :in 'London, have resumed their work, having obtained an-advance of sixpence per day in their wages.— The hair-dressers of London are making a movement for an advance on their present payment.—The masons, 1,700 in number, who were out on strike at Glasgow, have obtained their object, and returned to work. The terms agreed .upon • are—that the masons shall work only fifty seven tours a week, leaving off at two o'clock on Satur days; that they'be paid fivepence the hour; and that six months' notice 'be given before any change in these arrangements can takeplace.—The free lightermen of the port of London struck for an increase of wages on Tues day, and, in consequence, mercantile business was con siderably impeded. The men have since held meetings, at which they state their chief objections against the present system to 'be, that it entails a great deal of night work. Loss or LIFE IN A " LOCK -17p" IN DOESETBILIRE.— On Saturday, two vagrants entered Wimborne, vending lucifer matches, and for some misbehaviour were taken into custody, and, •of course, put into the ordinary durance vile. Although the usual search was made by the con stable, a box of lucifer matches (concealed by the younger -prisoner under his armpit) escaped notice. During the night of their confinement they -attempted a release by .ccalecting the straw in their cell and setting fire to the door. A can of water is usually left by the constable with , his prisoners on these occasions , and it would seem they endeavoured to extinguish the fire by pouring this water over the blaze, thus creating a dense smoke. There being no ventilation, one of the prisoners soon fell a victim to his own rashness ' • the other prolonged his existence by placing his mouth to a small crack in the door. On the arrival of some.workmen engaged on a building close by early next morning, they heard a noise of groaning, issu ing from the "blind house," and called up the constable, who, on opening the door, found one of the prisoners quite dead, and the other in a state of syncope. The latter was conveyed to the Union-house, and, having been rallied by stimulants, was enabled to make a statem e nt to the effect above given. The second pris t o h i e le n r, di h e o d we a v is e o r„ lingered only till Monday morning, and given, the however, in Inquests on the bodies have been held, and verdicts ac cording to the circumstances ,jury, • • "The jury are of o p inion one case, accompanying opinionthat the lock-up or ' their verdict w the following more rill ia esp y ec ullfi y t f b o l r ind a - n h l o , t b li e e tn t g ow t n o o b f e l i 'V )l ' a un ee bo d during the night, as it appears there is a great want of ventilation and other conveniences. —Poole Herald and dreadfully d A r N ea D dfully swollen limbs. Ex- PILLS have successfully sw a(i:l x r DN e d s rs s m 'ed to Messrs Barnet, Brothers, whole teraaHrctiodoLfo ulcerouswl e.tAtr' sate agents for Holloway's Pills and Ointment Surinam.— .‘ G en tletnen,--1 beg to inform you that I cons idered my son ftt l reire h wd a a y rH e d s os sacrificed large l Holloway's l : s e J os t to society in consequence of swollen limbs and ulcerous sor es, w ith whichh hopel e ss poetl lleieesyso e doctors t wascase, severelyaotnbrusth at a wafilo last b c as t ic e Pills, d. tlal ragte i t sautili a of be result has been so favourable that it has as tonished who had se en th e d ep l ora b le state he was i n. — SIUed.II4:!SEPH fIIACHIEESE. RLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Extract of a letter written by John M o l ar d Wh ee l er , Esq., Collector of Customs, Jamaica, having been handed by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Prout, for publication:—" I know you have never had occasio n t o t a k e Bl a i r ' s Pills, but let me emphati • Cally tell you, in mercy to any friend who may suffer from gout, rhuemaiic gout, liimbagcc sciatica, rheumatism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy ; not only am I personally aware of their powers, but I see my friends and acquaintances receiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not be without them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether : if in a later, they alleviate pa in , and effect a much speedier cure, than by any other means within my knowledge." Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box A SOCIET London, with P wins of Assyria he surface of mount id even those only • • • • • - partially.; an the more re- Ants were general r Gladsto lly'atm tobertsl 1 and .., Calceolai Richard Bulfield Esq. Greenhow Niessrs. T Grapes : _1 and 2, 'Thom son, gardene 3, J. B. Yates Ditto-1 and '3,-"f1 Esq., TimotiiyasiE; J.. 8. Yates, Esq. ;3, :R. - H. Jones, Esq. Six Nectarines :1, J. B. Yates, Esq. ; 2, Robertson Gladstone, Esq. Six Apri c..ots : 1, John Ravenscroft, Esq., Alexander King, gar ,,,,,d 3, J . B. Yates,. Esq. One Mel on : 1 an d 3, ckburne, Robert Reilly, gardener ; 2, J. B. Yates, Mr. John Harrison ; 2, Edwd. _A. Apples (Table) : 1 and 2, Henry Harrison, Esq,, Joseph Hutchinson, gardener ; 3, John Harrison. Six' W. H. Haynes,. Ditto (Ouilinary) : 1 and 3, Bates, Esq. Six Pears : 1, Mr. John Harrison ; 2, Edwd. Bates; Esq. ; S. R. Healey, Esq. Raspberries (a dish): 1_ Robertson Gladstone, Esq. ; 2, Henry Harrison, Esq. ; 3, J E . sq ß .: Yates, Esq. jo , Esq., John , Webster, gardener ; 3, Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow, Charles Jones, ga seb rd e e r X; (a 2, & J. ll ß ) . : Y l a'tes Jones, gardener. Currants, red (a dish) i 1 an d 2, J. J. gar dener. Ditto, white (ditto): 1, S. R. Healey,. Esq.; 2, W. Bibby, Esq. ; 3, W. H. Haynes, Esq., William Jones, B. H. Jones, Esq. ; 3, Mr. John H. Haynes, Esq. ; 3, J. B. Yates, Esq. Ditto, black (ditto) : 1 Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow; 2, mr. Charles Rylance ,• 3, W. H. Haynes, Esq. Cherries (a dish) : 1, Edward Bate s " 2 d , 2 ;nd 3, Mr. John Harrison. Esq. ; 2, Charles Saunders, Esq. ; 3, B. H. Jones, Esq' HPlarrisso(na.disFhigs: : 1 17 dener ; J. B. B -----. -- i, --- s 6.—VEGETABLES. — (Specimens to be named). B CLASS 6._V TAS S.(Specnns to be Darned) Best l eo s llection of six vegetables : 1, Mr. John Harrison ; 2 e a s nd 3, Robertson Gladstone, Esq. Two cucumbers : 1, Mr. Charles lb-lance ; 2 and 3, J. R. Jareys, E sq , , wi n. gardener. Two cauliflowers : 1 and 2, Mr. John nurseryman ;3, James Livsey, q•, q Robert 3 , Edward Bates, Esq. gardener. Peas (a dish) : 1, William Bates, 3, James Livsey, Esq. Ditto, broad ._,l,seai.;Potter, Adamson, 021itB Beans, French, (a dish) : 1, Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow ; 2, (a dish) : 1, B. H. Jones, Es q . ; William Bates, Esq. ; 2, Mr. J. B. Leather barrow ;3, Robertson Gladstone Esq. Curled Parsley (a dish) : 1 and 3, William Bates, Esq. • 2, Mr. John Lear- J. J. Bibby, Esq. ; mond. Bunch of onions : 1, Mr, ' Charles Rylance ; 2 and 3, Mr. John Harrison. Bunch of six carrots : 1,2, and 3, Mr. Charles Rylance. Bunch of six turnips : 1 and 3, Mr. Charles Rylance ; 2, Robertson Gladstone, Esq. Bunch of celery (three sticks) : 1 and 2, Robertson Glad. stone, Esq. ; 3,111 r. John .Learmont. Tomatoes : Extra prize, Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Some groups of wax flow( by Miss Newton, W( .ceedytgAy a, and formed a ve y striking feature of the eibil3iiioii l y ilo 7:ll` 3 Zar2 1 EFFECT OF THE BETTING ACT.—An unexpected ,i,a p l ro et hi te b r it of a c i ` result from this act fora fight ;" and for that, amon g other ', Broome announces that he has given up pugilism. advantage will (it appears w fr ill ° reaso n s Alll AND es that RAILIVA.Y.—The di rectors' report to be presented to the half -yearly meeting t o - mo rrow a rthe past . ill s t a te th a t th e revenue fo 18o2,war w it was as E 451,700 ; a r t he corresponding period of £408,607 nd fo . The disbursements for the past half-year were £188,113 ;. and in the correspnding,. hair y of 1852, they were £172,816. The main increase in the working 4 1 expenses shows itself un d er the respective heads of locomotive power," "merchandise charges," and " maintenance of way." In the two former cases this - -led apart from the circumstanep ase must not be r of a material increase of goods conveyed, a curred and s' znings and the weT2li the addiiional The various MON Lges question in t ihire and Yorks' Le large manufacturing towns of Lan-, re, and a gener:a! rise in the prices of no inconsiderable degree to aug: ;ements. The balance of revenue nt of interest and dividend, and s. 10d. It is recoil,- other fixed char mended that a e £2'74.60: annum, less into' £6,480 2s. sd. to be carried for e next aecou lV YRICNCH LANGITAGE.—MOBS. L. P. PLIMITOT, At the re qu cst of several large families, has determined to i ntroduce Ladies of ail ages to any of the fifteen different Classes di , arts,) rected by him, in Six respectable Educational Establishment; for Young Ladies, on the same terms as the Pupils themselves Mons. P. has classes of all gradations, from beginners in the French Alphabet tg the Pupils capable not only of understand lag very well the Classic Works used by him, (th e sam - adopted in the best Educational Establishments in p e • s but also capable of speaking and writing correctly the krench Language. Each Lady has the option of rem a i n i different classes one, two, or three hours twic e n_ , ....! 1 ,; in_ the lemay be introduced also .... ttabm!ieslnii of tV I ales,forYoung Gentlemen, on the same term Pupils. Prospectuses, with Directions as to each E meut, Terms, and many Testimonials from Lam--it. —b men, and Gentlemen who have learned the Frf upon Mons. P.'s new system during the last be had at any time, at the Professor's Resist, is at home every _day from Half-past One to Two • In tt7rfie a r. noon. No. 45, UPPER PARLIAMENTATREET. Private Les sons for Ladies or Gentlemen, at the Professor's Residence at the Pupils' Residence, or by Correspondence as usuae The next Quarter commences on the 3rd of October, s ss th CiergY-