The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

Feb. 10, 1846 LOCAL NEWS On Tuesday, the body of a male child, enclosed in a hoz, was found in St. Martin's Churchyard. On Wednesday, a man named Wm. Cumming, who was engaged in a spirit vault in Lancelot's-hey, died from ex cessively, drinking rum. On Mo n d ay, J ane Hughes, who resided in Toxteth- Park. Was burnt to death by her clothes accidentally taking fire. On Tuesday night, Margaret Al'Guinness, of Sun street Toxteth-park, went home in a state of intoxication end fell asleep on the floor. She was put to bed, and found dead shortly afterwards. _On Friday wee k . , Eliza Thomas, servant to Dr. Orpon, Pamilton-square, Birkenhead, whilst cleaning the draw ing room window, fell into the area, and broke both her a rms, .the right one in two places. She is recovering. Capitalists, and others wishing to invest in land or household property, will do well to consult Mr. Williams, estate agent. A list of the various properties he has on sa le n.ay be seen at his office, Ranelagh-street, corner of Great Charlotte-street.—See adv. POCKET PICKING.- On Monday, Mr. Robert Healy, of this town, having had occasion to call at the Uni .n 13 !Ilik to receive dividends, placed the amount, together with some cheques, in his pocket-book. On reaching the . P arish -offices, Fenwick-street, the pocket-book and its contents were missing. In the afternoon, the book and cheques, minus bank notes to the amount of £55, were returned to him through the Post-office. Three excavators lie in a dangerous state at the northern hospital from the effects of drinking rum. Some casks of that spirit were thrown on the North Shore from the Mary, trom Demerara, that was wrecked on Sunday at W est Hoyle. The " navies" assembled in large num bers to broach the casks, and so copious were their 1 ba bons, that thirty of them had to be conveyed from the scene in lorries—drunk. A NEW VALVE.—Mr. M`Donald, the new manager of the Harrington Water Works, has invented and intro duced a new valve for the water mains, which possesses the merit of being simple, efficacious, and cheap. The half the quantity of water which the pipes were-capable o f .containing, to pass. The new valve costs only 365., and affords full egress to the water. TRIAL OF CAPTAIN JOHNSON, OF THE SHIP TORY.— The trial o f t hi s notor i ous i n di v id ua l f or the atrocities on b oard the ship T or y, w i t h w hi c h our rea d ers are familiar, Commenced on Thursday morning at the Central Crimi nal Court, and did not conclude until half-past two onFri *lay afternoon. He was arraigned on a charge of having e ftlinited several murders and felonies. The attorney r"neral prosecuted, a n d th e p r i s o ne r was defended by 'is- The jury acquitted him on the ground of insanity. Ile will thus be imprisoned for life. GRAND OPERATIC CONCERT.—WE understand that arrangements are now being made for an operatic concert, Ott a grand s ca le, w hi c h w ill ta k e pl ac e in the course of the present month, at the Concert-hall. The programme w ill consist of the mus i c f rom " Guy Mannering.: Macb e th , " " Maritana, " and other favourite otteras•, Amongst the vocalists already engaged are the with,Mises I n ith, Mr. J. S. Reeves, Mr. G. Lunt, together an i e ,tucient chorus the whole to be conducted by Mr. George yilden. -Particulars will appear next week in an adver tisement WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At a meeting, on Tuesday ft letter was read from the l'oor-law Commissioners, ap proving of the division of the union into three districts; but on the motion of Mr. Mould, it was resolved, by a Inajority of nine to six,' to request the commissioners to permit the board to re-c.inside r the s c h e me s proposed for te divisio n o f th e un i on i nto di s t r i cts f ur t h e p ur p ose o f rel ief, and it was also agreed to defer the advertising for cdangidates for the situations of relieving officers until the recision of the commissioners was known upon this resolu -1". From the state of the returns, it was apprehended that a large number of infants remain unvaccinated, and t hey directed the attention of the vaccinators to the subject. ...ELECT RIC TELEGRAPH.—The D oc k C omm i ttee, on T hursday, wer e f or sonic time engaged in considering a site for a te l e g rap h tower stat i on, wh i ch wou ld answer communicating with Bidston, and also with a new sta tion to be built at Crosby, for reporting the vessels which pass through the new channel • It was stated that a tower , 30 feet high, placed any where between the north side of e .Prince's Basin and the south side of the George's asm, would answer b o th p ur p os e s . Th e su bj ect was at len gth r e f ere d back to the sub-committee, to en a bl e th e m inform themselves as to the practicability of erecting a n electric telegraph to communicate at once with the Exchange News-reoms. G ALLANT CONDUCT.—We stated briefly, l as t wee k. that the barque M ar y s t ruc k on W est H oy l e, the prev i ous lin daY• At hall-past twelve the Point of Ayr life-boat was launched, a little west of the station, to enable her to Bet to windward . of the wreck, which was in a tremendous s ea, and quite dangerous to approach, but the cries of the crew were heart-rending, and by the mercy of Providence the life-boat men succeeded in getting every man into the boat, fifteen in number. One sea carried the boat on the bulwarks of the wreck, when she was very nearly cap sizsd and lost ; the mate missed the boat, and was washed overboa r d, and in hauling hi m ou t o f t h e set i n t o t h e life boat he was jammed between the boat and the wreck, and was much bruised ; ha f the crew were more or less hurt in getting from the wreck into the boat; the captain was washedar overboard, a n d another sea threw him back on boa, which has hurt and exhausted him so much that be is very ill. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.--At the usual monthly meeting, on Tuesday, the proceedings of the Market C ommittee gave rise to a conversation, as to the desire -ableness of appoi n ti ng a Cl erk of Committees, and the tibject was referred to the Finance Committee. The B s rd d ec li ne d g i v i ng their assent to the Birkenhead and o 11._IYhead juncti on R a il way B i ll . The resignation of v7r. Haselden, superintendent of th e W oo d si d e F erry, Was reported. The ferry receipts, for the previous five !reks. bad been £lBB4 6s. 7d.; and the expenditure, in th e same period, including a payment of £2300 to Messrs. ra,,rres,er, on account of the new boat, am ,unted to ' 401 28 12s. 9d. Some conversation took place as to an Recount of Fox, Henderson, and Co., for providing pat terns and specifications for dr' park railing, which, it ap peared had been furnished under orders from the Chair wb3Cll• Sever a l mem b ers p ro t es t e d aga i ns t an y mem b er av ing power to give orders ; but eventually the account Was ordered to be paid. .I„SRLpc.r VESTRY.—At the meeting, on Wednesday, the •vorkhouse Committee reported that there had bee n a di b ra inutoin i n the fev e r cases w i t hi n t h e l ast f ortnight; e ll e t at some apprehension was entert a i ne d l es t th e di sease mi g h t bre ik out i n an aggravate d f orm, and as there was a bwant of room, it was suggested that the chapel might tise . d as a sleeping-room. Many members expressed kmetr disapproval of using r a consecrated building for any purpose ; but as the w a nt o f room was very appa tiqent, it was understood that the Workhouse Committee le uld report as to the b es t mo d e o f appropr i at i ng addi j,lanal room. Mr. Radcliffe. surgeon to the Workhouse. _ndered his resignation. Mr. Parker, surgeon, reported heat a large number of cutaneour diseases had recently ten admitted into the infirmary of the Industrial School. also offered one or two suglestions on the ame sub- Ject, and his letter, along with one from Mr. s Gardner, A mas ter of the infant school, to the effect, that his sugges pna rel at i ve to t h e san i tory condition of the children had t;ft been carried out, weie referred to two members theboard, with instructions to attend to them. PAVINGdaI... AND SEWERAGE.—At the meeting on There- Mr. John Holmes in the chair, Mr. Walthew gave e — "ee of a motion to the effect that the parliamentary • i)tr,lxiittee be empowered to enter into a treaty with Lord j e er bY as to his interest in the Bootle Water Works, sub to the board approving of the terms. Mr. Higgins ;Tied the attention of the board to the necessity of some th, raa gement being made bet ween th e C ounc il an d the tG a rd, as they were both going for powers to carry out lb ; same °hi d e, and there would, consequently, be an %,,.neeessary expenditure of the public money. In reply it es stated that a conference. had taken place between the ttlanirnittees of the Council and of that Board to whom the tri a , t ter was entrusted , and that they were awaiting a corn teenication from the Corporation; hut it appeared that ho Highway Board Committee had nothing to say, and ii Pro Posal to m a k e , and the Cou n cil C omm i t t ee b e i ng ir. the same predicament, nothing was done.. After an thi_egular and recriminatory conversation of some length, t a T,.Chair man put an end to it by say i ng , "every one li„! i ng for th e sa k e o f ta lki ng, one half .:he time taken -4,7 1 ' 1 making speeches when there is no question before s pist as if time was of no value at all. " Mr. Higgins "r;.;tsted in his notice. i tig 7 ALL A sEv IMPROVEMENT ACT.—On Thursday even tli' the monthly Int-44nm of the Commissioners under the act was held at the Queen's Arms, Liscard. Before N n c ommencement of the regular proceedings, Mr. Will Said that lie understood at the last meeting, Mr. heawdslev had said that in the minutes an addition had h. n made to a resolution passed at the previous meeting ; atltwished to know if M r . M aw d s l ey pers i ste d i n that thelealent ? Mr. Mawdsley believed that such an additi !,l been made; whe r e u p on , M r . Crump , chairman Of ker F inance Committee, called upon the reporter for the that eury, who nad given an account of the meeting in ti o , P s Per, and w hi c h f ortunate l y contained the resolu liit:'o,ll the exact words entered in the minutes, to verify coa l ,:' report.. That gentleman then stated that the ac n ti,e M ercury was written from his notes, taken ever"e.necasion, and w ith ou t any commun i cat i on ,what orierswith the cle, k of the board or any of the commissi taitt Mr. M aw d s l ey t h en, somew h at reluctantly, ad -91,41. he might have been mistaken, and withdrew the fo gs " involved in his former statements. The proceed- Ar tne a d f the various comtnitte-s were then read and con 'erpo , A communication from the Town-clerk of Li eorg,Pl, a nnouncingsohat the Town Council could not tai,j'Y with the prayer of the memorial from the Corn roa„:qters eras the removal of the powder maga " as referr e d t o the Improvement Committee SPO a TING I N TEL LI GENCE. -°l/1 1 LANCASHIRE COURSING CLUB. At tt m4y. -.l e meetin g at Lytham, on Wednesday and Thurs b-th° f ollowing were the deciding courses :- I,n Clifton Cup was won by Rocket, beating Reserve. h_Celjalbot Puppy Cup was won by Clara, beating b v.sse; Lytham Stakes were won by Emblem, heating Tice ma n4Y ld e Cup Stakes were di v id e d b e t ween M r . Hard -1,111 Air. Talor. beiritti:bble Sta y kes were won by Prince of Wales, beat --eld.Th l a n e L "waY . Stakes were won by Selina, beating Old- ass e t`t?r i n t Thursday two steeple chases came off over a line of ter Yat the k 1 " tu n Old Roan. The running on the whole was ~nc,, ~,(1 . The first rare was won by Mr. R. Morris's , 4 , 11 - gl ueePer beating I on Duke (second) and four , others. s4 r e ee -- "l'd by Mr. Henderson's Helen M'Gregor oeating °theta. I TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday the usual monthly meeting of the coun cil was held in the Town-hall. PURCHASE OF NEWSHAM-HOUSE ESTATE, The proceedings of the Finance Committee comprised recommendations to purchase the Newsham-house Es tate ; to allow Mr. Francis Venn the salary of £lOO per annum, in respect of his office of Sergeant-at-Mace; to increase the salary of the clerks in the Town Dues Office, as follows : Mr. Ellis from £l5O to £2OO per annum. Mr. M'Naughten from £135 to £l7O per annum. Mr. Kaye from £lOO to £123 per annum. and to appoint an additional clerk at a salary of £lOO per annum. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings, referred particularly to the proposed pur chas:, of the Newsham-house Estate. He said it con sisted of 260 statute acres, of which about 240 or therea bouts lay contiguous to each—not exactly in a ring fence, for a road separated it in one part. It was distant about 100 yards from the municipal boundary, and it was about two miles from the Town-hall. Added to this, there were 16 or 17 acres situated almost in the village of West Derby. So large an extent of acreage had not been offered for sale for a long time, and the opportunity might never present itself again. The debt of the corporation was now about £550,000, but they were about to receive a large sum for the sale of their land in Great Howard-street to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, and with that sum he proposed to purchase the estate in ques tion. He admitted that it would be advisable to make improvements in the town, but still be thought that the propriety and policy of the purchase were based upon strong grounds. He wished the council to consider the matter in the light of an investment. Tlie price to be given was £85,000, and £2,000 more to j enable that portion of the property which was copyhold to be enfranchised and made freehold. The rent would be about £1,700. He had no fears of the property. He believed the price of the land would increase. When he considered the ad vancement of Liverpool—the density of its population— the abandonment of cellar occupation, and the great in crease in the number of new houses, 15,000 having been built in the course of a few years, he thought they might embark in the present adventure with every likelihood of success. As to the policy of the thing, there were differ ences of opinion amongst his colleagues on the Finance Committee, but as to the reasonableness of the price there were no differences. He had every confidence in the wis dom of the present Council. He should be much disap pointed if they refused to purchase and manage the pro perty with enlarged and liberal views, bearing in mind that the financial interests of the council would not be frittered away, and that the interests which involved the health, happiness, and morality of the community ought not to be disregarded. Mr. Nicol. thought the money might be laid out a treat deal more advantageously by making improvements in tte town. The proposal was to lock up a large amount of money, to realize a very small per centum by it, and, as it seemed to him, to hold out nothing in the shape of bene fit to the inhabitants. Several gentlemen spoke as to the propriety of the pur chase. Mr. Eva.vs observing that it was an estate which would cost at the rate of £335 an acre, and only ls. 44d. a yard, and that within two miles of the Town-hall. All he could say was, that if he had the money he should be happy to give £25 per cent. on the purchase. It was one of the happiest and best windfalls which had been offered ro the town for some time, and there could be no reason able objection against it. Some discussion followed upon the propriety of widen ing Berry-street, and making various other improvements in t e principal thoroughfares upon some general plan, after which the purchase of the Newsham-house Estate was agreed to, and the whole of the proceedings were con firmed A note was read from Mr. Abbott, of the Town-hall, requesting to be permitted to withdraw his notice of resig nation, and his request was complied with. LORD LINCOLN'S BILL. The sub -committee of the Watch and Health of the Town CJmmittees on Lord Lincola's bill and the bill of the council reported that the former embraces the follow ing subjects :- 1. Paving and supervision of streets, including restric tons on the mode of laying out new streets. 2. Public sewerage and effectual drainage of houses by their owners. 3. Scavenging and watering streets. 4. Supply of water for cleansing sewers, streets, &c., for domestic use, and for extinguishing fires, with provision. for establishing a fire police. 5. The appointment of a medical officer of health, an inspector of nuisances, the suppression of nuisances, registering of lodging-houses, &c. As stated in the former report, several of the powers which Lord's Lincoln's bill proposes to vest in the Com missioners to be elected under it, are in this borough now exercised by different bodies. The Commissioners for better Paving and Sewering of the town have the control of the pavements within the parish of Liverpool, which are vested in them, whilst the soil and freehold belong to the corporation; the Commissioners water the streets, and the council cleanse them ; the powers of the Commis sioners for Sewering are confined to the parish of Liver pool, whilst Everton, Kirkdale, and the part of West Derby within the borough, and now becoming very popu lous, are entirely without provision for sewerage; and though the council have power to cleanse the streets in these townships, they cannot raise any rate for that pur nes.. The most populous part of Toxteth-park, though forming part of the borough, has its own commissioners for sewering, paving, &c., whilst the council have power to cleanse, though they cannot raise a rate; the Health Committee of the Council can enforce drainage in courts throughout the borough, but have no control . over the main sewers; and the Commissioners for Paving in Li verpool have now to supply water for extinguishing fires, whilst t e control and management of the Fire police is r with the Watch Committee of the Council. The reports of the Commissioners for inquiring into the state of large towns, strongly urge the importance of these various duties being combined ur.der one management, and Lord Lincoln's bill, which appears to be based on the recommendations of those commissioners, adopts that principle in its provisions. The principle of one governing body for all municipal purposes appears in the Municipal Act, by which it is pro vided that the trustees under any local ea for paving, lighting, cleansing, watching, supplying with water, and improving any borough, or part thereof, may transfer their powers to the Council; and under this provision, the Commissioners for watching and lighting the town did, in the year 1836, transfer their powers to, and they are now exercised by the council. And, independently of their concurrence with this view as a great principle. the sub-committee are of opinion that many practical inconveniences have arisen, and should the same system continue, will still arise in this borough, from the want of uniformity of action, which can only be secured by combined management. • The council having. on the 29 , h of October last, affirm ed this view by adopting the report then laid before them, notice of intention to apply to Parliament for a bill was Published by the Town-clerk, in the local papers, on the 7th November, such notice specifying the intention to re peal, alter, or amend the provisions of all the existing acts of the Commissioners for paving, &c. in Liverpool, and so much of the act of the Toxteth-park Commissioners as re lates to the borough ; and to vest all those powers in the Council, with such additional powers as are necessary to enable the Council to frame, for this borough, a local bill, on the plan of Lord Lincoln's public bill, substituting the council for the Commissioners proposed under that bill and thereby avoiding the inconvenience of further elec tions, and the expense of separate estahlishmsne The Sub-committee then go on to refer to what the Toxteth-park Commissioners, the township of West Derby, the Harrington Water Company, and other public bodies have been doing with respect to local affairs, and they conclude as follows "The Sub-comm'ttee have not been unmindful of the importance of an adequate supply of water for cleansing and fire-police purposes, and for domestic use, and they •refer to the report on this subject, unanimously adopted by the Council on the 29th of October last. " But they are of opinion that the subjects of water supply and drainage should be taken together, and that the interests of the public would only be effectually secu red by adhering in thi- particular also to the plan of Lord Lincoln's Bill. In that bill it is proposed that an inquiry should be instituted as to the existi ;g supplies of water, and that the best plan of increasing the same, how far any existing companies are able and willing to extend their supplies, and what streams and supplies of water would be available by the enlargement of existing or by the con struction of new works. Such an inquiry, carefully con ducted and maturely considered, by able and scientific persons having their attention specially directed to the combined objects of drainage and water supply appears to your scb-committees to be a necessary step previous to the adoption of a plan sufficiently comprehensive to se cure both objects on a scale commensurate with the re quirements of this borough, and as the report of the Health Committee on the supply of water was only affirmed by the Council on the 20th of October last, there was not in theirjudgmeht sufficient time for such a sur vey and examination as would haveadmitted of a matured and well digested elan being laid before Parliament in the present session. Your sub-committee therefore abstained from attempting in the present bill to obtain powers to construct new works, which, upon such further consider ation by competent persons, might, after the expenditure of large sums of money, have proved insufficient for the required purposes. But provisions will be found in the bill to be submitted to the Council, under which the sup ply of water to the inhabita nts, arid especially to th e p oor , may be rend ere d, even under existing circumstances, much more effic'ent than it has hitherto been. " In conclusion, your sub-committees, representing two of the most important committees of the council, are strongly of opinion ' upon mature considerati on , th a t should the proposed bill or the commissioners be passed, and the operation of Lord Lincoln's bill within the bo rough be thereby prevented, most of the evils now expe rienced from the existence of two public bodies for muni cipal purposes will still continue; and your sub-commit tees recommend that power should be obtained from the Council to proceed with the bill which has been prepared —the several clauses being submitted to the Council for their approval, previous to going before a committee of the House of Commons on the bill." A long discussion followed the reading of this report. Mr. Kaye. Mr. Aspinall, and Mr. Proctor spoke in fa vour of allowing the powers to be vested in the Highway Board, on the ground, generally, that that board was quite competent to discharge its duties, and that if the management of all local interests were concentrated in the council there would be a very considerable difficulty in making quorums on all occasions. They said, moreover, that they were willing to abide the issue of an appeal to the rate-payers. Mr. Tinne, Mr. Higgins, and Mr. Earle were in favour of concentrating all interests in the Council ; and even tually their report was adopted. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. DOCK COMMITTEE. "At a meeting of the Warehouse Association, held on Tuesday, the 3d January, 1846, John Montgomery, Esq. in the chair, it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Wm. P. Bushby, Esq., seconded by James Brancker, Esq., that this association, in deference to the wishes of the Dock Committee that the remainder of the Albert Dock warehouses should be completed immediately, in stead of their erection being postponed until the period stipulated by the Act of Parliament, do hereby give their assent to the removal of the restrictive clause, and desire to express their hope that the abandonment on their part of the solemn engagement entered into with the Dock Committee on the passing of the act will be received in the spirit with which it is conceded, this association being willing to make the sacrifice, if such be deemed advisable, for the welfare of the port." (Applause.) Mr. EvANs regretted that the communication from the warehouse owners had been presented before the debate upon the Dick Bill itself. The fact was, they had no powers of restriction, and everywhere the English mer chant bad a right to interfere with the docks of Liver pool, so far as the commerce of the country was con cerned. Mr. HORSFALL confessed that he had listened with the greatest pleasure to the resolution of the warehouse own ers, because he conceived that they had conceded every thing which the most sanguine advocate of dock ware houses could possibly require. The concession was very honourable on their parts. It relieved him and other members of the Dock Committee from considerable em barrassment on the subject of thz, dock warehouses. There certainly was a compact entered into with them, and the only difference was as to the extent of that compact. But whatever differences of opinion might prevail upon that subject, there could be no doubt that the warehouse own ers would not suffer one iota by the concession now granted. Mr. ROBINSON moved an amendment to the effect that the number of officers proposed to be employed at the Al bert warehouses was too large ; but on a division the amendment was lost by a majority of 31 to 9, and the pro ceedings of the committee were confirmed. The Council adjourned to Friday. At the adjourned meeting, on the Report of the Law Courts Committee being brought forward, a conversation took place relative to the new gaol, from which it appeared that delay had arisen from the property being in chancery ; but the dispute was now at at end, and the land would soon be placed at the disposal of the Council. The Market Committee recommended the markets to be closed at ten o'clock on Saturday nights, and at seven every other evening of the week. Mr. ASPINALL proposed that this recommendation should be referred back for reconsideration, together with several memorials which he presented, and which were numerously sicmed, against such early closing. Mr. KA YE felt strongly in favour of the measure; but, after what had taken place, and because some parties wished to have a further hearing, he was favourable to the whole of the facts being reconsidered. Mr. RATH BON E spoke strongly in favour of the mea sure recommended, and adduced several reasons ; u rg i ng, also, the propriety of masters paving wages on Friday. Mr. ROBINSON was for reconsideration. Mr. READE concurred with Mr. Rathbone Mr. LLOYD feared that early closing would cluse the people to go to shops to the detriment of those who had stalls and shops in the markets. Mr. THORNII LL was also of this opinion, and thought with earlier closing three-fourths of the shops and stalh would be deserted. All the shopkeepers had signed against the earlier closing. Mr. ASPINALL'S motion was agreed to. The minutes of the Educatiott Committee stated that the total number of pupils in attendance at the schools was 408. Mr. G. li. LAWRENCE congratulated the Couhcil on the success that had attended the South Adult School, where there were 102 persons r r ec4,/,ing instructio n . Th ese schools were open to all. The proceedings of the Health Committee were con firmed. A memorial from the Rev. J. R. Connor and the Build ing Committee, praying for a grant of the reversionary in terest in some land adjoining St. Simon's Church, in order to its re-building and enlargement, with 700 free sittings, was read. It was stated that the Council bad no power, but that the Lords of the Treasury would probably grant it for a nominal sum. A memorial from shopkeepers and owners of property to be taken for the Wapping Docks was presented, pray ing that compensation clauses might be inserted in the New Dock Bill. Several members supported the memorial, which was refered to the Dock Committee. A let!er was read, containing a request from the Bir. kenhead Commissioners to have the use of the landing stage to run boats all night. This was referred to the Ferries Committee THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL On Friday a special meeting of the trustees of this hospital was held at the Clarendon-rooms, to determine upon alterations which had ot-en submitted in the general rules. The attendance was pretty numerous. Mr. R. E. HARVEY, (who was called to the chair,) stated that, at a prior meeting of the trustees, as stated in the advertisement calling the meeting, it had been pro posed by Mr. Banner, that the honorary medical officers. without the boundary of the borough should no longer be consi leredial attached to the institution; on the motion of Dr. Carson, " that the direction of the institution should be placed in the hand of a committee, consisting of pre sident, three other officers, and twenty other trustees, to be elected at the annual meeting, and two members of the medical board, a physician and surgeon, each member o' the board occupying the situation in rotation four months in the year ;" and "that in case of the temporary absence of a physician or surgeon, one of the consulting physicians or surgeons should be rt quested by the house surgeon to take the duties of the absentee until his return; that the consulting physicians and surgeons shall be members of the medical board ; that the consulting physicians shall be summoned to the medical consultations, and the con sulting surgeons shall be summoned to the surgical con sultations." Air. J. N. BANNER stated he had been misrepresented as regarded his proposition, and was not actuated by in- terestea motives. tiffs object was to secure to the poor patients a better attendance of medical men. At present there were three phys . cians and three surgeons, a number which he considered inadequate, if they did not constantly attend. All he wanted from that meeting was, that they would permit the consulting medical offiers, in cases of emergency, to take that upon themselves which they ought to do, and their services might be made available without affecting the character or feelings of those taking the ac tive department. The duties of the house surgeons were too great and too responsible. lie moved a resolution in accordance with the advertisement. This was not seconded. The CHAIRMAN then brought forward a resolution which had been proposed by Dr. Carson. and read n letter • r amu a cau addre , sed to the chairman of the committee of the Hospi tal on the subject. signed by several of the medical officers. It conveyed resolutions of the medical board, stating the object they wished to attain at that meeting of the trus tees—that of having one physician and one surgeon ap pointed to co-operate f- r the general interests of the institution. &c. Dr. CARSON said, that in cm sequence of certain pro ceedings at the medical board since the last meeting, and also of the persevering objections of the committee to the arrangement he had proposed, he should withdraw his motion. but in doing so did not give up one iota of his conviction of the correctness of the principle which .he advocated, and that he felt convinced that at no very re mote period the committee would see the necessity of having a deputation of the medical board upon their body. Mr. MozLar complimented Dr. C. for withdrawing from a contest which could but have terminated in un pleasantness. A letter had been addressed to him (Mr. M.) after the last meeting, couched in shameful terms, Had the writer the audacity to be there, he (Mr. M.) was prepared to rebut every word of that letter. (Hear.) Mr. GILL moved, and Mr. STrinns seconded, a counter resolution to the one of Mr. Banner. After a lengthy . cOnVersationsl3eamendment was de.. dared to be carried by a division of twenty-one against ten, and the meeting serarated. MORTALITY We extract the following particulars relative to the mortality in this town and neighbourhood during the De cember quarter of 1845, from the tables published under the authority of the Registrar-General : DALE-STREET.--NO particukr disease has been preva lent within my district this quarter. It appears that there are 7 deaths less than in the preceding quarter ending 31st December, 1844. ST. THOMAS.—The deaths this quarter are 33 less than in the corresponding quarter of last year. Of the deaths registered, 47 are from bronchitis, &c., 22 phthisis, 3 hy. drocephalus, 10 dropsy, 16 enteritis, &c., 37 hooping cough, 6 typhus, 8 scarlatina;9 small pox (only 1 of which was vaccinated,) 3 pleuritic, and 3 measles. MOUNT PLEASANT.—Deaths 376, being 36 above the general average. Phthisis has been most prevalent. 26 coroner's inquests. There has also been great mortality amongst children, 150 deaths having occur red under six years of age, principally from hooping cough, bronchitis, and convulsions. _ ISLIGTON.—My district continues healthy still decreasing. ST. GEDRGE's.—Number of deaths rather above the average. principally owing to measles ; hooping cough Deaths Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORS, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings of this committee, said the New Dock Bill would very shortly be laid before the council for their approbation. In the meantime be wished to make it known that there was a clause in it recommending swivel bridges to be made across Great Howard-street, so that, if the inhabitants on the Bootle side had any objection to those bridges, now was the time for them to meet and ex press their sentiments on the subject. He had a commu nication to make from the warehouse owners, which would be received with gratification by the council and town at large. A year or two ago it fell to his lot to cast censure upon the warehouse owners, believing that their interference, with reference to the half-deck floor at the Albert Dock, was uncalled for. But i` now behoved him to say that any such impression on his mind had been en tirely obliterated by their late generous conduct. From this time forward no more would be heard about the warehouse interest overriding the town ; but they should be all running in the same harness, and all aiming at the same great object—the general good of the town. He re gretted that he had not words to express what gratitude he felt towards them for the handsome manner in which they had come forward to relinquish all further proceed ings against the completion of the Albert Dock Ware houses. But he would read the resolution : and pneumonia being very prevalent. The number of deaths of children under 5 years of age is 90. EVERTON.—The increase of deaths in this quarter arises principally from measles, which is prevalent in the Industrial School, Kirkdale, in which the children are paupers belonging to the parish of Liverpool. WEST DERBY.—Decay of nature 14, convulsions 20, bronchitis 2, small pox 5, dropsy 1, water on the brain 5, dysentery 3, decline 7, inflammation of the lungs 8, pneu monia 3, hooping cough 4, teething 6, scarlatina 3, typhus 1, brain fever 1, gastro enteritis 1, phthisis 4, consump tion 7, diarrhoea I, intermittent fever 1, croup 2, apo plexy 2, cholera I, liver complaint 2, Asthma 1, child birth 2, disease of the heart 1, mesenteric disease of the glands 1, premature birth 1, influenza 1, erysipelas 2, ulceration of the bowels 2, and inquests 2. The number of deaths this quarter exceeds the past by 28. Small pox, scarlatina, and pulmonary c mplaints have been and con tinue to be prevaient in my district. GREAT Cnosnr.—Thotigh tie — number of deaths this quarter is more than an average, the whole of my district is in a very healthy state, for of the number 16, there are 10 children. TOXTETII PARK.—The number of deaths this quarter (354) being a decrease of 19 compared with September quarter ultimo. The principal cases are as follows—con sumption 2, small pox vaccinated 5, of which number 2 were adults, the one a male aged 30 years, and the other a female, aged 3G years, both of whom it appears were va einated in their infancy; small pox not vaccinated 13, measles 2, searlatina 25, typhus 7, diarrhoea 9, chronic ditto 2, excessive drinking 2, syphilis 1, aged 3 months, from its birth, and inquests 9. DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. Port Philip and Hobart Town papers received last week give the melancholy details of the loss of the Cataraqui, emigrant ship, upon the iron-bound coast of Kin's island, in Bass's Straits, (betwe en A us t ra li a and Van Dieman's Land,) a locality in which, for want of light houses, it is said, the lives of hundreds are daily en dangered. The following particulars are condensed from the account supplied by Mr. Guthrie, the chief-mate, who, with his eight fellow survivors, reached the shore almost in a state of nudity, having of course lost every thing they possessed. The Cataraqui, Captain C. W. Finlay, sailed from Li verpool on the 20th of April, for Van Dieman's Land, with 369 emigrants, and a crew (including two doctors, brothers, named Carpenter,) of 46. Th e em i gran t s were Sir Robert Peel completed the 58th year of his age on principally from Bedfordshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Thursday and Nottinghamshire. About 120 of the passengers were Mr. R. Cooke, a surgeon, was on Friday, in London, married, with families, and in all 73 children. On the sentenced to seven years transportation' for bigamy. 3rd August, at seven in the evening, the ship was hove A Society is just formed in London, called "The So to, and continued lying to until three a.m. of the 4th. At ciety for Promoting Church Music." half-past four, it being quite dark, and raining hard, blow- A ship has just left the Clyde, for the West Indies, ing a fearful gale, and the sea running mountains high, with a cargo of metal coffins the ship struck on a reef, situate on the W. coast of By a recent Treasury order British spirits may be bottled King's Island, entrance of Bass's Strait s . N o o b serva - i n b on d f or export under certain regulations. tion to ascertain the ship's precise position could be taken On Sunday morning week, a fresh-grown mushroom was for four days previously, and from the dead reckoning she gathered by the way-side, near Preston. was presumed to be in 141 22 E. long., and 39 17 S. lat., A fine butterfly was seen near Bath the last week in making her 60 or 70 miles from King's Island. When January.—Another was caught near Liverpool. she s•ruck four feet water was found in the hold: The The personal estate of the late Isaac Cohen, Esq., in scene of confusion and misery that ensued was indesclib- England. is sworn under £300,000. able. All the passengers attempted to rush upon deck, On Sunday, through the upsetting of a boat at Yar and many succeeded in doing so, until the ladders were mouth, three persons were drowned. knocked down by the working of the vessel, when the In the horrible case, at Greenwich, the chemists have shrieks of men, women, and children, from below were found large quantities of arsenic in the body of the child. terrific, calling on the watch on deck to assist them. The On Tuesday a fine lively infant was found in a basket crew to a man were on deck the moment the ship struck, in the Hyde Park, London. and were instantly employed in handing up the passengers. The number of converts to Romanism from the upper Up , o the time the vessel began breaking up it is sup- ranks of society, during the last few months, now exceeds posed that between three and four hundred persons were one hundred. Nearly forty are clergymen. got on deck by the extraordinary exertions of the crew. On Friday week a poor man at Kirkcudbright com- At this time the sea was breaking over the ship on the miited suicide by hanging himself, in consequence of hay larboard side, sweeping the decks, every sea taking away ing had a quarrel with his (laughter, a worthless character. more or less of the passengers. At five a.m. the ship fell The Post-office authorities have discovered that spud over on her larboard side, carrying away boats, bulwarks, ous postage stamps, to a considerable amount, have been Sco. The captain ordered the masts to be cut away, in issued in London. hopes of righting her, and getting the passengers stiff l be- During the performances at the City of London Theatre low on de , k; and everything was done, but without avail. on Tuesday night, a man named Briton was killed by the The ship became full of water, and the passengers below fall of a cannon, and another seriously injured. decks were all drowned. Those above were directed to On utsday, Augustus Hopeton, of Holloway, aged cling to the wreck above water till daylight. When day 14, was accidentally shot by his younger brother, while broke it was found that the stern was washed in, and I firing at sparrows in their father's garden. numerous dead bodies floating around the ship, some Within the last week the Trent has , gain overflowed hanging on the rocks. Several of the passengers and crew its banks, and laid a vast extent of land under water, the (about 200 altogether) were still holding on to the vessel, marshes having been covered for miles. the sea breaking over, and every wave washing somebody The associated mill-owners of Manchester propose, on away. About four p.Ol. she parted amidships, at the Sir Robert Peel's measure becoming law, to reduce the forepart of the main rigging, when immediately some 70 hours of factory labour from twelve to eleven.—Daily or 100 were launched into the tumultuous and remorse- News. less waves. The survivors ran ridge-lines along the side A spot is now traversing the sun's d which is e , f GENERAL MISCELLANY. ..- o ..re wreck, to enable them to hold on. The rem a i n s o f ma t e d* to b e 26,000 miles broad, and to ' cover an area the upper deck now began to break up and wash away. of 1,062,282.000 square miles, more than five times the An attempt was made to get a buoy on shore, but it number of square miles on the surface of our globe. stuck amongst the seaweed on the rocks, twenty yards off, A sad accident occurred at Messrs. Blackwell's Fur and there was no one on shore to secure it on the sand. naces, near Dudley, on Sunday evening week, by the The waves broke with unabated violence. At five o'cicck falling in of the roof of the casting-house, whereby one the wreck patted by the forerigging, and so many souls man was killed in endeavourinz to rescue his son. were subme'ged that only 70 were left, who were lashed ExpLOSION.—On Friday week, an explosion of gas to the wreck. The sea broke over hem, the wind raging, took place at the offices of Mr. Naylor, solicitor, Leeds. and the rain falling heavy all night. Numbers died and A workman was dangerously injured, the window was for fell overboard, or sank, and were drowned at the places ced into the street, acd the house shook to its foundations. where they were lashed; when day broke the following When the Duke of Buckingham was shooting on his morning, it was discovered only about 30 were left alive. Wotton estate recently, he had a narrow escape. He The sea was now making a clean breach into the fore- held his gun with the stock on the ground, and was talk• castle, the deck of which was rapidly breaking up. About log to a gentleman, when it exploded in his hand, and the this time, whilst numbers were helplessly c li ng i ng t o t h e contents rose close to his face. bows and continued dropping off without the possibility The other day, a man and two women, of Minster, ate of succour, the captain attempted to reach the shore, but I the too of a wedding cake_ and ware in...PM:16.1v oftpr to _ . - _ was unab!e, and with some assistance regained the wreck. ! he lashings of the survivors were now undone in order to give them the last chance of life. Mr. Thos. Guthrie, the chief mate, now on the sheetsail yard, was washed out to the bowsprit; he saw the captain, second mate and steward clinging at the bows' with about 18 or 20 dead bodies on the fragment of the wreck. Mr. Guthrie was now driven to a detached part of the wreck, but soon found it impossible to live with such a sea breaking over, and seizing a piece of plank under his arm, leaped into the water and was carved over the reef, and got on shore. He found a passenger who had got ashore during the night, and one of the crew, John Robinson, plunged into the water when he saw the mate ashore, and partly swimming and partly driven reached the land. Five other seamen followed, and landed dreadfully exhausted. Almost im mediately after the vessel totally disappeared. Tbus,-out of 423 souls onboard, only nine were saved. ken ill, A surgeon was sent for, and on his arrival he found that they had taken poison. Happily, however, they all recovered. The royal steam navy of Great Britain consists now of 156 steamers, with 38,788 horse-power. This is of course exclusive of an immense number of steamers at this and other ports, which may at any time be conyerted into war steamers, with little delay or expense. IRON TRADE.—So great and general is business in the iron trade at the present moment, that there is difficulty in executing the most triliing orders for casting. A cor respondent informs us that for weeks he has been unable to get an order, even fur three grates, executed in the me tropolis.—RailwayChronicle. AN EXPENSIVEPAUPER.—The parish of Longbope, in the Westbury-on-Severn Union, has had a pauper of the name of Elizabeth Duffield, in the Gloucester Lunatic Asylum for more than 20 years. She has cost her parish nearly £500; and what is most remarkable, she died on the 24th inst., aged 102. In order to gratify his constituents, Mr. Hudson caused a special train to convey copies of the new morning paper containing a report of Sir Robert Peel's commercial speech. The paper was on the Mayor of Sunderland's breakfast table, 268 miles fi on. the metropolis, at the same time as in the London clubs. The names of those saved are Thomas Guthrie, chief mate ; Solomon Brown, emigrant ; John Roberts, Wm. Jones, Francis Milan, John Simpson. John Robertson, and Peter Johnson, able seamen; and William Black stock, apprentice. They had neither food nor drink from the time the vessel struck (Sunday) to Tuesday afternoon, when they found one small tin of preserved fowl; after ating which they went and lay down in the bush, almost destitute of clothes. The beach was strewed with fragments of the wreck, mingled with numerous corpses. They could find no water that night, and slept on the beach. The next morn ing found a cask of water, but were unable to make a fire. Soon after they observed a smoke, which they thought arose from a fire of the natives, and immediately a white man approached, which turned out to be Mr. David H o wie, residing on the island. He observing a portion of the wreck, arranged to reconnoitre the island, but as his own boat was wrecked he could not leave the island. The party, therefore, constructed a hut, and remained five weeks, hospitably provided for by Mr. Howie and his people, according to their means, the supplies having to be carried for! y miles over a difficult road. On the 7th of September, they saw the Mudge bearing for the island, which t , ok them off with much difficulty. and htr the .; A A QUEER CUSTOMER.—On Thursday, a racoon of an unusuilly large size, was discovered in the hen-roost cf Air. Clark. farmer, at Watnall, near Nottingham. On examination, it was found that the intruder had made a meal of two game ocks, five fowls, and one duck. Where the animal bad cre from, or how it got there, nobody knows. At Greenwich police-court, on Wednesday, a workman employed in Deptford Dockyard was charged with steal ing an old iron staple, the property of Her Majesty, the value of which was estimated at five-sixteenths of a far thing. As the man had been dismissed from his employ ment in consequence, the magistrate considered that suf ficient punishment for the offence without inflicting any penalty. A FICKLE SPOUSE.—A couple were married, a few days of Mr. Howie, on Tuesday, September 9 They landed at Hobson Bay September 13. Most of the ship's papers and the mail (except 35 letters) were lost. armington, Northamptonshire ; and, not many hours after the nuptial knot had been tied, an old sweet heart made his appearance. The wife, on seeing him, immediately pulled off her ring, and threw it at her hus band, told him she had bad quite enough of him, did not Loss OF THE AMERICAN SHIP SCOTLAND.--The Scotland, Captain Snow, sailed from Liverpool 17 h Jan., bound for New Orleans. On the night of the 19th, du ring a gale, and thick weather, she struck on Arklow, or some of the neighbouring banks of Ireland. The pumps were tried, and it was discovered she had two feet water in her hold. The ship was then steered up the Channel, in hopes of gaining some port, but the water gaining fast, and the ship steering with much difficulty, (ha%ing five feet water in her hold,) all the after sails were taken off to make her steer, both pumps being kept going, at the same time baling out of the fore and after hatchways. At four in the morning she broached to, every exertion being made to get her again -before the wind, but in vain, ber lee rail at the time lying in the vva- aim Ina iT b seven tee, water in tier hold. Orders were then given to cut away the mainmast, which was done, carrying the mizenmast along with it. The ship then stood in for the Welsh coast, which they made at day light, and kept on till within a quarter of a mile of shore, when the best bower anchor was let go, but finding the ship sinking, and no one to relieve them, the anchor was slipper}, with the intention of running her on shore, but she became completely water-logged, and would not steer. Guns were fired, and signals of distress made, but no one came to their assistance. The ship ultimately struck, and the crew succeeded in getting on shore. DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS.—On the 14th ultimo, the new ship Montreal, laden with flour, &c., a trader be tween London ami Montreal, was lost during a snow storm, near Cape Chat, and all hands perished. On shore, the bodies of the captain, wife, and child were found, the latter being clasped in its mother's arms. Four other bodies were after afterwards discovered en tangled in the wreck. They were buried in one grave. The Saxon of 367 tons, from Boston to London, was ob served on the '24th ultimo, on a reef of rocks, and was a complete wreck. Her crew consisted of twenty hands, all of whom perished. The brig Laurel left Quebec on the morning of the 29th of December, with a cargo o f 400 barrels of flour, and twenty-eight of butter. On ar riving off Cacona, on the banks of Newfoundland, she was met by a large field of ice, and every effort to steer clear of it proved abortive. The ship becoming fixed in it, she was shortly driven ashore on Green Island, where she immediately became a wreck. The crew suffered se verely for three days. The barque Universe, of Boston. was lost under similar circumstances ; f or t unate l y t h e crew were saved. The ship Cambrillge, from Liverpool, on the 23d of December, saw a vessel in distress, which proved to be the Lord Lynedoch. of London, in a sink ing state. They took off the crew, thirty-two in num ber, who were in a dreadful state. The vessel foundered shortly afterwards. The East India Company have re ceived information of the total loss of one of the com pany's war sloops, named Coote. The brig Merlin, of Newcastle, was fully destroyed, by fire, on the 3;d in stant. She was laden with wine and fruit, and within twelve hours after leaving Oporto Bar she caught fire. The captain and crew were soon forced to take to the boat and abandon the vessel. They were afterwards picked up. On the books are also reported the total loss of the ship City of Shiras, in the Mindora Sea, with forty persons drowned; and also the wreck of the Gus tave Edward, a French lndiaman, 650 tons burthen ; and another vessel, name not exactly known, both attended with melancholy results. [lave any On Wednesday, afire broke out in the extensive engine building manufactory of Messrs. Hawthorn, near New castle-on-Tyne. It broke out in what is called the pat tern and fitting-up shops, and it is said, nearly all the va luable t atterns have been consumed ; and four or five locomo ive engines, in a very forward state, which were in the fitting-up shops, have been rendered nearly useless. The loss is estimated at from £lO,OOO to £15,000. The premises were insured. but not the engines. THE LATE DUKE OF YORK'S CREDIT.—On Thursday, at the Auction -mart, Mr. G. Rubins offered for public competition, a bond given by the late Duke of York to Mr. William Gilpin, to secure the payment of £1,955125, of hie!) £6(' 12- ' balance of principal now remains due, with interest thereon from the 15th September, 1820. The bond was secured on property in Nova Scotia. Mr. Itobins asked :C9OO ler the lut, remarking that the balance, with the interest, was above £1,200. After considerable delay in getting an offer, a gentleman bid 20 guineas. This was eventually increased to 180 guineas, at which sam it was purchased. 13 .110POSF.D AND PS,ESENT CORN LAWS. —The fol lowing table will best'show the o p era ti ons o f Sir Robert Pee" s new Sliding scale Average Price. Present Duty. Proposed Duty. When it reaches 45., according to the proposed scale the duty remains fixed ; while in the present scale it falls ls. for every is the price rises, till it is reduced to Is. NOBLE DARING.—The ship Alhambra, from Dublin to Cadiz, being driven by one of the late gales within the north-west horn of Carnarvon Bay, her peril became most imminent to every soul on board. A lad, named Owen Jones, of Cerrig-yr-Ader, in Rhoscolin, immediately ran out to a projecting point for the purpose of making the best signals he could for her to come into a small creek where she could lie in safety. A small island, detached from the shore by a sound of about 100 yards, offered him an ad vantageous position for gating nearer to her, but how to get there was the difficulty, as there was a tremendous sea tumbling in, such as no boat could live in had one been at hand; he therefore boldly plunged in, and by great ex e lions, succeeded in gaining the island, Here his presence of mind was as remarkable as his intrepidity. When his companions entreat, d him to take off his jacket before he made the mad attempt, he replied while plunging in, " 1 cannot spare it; it's the only signal I have to bold out." He did providentially succeed, and gaining a high pinnacle , there there he stood with hi s j a dk e t fl u tt er i ng i n th e ga l e ! he people on board having acknowledged that they saw him, he instantly dropped both ar m s i n a manner that wasin telligible to them, when the ship instantly rounded to and dropped her anchor, and was in_comparativf safety; the life boat then went on board, and at a proper time of tide, they slipped her anchor, and beached her in a spot " as quiet as a duck pond," from whence she was, on the return of moderate weather, taken into Holyhead.—North Wales Chronicle. FALL of Two HOUSES.—On Wednesday, at noon, two houses, three stories high, situate at the top of Upper Marshall -street, near St. Thomas's Church, Birming ham, fell to the ground with a fearful crash. The houses belonged to Mr. Frith, a cooper, and the roofing had just been completed. The accident is supposed to have been caused by imprudently digging out a foundation ad jacent, which, from the late heavy rains, had not got pro perly set. Fortunately, no lives were lost, but the pecu niary damage is considerable. SUNDAY TRADING.—We understand that the mayor and magistrates have issued a caution to those shopkeep ers who are in the habit of violating the law by Sunday tradng, warning them against the penalties to which they expose themselves, &c. We trust that this wellltimeci caution will have the good effect it is intended to produce and that the practice complained of will be voluntarily discontinued. It is a well known fact that the majority of those who open their shops on the Sunday are averse to this illegal custom, but are tempted to adopt it by the conduct of their less conscientious neighbours. The ex ecution of the law, therefore, after due notice, becomes a protection to the shopkeeper who wishes to attend to his religious duties, and to have the quiet enjoyment of his family circle one day in the week The cut m adopted by many masters in this city of paying their workmen on Friday night, or in good time on Saturday, has been pro ductive of much benefit to the labouring classes. — Wor cester Journal. NARROW ESCAPE. —The juni,r members of the family of Mr. Scott, of Colnev, narrowly escaped destruction on Tuesday se'nnight, in crossing the railway at the hlether sett station. The carriage was on its return from Ketter ingham-hall, with the governess and four of the family, and on reaching the station the gate-keeper came out to open the gate. The carriage was passing through the first gate when it was partially closed by the wind, and striking the body of the carriage, caught the hindmost wheel, and stopped its progress. The footman jumpeddown to extri cate the gate from the carriage, and at the moment saw an engine coming along the line close to them. The gate keeper had also, in crossing the line, seen the train cotning. The footman and gatekeeper instantly rushed to the horses' heads, and succeeded in pressing them back, and at the very instant they had cleared the rail an engine passed them unharmed. We are afraid this was one of the special trains that proceeded to London after the con clusion of the free trade meeting, of which it would seem the gatekeeper had received no notice.—Noru:ich Mercury. SERIOUS CHARGE.—On Tuesday, great consternation was occasioned in Leeds by the apprehension of Mr. H. J. Marcus, of the firm of Marcus, Naylor, and Co., on a charge of forgery. The facts of the case are understood to be that the name of Darnton Lupton, Esq., late Mayor of Leeds, had been attached to a transfer of some London and Croydon Railway shares without his knowledge, the attestation to the signature being by Ark Marcus. On harpserelft-iednedstinrugeAtilori; self-destruction, d r Marcus, was he onlymade b y I Read, of th e p o li ce f orce, w h o d ashed the bottle of lauda num in piece s , w hi c h t h e un h appy man had just raised to 7 1t e ae r ti a v t i e tyof Mr. attempt his lips, that the attempt was frustrated. Mr. Read's hand arid Mr. Marcus's face were both cut in the struggle. Another unfortunate feature is, that a pocket-book be longing to another firm in the town, which had been mis sing for some time, was found upon his person. Mr. Marcus was not a member of the Stock Exchange, but held the office of chairman of the Sharebrokers' Asst ela tion. Ile is also one of the honorary secretaries of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution, and had hitherto been well resnecte d. DISGRACEFUL SCENE.—One of those demoralising ex hibitions, denominrted a prize-fight, took place on Tues day, the combatants being Harry Broome, of London, and a Birmingham man named Benjamin Terrv, both well known in 1, hat is called the " prize ring." The contest took place in Berkshire, seven miles from Swinton Staten. After fighting upwards of an hour, Broome app-ared to have so much the best of the battle, that the partisans of Terry were in despair for their man, or rather for their money, and eagerly seized an opportunity of declaring that Broome had struck a foul blow ; but the referee de clining to declare it one, a party, properly denon,inated roughs, broke into the ring, armed with bludgeons, and it was with the greatest difficulty the unfortunate referee was preserved from being brutally slaughtered on the spot. The language and threats made use of were described as surpassing, for horrible and savage ferocity, anything ever witnessed on any similar occasion, bad as they f..;enerally arc. The ring being broken up, the most open robneries were committed with impunity, no one daring to inter fere. Surely something will be done to put a stop to the e scenes,—scenes disgraceful to human nature, or to any country calling itself civilsed. THEATRICAL PROPERTY.—On Thursday, Mr. George Robins attended at the Auction -mart, for the purpose of disposing by auction of two £5OO renter's shares in Covent•garden and Drury-lane Theatres, and of 22 £lOO subscription shares connected with the letter establish ment, on which occasion a great number of gentlemen who had large interests in the respective royal properties were present. The first lot was a rent charge upon the Theatre Royal Covent-garden, which originally cost £5OO, the income of which had been reduced from £25 to £l2 10s. This was stated to have been sold by private con tract. Lot 2 was a £5OO renter's share in the Theatre Royal Drury-lane. The annual income from it was £8 10, the share expiring in fifty years. This was sold at 62 guineas. The auctioneer remarked that he had sold a similar share for 300 guineas. Lot 3, five £lOO subscrip - lion shares in the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, paid up, and red to a personal life admission. Lot 4 and 5 were ten £lOO shares, but with no personal admission. They were bought by Mr. Busgess for 5 guineas and a half. The last lot consisted of five similar shares, but of which there was no certificate. These were knocked down to Mr. Burgess for 3 guineas and a half. • FACTORIES IN THE NORTH OP ENGLAND.—In his last report (just laid before parliament), Mr. Leonard Horner thus describes the result of his inquiries in his district (the north of England), giving the following cu rious details :—" I have ascertained, by inquiry, that the 1,519 firms on my books occupy 2,068 factories, have 1,552 steam-engines, with a power of 44,338 horses, and 515 water-wheels, the power of which is estimated at 5,413 horsel ; being together 49.751 horses power. They employ 221,437 persons of all ages, of which number 14,441 are children between 8 and 13 years of age, 65,546 between 13 and 18, and 141.450 of 18 and above. Of these there are 5,424 female children, 38.172 females be tween 13 and 18, and 77,208 above 18; making in all 120,804 females; or above 541 per cent. of the whole number employed. Since the last return to parliament, in February 1839, there has been an increase in my dis trict of 529 factories, of 10,041 horses power, and of 50,522 persons employed. This increase has all taken place since November 1812, when the revival of trade began ; and indeed the increase of persons employed since that time must have been considerably greater nark the above amount; for between June 1838, when the collection of particulars for the return of 1839 began, and November 1842, many mills had entirely ceased to work, and others had considerably reduced the number of their hands. The total number of power-looms in my district, ascertained by inquiry, is 142,949. The only return of power-looms made to parliament is that of 1835, and I find from it, that in the same parts of England which now constitute my district—viz., Lancashire, part of the West-Riding, and the whole of the North-Riding of the county of York, and the four northern counties of England, there were then only 03,861 ; showing an in crease of 79,088 in.the ten years ; and there are now 26,237 more power-looms at work in my district alone tl,an there were in the whole united kingdom ten years ago. As regards the employment of women, Mr. Horner says that the clause in the late act which prevents women from working more than 12 hours a- day, and secures to them regular intervals for meals, applies to 85,515 in my district, that is, to all those of 18 years of age and up wards ; and I have every reason to believe that the inter ference in their behalf is very generally approved of, and especially by the women themselves ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.—CH API ER IL—We have a sad task to perform in givine the finale to the history of " Da Costa," whose exploits in this neighbourhood were spoken of in our columns during the autumn, as a "ro mance of real life." A romance indeed. they were, but of a different character from what we were led to andel pat Soon after his marriage with Miss Kimmel*, after paying a visit to Cheltenham, Da Costa took up his resi dence at Cirencester, and continued there to live in the same magnificent style as here, though it would appear, by his not paying for anything in cash in that quarter, that the " boundless wealth " which he seemed to possess while here was already exhausted. A short time ego a lady went to Alees!er to inquire for him, and followed him to Cirencester. She was then introduce'd to his wife as a cousin, who had come over to him on important business wit') some deeds, and brought some deeds for him to sign. It became necessary, be said, for liim to go with her to London, and afterwards to France. At Cirencester be assumed the name of " Baron Da Costa," hunted with the hounds, rode in a carriage and four, and by his ex pensive mode of living gained many converts to the opi nion that he was posstssed of " enormous wealth," and there were not wa in their ledgers, a desire which the " Baron was so complacent as to gratify. But it came to pass that a strange woman came to visit him, and, notwithstanding that he had obtained the ' object in search of which he had travelled so far,' the fascinations of the stranger were so great, that lie has rather fulfilled the prophecies of the good people of Aleester, among whom were many rumours "of what the modern ' Blue Beard' would do.' For it so happened that one morning he informed his newly married wife that business of importance would take him from home for a day or two; but still, not unmindful of his bride, he kindly told her that as the gold watch he had presented her with did not " work quite well," lie would take it with him, and have it put into "good working or der," and " well regulated " by an " experienced hand." After bidding her an affectionate adieu, he departed with the familiar spirit,' who assumed the form of a Frenck lady, and has not since been heard of. Unfortunately, ' the Baron' had a short memory, and forgot to call upon those whom he had allowed to make use of his name in their ledgers, and say that they were quite welcome so to do, and, therefore, some little dissatisfaction has been ex pressed. It is generally thought that the atmosphere of Cirencester was no longer " healthy," or " the Baron" would have favoured us with a longer stay. His unfor tunate wife has ieturned to the house of her parents. It is painful to add that her relatives have been victimised by this artful scoundrel to a considerable extent.—Birming ham Journal. IMPORTANT FAMILY MEDlClNE. — Frampton's Pill of Health effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxation, without griping or , p ros t ra tion of strength. They remove b k a d- ac h e , sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c. ; are highly grateful to the sto mach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and depression of spirits; while, to those of a full habit and free livers, who are continually suffering from drow siness,e heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, the y offer vendors See the name of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand , London," on the government stamp. lid. eiat_epd per . b Sd o o x l . o t f hat m medilile not medicines. fail li P to rie b Price a i l ; . P ,2 , , - - MELANCHOLY Loss OF THE BARQUE BENCOOLEN AND THIRTEEN ^ OF. HER CRENV.—The Bencoolen, Capt. Cari but, belonging to Mr. Ripley, of this port. was totally lost on Saturday night, she having, during the heavy gale, unfortunately run upon Taylor's Bank, near the Formby Light-ship. Only eight of a crew of 21 were saved by taking to the boat. The other thirteen, including the cap - - thin, mates, and'pilot, were drowned when the vessel went to pieces, shortly after she struck. During the late strong gales (we may state) several fine ships have been lost on our outward coasts, including the Susannah Cumming, on Mad Wharf, the Mary, on West Hoyle, and the John Horrocks, near Leasowe. The crews of these vessels were gallantly saved by the life-boats. The Bencoolen sailed from Callao on the 15th Oct. last, with a valuable cargo. On Saturday morning last, at 8 o'clock, she passed Holy head, and at 10 took a pilot (Harding, of No. 3)—the wind fresh from the W.N.W. At six in the evening (having previously beet hove to) she crossed the Victoria Bar. Half an hour after they had passed the Bell Buoy, the ves sel struck on Taylor's Bank. The pilot, aware of the danger in so heavy a sea, ordered out the jolly-boat, and into it went five seamen and three apprentices. The boat twice nearly filled with water, and, the painter snapping, she was borne far from the vessel. Her crew made seve ral anxious attempts to regain the ship, but without suc cess, and thinking those on board would take to the long boat, made towards Liverpool. They landed at half-past nine at the Prince's Doek Basin in an exhausted condi tion. Two steamers and the Liverpool lifeboat were im mediately despatched to the wreck, but no signs of the ill fated vessel or the unfortunate individuals who had been on board her were visible. At the time the jolly-boat was lowered, the men were busy clearing the other boats, but it is supposed the vessel broke up immediately after those who were fortunate enough to reach Liverpool lost sight of her, and that all on board were drowned. The pilot was James Harding, of No. 7. It is supposed that, in running up the Victoria Channel, he took the north-east side of the Formby Light-ship, and, being to leeward, ran on the bank. He was a steady, sober man, and much re spected by his brother pilots. We subjoin a list of the parties who have lost their lives by this melancholy dis aster :—Capt. Claribut, Mr. Sands, chief mate, Mr. Creasy, second mate, William Adamson, seaman. Robert Wallace, seaman, George Spenser, seaman, M'Nicol, seaman, Chas. Pugh, seaman, the carpenter, sailmaker cook, steward, and James Harding, pilot 1 1 Me the eet ght the n are of ike hie elt ate , re de •n -be t p O: ,00 ,tiog