The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-21 00:00:00

AND TURKEY. PROGRESS OF EVENTS. A c (P rom our Second Edition of Yesterday,) kit t he to letters from Constantinople of the ;,_'' e steamers sent to enquire into the circum -078 attending the disaster at Sinope, returned by t e B th, .and fully 'confirmed the news brought 11 4 ,,, e T ait. Lord Stratford immediately sent off tli at ',senger to his government. It was expected th, i llie combined fleets would immediately enter trid it Sea. The Turks were greatly excited, gi it Was reported that their fleet under Admiral ash rilt.e would attack Sebastopol, supported by the 11 0 ,,,, and French fleets. At Vienna it was kV that the rec.nt reverses of the Turks would j t !them desirous of peace. i kd aJnva advices of the 12th, state that no battle ° ccurred up to that date. Bucharest accounts of the 15th report no new gy ration s . 9i h kt Jassy,' a thanksgiving for the victory of 4 15 Pe had been splendidly celebrated. The ~ ' r ian, Prussian, and Greek consuls were 'ed to attend, but did not appear. V i e Times 'states in a leading article that the man fleet has been guilty of an unprovoked act a ggression on the coast of Asia. In the confer ee held at the British embassy, on the receipt of news of the disaster at Sinope, Admiral Dundas 411 0u5137 urged that the combined fleets should m',7,ediately set sail, in order, if possible, to inter l' the Russian fleet before it could beat back $ 4 ; ) Sebastopol. This opinion was overruled by French ambassador, and this is not the• first 4ion on which the movements of the British rldron have been controlled by deference to the oi t h t ich officers. At present, however, it is impos ,,, i 4 ,,e te arraian the judgment, as we are in iguor 't of the time state of the case. The admirals 4 T v eil, however, now probably entered the Black Sea. r 4i he catastrophe at Sinope, and the consequences 3 sta te :i ~ l c: h have probably already followed it, materially Tlie j c ' ,7,mish the hope of peace, that the proposals last L iver s ;'o, i' i to the Porte might otherwise have raised. Pes t 4 to Constantinople correspondent of the Paris r ost`b q:: ) •al Des Debats says :—The rumour of the e y Wi ll 'ol t rure of the diplomatic relations between ow 0 1 , tjand and Persia is officially confirmed, and ,t, W lle t i I ,' Persia has concluded a treaty of alliance, ore p l 9. I, tr isive and defensive, with Russia against f t his 0 ,, q'key. • . with ~ f r , r , FURTHER PARTICULARS: , r e Iv' te 4, 7 41 e Debats of Monday publishes the instructions eei,,i •,,e4 to the Ambassadors of the four Powers at vas a ll ot ~It it antinople. In these instructions there is . wit'4 t 43? Oneoint in which the four Powers show re al ,itelltl.;d i'q ) ect for p the Porte. It is stated that the Porte i n n ti o l lot t o be called upon to accept any of the condi ,,ltilk! which it has hitherto rejected. On the other at ylio' ili : ()I ,ti, however, no pledge is given that the Empe otittit'od ~ ,,,of Russia shall be constrained by the four d0u.,"0 , I .," e rs to accept the conditions of the Porte if dicliv i gl, L'oved of by them ; and on the subject of the 60 , co ' lr 7aation of the Principalities, which is, said to [6. 'f i et ~i 1 been made a sine qua non by the Porte, there is gay ~t) k k , Word. It is probable that the four Powers S'" 0 received from the Emperor of Russia a pro -4 %:e to comply with any arrangement on which t , 4 1 3 ' may be agreed, but there is nothing to show i. k t they are agreed as to the terms of arrange dent, and there is nothing to guarantee that l' o l t ria and Prussia, or the former of these two ti e'L e re, will subscribe to anything in the wa y of i t ,::tion to the Czar. 11 1 „kie official Vienna Gazette publishes the follow th°°ll the subject of the sending of two Fre n c h 14 01 English ; ships of war into the Black Sea after kti news from Sinope had been received at Con tinopl e : tit t ‘ L 've are empowered to state that the dispatch li ta ". t, ese ships is unconnected with any design of to k , l lities, and should a further portion of the tet ti ui ned fleets enter the Black Sea, after the t hi tn of these two vessels, such expedition would Itt l ? 1 , have for its object the prevention of any li tAt 'er collision between the Russian and Turkish - tg . '. iI T v Ti t i 1, PETERSBURG, DEC. 9.—The Czar has pub tlt e 'l a ukase, proclaiming the state of siege_ °ll gout l%iitßessarabia and the . governments of • 1115 n. ari a Tauris, and placing those provinces ih e ot tr . t u ia k l ukase releases a portion of the crews of Baltic fleet until the spring —viz.,. 28 men of '' - of :the crews of the guard, and 48 of those of 11, line, This measure is to remain in force till I,t l th of March, 1854. k ti 'lle Prefect of the Bouches du Rhone has cora tkillieated to the merchants of Marseilles a memo- Ap a ,, rnn which the Porte has, given to the French uassador at Constantinople. In this document Wi 4 ated that the provinces of Silistria, Varna, i a , cid .,,i l a, Belgrade, Nissa, Sophia, Scutaria , Alba lti -u ' osnia, Herzegovina, Trebizond, and Adri ite tail i e, being considered as military positions te rl u must supply food to the troops that are con -144t ‘rated in those localities, it has been resolved teas the export of corn from the said provinces shall 4 4.1 , 17 " e on the 13th inst., and until after the next tr ev Pst• The contracts which have been made to r l ° ll B to the above date are to remain in full it 4 ICorn may still be exported from Roumelia Arabia. 4 0 our communication from Paris of the date of at l:l clay, the writer says :—I was present yesterday tti,:` political soirée, at which the discussion was AZost entirely on the Eastern question. A South titZtican diplomatist called attention to a circum -11,4.1.\4e which does not appear to have been before the It ‘xla rlv noticed. Alludi n g to th e bulletin of ofd / ;letory of Sinope, which was p osted up late r i a lY at Odessa, he remarks that it was a calcu • (I N ' insult to England to call one of t he vessels 013 5A 1.° Sed a British transport. This vessel, he el l ' r ved was English, but it was a merchant vessel f rzt rtered,by the Turks, and had become a Turkish iti i , ll 'Port. The name of British transport, would V e ar, said this diplomatist, to have been given teothie Russian authorities to show the Russian k t Pie that the Emperor will allow no country to l lv e rfere with his pretended rights, and that if she ti le 4. been a British man-of-war she would have had t o , same fate. The opinion expressed by the e Z,Pany was, - that the denomination was acci til,'`al, but they admitted that the fact was Par enough to merit notice.) it lBe quicksilver in Fahrenheit's thermometer is th 7 deg. and the ice already a foot thick here, so the natural barrier of the Danube will soon sale to be. Prince Gortschaltoff continually for evl:4s heavy artillery to -Giurgevo, which is now khl.ected by means of a bridge of boats with the aller Danubian island; where entrenchments ;;C been thrown up and heavy,artillery posted. i,.'°llut Radetzky is very unwell. 1 ' was on the 30th of November, between 11 and k il 'clock i n the day, that the action commenced, t) a ,, q it was about nightfall that the Taif heard in I Q ;,, direction of Sinope so loud an explosion as to e"*.q those on board to believe that t h e Turkish T 8 had blown up rather than surre nder. "It is lit?l'fluous to observe," adds my letter, " that the tte? of the disaster has produced here general de - - terinn. The successes of Omar Pacha, his ex giti ent position on the Danube, the advantages tc) l . -4e d by Selim Paella and Abdi Pacha in Asia, are h, the moment forgotten in this disaster, and the q' t% and eyes of all are turned towards the Eng- Ph i , and French fleets lying at anchor in the Bos ,tls." In a postscript my correspondent says eti;„-Ole two squadrons are preparing to enter, in kJ. of necessity, the Black Sea with the Turkish til,"' Which has received orders to weigh anchor at .iittrst signal. We hope that the event of Sinope I tki kt Prove to England and France that their diplo gyb fists are the dupes- •of the. base intrigues and l l'lC e risy of Russia. I forgot to mention a rumor Ilk t h circulates here, that it was an Austrian ship 1.1 1 . 1, gave information to the Russian fleet that the k t .Ph flotilla was proceeding to Sinope." 'v •Lew .s. i fti ) ,,,,_, days since, a Turkish foraging party ad- Ct it i7 l at night to within three hours distance of ' t i ller , u v a, and carried off a large quantity of hay, l k,11 8 „ 4 „„Ild. barley, before the Russians could collect *No - "lcient force to attack them. On the 29th of th ve n]) 1 Ilt, et, an officer of the Seminoff guard regi "lllh, was shot on the place of arms at St. Peters- Ei Ab• H L4 kit, e had supplied Radzevitz, Prince Gort I pa s( )f f .l3 secretary, with the materials • for his ‘Eta, l iable correspondence with Omar Pacha. t Q t ql - i l e ita vitz, or Gadsevitz, as some correspondents . ( Ho pis , was shot at Bucharest' as soon as his l i y was discovered. The following Constan ,cizetf letter, which has appeared in the Augsburg t t irob a r j ; contains some suggestions relative to the evoi,, l e intentions of the Russians, which are not ' -4 of • has•-i,_ interest t.`'reacenenberg's corps, at and around Krajova, 41 X, m _ t ved considerable reinforcements. Gene "rs is alio moving on Hirsova, and a pon- - ' 0 10 011) !I t j akO i • the less D 0 lays P il IS, 0 5 Etrici l ti l ei rtll tholl t 1p 000 if re S UMO sot* 611 in ) fo a ov,i st yeAri DO -I#l 2 01 144 , 1 i ,1 4 " :::514079 -• ••":11)i Y. 0' .1 0 j IS Poe ,1 0 j toon train has been sent to Giurgevo, The movements towards Hirsova and Giurgevo are merely feints to distract the attention of the Turks; for the only chance of a successful passage of the river, as things now stand, is from Lesser Walla chia. My opinion is, that Dannenberg will throW forwards a corps towards Kalafat, in order to occupy the Turks at Widdin, and then direct his principal force on Radujevatz, where, to the hest of my belief, the Servian bank of the Danube is neither occupied nor fortified. The two great questions are, will Dannenberg have 50,000 or 60,000 men to employ on such an expedition, and what will be the conduct of the Servians ?" Should the Russians really entertain any idea of crossing the river at Radujevatz, and of proceed ing by way of Nissa to Sophia, the Turks are pre pared to receive them, for an entrenched camp, surrounded by three rows of palisades, has been formed at Nissa.. GIBRALTAR, Sir Robert da;ai;;;siiddenly removed his cordon on the land side on the 27th of November, but on the 3d December suddenly another order came down from Madrid, ordering an immediate closing of all communications near the post. It was supposed in consequence of Sir R. Gardiner's measures. Straw and charcoal rose to prodigious prices. Straw was sold at eight and nine dollars per horse load, being a rise of 300 to 400 per cent.; charcoal is in the proportion of 200 to 300 per cent. Butchers' meat has risen 50 per cent. The stock of cattle in private hands was only three or four days' consumption. IRELAND. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUBLIN, TUESDAY, THE " DARGAN INSTITUTE."—The committee en trusted with the management of a testimonial to William Dargan, met yesterday and adopted the proposition of Lord Talbot de Malahide to found with the funds contributed for that purpose a suit able building for the reception and exhibition of works of art and their application to industry. Many influential parties object to this disposition of the funds, •as not calculated to advance the ma terial prosperity of a country so backward in that sort of education, but it is hoped that the founda tion will tend to foster the talent for design among the Irish people. The case of Dowling v. Lawler, came on in the Court of Exchequer yesterday. It involved a charge of conspiracy against Mr. Lawler, M.P. for Carlow, to prevent the plaintiff from voting. The examination of witnesses had part commenced, when, at the request of the defendant's counsel, the Chief Baron made an order that the proceed ings should not be published, as another case of the same sort was pending. The trial proceeds to day, when it is expected the interesting part of the business will be elicited. I shall furnish you with an outline, as happily, in this matter, the power so foolishly exercised by the ,judge on the Irish bench does not extend to England. The Evening Mail of last night publishes the whole correspondence between the Primate and the Warden of St: Columba's College, Stackallan County Meath, in which the former withdraws 'from all connection with that institution. The reason assigned is, as I have informed you before, the signing of thd Anti Gobart measure by the Warder, the Rev. D. Williams. This college has • for a long time been regarded as a hot-bed of Puseyism, and some time ago a commotion was caused by an attempt being made known to half starve the pupils under the semblance of fasting. THE WEATHER.—DISASTERS AT SEA.—The storm from the east still continues to rage with unabated fury. The following disasters are reported : " The brig Darnley, of Cork, in ballast, was corn pelled to run into Kingstown harbour on Saturday night, and when bringing up she ran on board the small sloop Dahlia, of 37 tons, maize laden, from Cork, and bound to Wicklow, when, unfortunately, the sloop went to the bottom ; crew saved. The schooner Victoria, William Raymond master, from Gloucester, bound to Dublin, with a cargo of bark and iron, was run into by another brig which lay across her bows, and, from being in collision since three, a.m , this (Monday) morning, also foundered at her anchors; crew saved. The steamer Eblana broke her shaft at one, a.m., this morning, when within eight miles of Holyhead, with the London mails ; the life-boat was got out, and the mails put on board the St. Columba, which was proceeding to Kingstown ; they were transhipped to the Prince Arthur at one, p.m., about to depart for Holyhead. The Eblana bore up under sail, working one wheel, and arrived safely in Kingstown at about two, p.m. A vessel likewise went down on Sunday night op posite the Gormanstown station of the Dublin and Drogheda railway. No account of her name and destination could be obtained, and it is believed that all hands went down with her, as her masts alone were visible when day broke. The ill-fated vessel was a brig." From another account we find that :—" A heavy gale from the east has prevailed during the last two days, by which we fear much damage may have been done to the ships engaged in the coast ing trade. The only instance that has reached us yet is that of a large brig, which was driven ashore at Nannywater, within a few miles of Drogheda. At the time of dispatching the intelligence the crew had not been communicated with, but they were observed preparing to abandon the vessel, and boats from the shore were putting off to their assistance. It was not ascertained whether there was any hope of getting her afloat; but from her position, and the fact that the sea was running very high, it was thought most probable that she would go to pieces. Neither the name, cargo, nor destination of the vessel has yet been learned. From the violence of the wind blowing on the shore during the greater part of yesterday, the waves at several parts of the line of railway washed over the carriages as they passed along." Mr. Cooney 's starch factory, at Back-lane, Dub lin, was burnt down yesterday, and property to the value of £3,000 destroyed. RIBBONISM.—Two men have been committed for trial at next Sligo sessions, on a charge of ribbon ism.- The following were the pass words found in their possession : Question.—What is the opinion of the war ? Answer.—The Russians will be beat. Question.—Will France take part ? Answer.—No ; nor England. Question.—Keep in order ? Answer.—lt's my 'tention. Question.—The nights are chilly ? Answer.—They are, and sharp. Certes the gentry who devised those pass words must be as intelligent as they are dangerous to the state ! DEATH OF THE REV. DR. WARDLAW.--It is our melan choly duty to announce to the congregational body, the loss of one of its brightest ornaments, by the decease of the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw. We have received the intelligence too recently to • do justice to so great a name and so bright a character, and can at this moment do no more than mingle our griefs with those of our brethren in all parts of the United Kingdom at th;s so great a loss ; remembering, how ever, amidst our lamentations, the rich legacies of piety and learning which the venerable deceased has bequeathed to the Evangelical Nonconformist Church.—The Patriot. ANOTHER DARING ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—Another daring robbery has been reported to the police of Manches ter. The robbery was committed on Monday afternoon, in the house of Mr. Blackburn, beer-house keeper, 30, Claren don-street, corner of Wilmott-street, Hulme. It appears that on Monday afternoon, Mr. Blackburn, a very respect able man, and a bricksetter by trade, was out at his work as usual. His wife, who has for some time been labouring under a disease of the leg, which rendered it necessary for her to become a patient of a doctor at Pendleton, left home about three o'clock for Pendleton, leavin g in charge of the house her sister, Miss Whitt a k er , w h o i s between 19 and 20 years of age. It was turned three o'clock when Mrs. Blackburn left the house, and about half-past three o'clock the girl gave an alarm in the neighbourhood that two men had been in the house; that they called for two glasses of ale ; that while she was in the cellar they fastened the front door that on her return from the cellar with (the ale, they took hold of her and tied her with a rope to a table ; that one of the men stood over her, while the other went up stairs and broke open a box, but that whether he has taken anything she could not tell. Information of a similar character she soon conveyed to the police in Caven dish-street. Mr. Superintendent Taylor took down the par ticulars, and in answer to a question put by him to Miss Whittaker, she said that she soon expeethl her sister home. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Blackburn came to the police-station in Cavendish-street, and stated that she had been robbed of a sum of money amounting to between £23 and £24, which had been taken out of a box that had been wrenched open by - a piece of a poker used in the house. It appears that the rope with which the female was tied to the table belong ed to the house, and there is a myst er y h ang i ng over the whole case whichl is as yet unexplained, The neighbours did not see any person of a suspicions character enter the house, and altogether the alleged robbery seems a very mys terious one. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SELECT VESTRY. The usual fortnightly meeting of this body was held yes terday, in the parish offices, Brownlow-hill, the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL in the chair. The other members present were— Messrs. Came, Gardner, Clarke, Johnson, Whitby, Kitchen, J. Jones, Crawford, Rawle, Hughes, Denton, Mellor, Brad ley, Moss, Whitty, Luff, Hutchinson, Sumner, Savage, and Troughton. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee contained a recom mendation to apply to some of the London insurance offices to advance an additional sum of money towards the building fund of the workhouse. Mr. KITCHEN remarked that on the last occasion when money had to be borrowed for the building of the workhouse, he mentioned to the board the propriety of advertising rather thantaking insurance office offers, and his impression was that the money borrowed on that occasion would be borrowed at a lower rate of interest if they had advertised. Mr. DENTON said, in borrowing the money the lender was 'placed in a very singular position.. He had to receive the money back by small yearly instalments, and very few indi viduals would advance money to such an amount, and so re ceive it back. Mr. CARNE observed that very few individuals would lend their money at the ordinary rate of interest, to receive it back at a certain per tentage, say 10 per cent., or 5 per cent., until it was paid off. On inquiry, he thought, this would be found to be the case. Mr. Moss thought that was not the question raised by Mr. Kitchen. The question was whether the vestry might not be supplied with money at a lower rate of inte rest. It was worth trying, and as theywould shortly require a large sum, he considered it ought to be tried. The proceedings were then confirmed. WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE. From the proceedings of this committee, it appeared that there were 2,076 persons in the house. There were in hos pital 606, of which 64 were fever, and 27 itch cases. The numbers in the vagrant sheds were 390 males, 242 females, and 20 children; total, 662. The usual Christmas dinner was ordered to be provided for the paupers on Christmas day. The tender of the Liverpool Gas Company for supply ing gas-fittings to the governor's house, at a cost of £9 155., was accepted. Mr. DENTON suggested that the usual dinner should be given to the paupers on the Monday, and not on the Sunday. Mr. JOHNSON stated that this arrangement had been made with the governor. Mr. HUGHES asked what was the condition of the house with regard to clothing. Were there any inmates in the house not -clothed as they ought to be, who were debarred from taking ordinary exercise in consequence of having no clothes to wear ? Mr. CARNE could only say that he was quite unprepared to answer such a question ; and he did not know that, as chairman of the committee, he could be considered answer, able if such was the state of the workhouse. If those &en tlemen who visited the workhouse saw such a state of things they should report it. Mr. HUGHES'S reason for putting the question was this— on last Sunday afternoon he took one of what his friend, Mr. Charles Willmer, called " rambles" through the house; made a casual visit, and on going into one of the sick wards, No. 5, on questioning a boy who was in bed there, he elicited from him that he had not been able to get out of bed for a fortnight previously, in consequence of his having no clothing. He stated that he had been removed from the lower ward up to No. 5 • and on his (Mr. Hughes) asking the nurse how it was, le said there were several cases of parties similarly situated in the same ward as this youth, and that from a want of clothing they could not get up. He thought this was a matter which came directly within the cognizance of the workhouse committee—(hear, hear)—and if the watch committee allowed things of this kind to go forward, they were scarcely performing their duty. (Hear.) Mr. DENTON said if this had come before the workhouse committee no doubt it would be inquired into. The fact was this : there were new corners, and it was generally the case some of them had to be cleansed, and most of them had the itch when they came into the place. Mr. HUGHES : This is. an old case of a boy labouring under consumption. Mr. CARNE thought Mr. Hughes, before bringing this subject before the board, should havecommunicated it to the workhouse committee and to the governor, who was the party responsible. Mr. Moss thought the visiters equally responsible. Mr. HUGHES : There were no visiters last week. Mr. Moss said it appeared that Mr. Hughes had found this out in one of his erratic visits ; but on reference to the visiters' books, he found no one had visited the house for the last month. This only confirmed his opinion, and he said so without the slightest disrespect to the workhouse com mittee. They were not strong enough to perform the duties required from them. At several meetings recently, only a few persons were present, and it was ridiculous for them to contend with such a large mass of business. The business of the finance committee wal passed over in a few minutes ; but the workhouse committee embraced the whole executive of the workhouse, and this was deputed to no more gentle men than attended the industrial schools once a fort night. (Hear, hear.) Instead of seven gentlemen attending, there were scarcely ever more than three or four. He hoped at the next Easter vestry there would be a modification of this, for the present mode of carrying on business was in jurious to the establishment. He should like to ask had anything been done with respect to the improvement of the lunatic ward, about which they had had such noise five or six weeks ago ? Mr. CARNE : Nothing whatever has been done. Mr. JOHNSON thought when an assertion was made against' a committee the board should suspend its judgment until it was ascertained whether the charge was true or false. Here was a conversation between a child and Mr. Hughes, and the latter did not go to the governor but came forward pub licly at the board to make a general assertion, accusing the board of keeping parties in bed, without clothes, for 14 days, He begged leave to move that it be an instruction from the workhouse committee to ascertain the facts of this case and to report it to the next meeting of the board. (Hear, hear.) As one of the workhouse committee, ho made it a point of attending constantly since his return to Liverpool. He had frequently visited the house and asked the parties were they comfortable, and he had never met with a case so glaring as that named by Mr. Hughes : nor did he meet with any thing to show him that the workhouse committee were not competent to perform the duties which devolved upon them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUGHES seconded the motion, and observed that he had elicited what he stated from the boy, who made no complaint to him ; but he had not been able to take walk ing exercise for a fortnight before, and the reason was that he had no clothes to put on. He (Mr. Hughes) also com plained of an aged woman named Todd, being appointed one of the nurses in the lunatic ward. Mr. DENTON explained that Mrs. Todd was appointed 1 superintendent of the nurses at the request of the medical men, a situation to which she was fully competent. Mr. HUGHES said the explanation was satisfactory. Mr. BRADLEY objected to the committee approving of plans for the elevation of a workhouse chapel, which plans were not before the vestry, and objected to this part of the proceedings being confirmed. The proceedings were then 'confirmed with the exception of that portion of them which related to the elevation of the workhouse chapel. Mr. WHITBY remarked that very few attended the work house committee, and there were many gentlemen on other committees who found it inconvenient to attend. He thought if there was a reconstruction of the committees it would be very satisfactory. Mr. CARNE said it •was his intention to close the proceed ings by moving that Mr. Whitby be added to the workhouse committee. It was not pleasant for him, as chairman, to have so much work, and so little counsel. It was exceed ingly difficult for him, who had not been long on the work house committee, to discharge the duty ; and he wished some gentleman who had been on the building committee should be added to it, with a view that their business should be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The CHAIRMAN remarked, that however regular the at tendance of the members of the committee might be, he did not think such evils as were complained of by Mr. Hughes, would be at all corrected by attendance, because the com mittee sat in that room • they did not, as Mr. Hughes hu mourously said, " ramblo" through the house. He (the chairman) thought it would be a good thing if they did so. (Hear, hear.) , The master's eye, as the proverb said, was worth a great deal of labour; and if the workhouse com mittee would condescend to go through the house when they come up here, and inspect everything with their own eyes, perhaps it would not be so necessary for Mr. Hughes to take those irregular rambles. (Hear, hear.) He thought it would be as well if Mr. Hughes communicated the result of his rambles to the workhouse committee, in the first instance, but still he thought they might do a great deal of good ; for it would be a great cruelty, if a number of boys were kept in bed because they had not clothing ; it would in reality be a great evil—(hear, hear)—and therefore he (the chairman) thought it would be as well if the workhouse committee walked through the house, to see how matters were going on. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CARNE said there was scarcely a week but the work house committee inspected some portion of the building. They had done so almost every week for several weeks past. The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL then vacated the chair, and Mr. CARNE was called thereto. A notice of motion was given to appoint Mr. Rawle, re cently elected, a member of the industrial school and medical relief committees. NEW MAGISTRATES. Mr. JOHNSON remarked with regard to the magisterial business of the workhouse it would be in the recollection of the board, that some months ago her Majesty's government appointed six additional magistrates to perform the magis terial business of the parish, as well as to assist the other magistrates in their public duties. Owing to the unavoid able absence from town of some members of the committee appointed for the purpose, they were not able to make the necessary preliminary arrangements with the magistrates which would enable them to perform their duties in that building ; but immediately on the re-construction of the ma i, gisterial committee, they had, he was happy to say, made rthose arrangements which would enable them, with satis r faction to tho public, to carry out a part, at least, of the magisterial business in the magistrates rooom in that build ing. The six magistrates named, but four of whom only qualified, were not sufficient to meet from day to day, or from week to week, to perform the necessary duties in this place; and as it would be too onerous a duty for four to perform, the committee waited on other magistrates, and solicited their attendance to assist the new magistrates. He (Mr. Johnson) was happy to say they had now secured pro mises from a sufficient number of magistrates to attend here, as would enable them to carry on a portion of their busi ness with satisfaction to the public, to such an extent as would enable them to close the house in St. Paul's-square. (Hear, hear.) He need not, before the board, dilate on the advantages which the ratepayers of Liverpool would derive from the closing of that house.. The very circumstance of paupers going to that place, receiving a pass, and in addi tion a small sum of money to enable them to go to Ireland, and would in itself appear preposterous in the present day, and could only be compared to a system which used to pre vail in Lancashire, when Liverpool, Manchester, and the other large towns had to go to Lancaster for justice, instead of having the assizes in those towns, and justice brought to their own doors. (Hear, hear.) In a local point of view, and in a small way, the cases were precisely analagous ; but according to the opportunity which this board received the case was still worse. It was manifest to every body that a pauper going to Rigby-street could have no test ap plied to him by which any body could know whether he was an object fit to receive assistance or not. The The magistrates were obliged to give an order and pass them on such documentary and other evidence as was offered. But when paupers came to that house they would see the advantage in many cases, and they would make those paupers do a certain amount of work at the mills before they were passed to Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He should not enlarge on this subject, but solicit permission of the board to move a resolution to the effect that the committee, or the vestry clerk, have power to give the proper and due notice previous to the closing of the house in St. Paul's square, to enable them as soon as possible entirely to close that establishment. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DENTON seconded the motion with great pleasure. He believed there must have been some misunderstanding between the vestry and the magistrates. Mr. BRADLEY None whatever. Mr. DENTON understood the magistrates considered they were to come up here and hear the whole of the summons cases for unpaid rates; and not for to pass paupers. Mr. BRADLEY said it was very indiscreet to make those comments about the magistrates. Mr. DENTON begged to second the motion. Mr. Moss was delighted at what had been stated ; was he to understand that the old magistrates were willing to co operate with the new ones to carry on the business of the parish ? Mr. JOHNSON said in every case where they made appli cation to the old magistrates they had acceded to their request. They had not met with one refusal ; but they had only applied to a limited number, just sufficient for this one duty. Mr. Moss thought that quite satisfactory. Mr. SAVAGE asked, was it absolutely necessary that two magistrates should attend on every occasion upon which paupers were sent to Ireland ? Mr. HART : Yes. • Mr. SAVAGE thought if it were possible to alter the law it would be better, for he was satisfied they would not get two magistrates to attend every day. Mr. JOHNSON : They are not wanting every day, The CHAIRMAN : When the inconvenience is found, then perhaps, will be the time to move. The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. CLARKE then gave notice that at the next meeting of the vestry he would move the appointment of a legal ad viser for parish affairs. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. From the proceedings of this committee, it appeared that the band-master had been severely reprimanded for his recent misconduct, and informed that a repetition of the offence would be visited with dismissal. Mr. Moss inquired whether one part of the charge against him was true—whether he was really guilty of taking child ren into a public-house, and giving them drink ? Mr. GA.RDNER : He was not. Mr. Moss said the industrial schools' committee had before recommended his dismissal on this very ground. Mr. GARDNER. said the children were not taken into the public-house by the band-master, neither had he any know ledge of their having taken drink. Mr. HUGHES said the boys came in, and he might have asked them to have a glass of ale. Hef was intoxicated at the time. The proceedings were then confirmed. The following letter was read from Mr. Brown, inspector of schools : Sir,—" I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, enclosing a resolution passed by the select ves try of the same date. 1 apprehend that the resolution in its present form will not be sanctioned by the Lords of the Com mittee of Council on Education, and 1 have to request, therefore, that the Select Vestry will reconsider the question. I submit that the proposed pupil-teachers who are mere chil dren, ,cannot be recognised as assistant masters and mis tresses, and that the resolution practically amounts to nothing, as it reserves to the guardians an indefinite power of dismissal, without the concurrence or knowledge of their lordships. I beg leave to remind the Board that the salaries of all the teachers, both at Kirkdale and at the Liverpool workhouse, are paid by the Committee of Council on Education—that the head master and head schoolmistress, at Kirkdale, are paid an additional stipend for the instruc tion of apprentices, and that the apprentices themselves will also become entitled to a certain sum on the satisfactory completion of their apprenticeship. In consideration of these advantages, it appears to me but just and reasonable that the guardians should not reserve to themselves the power of dis missing apprentices without first communicating to their lord ships the charge against the apprentices, and obtaining their assent to such dismissal. It is not probable that any difference of opinion would arise between their lordships and the guar dians, as to the propriety of dismissing an apprentice for mis conduct, but I think that certain conditions must be attached to the administration of a public grant for educational purposes, and that no necessity has arisen for varying the terms of a resolution approved by the practice of several years. I hope, therefore, that the select vestry will pass a resolution either identical with, or not materially different from, that originally forwarded, and I shall be glad to be acquainted with the decision of the board as soon as possible.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, T. B. BROWN. Southport, Dec. 9, 1853. Mr. HART read the following reply to Mr. Brown's letter, which he had prepared at the request of the committee : Liverpool, 20th December, 1853. • Sir,—l am directed by the select vestry •of this parish to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant, in which, with reference to their resolution of the 6th instant, appointing several of the children at the industrial schools as assistants to the schoolmaster and schoolmistress respectively, you request that the matter may be re-considered. Your objection to the resolution in question appears to be twofold, first, " That the proposed pupil teachers, who are mere children, cannot be recognised as assistant masters and mis tresses;" and second, " That the resolution practically amounts to nothing, as it reserves to the guardians an indefinite power of dismissal, without the concurrence or knowledge of their lordships." I am, in the first place, to inform you, that the terms," assis tant masters" and " assistant mistresses," to which you take ob jection, were adopted by the Select Vestry at the instance of the Poor Law Board themselves. With a resolution of the vestry before :them, precisely the same as that which was approved, you say, by the practice of several years, you now propose for adoption; that board, nevertheless, suggested, in a letter addressed to the Select Vestry, on the 6th December, 1851, that the words " assistant masters" and "assistant mistresses" shOuld be used in preference to the words " pupil teachers." So that, while you allege that the children cannot be recog nised as assistant masters, &c., they are proposed to be so recognised by the power especially privileged by the legislature to do so. And with regard to the second portion of the reso lution to which you call attention, that also emanated from the Poor Law Board. In - their communication before referred to, they suggested the very words which have been adopted by the vestry on the present occasion, viz., " This board reserves to itself the right to dismiss them (the assistants) upon the commission of any offence against the rules which it may lay down for their conduct, or any sufficient or well founded com plaint from the schoolmaster or mistress of their negligence or inaptitude as such assistants." The Select Vestry do not, therefore, deem it expedient or proper that, with regard to dismissal for misconduct, the " pupil teachers" should he upon a different footing from the assistants of the higher grade; nor do they think it fitting that a board of guardians should be placed in such a position towards these junior assistants as to be incapable of dismissing them, however deservedly, without the concurrence of their lordships.--I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES BART. T. B. Browne, Esq. Mr. DENTON asked whether it was the intention of the vestry to take any part in the movement now goine forward throughout the united kingdom ? He believed a great number of towns were meeting to endeavour to dislodge the board in London. The CHAIRMAN thought that had nothing to do with the question before the board. Mr. DENTON was strongly opposed to centralisation. The CHAIRMAN : This has nothing to do with the question. Mr. DENTON wanted to know were they to sit there like a set of automatons (laughter), subject to gentlemen in London who knew nothing of the minutiae of their business. It was a perfect farce for them to be in that position. The CHAIRMAN remarked that subject might be brought before the board by a notice ; but he did not think it was connected with the schools. Mr. DENTON said he had always been . met by the vestry clerk who said they could not legally employ the monies of the parish for this purpose. The CHAIRMAN : You can move that it be taken into con sideration at a future meeting. Mr. DENTON then gave notice that he would call a special meeting of the vestry on the subject. _Mr. HUGHES moved that Mr. Hart's letter be adopted by the board. It met the whole case in a perfectly clear manner. Mr, WHITBY seconded the motion, which waa agreed to, MEDICAL RELIEF COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee having been read, Mr. Moss said it had been reported that cholera had manifested itself in several localities in the town in a very formidable state, and he was surprised the chairman had said nothing on the suhject. He should like to know whether cholera was on the increase or not ? Mr. DENTON : The chairman of the committee has only to make his appearance and it flies away. Mr. BRADLEY said it would appear from the returns that cholera had made its appearance in the north end of the town ; but it appeared to have subsided as rapidly as it uole. During the last three or four days they had not had a single case. • • Mr. Kamm wished for some information relative to the recent visit of Dr. Sutherland to Liverpool, and whether the burial places in the town were about to be closed ? Mr. CARNE stated that he and another gentleman accom panied Dr. Sutherland to visit the various graveyards ; but he made no further remarks on the subject than to say he would give us notice when those various graveyards will be closed. _ _ _ Mr. KITCHEN asked. were the churchwardens taking any steps with reference to the parochial burial ground at Walton. He recollected some time ago that ground was consecrated by the Bishop, and he thought if there were anything at all in consecration, if it meant anything, it was very improper that that ground should be let out for agricultural purposes. After purchasing such a niece of ground, and erecting a chapel on it, it ought to have been laid out in a suitable manner. He had hoped the present churchwardens would have done away with the nuisance of which he complained. He hoped the surveyor would be directed to have it done in a proper manner. The CHAIRMAN remarked, that unless they had Dr. Suth erland's report, there seemed no chance that the burial ground at St. Martin's-in-the-fields would be closed for many years. They were now quite in the dark as to whether it would be closed or not, and if it were not closed, th' ne cessity would not exist for opening that at "warm. How ever, they had not been idle ; hub he could give the vestry no information which wuuid be of any use. In consequence of Dr. Sutherland having been there the matter was under serious consideration, and everything would be done which was right and proper. Mr. Kitchen was at liberty to move that no money be taken for the use of the ground; but- it had hitherto been done, and he did not feel because it was consecrated ground it should not be taken advantage of. Mr. HUTCHINSON confirmed what his colleague had stated. The subject had engaged attention for some time past, and something would be done before long ; but at present it was premature to make any remarks upon a 'subject which was under consideration, and upon which they could give no de finite information. Mr. Moss remarked, that Mr. Kitchen's religious feelings seemed wounded in consequence of potatoes growing in con secrated ground ; but he begged to inform him the part where the crops were growing was not consecrated ground. Mr. GARDNER remarked, that Mr. Came might have gone further, and stated that Dr. Sutherland disapproved of Walton as a burial-ground. The CHAIRMAN did not know how Mr. Gardner came to know that. Mr. GARDNER knew it as a member of the committee. Dr. Sutherland stated it was quite unfit for a burial ground, and he suggested that the land should be resold. Mr. JOHNSON thought they had acted with great prudence relative to the land. This was rather a theological question rather than a parochial one, how far consecration might militate against the growth* of corps. If they wished to ascertain where the nuisance was, it was in the old church yard. He cared little about consecration, but, he should be glad to see Dr. Sunderland close up the old burial yards in Liverpool. The CHAIRMAN : No doubt we shall hear from Dr. Suth erland before long. The subject then dropped. Mr. Wurrrx asked were the registrars, whom they had the power to appoint, amenable to the vestry?? Mr. HART : Not at all. Mr. Wiirrlir stated he had been called upon by Dr. Kelly, who complained to him of the deputy registrar, who resided in Wilton-street. Dr. Kelly called at a time to obtain a' certificate of interment, when the registrar ought to have been in, and was toldie should not be in attendance for two hours later, and he received some impertinence from members of the registrar's family. Subsequently when a messenger was sent at the time stated he did not get the certificate for an hour and a half after. The CHAIR3IAN said the complaint should be made to the registrar-general. Mr. HUGHES gave notice that at the next meeting of the vestry, he would call attention to the want of the means of religious instruction for Catholic children in the industrial schools, there being no fund provided for that purpose. The following letter was read from Mr. Wylie : . Liverpool, 17th December, 1853. TO THE SELECT VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. Gentlemen,—An anonymous letter _ addressed to you hay. ing appeared in the Mail newspaper of this day, commenting upon the difference between the assessment and the decision of the magistrates, in the case of Messrs. Joseph Heap and Son's appeal. 1 consider it my duty (though the propriety of noticing anonymous letters in general may be doubtful) respectfully to lay the facts before you. The assessment was made upon a large pile of building in Beckwith-street, at the corner of Shaw's-alley, used as a sugar-refinery; the building, independent of a large yard, having entrances from two streets, used in common with the adjoining rice-mill belonging to the same owners—covers an area of 900 superficial yards, and contains seven stories, with a steam-engine, drying-kilns, water tanks, and every other modern requirement for such an establishment. In computing its value, I took the area or space which such a building would afford' for stowage or warehouse purposes, and then added what I considered a moderate rent for the fittings, machinery, and steam-engine, my assessment being £720 ; against this, Messrs. Heap and Sons appealed, and ap peared before the magistrates, contending that I had no right to assess machinery, &c., and that the cost of the building ought to guide the magistrates in their` decision,—which cost was stated to be exclusive of land under £6,000. The magis trates ruled that I had power to assess machinery, but con curred as to the cost of the building, &c., guiding them in their _ _ _ decision, and reduced the assessment from £720 to £5OO, with out going into the question of capacity, locality, or adaptation, taking, as was stated, a medium course. I respectfully submit that the data on which the assessment was made is the correct one, and that I am not to blame on account of its reduction ; in making this statement, I am sup ported by the fact that Mr. Culshaw has objected to the reduc tion of the assessment for the paving and sewerage rates to this sum ; and I may further state, that discrepancies between the assessment and the final adjustments of them to such an extent, are not so unprecedented as the writer of the letter states this case to be, for I find the London and North-western Railway Company assessments, and those of the Albert Dock warehouses were quite as much reduced on appeal, (under my predecessors Messrs. Picton and Culshaw,) the former being reduced by £8197 and the latter by £ 4 86 5 , these, though no excuse for me in this particular case, serve to show that the writer is not more correct in using the word unprecedented than ho is in stating the assessment to be £750 instead of L5OO. The other matters in which he indulges himself, such as the expense of a separate office establishment and concentration under the Vestry Clerk, are quite as groundless as those which go before them ; in reply, I beg leave to state that in this de partment I have considered it my duty, not to put the parish to any expense since my appointment, beyond the amount of my salary--I, am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, THOMAS WYLIE. The business then terminated. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTIAIDA Y. [BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY.] In re Joseph Peverelle. —John Ilawkesford, grandson of Louis Peverelle, the bankrupt's uncle, was re-examined touching the falsified invoices which were furnished to the official assignee. He stated that these invoices were trans mitted by him, but he could not tell what was the bona fine amount in which the bankrupt was indebted to his uncle. We understand, that at a subsequent period of the day, a private application was made to the magistrates to grant a warrant against the bankrupt. DARTFORD PETTY SESSIONS. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A PONY.—Henry Weller, gar dener to Mr. Herds, of Dartford, appeared to answer a com plaint at the instance of David Watson, an officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for the following barbarous treatment of a small Shetland pony, belonging t 3 Mr. Applegath, of Dartford :—From the evidence it appears that the pony, which was not more than three feet high, had strayed into a field of Mr. Hard's, where it was attacked by the defendant, who struck it a tremendous blow with a large stake, which caused it to fall down a bank and roll into the river Dart. On getting out the pony was again attacked by the defendant, who struck it between the eyes and across the loins with the same large stick, and drove it under some railings which had been placed to protect a haystack. While there it was brutally kicked by the defendant in the tender parts of the body, and when extracted from the railings it was found to have lost the use of its hind-quarters, and was unable to stand. The poor animal was conveyed home in a cart ; but, finding that no thing could be done for it, it was found necessary that it should be killed. The bench, taking into consideration the defendant's previous character, did not inflict the full penalty of the law, but sentenced him to pay a fine of forty shillings, with thirty shillings costs. BANKRUPTS. (From the London Gazette of yesterday.) William Hinde, .plumber, Bedford. Caleb Ambrose, ironmonger, Sheerness, Kent. Henry Wheeler, baker, George-street, Richmond, Surrey, William Cutler the younger, carpenter, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Robert Frederick Miller, coach-builder, Hammersmith, Middlesex. Thomas Hayward, pastrycook, Gloucester. John Innell, grocer, Weston, Hereford. Joseph. Johnson the, younger, estate agent and lime bur. ner, Liverpool. Jonathan Androw, commission agent, York-place, Man. Chetter. _ POLICE COURTS.-V- F,STERDAY. ROBBERIES FROM THE PF.RamsT:=-11.1.ry Ann Wise was charged with stealing an entire suit of clothes, the property of a sailor. The evidence not being sufficiently conclusive, the complainant being very much intoxicated at the time of the occurrence, and the ship to which he belonged being about to go to sea, the prisoner was discharged. Sarah McDonald, was charged with stealing a purse and a sovereign from John Johnson, 51, Norfolk Street, at a public house kept by Mrs. Wainwright, St. James'-street. It appeared; that the complainant was drinking in that house, when the prisoner went and sat by his side, and asked him for a penny, at the same time putting her hand into his pocket and taking therefrom his purse. She replaced it, but subsequently took it in a similar manner, and the complain ant had not seen it since. The Magistrates convicted the prisoner for 21 days, she having been before in custody. platy Ann Driscol, was charged with stealing a watch from the person of a labouring man, the previous night, in a yard near the church in Sackville-street, Great Homer street. The case having been clearly proven, but as the watch had not been found, the prisoner, was remanded for seven days. Ellen Steward, was charged with robbing a butcher of 30s. in a court in Fraser-street. The prosecutor was in company with the woman about one o'clock that morning, when the woman stole his purse. He caught her hand and took a sovereign from it. The facts of the robbery having been clearly proven, the magistrate committed the prisoner for one month. Ellen lll‘Carthy,was charged with stealing a pair of trousers and £5 18s., the property of a person lodging in the same house as herself. She was seen in the bed-room wborc the lodger was asleep; and was apprehendeaby police officer 86, as she was about to leave Li.vrpool, with upwards of £3 in her possession. Remanded for seven days. Rom—John E'annagan was committed to prison for 21 days on a charge of stealing a piece of rope from a ship lying in the Clarence dock. The rope was found in the possession of the prisoner at the dock gate. Laurence Seallon was committed for one month, on a charge_of_stealing a rope from the fore-castle of the ship Phcenix.• The rope was identified by the second mate, and was found coiled around the prisoner's person, when he was leaving the dock. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Thomas Lacy, a lad formerly in the employ of Messrs. Smith, Hanover-street, and John Hagerty, a marine store dealer, were again placed before the bench. The details of this case appeared in the columns of this journal when the prisoners were first apprehended. As there was no evidence beyond the statement made by Lacey, that Hagerty had induced the boy to steal the block of tin, he was discharged, and Lacey was committed to take his trial for stealing the tin, and also a hand-cart, which was found near Hagerty's:house. The prosecutor informed the court that he had lost upwards of £6O worth of tin, but had had no suspicion of Lacey, although he had dis charged him for irregular conduct. Hannah Taylor, a workwoman, was committed for one month, 'having been the previous evening detected in stealing some small pieces of soap, and other articles, from the person who had employed her for that day. BIRKENHEAD. OBTAINING TOBACCO BY FALSE PRBTBNCES.-A country man, named John Craig, was charged, by Mrs. Hannah Vickery, tobacconist of Market-street, with defrauding her, by means of false pretences. On Thursday last he went into her shop, and said he wanted half a pound of tobacco, made up in half ounces, and half a pound of " thick" twist, for Mrs. Margaret Dodd, of Moreton (wlal keeps a grocer's shop there, and is a customer of Mrs. Vickery's). Mrs. Vickery told him he must have made a mistake, as Mrs. Dodd only took " thick" twist in harvest time, and he was given the half pound of tobacco, and some " thin " twist. He came again on Fri day, and asked whether a milk-boy had called for some mere tobacco for Mrs. Dodd, for if not he was to get it. He also scolded Mrs. Vickery for giving him " thin ' twist the day before, saying it was " thick" his mistress wanted. He then got a half pound of thick " twist, selected a fancy pipe for himself, and got half an ounce of " bird's eye," all "on Mrs. Dodd's account." Mrs. Dodd came to Birken head herself on Saturday, and it then turned out that the prisoner had not been sent by her at all. He paid another visit to Mrs. Vickery's shop ou. Monday, and on the latter putting some inconvenient questions to him, ho rushed out of the shop. She ran out after him, calling out " Stop thief," and the prisoner, turning round to see whether his pursuer was gaining ground on him, unwittingly ran into the arms of police-constable Castles, who was on duty in Ches ter-street. He was lodged in Bridewell, and to-day brought up before the court, when he was fully committed for trial at the quarter sessions. Mr. Robert Macfarland has been 'appointed sheriff of Renfrewshire. The Journal d' Augsburg announces the death of Comte Vincent de Tabasz Krosnowiski, Hereditary Commander of the Order of Malta, one of the most distinguished noble men of Gallicia. RAILWAY PROPERTY AND THE POOR-RATES.—It iS Shown by a return that last year the amount contributed by rail way property to the poor-rates was in England and Wales £186,539 4s. 94d. GREENWICH losPrrAL.—lt has hitherto been the practice to give the pensioners boiled meat, either beef or mutton, daily for dinner, but it is now varied alternately with baked meat, instead of boiled every day. They are indebted for this improvement to the late governor, ' Sir Charles Adam. " I kFIB.E. —Yesterday morning a fire broke out in a shed be longing to Mr. Norris, chain cable manufacturer, Brick street. The reels belonging to the fire-brigade were quickly on the spot, and the fire was speedily extinguished without any material damage being done. The reels from the Brunswick dock station were first in attendance. CIVIL LIST PENSION.—Lord Aberdeen has announced to the family of the late Mr. James Simpson, that the Queen has granted them a pension on the civil list. Mr. Simpson was well known in Scotland for his services to education. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE NEW GAS WORKS, ROCH DALE-ROAD, MANCHESTER.—Yesterday (Tuesday) morning, about eight o'clock, a scaffolding over No. 2 compartment of the canal shed now in course of erection at the gas works, Rochdale-road, fell, when three of the carpenters en gaged in the formation of the roof were precipitated to the ground, and severely injured. The distance between the roof and the ground is twenty-four feet. The names of the parties who fell are William Robinson, 30 years of age, a man with three children ; William Taggart, aged 26 years, unmarried; and Alfred Kelsey, 24 years of age, unmarried. The wounds of Robinson being dressed, he was taken in a cab to his own house, in Lever-street; Kelsey and Ta ggar t, who are more seriously hurt, remain under medical care at the Royal Infirmary. COLLISION IN THE THAMES.—GRAVESEND, Dec. 19. Last night considerable excitement was created in this town by a report that the Meteor steamer, one of the Star com pany's packet boats, was run down and sunk on her way from Blackwell to her destination here—the Terrace-pier. The crew and passengers were providentially saved, as wi'l be seen from the following summary of the particulars of the collision, as far as they could be collected by the writer of this notice from authentic sources :—The Meteor, having left Blackwell at about half-past 5 p.m. for Gravesend, the tide being ebb, kept the usual course, about mid-river, un til she came nearly off the point above the half-way house on the Kent side, where are generally many barges or other vessels bound upwards, awaiting the next flood tide. At about a quarter to 6 o'clock a large screw steamer was de scried by the captain of the Meteor coming up the river, and making a diagonal course from the Essex shore to wards the point in question. Both vessels had, as it appears, showed lights, in conformity with the regulations of the Trinity-house. The captain of the Meteor, seeing that the steamer was approaching him ih a track that would inevi tably produce a collision, unless both vessels ported their helms, called out to the latter to do so, at the same time porting his helm, but the large steamer kept her course, and the result was that she struck the Meteor on the starboard side, before the paddle-box, with terrific vio lence, nearly cutting her, as is stated, in two. The passen gers in the Meteor, forty-five in number, were all below when the collision took place, and it is needless to describe the dreadful alarm they were in and the confusion which followed. Some rushed on deck as the Meteor was sinking, and more, who were in the forecabin, forced their way through the skylights. The steamer that thus came into collision with the Meteor fortunately remained entangled with her, and the passengers and crew of the latter had Just time to scramble as best they could on board of her. Cap tain Hollingham, of the Meteor, was the last who so es caped, he remaining on the after-deck of his sinking vessel until all his crew and passengers were safe on board the large steamer. He then sprang on board the latter at the risk of his life. At this moment, the Mars, Star steamer, • on her way from Gravesend to London, came up and assisted in extricating . the then unknown steamer from the Meteor, as she was going down. From the instant of the collision to the sinking of the Meteor scarcely ten minutes elapsed The large screw steamer that came in contact with her is said to be the Sylph, belonging to the Petersburg Steam packet Company, and was on her way from Ireland to London. She is, as is further stated, quite a new ship, and ) of 800 tons burden. The preservation of the lives of all on board the Meteor is justly considered providential, con sidering the circumstances of the casualty. The Meteor was one of the fastest and finest steamers of the Star Com a pany. It would be premature, if not rash, to hazard an opinion as to which vessel was in fault in producing this catastrophe. Zirtijis, fliarrine* ant( OG4O. BIRTHS. On the 14th instant, at Spring-bank, Laurel-road, Fairfield, the wife of Mr. John Travis, of a son. On the 15th instant, at Highfield, Northop, Flintshire, the wife o J. K. Huntley, Esq., of a daughter. On the 18th instant, at 56, South Castle-street, the wife of Mr. J. R. Canat , ron, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the I7th instant, at St. Augustine's Church, by the Rev. J. H. Stafford, M.A., Mr. Richard W. Barnes to Margaret, only daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Amos. On the 18th instant, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. Joseph Sutton to Miss Betsy Robinson. DEATHS. On the 14th instant, James, the infant son of Mr. Wm. Sutcliffe Royal Arms, Regent-road. On the 20th instant, at Rock Ferry, Cheshire, Richard Ferrick Jones only son of the late Ferrick Jones, Esq., of Fogg's Cottage, near Bolton, aged 36 years. EL•