The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1853 INTELLIGENCI Qtru employed Il L e an, of Duk, ' Le that he died from its . 4,L,ARCTIo United States mail steam-ship, Port for New York on Wednesday, with 93 pas a la rge Cargo, and the usual mails. h, 4l ' ACCID On Wednesday, ZPr, James Pierpoint e-street, drank so mn, cnti o „„_ mssisting in hoistin i ., %l e "e at New Quay, when ti s it and fell on his head, killi , 4 33 PAIC/N 41% and during Bch It tiae c or d Bishop i,T Guardian. Duo Guardian. than fell off the t 'eried °4ll several efforts 14. 08 . 0 4 h to s time ea by the tide, which oth a cask of fruit into a ask slipped from the um on the spot. )14 - arrived in Manchester a few his stay is the guest of the Right Manchester, at Sedgley.— anesday two o'cio Landing-st into the ri made to save him, he was vi,LuiviA, Pacific Steam Navigation Company's oon, for Mad?' 4 6eisew steara-shi Captain Rolt, sailed on Wednesday Rio de Janeiro, and Valparaiso. t e 4• Val divia will form one of the mail line of steamers Trteen F l anama and Valparaiso. , l ' I llt0 0 1) °cx COMMITTEE have purchased the premises ,„.sparling-str- stree t , known as Richardson's-buildings, 5,,; as they are required towards the completion cqt;ntrallgements with the London and North-western r Company re.. -SSP. .• It ED AND place WRIGIIT, of St. John, N. 8., - upon the route between St. John and e eof screw-steamers, to ply monthly, pro 'a t 0 will contribute £lO,OOO a-year for ten 4 itb, NV., "ards th e undertaking. k . : euris, say s a con t emporary ( 2r l Tuesday last, al - daY evening, pro( L l ' a n o.' as in Castle drove down to the pierhead eeeding in the Dublin steamer _...„ we understand, have gonein pnrs u Cl , a second questionable bill having been discovered. rs 1,,,,1fete0 OP TUE WIGA.N COAL OWNERS.—On 4,, e coal proprietors of Wigan met by adjournment at rs ti l ' u Yal Hotel. There was a good muster, many members t e, union beiug present. After two hours' dehleera 'ne meeting leas adjourned for a fortnight, to allow strik e to return to their work, VtIPPITH 8 PATENT SCREW was successfully tried on 011 Odle, during the trial trip of the Pacific Steam Na.vi 17NI Company's steamer Valdivia. Notwithstanding e earried 100 has more than her estimated capacity, ke rnall e 10i more per hour, the revolutions of the lt ile nes bein g 36 per minute, and the pressure on the 1.)° 111 Y 10 lbs. per square inch. I t k 4 ,lli TROM INTEMPERANCE. . %. t e d,anies Spencer Balmer, a car-proprietor ` residing in te: l s „`reeeet, Toxteth-park, was brought home m a state of ktet, 'IV, and allowed to lie upon the sofa for t *I I , , On the following morning a surge' leraleunced him to be in a dying sty' 43' afterwards. Nte,4l, ACCIDENT AT RUNCORN. h eta‘•MT week, as ;John Dumbill, . le te l a the employ of John Wright, hsli, 146e1--1 sty y e ar , was in the act of uniceuling a large -of t • h hall, near the Big b ee , s o from his cart at t e new 4 1 c l ub w is in course of erection for Thomas Johnfen, teef l , s of the planks broke, and the end struck him be,' severe blow upon the forehead that he fell to the 1) 1 ' and died shortly afterwards. Itl i :, 181 1 To M R , Wen EA.RLE.—On Tuesday a dinner t it ei committee and friends who conducted the election le te ,: William. Earle, as one of the representatives .of It l'eeet s° Thb9 Ward, was held at Mr. Craig's, Mulberry ,i‘h „ear. George Maxwell presided, and W. Hannah, ei "cen.Pied vice-chair. Several speeches were Ow e by thechairman, Mr. Earle, Mr. Gladstone, I kelC'en, Ilr. J: R. Jeffry, and others, and the pro -1 et 4 gs were further enlivened by several excellent -sow W R aleiel. , l 'eeaPoor, E c ,'lle t o _ .... 4 .% the members gave their opening performance 4 1, eiallhrat: ar monic-hall, and, in . addition to the music. ins,etl e ."l n a paper —on music—was read by the Rev l - "as Car e b e n el A., rector of Liverpool, which is le. Plibli e e ed P a ' para . phlet. The musical conductor is tet:lakeesudim as Esq and the organist ßogers Sp -L ae bod v :of the hall was devoted to the use of th , ke echo the attendance - gia,zblseirE EOI3BERY.—On Thursday night, about le ve lket ten o'clock, police-officer 188, on duty in Ha teeLstreet, found that the office of Mr. Wood'had . been ~kltea . 4 lee thieves, who hail gained access by breaking a Zei Re ` n ' glass in the window looking into the back-yard, 1 4e es• anfastening the latch and bar. A drawer in which le t , es ee of the safe was kept was broken open, as also Wet 4l drawers and boxes. About £3OO in bank notes teiostolen. The inspector, searching among the papers, %I:1,1 1 ; p ' Wards of Z5OO in notes, which had escaped the A .. l ess of the sharpers. 4,14,ER101TS FIRE broke out on Wednesday morning, telebrtwo o'clock, on the premises of Mr. A . hlleorn, im- I thi c e °F to9s, Byrom-street. The contents of the shop, *el e , werei Chiefly of a fragile and inflammable character, %- almost entirely destroyed by the fire, and the e ki llies of water from the engines. The town-firemen, vp4,,the direction of Mr. Hewitt, and the men of the le pee , ~' of England Company. were both on the ground, and daii7aed after a little time in subduing the flames. The ,rXeoAthe buihling is but slight. have geaetnerni S UB-CONIZITTEE of the Dock Trustees e A I ying the El .6- to Mr. Staite, with the vieweef his ap "o Graving e ' e r. tll- e taght to the ill mination of the San htn eeaeke u 4 e the whole superfirese. Staite expects . . to be able to ' 41 1.e d 11,, , , , 1i each of the insi de of th e si x graving floe s kwith graying docks with two lights. d uet (l Vmeans the operations of the workmen can be con ., if necessary, by night as well as by day. The sum ii l e r is to be the whole oast of the committee, which Oro:, according to the statement of Mr_ Lockett, than keg lee the price of "e e . e, were the latter used to th -le.gXtent of illuminatior ettt e'eltieerrere ACCIDBET took place on the llanches 8' l' e ffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, on Wednesday.., 4,1„.ail train which leaves Hull for London left the ligl ev elolland station in safety, and departed at its k time for Between Goshill station and 1 4 1 , 1 , ' for there i ' s n 'a eliing, upon which a4nggage 4 l'Vi h ,. lB standing ; and ineconsequence of the poiftsman whi -- ee e .41advertentl put the points wrong, the mail train, 1 s:1 4 ; t g a't gathered Y a fair amount of speed, ran into the nt. e iL l 'ain with such terrific violence that one of the ke, L ie, s carriages was broken in twain. Several b eef i te '4l tie e Ze sustained severe captures of their wlveth n theirlives. itc,s'lellbpzieGand stokerßescaped DIAL.—On Thursday, 'dames llespiter lea's brought lNT before -the Police-magistrate !ender I. tee k ee l owin e . e i m t. eese.—lnsector Grace seed he : 4 4 bes 7 in fo - mai - on tha l t n on Sunday s ,. ,. at midnight, a man ...."Sole7 a ttacked in Vauxhall-road road by three men,. one of ' ' l ad fte ed li - r d his neck, whilst ret tetileeq.eawn rii l 'as ed n his . po ls ck a etTef7;e l ont 4s. in silver. After de e d. robbed him they threw him off Chisenhele "Nleento the canal, from which he was with difficulty ii, t e at t "•Y some parties who were passing at the time, and th i l,ee. r acted by groans to the spot. From the descrip leAspn by the man who had elieen so cruelly abused, ieteameetor apprehended the prisoner,. but as __the c . ern e li f at e - " w as drunk at the time, the magistrate dismissed e fi,..,ese e , S /KB —A large meeting of the Pres- Zer xa,tives N was Tß held . on Weduesday. The numbers e e l , el!re calculated at from twelve to fourteen thou eeele, `: . T Meeting concluded t with t t h en three tremendous per cent. and no ce a q t , t e one cheer more for the It e e The associated masters =et on the following 111 ke e l 'es resolved to maintain, .with . out , modification, eh ke s e 4 tions *of t 4 hof November last, but to keep 4 t k 4 s °Pen to . applications for employment, and izeeti tiffielent 4 of hands to enable the mills to tNt eti Lave snuli• . for work, a general meeting of the •te t -`'ate ti • ee - ' Alarge meeting of spin t e, is to be called. very eeee ttteih‘ .- held at eleven o'clock, when the speakers ad ill "loctrong and condemnatory te . rms to the resolution 4'" , wad a motion of determination a to rrie llh una ere ni to . leells e e Per 'eent. and the union" was 1. 11 " , 4 1 N bete unionists affirm that tey e will take - no and that they never expected any kellletel3eliserconairthowe n m ' asters . than the resolutions they have ot ti t t , th at ted, The town is full of regret and disappoint ee 4, there seems to b e no prospect of a termination toed mentable dispute. presided at the 4tl L? eatable Mr Dover ~ y,„, . omatiTTEE.— • tittettrt c, eeting on Thursday, whei? Mr. Fresh reported the 4 ke 0 % 14-4.1 03 nuisances comp . laineem of, and e t d ? b re: A er r e ain uce . 4,, hers to the borough engineer for rem engineer le i Ne ~,, It was resolved that the borough ay telteellort as to the aclvantag of mw at Low ad Th es medical officer reported t'l'Lte,the Irtinswiek-rnee- e k had caused an in tkeeee es n w temperature of last wee eesee Zortality from disease of the lungs, but ed t s hat the Q' / t tl;"rtality of the borough still contmu hs lightly ' llai l , aV erage of the,th season. The total cleat , -, w w ez . i tth lle h e . els, 144 in pariele, an 4 61 in the out to On Sunday night m was sent f ;e, and he di —About ged 42, who has ,ESIASTICIM MITS I C 'being both numerous . I;ag,F eight more than in the.previous week. No ititeile', been received from St George's district, in 41:41, ty .e of the death of the late registrar, but the ,t 4 i 4111! that district had been assumed to be the Vth,tlert Previous week. Instructions were given Nit th' relative to two bridges will& had been erected I:de Dermission of the committee.—A letter from Ng• -41 m en and Stanistreet, relative to the adoption of origin ,g to the Earl of Derby, 'between Bpkhall 1;1;111 Th`"4g, was referred to the sob-committee of pr st e tender of Thomas Griffiths, for sewering two (41'14,1,, wr:reets, which had been passed at a previous ost, accepted. he ra;CA Ew Illirwirs.—The following is a list IS:t,N(lay I.vaY companies that, up to eight o'clock on cli..llight (the period limited for that purpose by 44i 4 tithelte4 t'gheiorders of the houses of lords and commons), ae r Plaus and sections with the proper officers C4tvtge t,,coninaission, at the Board of Trade and at tPta tie/is Office, up to which period there were plans Ott' .?rja,deposited for railways, 135 ; miscellaneous -41,11 harbours, water and gas, and improve total, 233. Last session there was a t Latus• Amongst the bills are the follow k",,N......l,lcashire Railway : Dock Branch and lines tc,N-4; Oleg, East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Oi;(lei.,4lltersr and Southport Railways : for vesting .atic: or portions of the two latter lines in the 011,,viities accommodation at Southport, and con pttaßt ,Southport and Lathom.—London and t,}lh.._e'stryr°lll shraeuway (Shrewsbury and Newtown) : for a nt ,4 1 c. Au wsburY to Newtown, with branches to isotoo,7 nsterley ; arrangements with, pr use of, Vll need therewith ; use of joint stations and ) am ,at Shrewsbury and Newtown.— tkiN'l4tue,lorth-western Railway (Crewe to Shrews -1,1,;41N 1)74407: and North-western Railway (Flaydon- Ille 141101 'of I°r Purchase or lease of the Haydon titt kloto the London and Blackwell Railway ; to fo„. --econnocia— . ; S, 15,11,g:t0 T provision for station at Wolverhampton, :Lr,i ik.h7ion and North-western and Shrewsbury :414 114411 Valley ;asi,_,e of. Birmingham and Woverhampton %qtag lagham uu Birmingham station, by Shrewsbury kittlealitt tir• uiLlaglamadditional station accommodation , of ads ,Harrow, and Cottinghain ; and b„ • -Lacashire and Yorkshire Railway • Mthkte ,cells, 'anclies from Kirkdale and Middleton LlNSsetilt°ll. from illrGratfrcl, and Halifax Junction Rallway: r_• Ot of Xorthe erstone to Ardsley ; arrangements nrpo r11.0.11d Lancashire and Yorkshire, and 1'4454 Att4nyveormor4.l. Improyements.--Manches. LIVERPOOL AND BORDEAUX TRADE.—In the beginning of last week a new screw•steamer, named the Kangaroo, srrived in Liverpool from the Clyde, where she was built. The Kangaroo is designed to ply between Liverpool and is and passengers. She is the Bordeaux first steamer w hick has been laidiipon'the line, and will, without doubt, prove a great accommodation to shippers both ports LIVERPOOL AND PHILADELPHIA STEAMERS..--AROther ocean steamer, intended for the Liverpool and Philadelphia line, has just been contracted for. The city of Baltimore will be about eighty feet longer than the city of Glasgow, and thirty feet longer than the Great Britain, the object being to ensure increased speed. The builders are Messrs. Todd and Macgregor, of Glasgow, who constructed the City of Glasgow, the City of Manchester, and who are now engaged on the City of Philadelphia. MR. HEMMING of Clift-house, near this city, who has already made several cast-iron churches for the colonies, received this week an order for twelve iron chapels, to be exported to Australia by the Romanists of this country. They are to be of considerable size, and capable of con taining from 1,000 to 1,200 persons each. The same par ties have intimated that it is not improbable that they shall require school-houses and priests' houses of the same material.—Bristol Times. HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.—On Wednesday night, at half past ten o'clock, a young man named Tabert was attacked by three men in Hill-street, Toxteth-park, One of them held him while the others attempted to rifle his pockets. The young man called out, and a police-officer came up to his assistance in time to prevent the villians accomplish ing their purpose. They made their escape.—The same night another man was attacked in the same street, about half-past eleven, by two men, who were in the act of rifling his pockets when a police-officer came up, and they DEATH or A. CHILD.—On Tuesday, Archibald Nevin, aged one year and ten months, the child of Mrs. Nevin, residing in Upper Frederick-street, met with an accident which resulted in death. He was in charge of the servant, who left him for a few minutes in the kitchen. Imme diately afterwards a, noise was heard, and on the mother and servant going into the kitchen they found the child on the floor, in a - small rocking-chair, with its head hang ing backwards., and blood flowing from his ears. It is supposed that, in the absence of the servant, the deceased had placed the chair upon the table, then got into it, and afterwards tumbled upon the floor. He died the nett day. SUFFOCATION OF A DRUNKEN WOMAN.—Mary Whar ton, aged 67 years, who occupied apartments in the house of William Nichol, Chandler-street, Hygeia-street, was found dead in her room on Wednesday. She was much addicted to intemperance, and was last seen alive between seven and eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, at which time she was much intoxicated. She then went into her room, and on the following day, upon her washerwoman calling with some clothes, she was called, but receiving no answer, Mr. Nichol forced open the door. She was discovered, lying between her 'bed and the wall, covered with the clothes, quite dead. ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCH/EOLO&ICAL SOCIETY.— nesday, The fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Wed at the Royal Institution, Mr. C. Vereist in the There was a large attendance of members, and Mr. Robinson Mr. Baiistowe Mr. Mason, Mr Hobbs, and other gentlemen, were present as a depUtation on the part of the memorialists to the Town Council against the scheme of a high-level bridge over Dale-street, and to present the society with two books of architectural draw ings and engravings. —A model and drawings of certain improvements in the town, suggested by Mr. Summers, architect, were placed in the mom for the inspection of the members. Mr. Summers supported his views at con siderable length, and they were fully discussed by Mr. Picton and others. Some desultory conversation followed as to the best mode of bringing the object before the town at large, and it was ultimately agreed that the models and plan should be placed at the Exchange News-room, or some other building, for public inspection. _ LIVERPOOL YAOEIT Oltß.—Tcielve gentlemen were proposed as members at the monthly meeting yesterday evening week, to be billotted for at the next monthly meeting. A committee was appointed to make arrange ments for providing a Winter club-room in Liverpool, aria also for the opening dinner of the club, which will take place early in the ensuing month. The commodore drew the attention of the members present to the desirability•of having a paper on nautical and scientific subjects read -at each meeting, which will afford subjects for discussion, and be the means of imparting much valuable informs on, carrying out at the same time some of the leading prin ciples for which the .6lub was first formed, viz., the ad- vancement of nautiail science. It is also understoca to be the intention of the tommodore, at a future period, to bring forward a plan for establishing a nautical museum and library in the town. The last-named institution, if conducted upon a spirited scale, will be a great boon._ _ WEST DERBY GITA.RDIANS.—Mr. Harrison presided at the weekly meeting on Wednesday, and the other members present were Messrs. Allpass, Heyes, Wensley, Lunt, Carter, Roskell, M`Gee, Kirkns, Shaw, Smith, Gee. Har rison, and Abraham. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be £297 121. 3d. It was resolved, to take legal proceedings against the overseers cif all townships who may 'be in arrear in payment of bliK, call due to the treasurerilis day (Tuesday). The clerk having produced a statement of the financial affairs of the-cnion, it was resolved that a call be made on the several 'town ships of the union for the sum of £12,160; one4lalf to be paid on or before the '2Bth December, and the remainder on or before the 31st day of January next. It was 'also re solved that proceetim" s should be taken against all defaulters in payment of the last-mentioned eall,,imme diately after it becomes due. An application was ordered to be made by the de* to the poor-law board, requesting them to cause new averages to be taken for the union. A JUVENILE RHYORMATORY.—The committee of the Town Council have had under consideration a proposition to establish a reformatory for juvenile criminals in 'Liver pool. Admitting ther , desirabilitfof such an establistment on shore, the committee are of opinion that one of a simi lar kind should be filaced on the river, where you.thful offenders could be provided for, and put through a vourse of industrial training to qualify them as seamen. In a sea-port like Liverpool such a plan would be productive of great advantage. The youths placed under training would not only Possess the means of gaining for -them - - selves an honest livelihood, and so become useful members of society, but many wonid also be employed in promoting the commerce and general prosperity of the port. We understand the general committee have decided rupon making a recommendation on the subject to the council at their next meeting, anti that a number of gentlemen,con nected with the shipping interest are favourable to - the project. A FATAL AccruErc took place at the goods' statiou of the East Lancashire Relway, Great Howard-street, about eleven o'clock on Monday night last week. About .the time mentioned a goods train arrived at Great Howard street, and in the ran attached with the guard were ix 7.3 passengers, George GlAkter, a stonemason, and Mary Hurst, wife of a veterinary surgeon in this town. On the train being brought to a stand-still, the guard, whose name is Wm. Paiker, and the two passengers, walked along one of the lines of rail, when the engine, in back ing, rail over them. The guard and the female passenger were killed immediately, but Glaister, being struck side ways, was thrown off the line, and injured but slightly. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," but added a presentment to the effect " that there was not sufficient caution used by the East Lancashire Railway Company, in not having a responsible party to receive passengers coming by goods trains, as it seems to be a vractice for them to do, and which practice the jury con eider highly objectionable." THE LATE EXTENSIVE COTTON ROBBERY.-On Wed nesday, in the Grand Jury-room, John Woods, a ware houseman to Messrs. Seddon and Co., cotton-brokers, and John Bentley, formerly a marine-store-dealer, of High field-street, but now a cotton-waste-dealer in Oldham, who had 'been remanded front the previous Wednesday, were again brought before Mr. Mansfield, on the charge of being concerned in fraudulently obtaining forty-three bales of cotton r of the value of £430, from Messrs. Seddon's ware house,iin Carleton-street. On this occasion, Mrs. Nancy Hindleovife of John Hindle, of the .Gelden Fleece, Sir Thomas's-buildings, was also charged. The case was gone into ab itaitio, and upwards of thirty Witnesses were ex amined. The detective police-officers, on the cotton being missed, ascertained that persons connected with ware houses were in the habit of assembling at Hindle's house, and amongst them the prisoner Woods, and a man named John Brown, warehouseman to Livesey and Thorpe, who has evaded the police by going to America. Hindle,Wood, and Brown conspired to obtain the cotton, and the means taken were —Brown forged a delivery order,whieh on being presented to Woods, who had charge of the cotton, was treated as genuine. This was subsequently found to be a forgery; and Woods was taken into custody by Grisenthwaite, who apprehended him at St. Silas's Church, Woods acting there in an official capacity. The stolen cotton was traced to Oldham, having been sent by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to the order of Mr. Robert Buckley, Mumps." It appears that Bentley had represented to Mr, Buekley, who resides at Saddlesworth, in Yorkshire, and is woollen-manufacturer, that as 11C (Bentley) was well acquainted with the qualities of cotton, if Mr. Buckley would find the money, he could make pur chases which would prove greatly advantageous to both. To this, as a general arrangement, Mr. Buckley consented; and shortly afterwards Bentley called upon him and told him that there were twenty bales of cotton lying for him at the railway station; but these having been consigned to him without order, Mr. Buckley refused to have any thing to do with. The bales were afterwards ordered to Mr. Coilenge, of Oldham, but declined; but at Bent ley's solicitation, that gentleman purchased a smaller lot which Bentley had there, consigned to Mr. Buck ley's order. Ultimately the twenty bales were bought by Mr. Peter Scholefield, of Oldham, at 50. per lb., Bentley representing that the cotton belonged to Mr. Buckley. On the 24th of September, Bentley and. Hindle, husband of the female prisoner, went to Mr. Schole field's office, and presenting a bill stamp, said they wanted a bill for £l3O. To this Mr. Scholefield demurred, saying that the cotton was to be paid for by two bills ; but he consented to give a bill for £lO5 14s 6d, which was drawn by Hindle, the bill being for thirty-two days. In answer to a question why he had said the cotton belonged to Buckley, Bentley said that Buckley had bought it from Hindle. On the 29th, another bill, for £76 13s, was given to Hindle. On the 27th of October, eleven other bales of cotton were taken from the warehouse to the railway sta tion and consigned to Buckley as before. Bentley, in company with Mrs. Hindle, met Mr. Buckley in Manches ter, and the interview resulted in Mr. Buckley buying the cotton at 5d per lb., the total amount being upwards of £lOO. Bentley then went and *sold the cotton to Mr. Edward Wright : a cotton-spinner at Oldham, say ing that he was doing so on the part of Mr. Buck ley. On Woods being apprehended, Mrs. Hindle sent a man named Stacey, who lodged in her husband's house, over to Oldham, to instruct Bentley to get back the invoice for the twenty bales ; but this failing, Stacey, at the request of Mrs. Hindle, made out another invoice, which was substituted for the first one. Stacey was again sent over, instructed by Mrs. Hindle, to ask Bent ley to get the cotton from the railway, and burn the bags. Both Stacey and Martha Roberts, a servant at the Golden Fleece, deposed to Hindle, Woods, and Bentley, acting in concert. For Bentley, it was contended that he could not be criminated, inasmuch as he had acted as the bona fide broker for Hindle. Mr. 'Mansfield said he had decided to send both Woods and Mrs. Hindle for trial. Bentley was acquitted. Bail was taken for Mrs. Hindle. Woods, about three ' years ago, was imprisoned nine months for being implicated in a large robbery of cloth from Mr, Hencliffe's, in London-road. THOMAS BULLEY died on Wednesday, at his resi dence, Catherine-street, in his seventy-fourth year, through a severe and somewhat sudden attack of gout in the stomach. ROBBERY.—On Friday, a house in Tudor-place, Queen Ann-street, was entered by means of skeleton keys, and a large quantity of wearing apparel stolen. THE MERIDIAN, Boston packet-ship, has arrived at that port from Liverpool in 35 days, with upwards of 500 pas sengers, per Train and Co., all in good health, and not a death on the passage. _ _ NEW COUNTY 3fA.GISTRATE.—On Monday, at the New Bailey Court-house, Salford, Peter Catterall, Esq., of Pres ton, took the oaths to enable him to qualify as a magistrate for the county. SHORT TlME.—Next Thursday week the manufacturers of Blackburn will meet to consider the propriety of work ing short time, or making a reduction of 10 per cent. on their present wages.—Manchester Guardian. Tn ANNUAL DINNER of the master builders and brick layers took place on Thursday, at the Bee Hotel, Queen's square. About fifty gentlemen sat down to dinner, at which_G. Whitley, Esq., presided: A MovEmENT - has commenced in the boot and shoe trade of this town to close the shops.at eight o'clock. At a meeting on Thursday, it was stated that upwards of seventy employers had given a conditional adhesion to the movement. THE MILITARY AT BLACKBURN.—The Home Secretary has promptly complied with the request of the authorities of Blackburn to have a military force stationed there during the turn-outs, and on Monday last week, a company of the 34th Regiment from Preston, marched into the borough, and have taken up their quarters there. BIGAMY.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, Joseph Legg, 36, shipwright, pleaded guilty to marrying Ann Maria Davy, his first wife being alive. He married his wife at Liverpool in 1849, and his second in November last ; and the most remarkable part of the affair was, that the first marriage took place during the courtship of his second wife, whose accepted suitor he had been for eight years. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—On Wednesday, Mr. Rainford, a cabinetmaker in Renshaw-street, came up for his certifi cate. The assignees had every confidence in Mr. Rain ford, and were affording him assistance to carry on his business, which he bad re-commenced since his bank ruptcy. The commissioner granted the certificate.—J. B. Hignett, who carried on business as a salt and commission agent, appeared _on Thursday for his certificate. Mr. Pletcher Opposed for a creditor, on the ground of a vexatious defence to an action, and the learned commis sioner suspended the certificate for six months from the last examination, with protection. AN EXTENSIVE FIRE broke out on Thursday morning on the premises of Mr. Robert Evans, draper, Mill-street, which resulted in the destruction of a considerable amount of property. Mr. Hewitt and his brigade, with an engine belonging to the West of England Insurance Company, were at the scene of the conflagration. At this time the fire had made considerable progress,—the front shop being in a blaze, and the fire rapidly communicating to the other parts of the building. There was a plentiful supply of water, and the fire brigade were thus enabled to operate successfully by means of their hose, which was worked , on the high-pressure principle. The fire was subdued in about an hour, but not %efore the premises were almost gutted. A Fteonrsu BAGMAN.—At the Manchester Police-court on Monday, last week, a man named Wheildon was charged with having robbed a commercial traveller, from Liverpool, named Jodler, on Thursday last. The prose cutor reached Manchester that day,:and going into a spirit vaults, in Rochdale-road, commenced drinking, and also treated a number of labourers who were in the house. lie had a purse containing £l4O in gold, and he produced the money to pay for the drink from his purse, exhibiting It in the presence of his companions, of whose society he was so enamoured that he offered to give one of them ss. - for his day's wages if he would stop and drink with him. 'The sequel was that he got drunk and went to sleep in 'the tap-room, where his companions eased him of all Ids money. Wheildon was one4of the men, and it was provtd 'that he had been spending money very freely on Thursday, and had a large sum in gold - in his possession. 3loreover, his wife paid all her debts .on the same day, though pre viously they were very poor. The magistrates committed Wheildon for trial. SYMPATHY WITH Tumny.—lt was intimated that a preliminary meeting would be held on Friday, for the purpose of concerting measures to get up a great public demonstration, condemnatory of the policy pursued by Russia at the present time, and to express sympathy with Turkey. The meeting was appointed to take placeln the great room of the Royal Motel, Dale-street, at two &clock. On entering the saloon, at five minutes past the hour appointed for the meeting, we found it in possession of a solitary reporter for one of the Liverpool newspapers. After a few minutes' further delay, three or four additional reporters made their appearance; but still no potion of the sympathising public—to use a slang phrase not inap plicable to the subject —" had shown up." By the time six reporters had assembled, the amount of Liverpool sympathy with Turkey was represented by one ,ritizen, who by and bye, however, was joined, in a desultory and timid manner, first bpone, and then by two friends of the oppressed, and towar&'half-past two not fewer than seven opponents of autocratic tyranny and aggression had en tered the room, to give or find employment for the nine reporters now assembled. In such circumstances, a loud display of public indignation was obviously a matter of difficult achievement, " And the words that breathe, and thoughts that burn," in valiant condemnation of ruthless tyranny, at all uttered, found their way in eddying whispers, amougst the two knots into which the seven antagonists of Russia had arranged themselves. At last it was resolved - to put an end to the farce, and - the meeting, which never assembled, was adjourned sine die. " Sic transit glor;a.",. It appears the present was only the sequel to a' previous failure of the same description, although not more signal in its nothingness. In the first instance, only twoludivi deals had deemed the affairs of Turkey sufficienfly'impor tant to demand their serious consideration ; anti there, also, the press, ever vigilant in watching over the public interests, by its reprscentatives, formed a moiety , of the dual meeting. Does COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was "held on Thursday, Mr. Charles - Turner in the chair. 'The Har bour-masters' Sub-Committee were authorised to enlarge the office for regulating the graving docks. It was stated that the cost of the alterations would be between 't and £7O.—A letter was read from the owners of thellger, claiming compensation Tor some injury which had been done to the cargo of that vessel, by an accident n9slch occurred to her whilst in one of the docks. The'letter was referred to the solicitor, who was directed to inform the claimants that the committee disclaimed anflidtaity in the matter.—A letter was read from John S. de Wolf and Co., requesting that• as it had been reported "that it was the intention of the -committee to lease one of 'the graving docks to the British and North American Steam packet Company, and their vessels were quite as large, the same privilege might be granted to them. The 'letter was referred to the Hatbonr-masters' Sub-Committee.— Mr. Barber suggested that it would be well to provide gridirons on the other. Side of the water. There were a great many vessels which could not get their work done on this side; besides, they could be placed so much higher on the other side that the vessels would dry much sooner. 'The suggestion of Mr. Barber was referred to the sur •leyor, who was directed to , report to a future meeting on .the practicability of elevating the gridirons on this side of the river.—A communication was read from the Birken head Commissioners, enclosing •a memorial signed by 1451 Individuals, drawing attention to the condition of the approaches to the landing-stage, with a view to their amendment. The chairman -said the only answer to the commissioners would be that the matter would be taken Into consideration.—A letter was read from John Kennedy, a master porter, stating that he had an interview with the Master Porters' Sub-Committee, when he directed their attention to the bye-law prohibiting himself and other master stevedores from acting as master porters to the same ship. The sub-committee did not enter into the merits -of the question, but he understood that they had no objection to the matter being submitted to the general committee. With this impression he respectfully re quested that they would consider the point to which he referred, en the ground that the repeat' of that bye-law would be a great advantage to the port. The matter was referred to the Master Porters' Sub-Committee.—A com munication was read from Mr. J. Abel Smith, of London, offering 59 acres of land, at Seacombe, for sale to the committee, at the rate of 255. per square yard. The com mittee, after some discussion, declined to entertain the offer.—Another important matter which came before the committee was the erection of a landing-stage for sea going steamers at the west side of the Prinee's Dock, and the appropriator of land intended otherwise to be used for warehouses. An application had come from the Council on the subject. After much discussion, it was agreed that the chairman, with Messrs. Shand and Lockett, should have an interview with the •committee of the Town Council, at which Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, was to be present. THE LATE MESSRS, HOLMES AND THE ISLE OF MAN BANK.—Mr. Avison, the executor named in the will, after removing the specie from the island, has declined the trust, and the Sumner-general, Mr. S. Harris, was ap pointed by the proper authorities administrator pendente lite. Since the appointment an inventory and appraise. meat of the property on the island have been made by a jury in legal form, On Monday evening, Mr. Isaac Holmes, the surviving brother of the deceased, arrived on the island, and we understand he employed counsel after his arrival. As to the solvency or insolvency of the estate we are in no condition to know; but, from present ap pearances, it is no wise singular that the public mind should labour under much anxiety. A large deficit of as sets would be most disastrous in the Isle of Man. We learn that large sums brought in the chancery court were deposited in that bank; also, the noble charity for the re lief of the Kitterland sufferers. On Thursday last, Mr. Jackson, the manager of the Bank of Mona, obtained an order from the governor and council for an increase of the circulation of said institution, to the amount of several thousand pounds. Also, the council arranged with the said manager to cash the bank-notes of Mr. Holmes ; so that from yesterdayithe :notes will be taken at par at the Bank of Mona. A public meeting of the depositors in Mr. Holmes's bank is called at the Wellington-hall, on this day (Tuesday). A few weeks ago, a rumour was in circulation that Mr. George William Dumbell was apply ing for a banking license to the governor and council, with the view of opening a private bank. Mr. Dumbell did actually make such an application, and on Thursday last the council were convened to consider it. The council refused the application, but we learn were disposed to open the case if Mr. Dumbell should associate with him other persons of character and property, such as the gover nor and council could approve.—Mona's Harald. We perceive that the stock-in-trade, herrings, household fur niture, &c., of the late Mr. James Holmes, is advertised to be sold by auction in Douglas. The following is an esti mate of assets and liabilities of Messrs. Henry Holmes and Sons, but we cannot vouch for its accuracy : Property in the Isle of than .e25,000 Mortgages ditto 9,0'10 Stock, furniture, plate, &e., ditto Property in Scotland Ditto in Liverpool 95,000 Cash and bills ditto Furniture, plate, &c., ditto Stock, herrings, &c 3,000 4307,000 Liabilities here and in the Isle of Man.el9o,ooo It was rumoured here yesterday, that the affairs will be at once thrown into chancery.—Mercury of Friday. MASONIC BALL.—The annual ball in aid of the funds of the West Lancashire Institution, for the education and ad vancement in life of children of distressed Freemasons, will be held on Tuesday the 7th of February next. THE REV. JOHN W. LESTER, lately of St. Andrew's Church, in this town, has just published a Third Edition of the " Criticisms," as will be seen from an advertisement in another column. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. — About half-past nine on Saturday morning, seven men in a small boat were en gaged opposite Birkenhead Ferry, in dragging for lost anchors and chains, when the boat suddenly capsized the men into the water. A Birkenhead steamer came up at the time, the crew of which succeeded in rescuing six of the meri, but the seventh was drowned. DRINKING 808. A WAGER.—On Saturday, Edward Burnes, living in Blenheim-street, undertook for a wager of £1 to drink a glass of strong ale every five minutes for an hour. He won the bet, but at the expiration of the sixty minutes he was dead drunk, foaming at the mouth, and in a dangerous state. He was conveyed to the In firmary, where the stomach pump was successfully applied, and thence he was transferred to the Northern Hospital, where a little skill and attention restored him to health. NORTH WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. —There is a rumour that there is some good chance of peace being 'established between these companies. Great efforts have been made to bring so desirable an event about. It is said that Mr. Charles Russell, the chairman, will resign the chair, and that the Hon. Mr. Walpole is likely to be the chairman of the Great Western. THE WORKING OF SHORT TIME commenced on Mon day last at Ashton, Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Hyde, and Glossop. At Burnley the mills commenced running again on Monday, four days per week ; and it was resolved on Wednesday, at a meeting of the manufacturers of Bacup, to commence there next Monday, working three days, or half time. Some such course, it is also expected, will be adopted at Bury. At Preston the masters have decided to run their mills at the reduced wages, providing sufficient hands offer ; but work will only be resumed after another meeting of the masters. There is some hope that work will be resumed at Wigan before long. Thus, on the whole, the prospects of a settlement of the dispute are more favourable. —Manchester Courier. DEPARTURE OF THE 'MATILDA WA.TTENBACII.-011 Sunday the second mail-ship for the Australian colonies, from this port, was towed down the river to sea, having on board about 1,900 tons of cargo, forty-two intermediate passengers, many of whom were families, and a full com plement of cabin passengers, numbering twelve in all. She had also on deck four horses, which have been sent out for the purpose of improving the breed in Australia. Her mails were upwards of fifty tons, and consisted of 206 bags of newspapers and .25 bags of correspondence, the number of letters being upwards of 35,000, and 70,000 newspapers. She was left at six, p.m.; seven miles out side the Northwest Lightship, by the owner and charterer, under full sail. IMPORTANT TO "EXCURSION" RAILWAY TRAVELLERS. —ln the Manchester County Court on Wednesday last, an action was brought by a Mr. Whalley against the Di rectors of the London and North Western Railway, to re cover the value of certain luggage lost by the plaintiff during his journey from Birmingham to Manchester in one of Marcus's excursion trains, in the month of October in last year, the purchase of an ' excursion ticket" by the plaintiff, and the loss of his luggage while upon his journey over the London and North Western Railway, was satisfactorily proved ; but Mr. Etty, solicitor, of Liverpool, disputed the Company's liability ; and in support of his view of the case produced a printed bill, announcing the terms upon which Mr. Marcus undertook to convey pas sengers from place to place. The learned judge, after pe rusing trusin the bill, held that the Railway Company were not liable for property lost on their line belonging to pas sengers by excursion trains ; and a verdict accordingly passed for the defendants. SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—The following circular, signed by Mr. Beloe, of Brunswick-street, has been issued :—" The present position of the Southeastern Railway Company demands the serious attention of the shareholders. It is above all things important that the direction should consist of men of independent principles and high business character. At the next general meet ing three directors retire by rotation ; and the board have pledged themselves not to interfere in future elections. It follows, therefore, that on the shareholders themselves this task now devolves ; and a committee has been formed in Liverpool to receive from shareholders suggestions as to the names of parties whom they would recommend to fill the vacancies. Should you be able to promote in any way the object of the committee, they will be obliged by such suggestions as you may offer them. At a future period the committee will communicate to you the result of their deliberations, together with the names of the gentlemen for Whom they will request your proxy. The Liverpool committee will also be ready to act with any other local committee having the same object in view, that may be farmed either in London, Manchester, or elsewhere. The Following gentlemen have consented to act on the Liverpool committee:—Messrs. Charles Moore, George Maxwell, George Holt, Robert Higgin, Charles B. Wilson, William Barry, James Caw, James H. Wilson, Robert Wilson, Wm. 3l`Crackan James Jack, Win. Bower, James 'Buchanan, Thomas ikr. Blythe, Wm. Max well, Joseph Brereton:" LIVERPOOL TowN ',CouncrL.—At the monthly meeting, to-morrow, the following matters will be taken into con sideration :—Report of the Special Committee, appointed by the Councilean - the 9th of 'November last, to inquire into the charges preferred against Mr. Councillor Bradley, and such resolutions thereon, :as the Council may deem proper • and the appointment of an additional member to the Church Expenditure Committee, the Water Commit tee, and the Library and Museum Committee, the appoint ment of the usual number of members on those commit tees having been postponed by the Council on the 9thialt. until this report was submitted ; the proceedings of the Finance Committee, comprising a resolution of the magis trates recommending that the salaries of two clerks in the office of the clerks to the magistrates, be increased, namely, Mr. Jacob Walter, from £l3O to £l6O per annum, and the salary of Mr. Richard Ellis, from £llO to £l4O per annum : and a recommendation that •fhe sum of £4O be paid out of the surplus income for the improvement of Cable-street ; resolutions and reports of the Watch, Lighting, Fire Police, and Fire Prevention Committees ; resolutions .and directions of the Dock Committee ; resolutions and - reports of the Improvement Committee ; resolutions and reports of the Courts of Law and St. George's-hall Committee ; resolutions and reports of - the Markets Committee; re solutions and reports of the Education Comlnittee ; the proceedings of the Gaol and House of Correction Committee, comprising a recommendation to accept the tender of the representatives of the late Mrs. Aldersey for supplying the gaols and bridewells with bread, oatmeal, and peas ; and of Mrs. Catherine Close for butcherS' meat ; proceedings of the Town-hall Establishment Com mittee and the Health Committee ; resolutions and re ports of the Gardens Committee ; resolutions and reports of the Church Expenditure Committee ; resolutions and reports of the Observatory Committee ; resolutions and reports of the Water Committee ; the proceedings of the Library and Museum Committee, comprising a recom mendation to appoint Mr. Wm. Roulton, superintendent of the Lending Libraries, at the salary of £lOO per annum ; resolutions and reports,of the Hackney Carriage and Licensing Committee; resolutions and reports of the illaths Committee ; the Coroner's account, amounting to £7l 6s. 6d. ; the Mayor's communications, comprising a tletter from Mr. M`Naghten requesting employment ; a &letter from Sir R. Murchison, chairman of the Bellot Testimonial Fund, soliciting sUbscriptions ; a letter from :the Chaplain of the Borough Gaol, requesting a re -vision of his stipend ; memorial from Mr. Jas. M`Donald, requesting that some employment may be given him ; a 'letter from the gentlemen appointed by the British asso ciation for the Advancement of Science. to make arrange ments for holding their next meeting in Liverpool, and requesting the Council to grant the use of St. George's Hall, for the occasion ; and a letter from the Chairman of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Bene voleut,Society, soliciting assistance. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. NELSON'S GRANDSON, Philip Ward, has received a cadetship from his Royal Highness Prince Albert. TOE VENTILATING SHAFT of the houses of parliament is to be raised twelve feet higher. - tHE NEWCAITLE cholera fund now amounts to above £6,000. ehr TUESDAY WEEK a poor woman died suddenly at Bristol of the effects of the fog acting upon weak lungs. TIIE QUEEN bas presented a donation of two hundred and fifty guineas to the Edinburgh blind school. THE SWEDNII gOVERNMENT has decided on a vast system of railways, the execution o f which will be con fided to an English company. A CART HORSE twenty-one hands high, and weighing twenty-five cwt., was exhibited at Munster fair. At three years old he drew five toes. A WOMAN, named Avery, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, for an assault on her hus band, and sentenced to hard labour for four months. MONUMENT TO SIR ISAAC NEWTON.—The town of Grantham has raised 0,000 for a monument to Sir Isaac Newton. Miss CALVERT, a young lady, has been committed to Carlisle gaol, by the justices of Peurith, on a charge of tealing various articles from several shops. THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT has begun to prose cute the Mormons, contrary to the wishes of the majority of the bishops and clergy. EARL Fiizwimasi's annual sale of fat stock took place at the farm at Wentworth Woodhouse, on Thurs day. The bidding was so spirited that in about half-an hour the whole were disposed of. Ma. WALTER DE WINToN, of Maestrigh Castle, whose name was the first on the list for the sheriffship of Rad norshire, is a minor ; but he will be of age before the " pricking" of the list of sheriffs. AT WOOLWICH there are the large number of 28,000 ship and garrison guns arranged on the ground of the Arsenal, on the south side of the stores, and upwards of 4,000,000 cannon-balls and shells on the other. A SPECIMEN of the little Auk, a bird which abounds on the shores of Greenland and Spitzbergen, but which is seldom seen on the English coast, was caught at South Luffenham, Lincolnshire, a few days since. A NtrlinEß, OF CROSSBILLS, birds whose presence is thought to foretoken a severe winter, were seen on the 18th ult., at Forthingham, iu Lincolnshire, and four of them were captured. SOME OF THE Rumex BREAD taken at Shefkatil has been handed about Constantinople, and is everywhere re garded with astonishment. People wonder how it is pos sible for human beings to consume such repulsive material. THE YOUTHFUL EARL OF EINTORE delivered a lecture last week to the Inverary Mutual Improvement Society, on the subject of self-culture. The noble earl's address, we are told, was highly admired, and was remarkable for the religious tone with which it was pervaded. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday morning the dead body of a man was found lying on the side of the Edinburgh mail road by Tweedshaws. No marks of violence were visible either on the road or the body. He appears to have been a travelling blacksmith, about 30 years of age. There was nothing in his pockets but a pair of spectacles and a tobacco pipe.—Dumfries Courier. THE SMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW.—Prince Albert is, as usual, an extensive competitor in the cattle and pig classes ; and Sir Harry Verney, Claydon-house, has an ox of Brobdignagian proportions ; while some of the finest specimens of Earl Derby's remaining stock have been selected for competition. The judges made their awards yesterday. SIR E. B. LYTTON, BART., who last session was elected Honorary Pre'ident of the Associated Societies of our University, will deliver his inaugural address about the middle of January.—Edinburgh Witness. THE EARL OF DERBY is suffering from a severe attack of his old enemy, the gout We are sorry to hear that the effects of this latest visitation have been more serious upon the noble earl's general health than those of any previous attack.—Morning Post. JAMES MILLER having announced that he would not be answerable for the debts of his wife, the latter re torted with another advertisement, stating that she had not left him " with the intention of contracting debt, but solely to avoid being killed by him." FRANCES FARQUHARSON, once the wife of an opulent West Indian, died from exposure and cold, while absent on a holiday from the Lambeth Workhouse, on Thursday. The night had been cold, and in the morning she was found dead in the Loughborough-road. She was 73 years of age. MR. WILLIAM WEBB WARD, one of the coroners for, South Staffordshire, and James Davis, were on Wednes day week committed for trial at the adjourned Stafford shire sessions, on a charge of conspiring to defraud Ann Davis of 10s. 6d. SAID PASHA, the heir-apparent to the Pashalic of Egypt, has engaged an English nurse for the child of whom a Circassian slave is expected to render him the father ; and Ismail Pasha, one of the sons of Ibrahim Pasha, has also a French nurse for his children. SEVERAL sepulchral urns, some glass bottles, lamps,orna ments, and other Roman relics have been recently found at /Colchester by the labourers employed on the site of some new houses which are about to be built in the out skirts of the town. THE MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE contemplated between the Emperor of Austria (Francis Joseph) -and the young Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria is definitively arranged to take place the third week in April, at Vienna, when a series of Imperial fetes will take place in honour of the auspicious event. BRUTAL HUSBAND.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Philip Grinney, aged 36, a wheelwright, had sentence of death recorded against him for cutting and wounding his wife, Hannah Grinney, with intent to murder her. The prisoner had in a fit of jealousy cut his wife's throat in three places. A LABOURER, named Roberts, who was working in a field at Duryard, near Exeter, a few days since, found a gold ring, in which was set an uncut sapphire. The• ring, which weighs about 6dwts. bears an inscription in Norman French, and is supposed to have been made in the reign of Henry VI. TUE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA has, it is said, withdrawn the whole of his funds from the Bank of England, and closed his account with that establishment, and also with the Bank of France. The Bank of England had acted as his bankers since the failure of Messrs. Harman and Co., in 1846. AN EXCEEDINGLY FLASH MEMBER of the " swell mob" has been committed for trial by the Wolverhamp ton magistrates for picking the pocket of a lady whilst travelling in a first-class railway carriage. The prisoner, who was "working the line," abstracted time sovereigns, and returned the clasped purse to its place. TIMES ARE CILIN6En.—For several years the exiles of Poland residing in Paris celebrated the revolution of 1830. It was done privately, and without any countenance from the French government. On the present occasion the case is altogether changed, as the police have intimated to the Poles that they may meet as publicly as they please, and without any reserve as to the number present. A MAN ROASTED.—A most horrible event took place on Monday, in the brickfieldsbelonging to Messrs. Lawfordand Kelly, at Kentish-town, London. A man named Joseph Roberts was discovered lying on a brick-kiln, quite dead, and on examination parts of his body were literally roasted. The deceased, it is believed, went to the kiln for warmth, and lying down on it was speedily suffocated. RIGHT OF Downn.—The claim of Mrs. Jermy (now Mrs. Bacon), the widow of Mr. Jermy who was shot by Rush at Stanfield-hall, to dower out of the proceeds of timber, and fines payable on the renewal of customary freehOlds on her husband's estate, was heard and allowed at the Vice-Chancellor's Court on Friday. It was stated that Stanfield-hall has been unlet for two years, as no servants can be prevailed upon to sleep in it. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-A little before ten o'clock on Thursday morning, a serious accident occurred to the Liverpool morning mail train on the London and North-Western Railway. The train left London in due course, at nine a.m., and all seemed right until within a short distance of Berkhamstead station, when the axle of the engine broke, and the train was thrown across the rails of the up line. The guard, named Blarney, was killed on the spot, one lady was seriously injured, and several of the passengers were much bruised. While the train was lying across the rails, the 7.30 a.m. train from Birmingham came up, and before it could be brought to a stand it ran into the disabled mail train, by which one of the Birmingham passengers was much injured. The Liverpool train was detained upwards of two hours. A GRAVING Docß WOR GLASGOW.--There remains one work for which no Act of Parliament is yet sought by the authorities. We hear 'nothing of a graving dock but the want of it. There is much inconvenience, much expense, and probably not a little detriment to the class of large vessels now frequenting our port, but as yet there is no active movement with a view to provide a remedy. This very week, notwithstanding our boasted river improve ments, our noble ocean steamer, the Glasgow, has to go down to Greenock for the purpose of being docked and ex amined ! Are the Clyde Trustees asleep P—Glasgow Citizen. AN INDEPENDENT LABOUREII.—At a recent meeting of the Knowstone Agricultural Association, the servant of Mr. James Quartley, a tenant-farmer, having been ad judged the winner of a prize of 108., for "29 years: and nine months' servitude," his master said he was in structed by his labourer, Thomas Baker, to state that, as he had obtained an independency by his labour on the farm, he would not receive the anima of the prize for his own benefit, but wished it to be placed in the hands of the clergymen of the adjoining parishes,. for them to purchase some religious books by way of founding a library for the benefit of the poor. AN UNpnomisirm OLD LADY. The Sunderland Herald has the following amusing anecdote :—" The whole of the ladies of the village who were voters, with one exception, voted against the amendment of Mr. Elliott in the Houghton contest of the present week. One of them, entering the polling place with Mr. Hopper, was about to record her vote, when the Rev. Alfred Lee exclaimed, That old lady, Mrs. Shield, promised me to vote for the amendment.' Bridling up, she responded, with a look of scorn, ' I never gave a promise to any man in my life.' This intimation was followed by roars of laughter." FIRE BRICRS.—The Artisan contains some useful remarks on the advantage of lining the backs and sides of fire-plaies with fire-bricks :—" When a fire goes out the coals at the side of the fire are left unburnt, while the centre is consumed. This arises from the cooling powers of the iron at the sides, and hence arises the complaint that you must have a large fire or none at all. With fire 'brick the whole of the fire, however' small, will be kept , alight, an object of great consideration in spring - and .autumn ; and even after the fire is extinguished the fire brick lining will continue to diffuse warmth for some time. A no less important advantage is, that less smoke is pro duced." ME EARL OF STA.MFORD ASSAULTED DT POACHERS.— On Tuesday the Earl of Stamford, while walking alone in the neighbourhood of his seat, Enville-hall, near Stour 'bridge, heard voices in one of his preserves, into which he immediately walked, and found three poachers, who made off. His lordship pursued, and caught one of the fellows by the collar, but was immediately brought to the ground by a'heavy blow on the back of the head, which stunned him for a short time, of which the fellows availed them selves to get clear off. His lordship, on recovering him self, managed to get into the road again, but was so dis abled from the effects of the blow, that he was obliged to go into a cottage, and send for a carriage to take him home. Mus. WARYER, run ACTRESS.—Mr. Robert W. War ner, the husband of Mrs. Warner, the actress, applied to the London Insolvent Debtors Court, on Saturday, for protection. ER summing up the case, the commissioner said the evidence proved how greatly she was respected. Her Majesty had subscribed to her relief, and had provided her with a carriage, and Miss Burdett Coutts, whose name was found to every charity, and Mr. Macready, had also rendered her assistance. It did not appear to him that there were any extravagant debts in the schedule, and there was every reason to believe that they would have been paid but for Mrs. Warner's illness. He would not, therefore, embitter her hours of suffering by refusing pro tection. A day would, therefore, be named for the final order. Mrs. Warner's earnings in 1851, whilst in Ame rica, were £900; 1852, £500; and in the early part of this year £230. THE CHOLERA. IN SCOTLAND.—Since our last one fatal case of cholera has been reported from Arthur-street ; the victim, a child about seven years of age, was carried off in ten hours. We have also heard of one or two cases oc curring in private practice, but these are not reported to the parochial authorities. In Dundee the disease con tinues on the decline ; up to Sunday night there bad been 333 cases, and 167 deaths. Two eases were reported from Forfar on Tuesday and Wednesday last. From the board of health returns we learn that during last week the fol lowing has been the state of matters in Scotland :—ln Leith the cases approaching cholera were 2 ; cholera, 1; death, 1; deaths since commencement, 2. In Arbroath the cases approaching cholera were 2 ; cholera, 1; deaths since commencement, 14. In Dalmeny (South Queens ferry) there was 1 case approaching cholera ; cholera, 1 ; cases of cholera since the commencement, 3 ; deaths, 3. In Cupar-Fife 1 case of cholera. In Lift' and Bervie the cases of cholera were 3 ; deaths. 3 ; cases of cholera since the commencement, 4; deaths, 4. In Glasgow the cases of cholera were 2 ; death, 1; deaths since the commence ment, 2. In Edinburgh the cases of diarrhcea were 2 ; deaths from cholera since commencement, s.—Scotsman. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—The select committee on Parliamentary papers have made the following recommen dations to the House of Commons :-1. That a select com mittee of five members be appointed at the commencement of each session, of . which two shall fo rm a quorum ; and that to this committee all applications for Parliamentary papers, from free libraries, mechanics' institution s , or o th er public institutions established for literary purposes, be referred. 2. That on the receipt of any such application the committee shall direct an inquiry into the character of the institution, the number of its members, the accom modation it can afford for Parliamentary documents and enabling the public to consult them, and generally into any circumstances which, in the judgment of the com mittee, may afford a guarantee that the books presented shall be carefully preserved and rendered as accessible as possible to the public. 3. That with this information be fore them, the committee report what institutions are best d select entitled to receive th e P ar li amen t ar y papers, an such papers as they cons id er b es t a dapted for distribution, regard being had to the particular interests of each locality, and that no more than one institution in the same town or district (unless under particular circumstances) be entitled to the privilege ; that on such report being agreed to by the House, the Printing Com mittee make arrangements as to the additional num ber of copies which may be required. 4. That the committee be empowered to forward the reports and papers selected for distribution, free of postage, to the several in stitutions, and to impose such conditions as in ea c h parti mho case they may think fit, for their due preservation and for facility of public access to them. o. That each volume so distributed bear a stamp, stating that it is to be preserved in the institution. 6. That an annu a l report of the proceedings of the committee be laid before the House. MEASURES are being taken for the establishment of a school of mines in C PILGRIM'S " Pilgrim's Pro a Scotch missions printed at Amo: rst part of Bunyan's ss" has been translated into Chinese by 9, the Rev. W. C. Barns, and has been - HYDROPHOBIA IN ARGYLESHIRE. — This fearful malady has lately appeared in Blendarnel, Argyleshire. Last summer, on one farm, five dogs had to be destroyed. Since then the disease has appeared among the cattle, and the farmer has lost a rood many of them. Svmntoms of it have shown themselves among the h Glasgow Mail. • SUICIDE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Sunday week, about midnight, a man, 84 years of age, named John Beautyman, residing in New George-street, Hull, committed suicide by throwing himself out of his bedroom, a distance of about 50 feet from the ground. The old man had forced himself through a square of glass in his bedroom window, about 10 inches wide and 14 inches long. In jumping, some of the glass fell on the projecting stone of the win dow below, and aroused the old man's attendant, who im mediately ran up stairs, but too late to render assistance. COMPLAINT AGAINST THE RECORDER OF HULL.— The Eastern Counties Herald lately made some strictures upon Mr. Warren, the recently-appointed recorder of Hull, in reference to a sentence which he passed upon a poor lad of eigfilleeu months' imprisonment, and to be five times whipped. A gentleman wrote to the Secretary of State on the subject, and Lord Palmerston advised Her Majesty to remit the remainder of the whippings to which this prisoner was sentenced, and to reduce his term of ,-,e 0;, mori-hfa from the date of his conviction. Complaints are also made of the inequality of Mr. Warren's sentences. DRAWING AS 'A BRANCH OP NATIONAL EDUCATION. — The Board of Trade have just issued a circular masters of schools throughout the ki Lom in connexion FASHIONS FOR DEC_EATB_ER. -....-.----- THE COURT ,f the a unNA.L.) ening fin d' aim he exhibiti it begin- of newly dress and adornment which are put the temptation of the pretender to fashion. The robe Hortense is a chef d' ceuvre of skill. It is composed of double lampas, lilac, maize, or sea-green, shot with white. The skirt is brocaded in festoons, which -ircle the jupe. Every shade of the colour of the dress 'Toyed in the pattern, which gradually softens off • 41-..1- of the ground. Be- vented materials fi .te nuance to t ground is pure white thus pro wls round lists of a rid tween each festoon the ducin2 t of two skirts Loope girandole, another charming device, is Of light silk, witl all sparkling pris happy effect, the )f the chandelier. Loured reps. The a broad band of matic pattern, coloured lig The clan Ecossais. is flounces, four in number, are edged velvet, woven in the stuff, of varieg every colour of the Scotch clans, so other with marvellous ingenuity ai p laids, com p iu e one into the Nu entirely new disposition fo] success, in spite of its expensi velours d' Alexandrie, and con met with great It is called ground, -en in the stuff, and p: o mostly of the kind called yros de Tours, with horizon tal stripes of n arrow bl ac k ducing the richest effect ima velvet %I is another feint squares of black vel ie, and is likewise of et bordering the flou ices With cartel- mwe, correcting the stiff and formal effect of the square bordering. The new ideas of robes a l'Egyptienne with the narrow fringes bordering the many-coloured brilliant patterns a la /Ifemphis—a rEtrusque —a la Se- sostris, are now muc in vogue fringe is woven in stuff, and - ~.rowing it as it were with the Department of Science and Art, with a view to into the shade, and sparkling with every tint of the rain collect evidence as to the best modes now practised of , bow whenever the wearer is in motion. An entirely new affording elementary instruction in drawing. The masters fashion has been observed of late, which is said to hare been are desired to express their opinion -1. As to the extent the invention of the French Empress. Dresses of white or to which they consider drawing can be taught to a child brilliant coloured taffetas, with flounces to the waist, the in one hour a week, or, considering vacations, &c., about bordering of which alternates thus :—the one at the bot -40 hours a year. 2. The process in detail by which such tom of the skirt of most brilliant design, either plaid, instruction can best be given. 3. The character of the spotted, or giraudole ; the next one brocaded in various examples to be used, and some definition of the stages in nuances, catnleu .7e, the colour of the dress, and so on to which they should be used. I the top of the skirt. The new colour, jaune Nankin, has COLLISION ON THE MIDLAN D RAILWAY.—A dense fog been carried even to velvet, and trimmed with silver enveloped the town of Leicester and neighbourhood during blond, has been twice seen at the evening receptions at the whole of Tuesday and Wednesday, and occasioned a Fontainbleau. This colour, which we have endeavoured collision between a passenger and coal train on Wednesday in vain to denominate abricot and seaman, still main- morning. The coal train left Syston for Leicester, which tains its usurpation over every other. No toilet is com is about four miles and a half distant, about twenty plete without some article or other of this nuance. Black minutes before seven o'clock, and the up mail train, which ribbon is spotted with it for the hair ; knots of this col o u r is due at Syston five minutes before se v e n , followed at or are embroidered with silver to loop up ball dresses ; it shortly after the proper time, and when about midway ! even is permitted to encircle the face in dessous de cha between Syston and Leicester ran into the coal train. The 1 peau, as well as the throat, in the mead galont, worn in line was rendered impassable for a short time, and five of narrow ribbon for evening costume. The vent de chine— the passengers by the mail train were injured, but it is also an entirely new colour—appears' the most brilliant hoped that none of the cases will prove very serious. and becoming green ever yet invented—admirably suited THE MALVERN Rms.—The sixteenth purchase of to blond complexions. building land for distribution amongst the shareholders In coiffures de bal the fleurs diamenties, an entirely of the Conservative Land Society, has just been made at novel effect of art, will produce a revolution in the art of West Malvern, close to the picturesque church and par- I adornment, being transparent and light as crape, while sonage, and commanding a panoramic view of the vale of they are brilliant as the most costly jewels. The bouquet Hereforshire and the Welsh m o un tains. Th e estate is an sent to the Empress, on the occasion of her fete, consisted. easy walk from the Wass of the Wyche, well known as the of violets alone, but fresh and dewy, as if just gathered in fashionable drive by the Worcestershire hills to Great the woods, the dew hanging on the flowers, and weighing Malvern and Malvern Wells. We s t Malvern presents all ; down the leaves with the most perfect imitation of nature. the attraction of Great Malvern, with the additional ad- I An entirely new tranasse, called a jupe de jleurs, has just vantage of having a westerly aspect, a nd of being conse- I been completed for the Queen of Spain. It is composed quently protected from the cutting easterly winds. The ,of roses and narcissus which descend in long spiral wreaths Worcester and Hereford Railway, which is in progress, from beneath a quilling,which encircles the dress bel ow th e will have a station at the Wyche. • waist, and fall to the very edge of the first jupe of tulle. GREAT SLAUGHTER OF CATS.—Great commotion has , An aiguilette with long tendrils is worn upon one shoulde r; for some time past prevailed amongst the inhabitants of ; the tendrils reach to the elbow. The new shaped couronne La Citb, and especially the elderly female portion of them, Bragance, with a very full bunch of mingled roses and on account of the sudden and mysterious disappearance of • narcissus on one side, and long tendrils on the other, is their cats. The restaurateurs were strongly suspected of worn with this parure, the tendrils falling on the opposite having taken the animals, for the purpose of making them ! shoulder to that occupied by the aiguilette. do duty as rabbits and hares —a service in which it seems I No variety has appeared as yet in the coi f fures en they are often employed in Paris. B u t they vehemently cheveux. The bandeau Felix,. the rouleau Leopold, still protested their innocence. Complaints were made to the su p erse d e a ll others. The hair is still turned back from police, and a watch was set. They succeeded in capturing the face, while not the slightest appearance of curl is a man who had several cats in his possession. He ad- , visible, save now and then beneath the bonnets a long witted, without hesitation, that it was h e wh o had killed I repentir may be discerned, to finish as it were the enca the cats ; and said he had done it to sell the skins to I drement afforded by the wreath across the forehead. One hatters—it having been recently discovered that they are of the great inconveniens of this mode of coiffure is now a capital substitute for those of the beaver. When arrested strkingly visible, viz., the necessity of wearing rou g e, in, a large crowd gathered round him, and it was with diffi- order to restore that life to the countenance whiclithe culty that he could be preserved from ill treatment.— removal of the hair destroys. All our lionnes are coin- Galignani. pelled to adopt this mode ; moreover the East _ _ TliE SPECTRE OF BENCIIOINEACIL—A correspondent of the Edinburgh Courant states that on the 21st ult. at 11-30, a.m., while on a ridge of Benchoineach, a hill of 3,000 feet altitude, in pursuit of white hares, he had an opportunity of witnessing the phenomenon generally known as the " Spectre of the Brocken." The mist was driving in clouds over the ridge of the hill, and the sun shining brightly. At intervals, a beautiful double " fog bow" was formed in the mist. The inner bow appeared about 80 yards distant, and about 30 feet diameter ; the colours were bright, but not so bright as in the rainbow ; and occassionally his shadow was strongly and distinctly projected on the misty clouds, and apparently at a greater distance than the prismatic arches. It required a certain density of .mist to produce the shadow, as, when the mist was either too dense or too rare, he saw no image. The effect was very singular, as the "spectre" flitted in and out method of dying the eyebrows and the inside of the eyelids has been found advantageous, in order to animate the eyes, and one is struck at the novel expression beheld on the countenances of our fair Parisian belles at the theatre and promenade. Gloves, ala mousquetaire, are again adopted, with afertneture of caoutchouc to prevent them falling back over the hand. Some few pocket handkerchiefs, with deep fringe instead of lace, have appeared in high circles ; but the experiment is still too fresh to allow of its being termed a decided fashion. Coloured shirts, with broad breast frillings, have been eagerly adopted by our exquisites for morning costume. No waistcoat is worn with these new shirts, a la Bresilienne. Nankin colour, or sea green, are the colours preferred. A narrow border of a leaf pattern, either pink or white, runs along the edge of the frill, and is repeated round the collar and wrist- Genovefain cloaks are still worn, ing to the state of the mist. As the ground fell very abruptly below him, the inner bow was more than half a circle. broad black vel Jordered by a the comfort of wide ind possessinb loose sleeves. PROGRESS OF THE BEARD.—The moustache move ment has taken root among authors and artists. All the Crystal Palace employes are to wear the hairy chin and upper lip livery which nature has given to man. Some are advancing favourably :Mr. Samuel Phillips has con sulted Truefit to great advantage ; Mr. Owen Jones has presented his Alhambra razors to a friend ; and Mr. Digby Wyatt is designing a pair of mediwval scissors to keep his beard and, imperial in good order. If the epidemic rages, and beards come once more into fashion (thanks to Mr. Chorley and Mr. Albert Smith), we shall be curious to see what shaped beard the new editor of the Quarterly will assume, and how the President of the Royal Academy will cultivate his imperial and moustache. The hair on the upper lip of Shakspeare's bust, at Stratford, might form a good model for some dramatic writer for the Surrey ; and the whiskers which Vandyck wears might be copied with advantage by some high-hung contributor to the Gallery in Suffolk-street. The curiosity expressed in literary and artistic circles on this unexpected adornment of the face is great and general. We shall watch the movement and report progress—perhaps call in an artist to depict the growth of three weeks, with and without macassar.— ROM LA. . Very few hoods ar e now worn FOLLET on Tal ) mas or Bournous; they are replaced by a large square collar failing over the shoulders, with pointed corners in front : it is fixed at the neck by a cord or broad ribbon to match the trimming. We have seen black cloth Talmas bordered with velvet palms, between each of which is another, embroidered in twisted silk, and so placed as to cross the velvet one Thore is en material called lou Ere, very heavy, and might be styled " double cloth," but warm and comfortable for travelling costumes. The trimming for this material is a broad black braid, with edges to match the colour of the loutre. Simple and pretty pelisses for young girls are made of drab cachemire, lined with a plaid flannel. Furs occupy an important place in this winter's fashions. Ermine and marten are made up in most elegant and comfortable styles. The shape of the Talma mantle, either in cloth or velvet, deserves notice : avoiding the profusion of plaits towards the bottom, which so ill suit a fur trimming, and yet retaining sufficient fulness to give both ease and eleganc Plain black satin is Illustrated News. A DARING ADVENTURE.—One of the most remarkable instances of the successful daring of a resolute will has come to our knowledge during the present week in the shape of no less a feat than the prosecution of a solitary sea voyage to London, in a laden craft. The facts are as follows :—The billy-boy Kate, of Goole, of between five and six keels burthen, was, about three weeks ago, desert ed in Hartlepool by her crew, after her cargo, ab ou t 6,0 00 dozens of glass bottles from the Middleton manufactory, was all safely stowed, and everything made ready for pro ceedidg to sea. Under these circumstances, the master, aptly named Admiral Harrison—in no very good humour, fts may be imagined, at the prospect of losing favourable wind and weather while seeking a crew—suddenly formed the extraordinary resolution to undertake the voyage alone; and, incredible as it may appear, he immediately adopted it. With the assistance of a companion, he got a single reef put in the mainsail of the vessel, got under weigh, and then, without any other companion than a favourite dog, set out to sea. Eight days afterwards he employed a waterman at Gravesend to take him up the Thames, and rather surprised the fresh-water sailor by summoning his canine friend by a shrill whistle when the article in requi sition was " the Admiral's mate." We may add to this, that neither the cargo nor the vessel was insured.—Sun derland News. judge by several I this material. At this season worn, the elegant which they now app, b ain worn this winter, if we may eautiful dresses that have been made in the year, shawls are always much nd novelty of colour and design with ar before us have never been equalled they may almost be called des objets d'art. urs, the , ground is always either black, the two latter of quite different shades from any worn lately, the blue especially being of a bright ness resembling the blue bottle. Scarlet, also, which has been repudiated for the last thirty years, has regained itS place in all toilettes. The great demand for feathers, this season, has been —indeed As for the co: zreen, or blue the source of many inventions, which will be the triumph of milliners, and of dressmakers also ; for feathers have become one of the most recherche ornaments for ball dresses. Fringes in feathers or marabouts abound in such variety and beauty as almost to defy description. Flat bordering, or rouleaux of the same, are made in all shades ; three or four rows of either round the skirt of a dress of lampas. or brocade have a most elegant appear ance. In black, the effect is admirable upon a dress:of moire antique, or satin. In the latter case it is worn as a visiting-dress. Small rouleaux qe also placed between lace flounces. Ir tively intersperse trimmings jet is so efTee- Ls to secure favour for it duriniiiiis WARNING TO WEARERS OF THE MOUSTACHE short time since, a young gentleman, belonging tc Much taste is displayed in the flowers for this season. Those composed of crape and velvet possess a novelty a n d Illuaorts‘ 4. , e e , -- --- ricnness bUltaus , t-,, v.., 1 ,,,, cui , insinons. town of Denny, having just emerged from his teens, was It is impossible to imagine anything p re tti er an d more particularly anxious about this insignia of manhood, and varied than the dress and ncsgligi handkerchiefs now ap had for three months assiduously cultivated the growth pearing. The most elegant—those which are placed in upon his upper lip. A dancing ball being in prospect ap- corbeilles—are most beautifully embroidered in satin peared to him an excellent opportunity of making a display stitch and guipure, which produce the appearance of of his improved anti-juvenile appearance, and in order to magnificent lace d'Alencon, or Venise. cut as bold a figure as possible, he conceived the idea of Drawn bonnets of terry velvet and pink satin, edged by making his naturally fair complexion for the nonce assume a rouleau of white marabouts, slightly tinted with pink, a darker hue; he had, therefore, recourse to an acquaint- and continued round the back so as to form a curtain, are anee, who had gone through a cours e o f chemical studies, extremely pretty; no ornament on the front, which is for a dye that would produce the required transformation. i com posed of drawn satin and velvet alternately ; between each of these bouillonne's is plat - toil . .flo4- ----- __ . - He was recommended to try nitrate of silver to produce t i.iawki nat crossways band, the desired effect, and the ball 1 night being near a hand, I tl7ree-quarters of an inch wide, of pink satin, trimmed he instantly set to work, and that same evening, before with a row of spots embroidered in white silk. Inside are going to bed, liberally anointed the region of the mouth i little bunches of • , a sen- it vi nue and pi n k c l emat i s w i t h crape h - the above-mentioned solution, ex - peeting , no doubt of theh t leaves, and small mara b outs, the strings of pink sati• fair sex. Before dawn, however,he awakened with on the morrow, to excite the envy and admira embroidered on e ac h e d ge w i th white silk spots. ,withvA very : _ ,41// ay .....-- ,---, --- ------ -- -----:-n—p_ of white Mond & n( so small'as scarcei; to chs' tinguished fact that, instead of a luxuriant growth of beautiful ume 'I from a full-dress cap. On each side of the front is a mewl hair adorning his upper lip, the hair had entirely vanished, formed of barbel of blond, held by branches of small and the skin instead had assumed the desired hue of the loses, falling irregularly on the shoulder. hair mortified. By his new appearance he has since been obliged to seclude himself from puhlic gaze; and should Small velvet jackets—so much worn at home, and to not Rowland come to his aid, fears are entertainNi Him- L. complete denii : ne - gliye': toilettes—are not at all likely to this win bandoned has permanently denuded himself of this questionable ornament on juvenile physiognomy. —Glasgow Chronicle. PROTRACTED LAW.—Th IRISH CITI7RCIT Mrssrows TO TILE ROSIA NISTS. — A e proceedings in the bankruptcy s p ec i a l meeting of the friends and supporters o f th e S oc i ety of Messrs.Chambers,bankers,of New Bond-street and South for Irish Church Missions to the Romanists was held at Holton-street, London, which were commenced as far back I Exeter-hall on Thursday, the Duke of Manchester, pre as 1825, were brought to a close by the final winding up sident of the society, in the chair ; the object being to of the bankrupt's estate in the Court of Bankruptcy, on I explain the present important position of the missionary Tuesday. The firm stopped payment in 1824, and the estate work amongst the Romanists in Ireland, and the circum was being wound up by trustees nominated by the credi- stances in which the society is placed. Amongst those on tors, !when a docket was struck, and the firm declared the platform were Lord Cholmondeley, Sir G. Pollock, Sir disputed P. Maitland, Hon. Capt. Maude, Colonel Alexander, Capt. bankrupts. The validity of the bankruptcy was by Mr. Chambers, on the ground that be had not com- Kelly, W. Gregson, Esq., P. P. O'Malley, Esq., J. Watt, mitted any act of bankruptcy ; and a series of trials took Esq., J. A. Hankey, Esq., J. G. Shepperd, Esq., Admiral place, in which all the first legal talent of flip ay was Hope, Admiral Harcourt, Rev. A. Dallas D engaged, to determine this a )arently gimp] le point; the Rev. A. D contests occupied the differetit courts ror a penuu u 1 Len years. At length—"ln the Court of Queen's Bench, in 1835, a compromise was effected, by which, in considera tion of £25,000, Mr. Chambers admitted the act of bank ruptcy, but the validity of the bankruptcy was still liable to be disputed by other parties, and one person did con- um% eu tne first that recent events clearly show that the 'reading the knowledge of the Gospel )gether with the converts from Ro miring Romanists, are exposed to mipted by the Romanist priesthood, 'ed on - tl -4 " in- tinue to contest it for some years anerwarus. mile various Chancery suits in which the diffe7nt estates had been in volved, and the judgments which had been obtained ngainst Mr. Chambers, had then to be cleared off. Some these were arranged, and against others a perpetual in- junction Lord Chancellor, in ,Weans had was to by g t e h t eo them ' satisfied the courts of co mmon law. The other estates w ere th us set free, and eabeegiri granted d d some Chancery suits, in which they were also involved, having -been successfully terminated, the estates wer e a ll sold." After thirty years, therefore, the final dividends have been declared, amounting, with the previous ones, to 16s. in the pound on the joint estate of father and son 17s. 6d. on the sew. - -t-J tb after every ol and os. on the separate estate of the e so n. ate The expenses of the 2 thirty years' litigation have been £37,700. The original credi tors are nearly all dead, and none of the five original assignees have lived to see the matter brought to a con clusion. THE EARL OF A LDBOROUGH AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.— An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine after every other means had failed.—(See extract from his lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845.)—T0 Pro fessor Holloway,—Sir,---I beg to acquaint you that your Pills have effected a perfect cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect ; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad.—(Signed) ALDBORotran." These wonderful Pills will cure any disorder of the liver or stomach, ;tail, and others persons engaged in sp of Truth in Ireland. t manism nd th ay persons under ilea, —,, is absolutely necessary to call the attention government to the subject, and especially to the it attempt to put down the exhibition of placards and are discussed. That with this view, the memorial read at this meeting be forwarded to her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, signed by the chairman, in the name of the friends and supporte rs of the Society for Irish Church Missions to the Romanists, in several of whose missions the persecution has been most intense." A memorial to the Secretary of State for the r Department, based upon the resolution, and the facts eon At” cm.prh was here read by the • t MIURA 111 .01.1". intl.., Z z•pv , •• " -- - .., - ......“. u nto . The motion was carried una n imously.—The R ev. R. Bickersteth proposedthe towards t an r i es s oltuhteion:—" That the reformation of progress of the missions of the Societ y for Irish Church Missions to the Romanists h as been such as calls for gratitude to the Almighty , a nd j ustifies th e hope that ini. ViN portant results, tending Ireland, by its emancipation from Roma nism, might be expected, if suffi c i en t means were contributed t o ena b le the committee to meet the demands f or instruction na4e, thedbeyntv m ve o r l man y of the Romanists in_that 'Country V, He entered into a long and hi g hl y i ntereStinc. 6 i : d en - le a of the success which had att e nd ed the 'opefahons of th o very g eneral 5 pirit of inquiry at present, so society. The resolution was agreed to, and the meetiniti feparated. ti,