The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1853 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. —...._•_-_-___. TRE Sum of £20,000 has been apportioned by the nealth Committee for paving in the various out-townships. ELIZABETH PTE, 18 years of age, died last week r at Preston from loss of blood, occasioned by want of ca e after having been bled with ten leeches. TESTIXONIAL.—The ladies of St. John the Baptist's C'earch, Toxteth-park, have presented their clergyman, the Rev. James Hassell, with a handsome gold watch and chain. VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.— The newly-enrolled regi bleat of royal artillery vo l unteers assembled on Tuesday, for throwonth's training at the depot, at Everto n , an d wen t training a variety of manoeuvres. A BURGLARY was, a few nights ago, unsuccessfully attempted in the house of Mr. Alexander Henry, late 11 1 -P. for South Lancashire, at woodlands, near Man capturedeue!ter-ne of the burglars, named Morris, was aft _ . ~._er a struggie. AT LANCASTER INSOLVENT COURT the deputy judge ` use ir„ ha ,rged T. Tattersall, of this town, corn-broker; J. -•"'°wies) victualler ; P. Robinson, of St. Helens, book eene „,i- r ' . 1. - Collins, of this town, vinegar -manufacturer ; "'"i ,i' Roberts, victualler. J. Leigh, of this town, saddler,,„ was remanded for two months. I,_-AnEit Max. —Now that apples are cheap and plentiful, - 7 11 : 1 =,' in many instances only half the price of potatoes, heirmers about Preston have commenced giving them toorecattle, and it is found that cows will milk better 1 .ta eating aPPles than they will when eating turnips, P°la ,„._toes, man gold wurtzel or other similar vegetables. ,autt STEAM NAVIGA 'o - Ac —M r Tindal, resident Zasolicitor for thme Doardr-oisTrade, laid . an information ii co o Z ll3 ) 3 e j t ° w h e il en uag li,; l3Y ' owner of the steamer Invincible, ,„ —v erPool and the Seacombe Ferry, for hoa imardn, ngtheistlenedge,lll/2 without having a certificate o •,,,., , -As The case having been established, the :t er 2°s ' " lutiPosed. John Mitchell, the master of ea mer, was fined I Withshillin g co sts. s saßms . s., a , ._ Mr. t thviii j ACCIDENT happened on Tummy t:o Worthin ani h es ' ar t i •es 'tilde hunting in the Downs with the fell down dead ' • ;Hie borse, a valuable one, suddenly vessel of th h ' and ,s supposed to have ruptured some Mr. j ar „,, e - eart• The animal, in falling, rolled upon of 3,1,„ . T 18' wh o WAS re r"Ved from the Downs to the house seasibiLe_ri Day, the trainer at Finders, in a state of in jame..7. Though ser i ° i 'IT Z hOped ~ us y bruised by the fall, Mr. SleArt:ll , will be speedily convalescent. \t n,,,, ° ,l t h sid eitureEr°byll taTil ki e ng sdaY out som par e personsofaweinnted.orewdoFnatrhn e,,ll who, • path estry they forced a strong iron e w hest, Ih n to Iv h:: Ltl?e registers are kept, out of %or ; l' e u It was firmly built, stnd threw it on the vest ry vestry t empt tV, without leaving any marks .upon it .1 1 . an _t- e 4 .c whey had eute€l' ay I h. Pen it, the y a p pear to have decampe without doing any furt n h e e h r Bs ti left-"teir retreat seems to have been , hasty, inasmuch d li two n , ,-- e Y two crowbars, t. stonegetter s pick, an --- - , ons' h am lif , rt mere behind akin. `Col onial ' ,„sE eraio strias.—Messrs. Bushby and . C 0 .,, of raspetheizeseia-urieTngs, have on view a collection of curiosities, Ther e .tlia of than usnifl;but possessing some very fine the workmanship of this curious people. ana a `* eight very large and handsomely-figured, cu Wits, and intgreat.number it, smaller sizes. The most c ~r i kelatibloacteresholdlieg articles, however, are the card cases end Cha d worled in silver, and worked, too, so seen is rat edY, Out when held up to the light, the tracery clitio n Z r , ° °„st as fiat as that of the spider's web. •1n ad- L aud san-atese, anfltases also made of tortoiseshol4,lvors, ''°z fc' r- wol, there are some very elegant ladies ;cork ten:47lla' .and articles belonging to the toilette. The ehiae4twill intlade a Chinese mandarin's rdbt . s, and a T. 1•61. 4 ,„..,. '8 c 1r0,„,..5, both complete in every annualpartrar- ateeth i -----, NECTIANICS' INSTITUTION.— The ebgswashelitat the Town-hall, on 3londas T- ,- 111 s e .s, t week. au x ~,,,41r was arcupied by Mr. Meill• tement a Ppea7 1337 Ntr. liirkman, the secretary, tabli s h e e cl d tkat the institution, which has rally JAI been ie es -14.o.11;,11. h it The ex- Peas e , h a Yer, is in a prosperous "' al p •tie receipts have been a-Tounted to £46 7s. 2 4 4 . , a-F -lustaai *'.3 Os. 414., leaving a balance in favo t ur e of the and ne ,...,. °l-I „cf el 6 16s. 2d. Several gentlemen clergy,of the to have oase%ra, °Qtrhood, including some of the th ns titu ti calo deliver lectures, for the benefit of ° a) data °/1 Ivecit.4.te th e winter season ; such lectaires to e be given ~,laatt "laY evenings, in the lecture rotnt. "3 8 chit RORR ERY.—On Thursday, James Anderson linto rged with knocking a gentleman down, and robbin n g edzief Aabout 1 40., in Hoo-street, about _ .half_past ten o ii. -a -ft.,,,, Y Mr. John Sergeant, ,estanet-maker, 19, 'alat C„ c et, who is engaged at the Amphitheatre '"'.'.., rile u„' 4 .,as , Passing along Roe-streetimiten two Amphitheatre, stated '4lstatet; t° 111 M. Ile pushed them away ; and wentfollowed n , 1 7 14 Ist' - (I°`ll Rood -street, when he was _ hi u r T i clewh, :Goner and four other men, Who knocked ' llife ' 4 , 11 , r ifled his pockets of about lAs., it lis.„11•4. snuff-box While down, the prisoner told together wit h h im a th... , ~Ulade th 2,7" 8 `... t.. ir e least resistance . he would cut his —7—, - ' ,l th e H e i mmediately ave infortuation . to the_ police : stso, Prisormr was apprehended is art in Ps_acY li°e 111174taine pi ae n gi . Il e g eni to m it ar;:rectrial a t the sessions. 7"ll.llbeerel° he Was concealingtn himstreTalliseokfnolufendahm'd utor Ihlien n il !!;r• oy LATE.—A quantityof silver Pl_ate was s.. 4l Yer s - m th e 1 8th ult. front . tile , house of Mrs. Elizabeth . A Otke L a W iCIO 1)1+ 4.lSta„, Widow lady, resid i ng in ,0. 66, Grove-street. - rt s , ,b,,,,ang every inqutry, no lidings of the stolen vi.„7 4 a 24'4! obtained till the .28th (of the same mou re th . , t in Banast -`qi-ct tr" laforined a police-officer , on du 3' ii - r all - the pox her , brother had seen a' , . sessi o quantity of sNe plate mild Richard Dunn and i i 4 - 1 ,10, S ingio _ fl. of two boys Ta s h m sza u, on inquiry, it tuned out that t na he m t ed, wo Ise/ t i cetl4- i 1 -, the plate to a man and his if ilitt-Gt-listrveesY, John and Bridget rarNulty,. residing in hh. I, B jPeet, for 88. The fem• were taken . into custody, o Y n , whiZday 1 ::;8' , brought before the-police magistrate, l'e s C,.. (.1 : ly aceit, were remanded . _ t lap, last, on in-,,-sat ioo -eY were again :brought , and after an in ?haifort tile two boys and Johz_ M leasele*Nulty ial, the ' trate refusing to re 'Nulty were corn- It' liiB . ma discharged. 4 . 11 Wife was o —The members held ot ; tlr al in li t , ? l ' °oll -kPuic S c'lirr.r. at the Royal Insta -ti,_'o4. °,,,,-"IY meeting on Tztesdaffilagt, It appears • - , at t ine tiger - Corey 13 ( . 43 he soviet wBB.° stesay : pre4TOSS, and now. of sa,_ ov a ,.Y Is making It.-. 0.--; )190 members. Some ,r,t,ee.t, and on coloured glass were exhibited --excellent specimens • led by Mr. n sR t , . a brief discussion to whether gutta h en'etr experience in the ma ..en ttc atic r d, as several_ members se. Mr. ° a —lll4 be made available ;f°r this P lCt ur r a views in the exhi bited a portable appm a uu for ta i gpresented ) Y liPeb air, and called attentionto a camera, 'ILI Atk* `, I) tat e d . nison to the society. Flt has itsbeen recently callid, :after inventor, 14/lilti t teseln J'ranee' and d rr is ' then -read a paper on the I l; of ° L... 31rT. lbot, y and an-interesting discussion tifee n ;' Gs to th F°x ' a lit of Mr. 'Mot to several of h la, eries claimedereal rig It seemed to be the opinion the . b y him. .h e , recently kia4.4- ' nes ting however, that ?by -the permission tohis process, , l t ILY Ilr• Talbot, likenesses I Gses ' - 'y Multiplied to any extentisbnt n t:ef sale according not for the pur tedhe Was -. '"NtrE'r AT THE Town -arsaz.-4-en W..' A " en es th da et y ain It :sfilAfttl the Mayor, Samuel 11010.4, Esq., oing the Earl l i5t5,,,,-__ • hT•tn,--a..--uished party Mr. h. -- ` - r , i, bY, Sir John Heron 1,-raril„Bawnrt,.,..p., Bl,x,m,_'•• Liddell, M.P. Mr. Willia m Ea war a Cust, Sir John ence Heyworth, lA,r kAil,,,, _, Admiral Grenfell,Fie"idAreile/atieueßev oi - 1311153rw is Ashton, the tor 1 0.1 145 411, Rev. R. M. h 'm r , .1;11. Turner, Mr. C. I\ 4 : l ;k e t t lerk, Mr. HentLA.smton,rd Cropper, Mr. Hardman ), lt ‘le ilkl ''Ca r. P \ t ell ; y i n n es il_letc_ Fletcher, Ca . ptain German (Presto to n n G Thompson, Mr. Johnston aiL'lughes (Kinmell), M. - _ 4 -117%-ltall), Mr. H. Littledale, Mr. T ... . , littledale, r. 1,4,105t1, Mr. G. Hall Lawrence, " . Mr. a ~ X . oss, Mr. T. E. Ilsnr,,,;lllfichard Naylor, Mr. Daniel Nan, M. r. George kr. elciveall, M_ r. Pedder (Preston),intern P r otte_r, It.A.;Zrls, teplmr Ra don, Mr. William Ratiinone, 3 r._y_V r . „„tiharre,lack, 11r. Fwrancis Shand, Mr. John Stewa . rt, Mr l'elnosor,-4141#,„41'5,Mr. J. A. Tobin, a l l . 'eau 1 - , ara g .„. ~,, • --cAit- r •Aclas n 13. „ ,au/, Mr. J. NWalker,..l" ,;.. C y ha w oursn,„ •-^ia-son and Mr. Fralle/S ne r ood les . n alrhe pee . taA. l , , , SOCIETY. - tt ° -'-'; bled. 'ND AacszoloGlO.L. nt oe n e ico lt°3ll4 ,4 l ty....-ing for the PreGe was held ..„9‘, sess The chair was -tio*''' by "diun, on Wedna--y. tout. Mr. ' ehlst' the P fi res presented to the e tk,%, e ,,, Charles Vere e ' k tfet ' "Itv announced the donations,: ° P s k - the rpa,. 4 ., 3r k,..., r amongst which .were li la - hi:' of •v a ,- -l lng the recess, a va tectud)artolic7las„,„. ,learned societies' proceed,. nave of.the archi -4.: ,of y• sasid engravings illloati- ,a,„„couipara -I"ve itr e' erliee, and. a diagram showinge ir 7 rpo.l. .and. ;:h...c10a. se ~...(31%tolanage- of the Ports of p;.7cuttda.,;."``Go stated that the British A-ssooiat4ll. Thetl l` .4 s nn _ i dent th — e . „ °° ,_ht their next meeting in this town- ts,ve(led te7rtrvesed the openingakre-a-Atioin;W:weilthhee p et 0 , whu ft , ~ otiee the architectural a t - and I , ll , tew ' !ore, _:‘, ow.ev4r, have not been gre ent; „ Theasew 4i4sie.h4;ll.geatiomsefsr future imProvemh acv to h n '' ~,,_, 110t1,4baseet, a few churc es, ani .„,„,„ai sosse thkh" kay ),--,--utn, ore the principal ones, and r"'77,:r. iZa c cba,... 43 . 1 ' have added very much, yet nes? Ja B l S so r le. 4 88i°11 Pe town improvements, and . . I :; :lc jety li th p° l 4 the ado rn u meu ri t of it. I cannot but think U aftl a the?,Y eftgratulate ;itself upon its excellent report sqhTet th4uProrenaent of 4tbe town having contrilsta .. ted to the. Is s -4 Get e attention f thoo taking an interest in ghat' ' and 1 1,3...- ° - e • much loj'et t, c —.eve it will farm the basis of day the ak. h ..4 eo 1-'e has I - noire' that this very . tt, oil has decided apply for an act of parl talc' to I l t ah le it to make a new street from St. Georges stsfl 11 oorfield, to wtiden litatton-garden, the lower a. ,evei,'` •tiairdman-street, and .the lower . end of V. % V vher. Us s ee Peas e 4e are all steps in the right direction. 'Mot What commerce io, there art flourishes. Now let he 4 1... e R2OO Liver Pool can do. 'We are going t tavv.,7' sne„'"'", -)- Let us spend it •wfullY firs- , b b) ut s l p et en i d t 1116E* Trent F T as to contribute to the adornment of and ,asei,-;:ate F.e 1.4 one spot in this town, that with care d. 4 ..ect -11*uditure, might be made .one of the finest Nis ural - scarcely say, th e tie to features in the weld. I awed f a ll f 444144 th e BPace aSt Genrge'S Vali' Theo li , which fns roun . many ,to b e so great a .1 c4.14 4 1 , l'tttio"B.„l"._.° actsaeenniimedisttans°t element - .iu its favour; z o 4 h 4 the wnug Unit deformity, St Ni 'I ou,,'"rat Period of English tecture JohnlaChurch . , built Gothic °min ed by' t he - Pk air" O f the humest professors of tiaLs /rein sstoo* evel asphalted dace, ni g ht s of —4(lia`l°rate..the isigh levels, giving the reality of use to 'lch LIN as-" 7; bY placing around it other public y require, 1:4,7 a free li e wants of the community ) * ,-,',"f * 8t 1-turarY, the Derby Museum, a • c ti "'lee ' "{Ain' literary and scientific institutions,_ new church, 4 14i, fi, a.„4„. , c 1, ' l lrro u „ A ' 4I MT rooms, lecture rooms,. Picture gal the Place , s ' e ecle st eo, ne,,„,,ed by balustrades like those in "Nh s l'al, pa` l o ? 11l Pulls, Rostral candelabra, a fountain, ti bey uly I,:vt°44s with statues, and vases. England, it e lte 44 Ul an an othe t - uses such decora tUll y. n _ Y r coun tNr...., I hter e --, `-'9e eituation urgently calls for them, '' a 11 t heniation of the suare columns of St. i kPaltc* Ae li C h 'ril a y The effect to the building would be ex ikht Ile ... .thy for as they would be placed upon the ilut . the Rh 7 columns, and thus receive abundant tl l c4 h %eh e e t tlie Portico behind would throw them se 41 -8 itt an thig and almost Is'o ti lad h front lim i ll 4 -as• 1 ' ould ha ---Y call for some real *caleffect. Two bare IPAli m aant, h i ve statues thereon. We have good and AI ' d *O ll4 B „ ,T4Liv rpool, and a small sum annually . l i tili t,Z c 'ratioi t :' L" Live r with this chaste and beene -11 e sn e i '---1111. pistonitch wanted, and intended by tn e tkr qv% • then 1)4 Ott, aLlon., read an interesting rawer m; LAtr. /1,-64 excursion to Beeston, Banbisry, and kind ' and -.flaw-- aft h also `", voted to af r , Picton for his 'ttr w i,.. ill Mr. Tollemaehe of Peckforton, for his '''4oa tt:rl3l.oettt. the society to inspect the castle, ugs terminated, ROYAL M7RSEY YACHT Cmat.—At the monthly meet- ' lag on Tuesday, it was determined to hold a ball this season, which will take place as soon as the arrangements can be made. There were seven new members elected; and previous to the meetinc , the members sat down to dinner at the Birkenhead Hotel. The members will hold their meetings during the winter months at the club house, Duke-street, to commence in November. The yachts are now laid up for the season. CULIOUS DEATH OF A CHILD.—An illegitimate child, about ten months old, named Elizabeth Maddox, whose parents reside at No. 21, Lydia Ann-street, died on Wed nesday under the following rather singular circumstances. While at tea, the mother, who had the infant on her knee, gave it a bit of a mutton bone to suck, and in a short time afterwards the child appeared to be choking. The woman did not know what to do, and ran off with the child to Mr. Woods, a druggist close by. He put his finger into the child's throat and said he felt a piece of meat in the wind pipe, and then returned the infant to its mother in a lifeless state. An inquest was held, when a verdict of " Died by suffocation" was returned. In recording the verdict, .the coroner expressed his disapprobation of the treatment which the child had received from the druggist. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting, held on Wednesday, at the workhouse, Mr. Harrison pre sided. The other guardians present were the Rev. W. Badnall, Messrs. Allpass, Heyes, Wainsley, Lunt, Abra hams, Craig, Roskell, Medcalf, Tattersall, M`Gee, Horsfall, G. Harrison, James Birch, Jeffries, Xirkus, Dry, Davies, Owen, and Mountfield. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be £317 13s. 10d. The sum of £6-1.6 4s. Bd. was ordered to be repaid to the public loan society. It appeared, from the proceedings of the work house committee, that spirituous liquors had been intro duced into the house, and it was resolved that legal pro ceedings should be taken against the offending parties. A pauper, Jane Hunter, with two children, having applied to be sent out to New London, Canada, it was agreed that the consent of the Poor-law Board should be requested with reference to the guardians defraying the cost of her emigration, Tenders for the supply of best seconds bread until the 25th March, 1854, were received from Mr. Ambrose Archer, at the rate of 21d. per lb. Mr. Cape was appointed clerk and bookkeeper to the hospital, at the salary of £3O a year, with rations ; and the clerk was directed to take proceedings against Mr. Rose, for the re- moral of a naisance cause d b y th e d epos it o f night soil in Sefton-street, Toxteth-park. On the motion, of the Rev. W. Badnall, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to -•:—" That this board, from an anxious wish to co-operate with the authorities in Liverpool in devising and adopting measures for arresting the progress of Asiatic - cholera, do hereby request the medical officers of such parts 'of this uni on as are s it ua t e w ithi n the.borough of ' Liverpool, to make a daily return of all cases of Asiatic eheilera occurring in their respective districts to the Medi cal-officer of Health for Liverpool, at the public-offices, Cornwallis-street ; and, further, that the relieving-officers • coo report to this board any nuisance which they may con , Sider injurious to public health,or the filthy condition of any lodging or other dwelling:house of which they may have knowledge." After the transaction of some other , routine business, the board adjourned. 1 MEETING OF THE DUKE a WELLINGTON AND FIELD MARSHAL BLUCHER.-111 our advertising columns it will be seen that the fine picture, painted by T. J. Barker, i of the meeting of the two illustrious military chiefs, at Lx. ' BELLE ALLIANCE, on the evening of the Battle of Waterloo, is now on vie w , a t the Lyream, in Bold-street. The sib ject is one which has often been referred to in story, and several versions of the inlikient are given ; but, as a pictorial scene, it was reserved for Mr. Barker, and that artists treated it with his williknown tact and artistic skill. The picture consists of two principal groups, the first consist ing of Hi s G race th e D uke of Wellington, Lord Arthur Hill, (afterwards lord Sandys,) and the Hon. henry Percy; the other being Field-Marshal Blucher, 'general Gneisenau, the son of Field-. Marshal Blucher, one or two other Prussian effirers, and an orderly. All the members of both groups are mounted, the Duke on his celebrated charger " Copeiiiragen," and Blucher on the horse he had ridden throughout the day. All the parties ar.d animals are portraits, vepied from well authenticated, and good likenesses. Inpoint of artistic treatment the*cture is a very fine one; 'the grouping and general effect being managed wilt. a fine eye to pictorial combination. In colour, the elfect of twilight (somewhat nferred by the glare of lighteander which the picture is shown) is truth ful, and in fits solemnity contrasts expressively with the dimly seen . action, and smothered conflict 'of the back ground, the' distance of which is luridly lighted up by the flames of the farm-house of Caillou. The ,sky is clear, transparertt, and serene, of a deep, cold loluetene, relieving the fiery .glare of the battle-field. The drawing, and varied yet curbed action of the horses are masterly ; the sabered energy expressed in the easy calmness of the DukOs countenance contrasts finely with the eager and impetuous spirit of the veteran Penssian ; and, as a whole, the picture will bear favourable •tomparison with most pittares of the day. From the powerful massing of its parts and of its light and shadow, itis well adapted for producing an effective engraving, and int - the hands of Mr. C.. 1. Lewis is certain to turn out a pleasing and impres sive work of art. DARE.DFHL ACCIDENT AND Loss Obi &we IN PRESTON. —En , connection with the turn-out iin Preston, there occurred, on Monday night last, an aceident of an alarm ing and fatal character. About seven , o'clock, the card roonilands, now out on strike, assertibled at the Corpora tion 'Arms, Lune-street, Preston, to-receive the weekly allowance of the union. The landlord; Mr. T.Worthington, refits& them the large room in front sef the house, which they lad used on two previous occasions, and would grant them only the use of a hayloft over k a-coach-house in the yard. This room, which is only about five yards square, and-esmmunicates with a still smallevene over the gate way, was densely crowded by the i heads assembled to receive money, no fewer than . 200,ariit is supposed, being congregated therein at half-p as t Z.o , okek, at which time the '1 under the centre of the ;flooring gave way. Those who were in the room werepprseipitated into the coact--house below, the gates of svhielowere locked. It is impossible to describe the corrfuSionithat ensued. The committee, in the smaller room, werearrer-stricken, and ' made their escape through the wirkiew, by means of a ladder, into Wharf-street ; bat 'as •the :gates were locked, theyseould render no assistance to , the shrieking mass of men, women, and girls in the teoacb-house. When at length the gates ,were opened, a , dreadkil sight presented Reel. The flooring was parted an theireiddle, the broken sides resting on.the floor of the eoaeh,heuse, and the sides that ha.d been wrenched from the wells leaning against the letter at an angle of about 45`. ) . atirl named Smalley, 14wears of age, died immediately onsbeing removed to the kitchen of the inn. Jane Broadhenthall her thigh broken, andsnow lies at the house of recovery in a precarious con ditior., from the effects of that and °thee injuries. Another woman, living in Marsh-l ane , an d as girl, residing in ApPletm-row, are not expected to survive the injuries they hove-received. Many other persons have had arms, legs, or ribs broken, and nearly all were, tireofircilly crushed—a greabonany being taken out of the ImiliEng in a state of insensibility. We have heard also of two or three extra- ordinary escapes. A woman, with a- chiral in her arms, received no injury at all. Another woman, who also had a•childin her arms, let fall her infant, and clung to a hook in Chevron, from which she remained: suspended till her . strength was exhausted, and ehe was obliged to let go her ' boOd, , hut neither she nor her , child , rceeived the slightest injury. Several gentlemen promptly attended the sufferers, and reildered the most active assistante. ThE ALPACA MANUFACTURE. - " Sixteens years ago— that is le say, in the year 1836--ra hnge pile of dirty_ lookinpstrks, filled with some fibrous materials, which bore a string resemblance to superannuateitlorse-hair, or frowsy elexgated wool, or anyeliie.• elseinnpleasant and tutattraetios, were landed at Liverpool. GAThen those queer-gook:mg bales had first arriaed, ,orill , what vessel brought,saud for what purpose intended, the very oldest warehouseman in the Liverpool do& coUldfitisay. There had been.opce a rumour, a mere witenhouselnan's whisper, that thelbales had been shipped from South America on spec., and•cweeigned to the agency of C. W. arid F. Foozle a nd Co. Bat even this seemed to lave 'betle..'iorgotten ; and it was agreed on all hands that the three hundred and odd SKI:, of nondescript hair-wool wee .a perfect nuisance. The rats appeared to be tin only Roadies who at all appravee of the importation, mad. to ;them it was the very finestiinvestment for capital that .bail bow/known in Liverpool filiox their first ancestors bad .nitrated thither. Well, those bales seemed like to 4'o,4TO:di to dust, or to lae , bitten up for the partioslar ame,of the female rats. BroLers would not so moth ras dook at; them. Dealers ceraldn't make them out. Manufacturers-shook their heads at the clrare mention of them itirk.Me the agent of C. W. and i , IP. Foozle and Co. felt sevite.safeuge at the sight of the iuveice and bill of lading, aud ewe she to their clerk about shipping them out to South America again. One day, we won't care what day it was, or ever what week, or mouth, ttkough things of fiir lessmatioesal importance have beenchronicled to the very halfaeinnte —one day a plain, businees-looking young mate with an intelligent face, and a.quiet, reserved manner, was walking alone through those same warehouses at Liverpool, ,when ' his eye fell upon some ,of the superannuated lame-hair projecting from one of the t tigly dirty-looking hales; some • lady-rat, more delicate thee: grer neighbours, had foundiit rather coarser than usual, and had persuaded her lor4l.find master to eject the portion .frein her resting place. Am f friend took it up, looked at iitssinelt it, rubbed it, pulled it rollout ; in fact, he did all but -toste it, and he would have tone that if it had suited his -purpose, for he was ' Yorie /Wile? •Having held it up to 'rite light, and held it away leers the light, and held it In ell sorts of positions, and done all sorts of cruelties to it, as though it had been his moateleaclly enemy, and he was feeling quite vindictive — be platted a handful or two in iris pocket and walked co : WV : away, evidently intending toipsit the stuff to some exera d a ting private tortures at home. What particular experiments he tried with this fibrous substance I am not exactly ;tura - position to relate, nor dots it much signify ; but the sequel was, that the same quiett, business-looking man was ,seea to enter the office of C. W.. and F. Foozle and C 0.., and ask for the head of the firm. When he asked that portion of the house if he woald accept of eightpenee per pound for the entire contents of the three hundred and odd frowsy, dusty bags of nondescript wool, the authority interrogated felt so confounded, that he ! could not have told if he had been the head or tail of the I firm. At first he fancied that our friend had come for the express purpose of quizzing him ; then that he was 1 1 an escaped lunatic, and thought seriously of calling for I the police ; but, eventually, it ended in his making over to him the bill of lading for the goods in consideratioe. of the price offered. It qui wasquite an event in the little dark office of C. W. and F. Foozle and Co., which had its supply of light (of a very inferior quality) from the grim old churchyard. All the establishment stole a peep at the buyer of the ' South American stuff.' The chief clerk had the curiosity to speak to him and hear him reply. The cashier touched his coat-tails ; the book-keeper, a thin man in spectacles, examined his, hat and gloves ; the porter openly grinned at him. When the quiet purchaser had departed, C. W. and F. Foozle and Co. shut them selves up and gave all their clerks a holiday. But, if the sellers had cause for rejoicing, not less No had the buyer. Reader, those three hundred and odd bales of queer-looking South American stuff contained `alpaca wool,' at that time entirely unknown to our manufacturers, and which would still have been but for the fortunate enterprise of one intelligent, courageous man. The bold manufacturer was Mr. Titus Salt, in those days a mere beginner, with a very few thousands to aid him in his upward career, but at present one of the wealthiest amongst the wealthy men of Bradford, in Yorkshire. His fortune has been altoge ther built up by the aid of this same alpaca, to the manu facture of which he has for the last dozen years devoted the whole of his time and energies."—Household Words. The Taurus screw-steamer, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday, from New York. A PUBLIC MEETING, held in the Manchester Town hall on Wednesday afternoon, resolved to invite the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone to a public demonstration to-morrow (Wednesday). MR. JAMES C. FORSYTH has absconded from New York in the steamer Atlantic, for Liverpool, having taken with him between 100,000 and 150,000 dollars in cash, the pro perty of his father and father-in-law. SHERIDAN SOCIETY.—On Wednesday, the members met at the Brunswick Hotel to dinner. The chair was occu pied by Mr. Samuel Edwards, and the members were com plimented upon the efficiency of the society. Tire WINTER COURSE of controversial lectures at St. Paul's Chum]. commenced on Thursday. The Rev: Dr. M'Neile prevled, the subject being, " How the Church of Rln.te spade the Gospel of Christ." AMERICAN MAILS.—On Wednesday, the United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Capt. James West, sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the usual mails for the western continent, 200 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. WILLIAM WILKINSON, master of the flat Mercator, fell overboard, on Friday afternoon, off the Trafford Dock, and was drowned. There was no one but his wife on the flat, and she could not render him any assistance. The body was found on Saturday morning, at low tide, lying on its face, outside the Cockle Slip. Car - rms.—On Saturday afternoon, a girl named Mary Eagan, living in Lace-street, was pilfering sugar from a lorry standing in Back Goree, when she had her foot so severely crushed, by one of the wheels passing over it, that, when carried to the Northern Hospital, amputation of three toes was found necessary. ST. PETER'S CHURCHYARD.—At the meeting of the Health Committee on Thursday some slight discussion took place upon a proposition of Mr. Henderson's, with regard to the opening of a foothpath through St. Peter's churchyard. Mr. Henderson remarked that the arch deacon had no objection to it. Ultimately, however, it was decided to consult with the churchwardens and other parties through the medium of the Finance Committee ; the general opinion being in favour of opening the patio" THE SHIP NELEUS FOR Ausralmi.—This vessel sailed on Wednesday at noon with mails. The Neleus took ten first-cabin passengers, 30 second-cabin, and about 1,400 tons of cargo—a great quantity more, which had been offered to her managers, Messrs. Couit, Scott, and Roxburgh, being shut out. The mail, the largest ever conveyed frem here, and which weighed between 30 and 40 tons, was taken on board during the last three days, and comprised about 34,000 letters and 62,000 newspapers, filling 238 large bags. The list of the numbers and the destination of the mail made up in Liverpool are as follows : For Letters. Newspapers. Melbourne 17;261 30,000 Sydney Adelaide 2,790 Geelong Xing George's Sound, Wes- . 1,200 tern Australia 'can Dieman's Land I7OO New Zealand The remainder of the mail was made up in London, EVANGELISATION or ICELAND.—A meeting was held on Friday in the new hall, Clayton-square, for the purpose of hearing the statements of several of the ministers en gaged in the recent mission to Ireland. :The meeting having been opened by player, the Rev. Samuel Minton took the chair, aild in tovery clear and lucid address ex plained the objects which had called them together. Messrs. Dickenson ant Kerr gave interesting accounts of their visits to the sister country, and of the treatment they received, the details of which have been already pub lished. The meefing closed with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman and the speakers. THE FEMALE PENITENTIARY.—We regret to under stand that the flints of this useful and plzilanthropit:in stitution have been found inadequate to its efficient sup port, and that-it is now nearly £5OO in debt. Crippled exertion has - been a necessary consequence of this in adequacy of funds, and numbers of the unfortunates who have expressed.a desire to relinquish theilreadfulilife they are compellet to lead, have been unavoidably 'refused admittance to the penitentiary. In a wealthy tom like. Liverpool, nhere it is known there are fully 5000 of the unhappy victims for whose reform the penitentiarraxists, it is to be regretted that the charity should be spill sup ported. As instance of the :desirableness of such an institutiou,'we may state that, •one ToungVcoman, only 20 years of age, who lately died" in one of our public hospitals, from the severity of burns she sustained by her dress taking fire, on her deathbed said, tin the house whence sloe had come there wire tWenty-seVen girls, pur suing the same debasing and destructive course of life with Out in which she had met her untinuily fate. To supporethem in furtherance or the objects of the institu tion, the committee are very desirous of increasing the earnings of the inmates, and - solicit washing and needle workeas occupation for them. A book lies eft this office to receil a the names of donors or subscribers. Subscriptions will idso be gladly received at the office •nt Joseph King and Seas, in Union-court, Castle-street, 'treasurers to the institution. FICIPAL REGISTZATION 031J4T.--The proceedings in this court took place on Friday and Saturday. The Maytx complained of the wholesale manner in which the objections had been maile, and said he Itrusted that the Legislature would take:Wthe ,question with a view to its retrztdy, and hoped that 'than inhabitants generally would support an applicationler that purpose. Mr. Buckmaster, oWthe part of the Conservatives, aggianfered to withdraw all - rne objections on tkir side if the - other party would do thesame • but, the offer not being reslunded to, the busi ness of the court Aa3againvesumed. The revision of the county list being am - Anted fbr Monday, the Mayor stated that he must of neces%ity adjourn theteourt for all names beyond the letter J, au Rodney-Street Ward, until Wed neiday next. The 441/owing are statdcl - to be the results 'of ,the revision of the Parliamentary Lit.:—Old Freemen— Lit-eral objections, ;503; sustained-^365. ainst 238 voters. Conservative objections, 36 • su 26 against :26 .weters. Total .nunlai•er of voters,2264t; less by dead men said others whohare left the (AM,. la. Total number 'of Pxeemen struck , ak 167. Conservative objections;tS. The Freemen's: 3t for 1852 contained 2,416 voters. !in ' 1E153, before the revision, the .number-was 2,565 ;of these . "264 were struckliVieaving 2,301, the decrease on thei st 115. Thellibwing are thexesilts of the objections for the Farliamentrcy Borough :--Conservative objections, i 431; sustained, 439 ; withdrew, 1.08. The Raidinals made 924 objections, sustaineds27;4vithdrew 75--Of tb.tse 129 persons were Objected to by !bdtb parties : leai7ing a (Conservative gain 61 112. The results in the out townkkips are as follow :—Kiri-dale: 67 Radical objections made, 44 .withdrawn, .13 sustained. Ererten.: 225 Radical clajee tiens, 126 sustaintld, 70 allowed an ,appearance, '9o , With- Arawn. .43 Conservative objections, 34 sustained,! 14 al lowed on appearance, 4 withdrawn. West Derby 91 Itlftlical :objections, 431 sustained, !14:allowed on appear -snet-;33 °withdrawn- 90 Consercative , objections, 35-ans tabled,. 22 allowed.= appearance, 33,iiiithdrawn. Totteth pat h: Radical blieetions, 159; sustained, 87 ; withdrawn, 49:; allowed on appearance, 23. Coneervative objections, 141; struck out„ 724 withdrawn, -37 ;:iallowed onappear anees27._ U.-ex Coanirricm7--At the usual- snseeting, on Titers day, there were present Me ssrs . i7h.Trier .(chairErtaa) Eobiason, Brocklehmk, Evans, Gre g s oe Chaloner Steele' Bigh Bosyden, Rankin, She:4, Barber : Svdith' Tobin, Rounthwaileomd Littledale. Harbour-master reported the want ,of additional gatemen at the-Sodam Deek,,and recommesided that two be , adt:ed to the•presert staff. —The resignation of a gateman ,eemployeditha the Salthouse 'Dock, was accepted.—Mr. Lfliesepli \ Wood :avas appciinted, nuistenef• th e Coburg Doe The .place .of afr. White 4.uperannuatesik at a salary of /1150 per annum, and £3O for :a house.---A letter from the Strough Coranei, to the effect that,slurhgg an inquest reef:n*ll4d on the body ctf (Henry Cooperi.who was drowned iin• the Stanley Dock, tarns said that; t.ad there been a lifegouoy available, his life Might have been-saved, and calling Attention to the want of ailife-buoy,,at,such dock, was referral to the Her bour-raasters' Committee.—Mr. Smith called attention to the state of the ~new street at Wapping, will& had not yet been alopivi ; the thrtry through it was very.great, and; if not conpleted soon,at would be in ,such situation before being :adopted., sto require repaving. The land' for its completion was 'required from the London aud Northwesterx Railway (Company, and he thought: some steps should ,be adente ;to get possession of Chairman said that many applications had been made the property; -the 'company did not refuse to ;eve :Wily, but they said theyeeedictnetolo so until the newnildings in course of eoction were eeompleted.—Mr. Smith said the Dock Trust !bad given them up possession otall they required, and it wras theirdnty to let the Dock Trot have the portion of laud which they wanted.—The Chairman said the company toad .erected4tertain buildings to flahle them to remove their'busineas-E-om one side of the street to the other. The .early question was whether they had .a reasonable time.—ltir. Shand ftheught they were a little cavalier :in the matter.--4ln reply to a question, it was ' .stated that the Watt 'Committee had refused to it :tite street. The secretary was instructed to write to e sompany, pointing oat the inconvenience the Dock Trust was suffering from not being put in possession of the buildings. This was the erhole of the general business. ZiIIGRATION FROM Lire ar004.--4he vessels which have been cleared during the week fpr Australia, United States, Bc., under the inspection of the Government Emi gratieo-officers of this port, with the names of their cap tains and agents, places of destination, and number of s emigrantA on board, are as follow :--;For New York : The Jaccb Westervelt, 1,533 tons, lioodless, master, despatched by Messrs. Guion and Co., isitli4l9s passengers on board:; the Columbia, 1,168 tons, Bryer, master, de spatched by Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., 487 pas stager's ; 'the Cornelia, 1064 tons, French, master, de spatched Messrs. Grimshaw and Co, 454 passengers; the Centueices, 1064 tons, Coventry, master, de s p a t c h e d by Messrs. Eote and Boult, 387 passengers ; the Ameri can Union, • lold B tons, Kelly, master, despatched by Messrs. Bowman., Grinnell, and Co., 686 passengers ; the De Witt Clinton, 1,082 tons, Funk, master, despatched by Messrs. Galan and Co., 594 passengers. For New Orleans : The Rlanehe, 965 tons, Rudolph, master, de. spatched by Messrs. Fernie Brothers and Co., 403 ps.sse n . gers. For Boston: The Meridian, 1,453 tons, Man son, master, despatched by Messrs. Train and Co„ 232 passengers. For Philadelphia : ; The Sh ae i ca „ maxon, 1,090 tons, West, master, despatched by Mr. J. M'lrenry, 232 passengers. For Melbourne : The Martaban, 843 tons, MBride, master, despatched by Messrs. Millers and Thompson, 94 passengers. The Mar taban took her departure some time ago, but was obliged to put back. For St. John's, N. B.: The Middleton, 996 tons, Nicholas, master, despatched by Messrs. Fernie Brothers and Co., 293 passengers. The number of emi grant ships, therefore, which have cleared out during the week has been eleven, of an aggregate tonnage of 12,984 tons, and with a total number of 4,557 persons on board, irrespective of those who do not come wider the supervi sion of the Government officers. There is an ev i dent lull in the Australian passenger trade, which is evident from the fact that the splendid new ship Guiding Star, belong. ing to Messrs. Millers and Thompson's " Golden Line" of Australian packets, has been, for the present, transferred to their American line of packets. The beautiful new ship Aerolite, belonging to Messrs. Baines and Co.'s " Black Ball" line of Australian packets, will take her departure from the Mersey this day (Tuesday), with a full cargo of valuable goods, for which the freight of £6 per ton has been obtained, and sixty first and sec ond class passengers. The Mooresfort, one of Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's " White Star" line, 2_,300 tons, and the Salem, 1800 tons, of the celebrated " Fox" line of Austra lian packets, will also sail in a few days. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. WHOLESALE DISFRANCIIISEMENT.—At the Court, of the Revising Banisters for Marylebone, last week, five thousand persons in that parish and in St. Pancras were disfranchised in consequence of not having paid their assessed taxes before the 20th of July last. WONDERFUL, IF TRUE.—The St am f or d Mercury re lates that a few days since, at St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, a cow ran at a child, who became fixed between the animal's horns. The cow used its horns with such violence as to knock large pieces of brick from the wall of 'a house ; but the child maintained its position, and escaped unhurt. FRUITS OF TEETOTALISM.—A child died from the effects of opium last week, at Boxworth, Cambridgeshire. The mother and family are all opium -eaters, and, though labouring people, spend 4s. a - wee k - in the drug ! The child was poorly, and the mother placed a piece of crude opium in its mouth to suck. LEDRU ROLLIN, unsuccessful in the ways of revolution, appears to be cultivating the arts of peace : having pur chased a patent for washing wool, so as to convert its grease into soap, and thus prevent its being wasted, he has established a factory for this purpose near Bradford, in Yorkshire. GROSS FEEDING.—A flock of fine ewes, all in lamb, and amounting to nearly 900, were closely folded on Tues day night upon a piece of rape and buck-wheat, at New Barn Farm, in the parish of Calbourne. On the shepherd paying a visit to his flock on Wednesday morning, 118 of them were already dead from the effects of gross feeding. A PERTHSHIRE JURY. — The trial of Samuel Faniks, on a charge of robbing the Dundee bank in February 18 52 , took place at Perth on Saturday, and resulted most unex pectedly in the following extraordinary terms :—" The jury unanimously find that the prisoner has completely failed to make out an alibi. There is a majority in the , prisoner's favour, that the case against hi m i s no t proven.' Such a ridiculous verdict is quite enough. to hand down a Perth jury to immortal ridicule. STATISTICS OF CRIME. —A parliamentary paper, lately issued, states that the number of prisoners in custody, on the 18th of April last, in England alone, was 20,143, in cluding 10,659 males, 2,622 females, and 6,871 whose sex is not specified in the returns. The number of persons confined at that time in the penitentiaries and convict es tablishments, was 6,723. It also stated, that of the above number 5,685 received their education at prison schools, 252 in workhouse schools, 6838 in Sunday schools, 214 in mill or factory schools, 12,860 had received a com mon public or private education,and 1,919 had received no education at all. _ _ _ LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RATLIVA.T.—The direc tors have, with the view of bringing local traffic upon their line, issued a notice " to persons intending to build houses of a suitable character, and of the value of not less than £5O annual rent, within two miles of the following stations, viz., Harrow, Pinner, Bushey, Watford, King's Langley, Boxmoor, Berkhampstead, and Tring," that they will grant a free annual first-class pass to one resident of each of such houses for the following, .periods :—Harrow, 1 1 years'; Pinner, 13 years ; Bushey, 16 years ; Watford, 17 years . ; and for the other stations.mentioned, 21 years. A CONSCIENTIOUS BAKER IN EDINEURGIL—The fol 'lOwang story is told respecting the Duchess of Kent and a baker of Edinburgh :—On her way to the Highlands the Duchess spent a Sunday at Barry's Hotel, in that city. The hotel-keeper had no biscuit of a particular kind, Tailed " Albert biscuits," and, is the afternoon, sent to Mr. Calderwood, the baker, to buy some. The baker re fused to sell biscuits on a Sunday, even to royalty. On luearing this, the duchess was se pleased, that she ordered Calderwood to supply her household with biscuits during her stay in the Highlands, and the Queen likewise ordered him to send forty dozen of the said biscuits weekly to Balmoral.—Dumfries aridarcl. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—Last week, Mr. Power, of Bris tol, with another gentleman, went down to Shirehampton to dine with a friend, when the phaeton in which they drove was left in front .of the house with the shafts turned up, the horse having been taken off. The carriage having attracted the attention ofn child between two and three years old, the son of Mt. Heaven, mason, of that place, the little fellow proceeaedminibserved to play with it, when, by some means, he drew down the shafts; when the semi circular iron whicii attaches them together, near the cat riage, wheeling round, caught the child by the neck as if in a mousetrap, between it and the fore-carriage. Here the little fellow is as and actually strangled to death before he was discovered. A 111SLGISTERTAIL 'QUANDART.-A case involving seine complexity was called at the Central Police Court, Glasgow, on Thursday last. Joseph Milne, a young man, was charged with assatilting a young lad, a baker, named James Sniith,iin a house in High-street, a few nights pre viously. The magistrate and his assessor appeared seme what posed on learning that the complainer, defender, Ind witnesses weretilfboth deaf and dumb. But they were relieved on finding that there was a disposition among the patties and their friends to settle the dispute, by retiring into an anteroom for the purpose of bbringing about an understanding and a reconciliation. .And thns . cnded the case, the beneit seeming not the least satisfied party with tile result. THE SLAVETRADE.—We are in possession ofthe report of the select 'committee appointed to inquire into thetrea 'ties arid engagements between Great Britain, Spain, and 'Portugal, respecting the slave ' trade. It is a very in rteresting document, in which it is clearly shown in the report (`that, if the market for slaves in Cuba were abolished, Rijn rate Braiihevery few British ship-of-war would be regriired on the African r eoast, and those only for the vrotection of our commerce. The ' report also' states—what we are less , surprised than grieved to learn—that the great number •of American eliips trading to the Havana, and the abuse of the Ameilean flag, increase the difficulties of her Majes ty's cruisers , that station, in the visiting of suspected vessels. It appears that some more cordial to-operation, on the part or - the United States, would :materially:iassist the efforts 'to abolish the slave trade in that quarter.— SAz'pping'Vcrectte. . ANOTHER BRIGHT COMET.--The comet discovered at Berlin on the 11th of last month promises tdbeillmest as 1 conspicuous ache one which has just lift us. Last week it was di st inctly visible to ' the naked eye ; the !head equalled in brightness a star of the fourth magnitude, and the tail could Else traced about one degree. The 'comet 1 is increasing in brilliancy each morning, but its rapid southerly md6,6a will prevent our seeing it more than ; three or fouritasrs longer, until after the perihelion pas , sage. PoSsibly;like the last, it may be discovered near the sun on the ISth or 16th inst. About the fourth of. next month it will be again visible in the morning, close to the equator, sad in the vicinity of the ingn Virgo ;: it 4111 remain in sight or some time after . this, ;svith theaideaf telescopes, its movement being towardslhe .head of Sep pens, or northekly in declination'. RUMOURED t IEACES OF SIR J. Fatwarerx.—The 0- ' lowing appearnir. the Chronicle, and is part of a letter from Berlin•Of the Ist instant :—" It isearrentlFreported at St. Petersburg that several bottles, hermetically- sealed, and air-tight, but not containing any memoranda to indi cate their origin,Phave been picked up on the highest hill tudes of the lilibeinan coast, and fornrarded to the Russian: government,r4which has not only communicated the .eir cumstance to' :her Majesty's envoy, but 'delivered to him several of these ibe - ctles. An impression has consequently ; arisen that thew; :bottles belonged to Pranklin'aexpedition,: and it is isaped, 'fable as these indices mar.he, that they: may tend to throw:some light upon the fate of ;ourcoun-: trymen, by produhing a search in a new direction, corres ponding with the set of currents that have thrown these bottles on the Siberian coast;" FIRE £T A DIETILLERY.—On Wednesday evening la been n ti fi n n g is La Übe' r .thaa ma n n a n n e d r : fire broke east set 'Sunbury Distillery, near Ildiriburgh,oki inThcoemwpioile de :the "e for still had Excise regulations, Vkich came into force on the 14th inst., several workmen were engaged to make the Teguisite Icith the new al teration on tise receiver so as to change it from a dip of ; 4 7 inches to a dip of lainehes, by contracting its eircumfe- 1 rence. The rereiver,was of wood , and was deeply inipreg -1 nated with alcohol, itii,aving been accustomed -to contain ti spirits at 65 , corer proof ; and on the wood be. !out, it 1 emitted a spirit or gaaehich caught the light of , one of the workmen, and 'immediately set the receirmand the »still in a blaze, and thn - eee the whole building. Ilse fire ,was confined to the . promises in which it originates. The ?loss of the stills and ibeptoperty is estimated st 402, 0 (X) i r or 83,000. _ - . Tui COMING Efanvit4r.—The difficulties which abates in , the way of a brevet are maw more and greater thav our headers in general suppose. If credence is to be gives. to ..the "quid nuncs" at th4thilts, the great difficulty erpe -tienced is to obtain a - teem:se/A of the Treasury to thxe.nis !ioursement of the 2A. a darl.4r each of the captains to be • liwinnoted to brevet majorities. ft is now said that a earn promise will be made, and 'that the captains only whose, .commissions are dated 1842,wi1l be included in the MG •rootien. The proposition to ;include all the eaptainsiaf: 1541312a5, we regret to leatm,;been positively rejected by the Chanixilor of the Exchequer; and it is generally behaved. rLottlArlardinge has found great difficulty in obtaining the l , 'brevet,even for those of 1/44 , 2. The necessity for the pro ,motief. .of the colonels down to.tlik Ith November, 18443, was so.self-evident that hardly any. opposition was offered at the '(Treasury; and, as promotistis to be colonels and i tieutenantieolonels cost not 011 E veal,, the extent in each i of those , ralks was, we believe, leftin Lord Hardinge's and Mr. Sidney Herbert's hands. The 'brevet will probably be gazetted November, but efferts we 'ianow are used by interested ',parties to have it postponed ;another year.— Nara dad Military Gazette. Tits CONSrifirATIVE LAND soctswar. - - - 1. meeting of the inhabitants of Tottenham was held at The Lecture hall, on Tuestla k y„, for the purpose of heating :an explana tion of the pringillas and plan of this society. A deputa tion front the execrative committee, consiatingmf Viscount Ranelagh, the, Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. R, X. Fowler, Mr. C. E. Lewis,. atak itor, and Mr. Grnrwisen, seeretary, I attended. Mr. Deputy Corney, of Tottenham, presided. Viscount Ranelagli gare a clear and succinct statement of the objects of the society. As a p o liti ca l b o d y t h e soc i ety I was forced to take a defensive position to the operatrams of their political opponents. As a mercantile association, he could assure the meeting in all sincerity that they would find it not only a liAost advantageous but a most profitable investment and speculation. He cautioned working-men to be careful in *raking inquiries before they invested their savings in tine numberless new freehold land societies daily starting into existence. Mr. R. N. Fowler, the banker, followed w ith an excellent speech, in which he enforced the commercial advantages of the society. He would be the last to recommend it, if he did not believe it to be a sound and safe arid most profitable investment. The Rev. Dr. Worthington spoke on the great social advantages of the society. Mr. C. E. Lewis explained the whole plan of the society, and mentioned that several valuable purchases had been made in Totten ham and the neighbourhood. On the motion of Mr. Purton, seconded by Mr. Fullager, a resolution was unani mously passed approving of the, principles, plan, and ob jects of the Conservative Land Society, and recommending it as worthy of public support, FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.—" For upwards of nine rars, (writes Mr. Th omas Province, of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex,) I have exp er i enced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with head ache and indigestion ; but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's I now ijiforni you that a few doses gave me gre a t re li ef; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other medi cine; and I have the happiness of saying that I never bad a better state of health, which I attrib u t e t o F r ampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it." In any case where an aperient medicine is required, they need only be tried to be univers a lly a d opted. Sold by all medicine , vendors, Price Is. lid. per box. See the name of "Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," op the government stamp, ADDITIONAL CURATES' SOCIETY. TnE annual meeting of this society was held on Thurs day, at the Savings-bank, Bold-street, the Bishop of Chester in the chair. Among those present, were the Revds. Augus tus Campbell, John Tobin, M. Powley, J. W. Welsh, H. T. Hecker, W. Bannister, T. Hornby, George Dover, T. M. Lisier, T. Carter, W. Hughes, D. T. Barry, George J. Banner, Ellis Ashton, T. G. Leigh, F. Walker, R. R. Lingard, J. B. Monk ; Messrs. C. F. Carne, H. W. Banner, E. G. Deane, C. Groves, A. Swainson, &c. After apologising for the absence of the Ven. Archdea con Brooks, The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN said that, since they had last met, the society-had received the munificent offer of Mr. Naylor of a sum sufficient for the stipends of two curates, challenging others to furnish the amount required for the support of two more. The challenge had been answered, and three of the curates were now at work, and another was shortly to be appointed. He was happy to mention, as another munificent offer, that of Mr. John Shaw Leigh, who had promised to give a site of land, of very great pecu niary value, in the north-west portion of the town, for the building of a church, if the people of Liverpool would sub scribe a sufficient sum for that purpose. He hoped these were proofs that the kind feeling of Liverpool was developing itself more and more, and would show itself adequate to the requirements of the town. The Rev. A. J. Tommie, the secretary, then read the report, which stated, that— "ln again recommending to your notice the cause of this society, the committee have much pleasure in stating that the progress has been more encouraging than usual during the year ending at Easter, 1853, nevertheless, the pressing demands of the Church have increased far more rapidly . than the resources of her handmaid. Both of these circumstances furnish reasons for gratitude to God. It is far better that the real requirements of the Church should be made known, than that they should be con cealed, at a time when there appears to 'be a general dis position to remedy existing evils, lest the wealth of some parts of the Lord's vineyard should blind us to the utter destitution prevailing in others. "'The permanent increase in the Society's income has enabled the committee to renew the grants for 322 curates on their list at Easter, 1853, without encroaching further on the small reserved stock, and to extend the number to 336 grants for the current year, in reliance upon the pro mised support of their friends. It becomes apparent, how ever, that still greater efforts are requisite from the fact that the unaided applications have risen from 150 to 200 during the year. To meet these 200 cases at the present average of aid given by the Society, namely, about £6O a year to each, an augmentation of £12,000 per annum would be required. The appeal of the committee will not be read without interest by the friends of the Church in this wealthy diocese : " ' The committee desire most earnestly to appeal to their fellow churchmen. They desire to record their conviction that our first duty is to care for our home population, especially at a time when thousands and tens of thousands are every year passing as colonists to distant shores, and carry with them, if not that religion and morality which is the best boast of Englishmen, those habits of vice, and those errors in religion which will reproduce and multiply abroad those very evils which are the foulest blot and dis grace of our native land. The State, the Church, and our remote dependencies, the cause of education at home, and of missions abroad, are alike dependent on the multiplica tion at home of ministers of pure and undefiled religion. The committee,therefore,feel more than justified in pressing their claim for funds to enable them at least to do their part in this great work by aiding the 200 parishes which implore their help.' "It is gratifying to observe that the improved state of the society's funds is mainly attributed to the efforts of diocesan and district associations ; in other words, the attempt to enlist the kind help of each of the ranks of clergy, in their several departments, has been attended with some measure of the success reasonably to be anticipated. In the diocese of Chester the co-operation of the senior clergy in their respective archdeaconries and deaneries, so kindly - undertaken last year, with the approval of the Bishop, has excited a degree of interest in the home missionary cause which could not have been attained in any other way. Too much gratitude cannot be expressed for the -cordial manner in which this plan has been adopted. The immediate fruits of our diocesan association are not, per haps, the true indication of progress, for many promises 'of assistance have yet to be redeemed by clergymen whose - whole energies have hitherto been devoted to the numerous wants of their own parishes. If we have reason to be grateful for the encouragements of the past year, the 're-arrangement of the list of subscribers, according to the archdeaconries and deaneries, will show that there are very many parishes from which the Church has yet to hope for some small help towards the extension of our parochial system. " The income from this, diocese, for the society's general Inirpeses, has risen from £6OO to £7OO per annum ; but the permanent increase may be estimated at about £9OO per annum, because the donations from patrons, amount- Ing to £lOO of the former sam, hare been replaced by an nual subscriptions. The fund df £4OO a-year, restricted under Rule VI. to the employment -of four additional , curates in Liverpool, has been accomplished, and your 'committee beg leave to express most sincere gratitude to 'the clergy and the merchants of Liverpool for the kind -and generous support which ha,s 'been given to this im portant work. Twenty-four 'curates in this diocese may mow be considered on the society's Mist ; and for twenty of 1 these the society is responsible for £1,155 per annum, only t7OO being supplied by the diocesan association. It must 'be remembered, therefore, that the operations of the so ciety, during the year, have led to an increased voluntary expenditure in the cause of Christ of £6OO per annum, and that the diocese is yet beholden to 1t for the gift of £455 'per annum. " Last year the statement of the iincumbent of St. Bar nabas, Liverpool, was circulated, and his account of the first year's progress of an additional curate will be dis tributed. The removal of the :incumbent has occasioned regret to the committee, but they hove reason to rejoice that the wants of his new -charge at Kirkdale have been made known in consequence of -the change ; and they trust that under other auspices the-exertions of the curate will continue to'be a blessing to the:locality. It will fur ther prove the necessities of our large towns to state that in the assignment of curates the (committee were com pelled to pass by, for the present, the .claims of ICirkdale, as well as those of a district containing 14,000 people, chiefly members Of the Church of England, and all under the care of one clergyman. " The second curate received 'his :nomination to St. Nicholas Church, with =cure of -souls iin Trinity district, until a better arrangement can be made. Hitherto his duties have been chiefly limited to visitation of the dis trict. He finds a large population of :nearly 7000 people willing to attend.his . public ministrations, but he has no place of worship in which to assemble them, for Trinity Church is not available for his purposes, the pews being in the possession of various owners:Who are entitled to pew rents, as they are themselves responsible to the minister of the church for certain ground rents, from which his salary is derived ; and many of the inhabitants of the district have not the ability, if they had the will, to pay for sittings ; hence the exertions of the curate are greatly impeded. The third curate has been nominated by the Arch . deacon to St. Peter's Church, with cure of souls in the . district contiguous to Trinity district, and known as the r second St. Peter's district. It is bounded:by Moss-street, !London-road, Norton-street, and Islington, and contains enearly 6000 people. A similar difficulty -s ill have to be eencountered, arising from :the want of a piece of worship estimated in the district, the distance to St.. Peter's Church itseing considered a reason far the neglect of public worship. " There are no schools ineeither of these districts ; many (4f the children who attendsehool go to dissenting schools, :mil many do not attend *elated at all. “" We may surely hope for,some effort on the part of the WOO inhabitants of these two adjacent districts to sup plysthemselves with a church and schools asoon as the rdisilstrations of the curate` bave led them to feel their spititual needs. "ainavoidable delays have hindered the assirnment of thelsurth curate, but he will ,shortly be placed in a dis ,trictcontaining not less than 4-0,000 souls. ' is the intention of the eummittee, with the,sanction of tbeßishop, to open licensed rooms for divine service, unlessnome better plan can be devised. It is impossible itoosstiniate the blessings whicli may •result frean this ,work, ler its great importance b only now hegiuding to be maarlested. - "if, then, a measure of success should seem to,have ,attended Vie work of the association, it will be apparent that a "Awe general co-operation As loudly called :for, in orderthat some provision may le made for the fearful (destitAitign thus gradually revealed through the reports. " Whether so large an increase is the. number of curates with amaa.agpends can be regarded.ae.an indication of the prosperity of cur Church, is an inquirysvliich merits grave (consideration. We may perhaps trust,that the temporary j (employment ula curate will often lead to the creation of :a new llistrietincumbency. But then seise* the necessity fcr endowments_ The poverty of many cf thetown ineura. bengiesled to, an effort in behalf of the Endowment Fund *fee .Society; ;bat nothing has yet been accomplished liu sad of - .district linsumbents, although their labours are ackiroWledged .to file beyond measure serfweable to the vast populations priced together in our large towns. The denseness of the population in the highways of commerce at oneestiminishes the beneficial social intereonese between the diftenesit nlasses,of the community, and exposes the poor and igiroimat to the arts of the designing, whose aetivity shrinks (rem no toil,,kosen- as their ambition overtimes all scruples. Every appointment of a beneficed clergyman tends to Mt subdivision• of unmanageable parishes and districts, and consequently reduces the difficulty of carry ing the blessings of the cogospel to the poor, through the instrumentality of our Mooch. But surely the men who have the courage to face the labour and the danger, should be exempted from the anxieties of degrading poverty, and from the thraldom of a fluetnating income. From cases of distress which have recently' , occurred, it may be affirmed that many most zealous Clergy sink into helpless em barrassment, after undermiaining their health by denying themselves and their families tvcrimon comforts, and, in some instances, necessary food. " After all other remedies are applied to raise the sub ordinate Clergy above want, abundant opportunity will remain for the application of voluntary bounty. "The committee are permitted to direct your attention to a portion of the charge lately delivered by the Bishop of the diocese, in which his lordship expresses most kindly his approval of the association, and recommends it strongly to the support of the clergy. The society cannot be too grateful for the unvarying favour of the . Bishop, and it is hoped that this additi onal proof of interest will induce the clergy and laity throughout the diocese to aid in the work of extending the authorised ministry of the Church of England." The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, in moving the adoption of the report, said that it was needless for him to say any thing respecting it, for it was admirably drawn up, an d expressed all that could be desired. He would rather recommend the society to the meeting. For reasons which he :could not comprehend, there appeared to be an impression on the minds of some individuals that it was a party society. The society was presided over by all of the bishops, and recommended by their own diocesan, and he could not understand how the society, by its constitution, could by any possibility be a party society. It did not interfere with the appointments of the clergy, but left that to the incumbents, who, having received the grant of a curate, were allowed to make their own selection, without reference to party at all. He could not imagine wkat room there could be for the enforcement of peculiar opi lions in such districts as those into which the curates were sent. He would request them to examine into the work:ugs of the society, and represent any case, where party spirit was evinced, to the committee in London and to the bishops, and he had not the least doubt that it would be speedily righted, and all imputation of party spirit disavowed. Mr. ANTHONY SWAINSON seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The Rev. GEORGE DOVER moved the next resolution, which expressed a grateful sense of the support rendered by the society, and urged the necessity of greater assist ance being afforded—This was seconded by the Rev. JOHN TOBIN, and carried. At this part of the proceedings the Ven. Archdeacon BROOKS appeared, and moved a resolution, in which the committee solicitedthe attention of theirfriendsto the wants of the district clergy, with aview to the formation of a branch of the endowment fund of the society. The resolution was a proposal to establish in the town a fund, by means of subscriptions or donations, for the purpose of endowing, or rather adding to the endowment of those district churches which were now so very inadequately supplied. He need hardly tell those who were resident in the town of Liverpool. that the churches, like those in other parts of the diocese and in the manufacturing districts, were exceedingly inadequately provided for. It was even worse here, generally speaking, than in the manufacturing districts, for many of the manufacturing towns had acts of parliament which enabled the commissioners to increase the endowment to £l5O. The expense attendant upon the living of a clergyman in the town of Liverpool was so great, and the calls upon his purse (which he was obliged to answer in a certain degree)so frequent, that if he had not the means, he could not exert himself beneficially in re lieving the wants of the poor placed under his care. It was a matter of great regret, that when a cler g yman visited populous districts, he found great poverty and distress which he had no means of assisting; but the pittance with which the ministers of some of the district churches in Liverpool were provided was literally not sufficient to maintain a man individually, independent of anything he could do for others. There was an attempt, a short time ago, to establish an endowment fund in Toxteth-park, in which Mr. Hampton took a great interest, and exerted himself very much. He was very sorry to say that it had failed. There was a feeling certainly which operated to prevent the formation of such a fund. It was caused by the nomination of the churches belonging to individuals in many cases. Many of the churches in Liverpool, and in other places where corporations ex isted, were formerly in the gift of the corporate bodies, until an act of parliament was passed which enacted that all persons of all denominations should be admitted into the bodies corporate, and then came the question, " What was to be done with the churches ?" It would not be right or proper for gentlemen not belonging to the church of England to have the giving of the churches. The argu ments pro and con. were gone into, and there being some difficulty about the question, it was proposed to sell them, and the corporations were all accordingly required to sell the church preferments in a given space of time, and if they were not sold within that time, the presentation was to go to the bishop of the diocese. If parlia ment had said, "We will bay the livings, and they shall be placed in the giving of the bishop of the diocese," it would have been all well ; for who was more competent to judge of the capacities and fitness of ministers to petform the work of God than the bishop ? When the livings were in the gift of a public body, there was a prospect of pro motion for those who were willing to spend and be spent in doing the work of God. He himself, when first he com menced his ministry, laboured as a curate for 15 or 16 years, at a salary of £lOO per annum ; but as the prefer ments were then vested in the hands of a public body, he first succeeded in obtaining a curacy, then a lectureship, and so he had gone on until he arrived at his present po sition. This prospect was now taken away, and parties would not subscribe to the endowment fund, thinking that they should only contribute to the emolument of those who held the gifts of the livings. This was not the right mode of thinking ; the question should be, were the means provided sufficient to enable the clergyman pro perly, to perform the duties which devolved upon him ? There was another point to which he wished to call the attention of the meeting. It related to residences for ministers. There were thirty churches in Liverpool, and to none of them was there attached a residence for the minister. It would be very desirable that the clergyman should have a house near to his church, that he might be in the district, within the call of those under his care. Supposing that £2,000 were raised for the endowment of one of those churches, the only means of investing it was to put it in the funds, which did not produce more than : three per cent. Houses might be built at convenient dis tances within each of the districts at a very small rate, as the value of house property was now rather reduced, and they would yield a higher per cent., and increase the means and income of the clergy, without calling for a very large sum. He should be the last to question the liberality of the people of Liverpool, for he had seen vast sums raised, on many occasions, for the building of churches, and the different religious societies were well supported ; but he thought he had shown sufficient grounds for their giving their consent to the resolution he had proposed. The Rev. JoirN STEWART seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The BISHOP wished to express his concurrence in what had been said by the Rev. Rector Campbell concerning the impartial nature of the society. He thought that would be sufficiently proved by the fact that the applications for additional curates passed through the hands of the bishop. i Inquiries were made into the circumstances of the parish ! or district, the population, and other material points, in I order that the parent society might consider whether the case was one in which their assistance was requisite. Where assistance was found to be necessary, the incum bents were always allowed to make choice of curates. In regard to the transfer of ecclesiastical preferment from the hands of corporate bodies to private individuals, he ' thought that if there was less prospect of promotion held , out to the curates, it was an additional reason that there ' should be an endowment fund raised to provide better stipends or salaries for those who were content, for the love of their Lord and Saviour, to do His work without hope of preferment. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting , separated. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. TILE monthly meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednesday, the Mayor, S. Holme, Esq., presiding. There was a full attendance of members. FINANCE COMMITTEE.--The proceedings of this com mittee comprised a list of recommendations, embracing the following :—Recommendation of promotions and altera tions in duties of officers and clerks in the Town-dues office, consequent upon the dismissal of Mr. M`Naughten, namely, Mr. Craven, heretofore inward book-keeper, at £lOO per annum, to be inward computer, at £125, the salary hitherto allowed; Mr. Moore, heretofore inward auditor, at £5O per annum, to be inward book-keeper, at £lOO per annum, the salary hitherto allowed ; Mr. Burgess, heretofore outward computer, at £325 per annum, to be outward cashier, in the room of Mr. M'lslaughten, at the same salary of £2OO per annum ; Mr. Fair, heretofore out ward book-keeper, at £lOO per annum, to be outward computer, at £125, the salary hitherto allowed ; Mr. John Surr, auditelerk, at a salary of £lOO, to be inward auditor, in the room of Mr. Moore, receiving, in addition, the salary -of £5O, heretofore paid to Mr. Moore ' • recommendation that the salaries of Mr. Bezar and Mr. Marrow, the general auditors, be respectively increased from £5O to £75 per annum. Recommendations to increase the salary of Mr. Archibald Tweedie, chief clerk to the treasurer, from £2OO to £3OO per annum ; recommendation, subject to the approval of the Lords of the Treasury, to grant the rever sion of a piece of land, in Pilgrim-street and Hope place, for the site of a school in connexion with the Liver pool Hebrew Congregational Institution; recommendation to appoint Thomas Grisenthwaite mace-bearer, in the place of James Halsall, deceased, at the same salary of £lO per annum ; letter from the Hon. Charles Gore, of the Office of Woods, &c., agreeing to the proposal of this committee that the rights of the Crown in the foreshore, fronting two separate properties of the Corporation in Birkenhead, shall be purchased for the sum of £4,000, and recommendation that the committee be authorized to complete the purchase for that sum. The Surveyor had reported against a recommendation which had been before the committee, to illuminate the clock in front of the Town-hall, chiefly in consequence of the danger to the building from introducing the requisite amount of gas. The first six recommendations of the committee, as to the promotions, and alterations in the duties, of the officers, were adopted without discussion; but the pro position to increase the salary of Mr. Tweedie (seconded by Mr. BANNER), was opposed by Mr. BIGHAM, on the ground that the annual statement of accounts, which should be published by next month, would show that the surplus of £50,000, which was apparent on the face of last year's accounts, had been reduced to £12,000 or £lO,OOO. He moved an amendment which was lost by 36 to 7. The proposition for the increase was then adopted Mr. Alderman BENNETT opposed. the recommendation as to the land in Pilgrim-street, chiefly on the ground that it was an erroneous principle to grant land on which tiastitutions would be erected, in which the rising genera tion of Jews would be taught to believe that our Saviour was an impostor.—The proposition, however, was con firmed without a division, as was the recommendation to appoint Grisenthwaite mace-bearer. The recommendation as to the purchase of the Birken head foreshore was the next subject before the Council ; and after a few observations the proposition was adopted, and the proceedings were confirmed. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS. --The minutes comprised the proceedings, resolutions, and reports, referred back for further consideration at the last meeting of the Council, and resolutions and reports consequent on the references by the Council at that meeting. They were as follows : " In accordance with the resolution of the committee at their last meeting, the surveyor submitted a plan, show ing a proposed line of new street, 24 yards wide, and on .halitbo],nmaialintdted-houtearmainminodgsat,eilon2pgsposihioiwiteinDalgmeoot-hstrfiereedaltdste, ;at_atiThtohnsee the natural level, commencing with the south portio n o f St. George's approach from Shaw's the high level tos e. i ls irvb t ee s 3 i ,e d oir e reac o lt f seod Co siby nad l s t yt h .a e nG eo t i erg mi ea,s t u te .had e ll brow to Dale-street. • And in accordance with the in ssitdreurcttiohteis eo of n t i h p e ora Co ti u v nci e dpiroceedsad and va t edtag al th e- e strTe a t - beingcomm communication between o be t t h w e ee hi high level, or by a communication on the ord r i e n p a o r r y t level." The further contained various observations as to the high level, and as to the proposed new street on the !laiituarl4lnglesuveblm: submitted to t r i ejetot concluded t as follows : " Having two plans, the reportcommittee oc their oese opis:ir27lotan't' on rapid increase of .the traffic of the town, will very shortly render both improvements requisite; and having maturely considered the subject, they therefore recommend the Council to apply to Parliament for power to carry out both plans, and also the improvements recommended in the resolution of the 12th instant.—Having also considered the reference from the Council as to improvements in Bur lington-street, Rostock-street, Eldon-place, Bevington bush, and Limekiln-lane, your committee recommend the Council to carry out all these improvements, except Bos tock-street." Mr. BENNETT, chairman of the Improvement Commis sioners, made some observations in support of the high level road, and the formation of a road from Moorfields to the south end of St. George's-hall; the great advantage of forming the two being, in, his opinion, the facilities they would give to the omnibus traffic, which might be arranged to go one way, and return the other. After some conversation, Mr. BIGITAM moved, as an amendment to the propositions of Mr, Bennett, a resoluz tion to the effect that so much of the proceedings of the Improvement Committee as recommended a high level be not confirmed, but that the purchases of property neces sary to the improvement of Shaw's-brow, to the east end of Dale-street, on an ordinary level, be authorised. A long discussion ensued. ,At length th e question was put to the vote, Mr. Bigham s amendment being c arrr i e d b y a majority of 35 to 10. Mr. J. H. TURNER moved that it be an instruction to the committee also to apply for power to widen Church street between Paradise-street and Parker-street, if the funds of the Corporation were adequate. After some discussion the report was ultimately adopted, as was afterwards Mr. J. 11. Turner's proposition. Mr. JEFFREY then moved that Park-lane should b e widened, and, after a brief discussion, the proposition 14-as lost by 24 to 20. Instructions were then given to the Town-clerk to take the necessary proceedings in reference to the proposed provement Bill. • ST. GEORGE'S-HAIL — In moving the confirmation of the report, Mr. J. B. Lloyd produced a letter which had been received from Mr. Cockerell, in reply to the criti cisms of Mr. Henry Booth. The letter having been read, the proceedings were confirmed ; a copy of the letter being ordered to be sent to Mr. Booth.—Mr. Stewart spoke in terms of reprehension of the spirit in which Mr. Cockerell had replied to the well-intended suggestions of Mr. Booth. MAnsETs.—The committee recommended. the aPi)oint meat of Andrew Tyrrell, under the powers for that.pur pose contained in the local act, .5 and 6 Viet. c. 106, one of the inspectors of slaughter-houses and meat for this borough ; by-law to prevent obstructions in the streets by hawkers of fruit, &c. ; a penalty of fib. being recommended to be enforced. Confirmed. The proceedings stated that since May 8572 lbs. of unwholesome meat, and 36 tons of unwholesome fish, had been seized in St. John's Market and destroyed. The Council then adjourned until to-morrow (Wednesday). PRESENTATION' O',F A SILVER CRADLE TO MRS. T. LITTLEDALE. ON the evening of Thursday last, His Worship the e), Tobin, the town clerk, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., Mr. J. th y : r To ( rr M , r l . li S s a C na . li T el ur li ne ° r ita , I n lr ;om j a n s hn ßol il d o , l 'A m t e r s . , J 3 . l A r. . R. M'Guffie, Mr. J. B. Lloyd, Mr. James Tyrer, Mr. James Parker, Mr. James Ss kes, Mr. John Smith, Mr. William Roxburgh, Mr. S. Mellor, Mr. John Stewart, Mr. Elias Arnaud, Mr. Edmund Molyneux, es Thompson, Mr. Joseph Mayer, Mr. T. E.- Moss, andslilis J. T. Bourne, met at Higlifield, the residence of Thomas Littledale, Esq., for the purpose of presen 4 - splendid silver cradle to Mrs. Littledale, in comma i of the birth of Clement St. George Royds lar. . on the Bth of December; 1851, during his father's mayoralty, and on the day on which his worship opened St,. George's Hall for public business; The plate for presentation was procured by subscription, and was made in compliance with an ancient custom which prescribes the gift of such a testimonial to the lady of the mayor, in the eve n t o f h er accouchement during the y ear o f his holding office. The MATOR, after reading the inscription, said : Mrs. Littledale, the pleasing duty devolves upon me of presenting to you the handsome testimonial which is now before me. It is a source of unal loyed pleasure, for several reasons. First, it is an old and cherished custom, handed down to us by our ancestors, on the sacred principle, sanctioned by holy writ, that we are to rejoice with those who rejoice. The birth of a child ought always to be a source of rejoicing ; and when those who have been called by their, fellow-townsmen to fill the e re f asa m gl o f *4 .their te o fLiverP domestic n6 e i n d h e a a v r m e e b i e i e t s n , h h l i es gh aed offi h e y e a o n f the custom has been that those fellow -townsmen should join in the gratification, and express, by some t ang ibl e memorial, that the event has not been unheeded by them. Secondly, that gratification is enhanced in the present instance by the reflection that your husband enjoys the confidence and esteem of all classes of the community. During the period when he occupied the important position of Chairman of the Liverpool Dock Committee, and also when he was elevated to the high office of Mayor of this great community, his generosity, his good humour, his hospitality, independence, and impartiality, won for him the regard of all; and in the name of that municipal body which I have the honour to represent, as well as of many other gentlemen who expressed their wish to contribute, I now ask you to accept the offering which it affords us all' so much pleasure to present. It is a characteristic feature of British society not only to admire feats of heroic daring performed in the cause of suffering humanity, either at sea or on land, but also to recognise and to reward domestic excellence; and whether a man is called upon to occupy the position of a statesman, a warrior, a magistrate, a tradesman, or a peasant, domestic excellence will always be acknowledged and appreciated, because the man who adorns private life will always enjoy the confidence and esteem of the public. Wishing that you and Mr. Littledale may be long spared to train up your children in the paths of virtue, I now present you with this cradle, that those children, when they look upon it in after years, may rejoice at the estimation in which their parents were and may be stimulated thereby to imitate such a bright example. Mrs. LITTLEDALE, in the most graceful manner, replied as follows :—Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, on the present occasion I feel called upon personally to return you my most sincere thanks for the beautiful piece of plate which has this day been presented to me. As a silver cradle (being in accordance with an ancient legend of this good old town), it must be an object of interest to many—as a work of art, it merits the admiration of all. But far more must it ever be endeared to me, not only as commemorat ing the birth of my little son, but as a record of the high esteem in which my husband is held by his fellow-towns-- men, and as a proof of your approbation of his conduct during the twelve months he had the honour of being your chief magistrate. I can only again offer you my Sincere thanks ; and, if they have been inadequately ex pressed, I beg you will believe that it is in words, and not feeling, that lam deficient on the occasion. (Applause.) The plate, which is of very pleasing execution and beauti ful design, consists of an emblematical group of figures, placed on the plinth of an equilateral triangular pedestal ; the three sides of which are occupied by sunk panels, the front one containing the dedicatory inscription, which is as follows :—" To Julia, wife of Thomas 'Littledale, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool. This work of art, emblematical of the cradle and growth of commerce, is presented by a number of the inhabitants of the borough, to commemo rate, in fulfilment of an ancient legend, the birth of Clement St. 'George Royds, on the Bth of December, 1851, during his father's mayoralty, and on the day on which his. worship opened St. Geolve's-hall for. judicial b us i ness. With the gift is also offered to the happy wife and mother this record of the universal esteem in which her husband is held for his character as a man and a British merchants his example for promoting manly pursuits as commodore of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club; his triumphant humanity and bravery in rescuing numbers of valuable lives from the burning wreck of the Ocean Monarch, at sea, on the 24th August, 1848; and his courteous dignity, hospitality, and benevolence as chief magistrate o f thi s great cominu nity—a year which will ever be historically distinguished by his inauguration , of the great assize courts and the free public library.' c e h nt o o u f w. t h ie k b h as . i tre s occupied f b o y un t d h ed e 7 an in cie o n ld t l lin egA g en lis l h nriydi-lu?i. ch ara cters, running thus :-- YE SPIRIT OF YE LEG ENDi. Gif Leverpooles good major ad everre bee' Made fatherre lone hys yerre of maioraltee • Thenne sal bee giften bye ye townemenne free' frosted d in the in all six A s n p e a s ces ilve , r be re ii c i r g ad o le tedoolbiy3s, sgaraireuplaailyine. le other sides, as well as the trunstineahnisteds wofifang:hlicesais, forming principal subject is a cleverly ni°delledtanen blematic group, representative of the origin of Liverpool, relievo. The ruccadiseisgttilgeonftsannfanweliceiinllsßrediton life,a in the chase, who, having crossed the broad ami n of the Sea (Mere-sea), in their frail coracle rapid Pool (the earliest form of boat, made of the branches of the with en together, and then covered with the w hideen tree bull), are laying down the precio— raw of a d,freight, their first off , spring, a beautiful infant, on the shore settlement. Their child they dedicate of their future place, the latter sits anxiously • to the genius of the surveying their actions, and approving their choice of locality, prox imity to the sea, as th e depthof tidas well fro m its its banks. I n h er h and she hods e which fl owe d upon earnest of the e m i nence their child a ren shall a otftalnatirel,id mercial gre a t ness, and as the reward that shall n coin attend their mercantile skill in after times, when the now wild ave washed shore s o f th e Mersey shall be covered with stwnpen: dons docks, and ships sh a ll resor t thither from all parts of the world, and Liverpool be called the "mistress of cora. merce," " the great city of ships." In the second panel is given a view of a Phoenician ship. The crew having come to trade with the islanders, and barter the manufactures of their own country, are seen loading their ship with tin, lead, copper, and iron. The third division represents the native ships, which, having been greatly improved under the civilising in fluence of Roman dominion in Britain, and the great per fection the imperial navy arrived at by the skill and under the direction of the Romano-British admiral Allectus, paved the way for a secure step under the guidanceof King Alfred the Great, wh o enacted a code of naval laws; and by his encouragement of industry, the beautiful and ever-green valleys of the island were filled with herds of cattle grazing in security, and the broad hills were sown with . grain, which-became so abundant that large exports of home produce t oo k p l ace, and brought in - exchange the laboured manufactures of more southern lim giving a hallowed feeling for the usefulness e es, thus of labour. The fourth relievo represents that period history when, unde r th e more liberal policy of English of the govern ment, and th e secur i ty from fore' o the en couragement of maritime dis which 9ssl i n, • of E • eovery t reign Elizabeth, gave the country an unparalleled extension of commerce with whole regions of the world hitherto unex plored by British ships, and founded that lasting greatness of English enterprise until the present time, when, as shown in the last panel, the wonderful elasticity of British energy, and the power of British genius, by the improve ments made in naval architecture, as exemplified in the yacht, the clipper-ship, and the steam -boat, by means of which the mighty deep is d traverse - with almost as great a regularity of time and a certainty of accomplishment as Romans, could accomplish their our great ancestors, the Ro journeyings on the gigantic military roads with which, they intersected our island. The minor details consist of marine emblemsjoined with_ commercial, as indicated by the trident, caduceus, dolphin, and coralines, which are introduced in frosted silver, a s a contrast to the burnished and massive sides of the ped ess Sal ; and the ships, costumes, dc., are all depicted with as much truthfulness as the best authorities could fur n i s h s , as to make it an historical record of the rise, pross.sss, , present greatness of navigation in EnglanA d and of th e and port of Liverpool in particular. The testimonial, which was minutely inspected by the whole company, elicited warm commendat* • lens It Is hig Y creditable to the executive capabilities Orr. A -111- Lord street, who furnished it and who Ir. f I,3er i o fellow-townsmen had the opportunity ' _ se window our y of sn.spectin g it for several days prior to its presentation: A executed photographic representation Of ; thees ry-cleyerly produced by Mr. W. B. Barker, of 145sdetiwPi°1-1-atjs inspected at the presentation with isbaCh street 'tie s • ° 'gratification. e,a,tion. The gentlemen forming the dep a t at i - • on afterwaßls dined with Mr. Littledale. -T VIS V *TIT *