The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

ire, by an and e .—St. 'don of arpool ; is an d ay, the WSW, iesdas , and 0 y), the 'clock , t three laincl e, for TS Of rating dning y Sit nified cony Borth Wm• rated ierlf since ,ntp• ete2 orge !awl [oorf Ippli hat ail' been' pro" the that Rev' the )b -me ice re- Mgt_ LOCAL NEWS. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—At the /l air -yearly meeting of this company, held on Saturday Leek, a dividend of 30s. was declared, being at the rate of ' , a per cent. per annum. • DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Charles Turner, ▪ with Mr. D. Rowland (secretary to the Liverpool Pilot Commissioners), and Mr. John Shepherd (master Pilot), had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell o aTuesday, at the Board of Trade. ~.THE FIRST EXHIBITION of the Liverpool Floral and ▪ orticultural Society will take place at the Botanic Gar ens, on Thursday next. Should the weather be propi "ls, the exhibition is expected to be the finest that has ever yet been held. DEAT H BY DROWN/NG.—On Tuesday morning, the body of a young man named Robert Wilkinson, a clerk at the Wapping Railway-station, was found lying at the north end of the Huskisson pier, where it appeared to have been left by the rece di ng tide. The dec ease d l e ft Ills employ at noon on the previous day, and did not, as usual, return in the afternoon. An inquest was held, a nd a verdict of " Found drowned" was returned. CAPTAIN NYE AND HIS CRENV.--The British Minister at Washington has received from the home government s ome handsome presents for Captain Nye, his mate, and !ix of tte crew of the steam-ship Pacific, as testimonials for their humane services in rescuing those who were on hoard the wrecked British barque Jesse Stephens. The Present to Captain Nye is a gold medal, bearing a portrait °f tier Majesty, and a gold watch. The mate and the six sailors will each receive £lO. r, SHIP LAUNCH AT • GrEtEENOCK.—On Wednesday, the k nuintlet, a splendid 'new iron yacht-ship, was launched at Greenock. In this fine vessel great strength of build and great beauty of form are happily combined. She was Dumbartone built by the Messrs. Denny and Rankin, of Rer length over all is 183 feet 4 inches ; br eadth of beam, 30 f ee t ; d ep th o f h o ld, 19 f eet; tonnage per new measurement, 693 tons; per old measurement, i B 3 tons, She is fastened w ith doubl e r i ve t s , e i g ht t o th e reot. It is confidently anticipated that she will-prove one Pl . the fastest vessels that ever left the Clyde. She is to be fitted in'tihe most elegant and expensive manner, and for P ort be brought roun d t o L on d on to l oa d passengers Tort - Philip. She is owned by M r . J. S m ith, o f Liver ...oo , and the M essrs . G eorge an d A rt h ur H err i ng, o f London. CrLetvinEß by CoNimunct.—At the meeting last week, letters‘were read f rom the Eristol Chamber of Commerce, PPvit' ‘al communication with Australia ; referred to the stai Committee. From Mr. James Wilson, M.P., and'others, on customs 'reform ; referred to the Customs , C oltirlittee. From M r . J. K enne d y, o f Belfast, Mr. eailler, of Leith, and others, on commercial law. From 'the Hull Chamber of 'Commerce, en the Russia cum ,DanY ; referred to 'the special committee. From the „oreign-otfice notifying that orders had been sent by the lirazilian government-to the president of the province of Para, to cause the quarantine on vessels arriving from healthy ports, and furnished with clean bills of health, to he discontinued.. From the Board of Trade, intimating that the customhouse at Buenos Ayres, which had been closed, permitting only the importation of articles of war and food, was spin opened for all the purposes of amerce. STRIKE 'Or Tire DOCK 'LABOURERS.—On Tuesday, Meetin g of dock labourers was held at the Concert-hall, 14 , 131.4 Nel'enn-street, Mr. P. Gregory in the chair. The o . o .lect, as stated by the chairman, was to obtain, an advance nt wages. Mr.eltedrew Hart said there was s difference of °Pinion amongst the members of the sctiety of the northern divisien of the town as to whether the wages nn gbt to be 2 45., 4s. 6d., or ss. He called upon the ~,,, i , l et ingto'fix upon thefrgure. (Loud cries of " 4s. 6d.") te Propositien was as follows .—" That we, the dock Zuaurers of 'Liverpool, - considering the -many disadvan- Zges under which we -labour, feel justified in calling ogether a genera l mee ti ng o f our f e ll ow - wor k men f or t h e bP 39 e Of - deliberating on the best means calculated to d e a l a a 'redress of our g ri ev ances ; and we the re f ore ela te ozr unalterable resolution never to relax our e - ,.‘a , exertions until the rights of labour are made more be s Pereus:" Resoletions were proposed that 4s. 6d. be R e mount of daily labour, and thateeightpence an hour eu arged' for night work between the hours of six, p.m. e nd six, a.m., or eight shillings for the night, allowing borer for supper. Tt was ultimately agreed, on a th" .l% atharids, that'ets. 6d. be the daily remuneratien for theehe district, and eight shillings for night work.; „ tb. et a nbtieC be placarded throughout the town, in iating that a strike for the felfilment of the above ''''cintions would becommenced on the following Monday. e 110 .1 , AL MERSEY YACHT Cava.—The club intend lPending £2OO on prizes. There are to be two s e eparate h °llt eata, the first on the 4th June, co n fi n ed to th e mem ,,'yachts, under thirty-five tons, and above thirty-five m i ls, for two prizes of £25 and £4O in value. The e „ --e 2n e d on the 18th July, for a magnificent prize challenge e l,,p,Cil'-tlOO value, open to be sailed for by all royal yacht e„eau the world:; the prize to be won two years in suo --'sron •by the -same owner and yacht. The opening erltise wil l take place on the 21st instant. The Queen has presented to the dub a cup of XlOO value, to be sailed for ? ` Tuesday, the 19th July, 'the day following that ady announced for the Challenge Cup of £lOO, Rivet by the club. It has also been proposed to enter Into a subscription to raise sefficient funds to extend to e a eegulr regatta and have a number of races for the local °oldiea of - the-po'rt, fishermen and trial-boats, and rowing tams for the boatmen who ply on the river in their gigs, and Aso make the •most of the occasion of this magnificent gift of" Her Ilseesty's Plate:" There are fittine out in the Birkenhead Dock :—Schconers Ariel, 118 tons, Commodore' Littledale; Mavis, 146, G. C. Arbuthnot, Esq._:, 'Louisa, - 129, S. 'R. Graves, Esq. Cutters:: Sea bird, 33, Hon. Secretary ; Jilt, 19, H. Bridson, Esq.. ; Surprise, 15 ' F. Rigge, - Vsq. ; Ranger, 12, R.. M. Prinnell, Esq. The latter arrived on the 15th ult. from Beazinaris -and • Kingstown, - having made an extraor dinary run. Preaces AT •A CHESS DIrWER.—The Northern a nd afidla n d Counties Chess Association having held their Ern annual meeting at Manchester on Friday and `Satur 4. ay week, 'dined together at she close of their proceed !ngs on the latter day. In responding to the toast of Th e 64. 'r• Sir George Stephen, of Liverpool, (rangers, • aueeed to the challenges which were continually passing f ., ar "ne Payes, and on behalf of Mr. Staunton, named 'upon r which that gentleman would challenge the Whole `world, .in order that he might clear up a doubt r t ich , had been east upon his claim to be reckoned the b rst olaver Bea ope. They were that the stakes should A nA r.. , 6 each if the player-resided abroad, and £l5O or 6 "at 'the choke of the-party, if he resided in Eng e-n" the play to take place at a private hotel, in the ;tlleseneeeif three friends of each player only. A gentle man la the room -asked Mr.-Staunton why he had not k ee Ptel a challenge given to him in Bell's Life lately ? r, s t tiinten, 'without giving any reasons, proceeded to e f.'air of e challenge made in• Bell's Life and refused, and 71 that a forei gner i n th e room (H err L owent h a l, it was Qerst ee ,e, put -forth a challenge which Herr Hairwite W as n ot tie manliness to accept, or the acceptance of it this `, er ro °, coretemptible that it was-worse than a refusal. On lef t r Eilarwitz rose in a state of great excitement and e am. C2 :l° ° l t CeIeMITTEE.—The usual meeting of the Dock to t raittee was held on 'Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner • th e chair. With reference to the proposed purchase of ree e - ,. lr kenhead Docks, the Chairman repeated the state lee-'• ' T iede at the last meeting, hut he intimated that I,enran Goldsmid had,not agreed to take two-and-a-half el ,' cent. ter the first ten years on this sum.—Mr. Royden i,„!!esed that the Dock Surveyor, in connection with (ether competent party, should value the works, an offer be made on their valuation, and an end thus be put thi s " matter.—Mx. Robertson Gladstone moved that je ° aarnittee declines to accede to the terms stated by to te es ePh Bailey as ex c essi v e, and having no reference base? value of the property upon which those terms . were th e r°• -- After a desultory•COnVeraattOn it was decided that si r lehairman should convey this resolution, verbally, to eff ect Bailey. Bailey. A motion, ,made by Mr. :Littledale, to the Washe r to the committee were ready to receive any offers from Sir J. Bailey and Baron Goldsmid, th.. n gatived majority 0f.9 to B.—Mr. Barber moved b lzt e directions be g given to the officials to furnish all infor eejlon asked for by every member appertaining to that Parrrnent of the trust of which he was.r. member.—A m lon g and des u lt or y discussion followed, having reference ° le Particularly to the opinion given by the Solicitor, ee „,`"' n.O meroher of the board could act in his individual % % ' ac 'tY, but only in his place in committee. The opinion 4, 48 questioned, and it was contended by several . members t hey informatiOn ought to be given by the officials when ar gued were required to do so ; in opposition to this it was grgned th t m atter of courtesy , when members R as a applied at the various departments for information it . was Usually granted, and that the right to enforce it m ight introduce a system of espionage and produce other-serious difficulties. Ultimately, an amendment was submitted by Mr. Gladstone, to the effect that the officials furnish information verbally, in connection with the trust, to any member requiring it. The amendment was seconded by "t. Bigham, and, on the votes being taken, there ap re'eed seven for, and seven against it. The chairman t he casting vote in opposition, and the amendment as ne gatived. ke II o. R A L TH COMMITTEE.-,011 Thursday, at . the usual r ee e i ng, Mr. Langsdale, the chairman, presided, The continuel officer reported that the health of the town still arer d good, the mortality being lower than the th e a ge. af the season. During die week the deaths in tao r lPsh were 142, and in the out-townships 47. The th ee !'itte from diseases of the zymotic class was lower th e t lt had been in any week of the precedin g th r e e y ears , Inevntal deaths having been only 27 aga i ns t 43 i n th e h 0 0 1 905 week. Of those 10 were from typhus, 4 from Tfort-cough, 3 from scarlatina, 2 from croup, 1 vio us atnall-pox, (aged seven years), without pre- Y a ecination. Diseases of the lungs also caused a beienThed mortality, the deaths (including consumption) r aoefe , a smaller number than in any week of the six „ern:b es t Preceding. A communication from the head oaki7t, represented that a number of hogsheads and , I ltee,,°` °Ones were recently landed from the Wexford boor of on the quay of the Clarence Dock,. at an early the, ethe morning, and allowed to remain during the there aaY, to the great annoyance of the passengers and th e t e ' s ! la ving business there. After some conversation ree4kattee was referred to the Dock Committee, several 4 tai "era expressing themselves strongly at the time t r , rise -" th e a, al' interference which might put a stop altogether ielll l - " a lPortation of bones.—Sewers were ordered in `Je ee n • mb erland-street, Park-road, and North-street. — „Nei , e:PPlieation being made for a sewer near Breck '4lhsr, Newlands showed the necessity existing for the l irlte' e tion of the proposed outlet sewer for Everton and h eat ,2e; and at his suggestion it was resolved to convene %e t week ed a meeting of the landowners. It was also , eqtj et at Lord Sefton would be seen in reference to the 9141.„...5„,e,wer between Smithdown-lane and Wavertree- Zohe ee u loner William-street was adopted.—Mr. Glad male.strnlPlained of the breaking up of the pavement in ess f e et by the Gas Company, which has been in pro eare°r the last fortnight. They had actually that pl t an g cut off the communication between North John th arid at i t h _ Dale street.—lt was stated by Mr. Newlands the Dale G as . been screed to proceed at once with the paving ttt reet. He stated also that he had furnished to t e :ets w e h 9n3 Pany and the Water Committee a list of the - Atest ee " l °,a would have to be paved this year, and bad " wet they §hotald work siroultaneouily. THOS. RODICR, Esq., of Gateacre, and John Rosson, Esq., of Moor-hall, have been appointed deputy-lieu tenants of the county. ROBBERY.—On Saturday, at noon, two men entered the house of Mr. Dewing, at Fairfield, and stole a gold watch, chain, and seal, value £2O. PIPING BULLFINCHES.—Those who delight in culti vated nature should pay a visit to Mr. Trieschmann, in Cases-street, who has a great variety of these extraordi, nary birds. THOMAS LOWNDES, of 60, Bispham-street, was, on Saturday morning, found dead in a court in Wright street, where he had been placed to keep watch over an empty sewer, HERR STAUDIGL.—It will be seen by an announce ment in our advertising columns that this renowned basso will appear this evening at the Philharmonic-hall, where a'grand selection of music will be performed, including the " Finale to Loreley," by Mendelssohn. Twa CHINESE JUNK.—On Saturday, the Chinese war junk Keying, which attracted so much attention on the Thames during the three years it was exhibited there, arrived in the Mersey in tow of the steam-tug Shannon, which had brought her all the way from the metropolis. As she passed the stage she looked like the wreck of a ship which had sustained considerable damage by fire. The masts ate formed of one piece of teak, and are vety heavy, the mainmast alone weighing seventeen tons. She was moored off Rock Ferry, where she will remain for exhibition. A FLEET OF STEAMERS.—There is now lying in the 'Coburg Dock a larger fleet of steamers than ever before floated on so small a given space. These are the Arabia, Niagara, America, Alps, Melita, Balbec, Teneriffe, British Queen, and lAargaret ; in all nine 'steamers, five of which are first-class screw-boats, and four large transatlantic paddle-ships. They form part of liessrs. Mclver and Co.'s unrivalled fleet of stearn-ships, and are worth at least half-a-million sterling. Tire port of Southampton could not show so many steamers altogether as are colledted in the Coburg Dock belonging - to one company. MAIL PACKETS TO AUSTRALIA.—The Post-office Elitho rifles have given notice that provision will be made for the conveyance of mails to AtStralia early in the mcnths of June, August, October, and December of the present year respectively ; and due notice will be given of the days ap pointed for the departure of such mails. In the alternate 'months of May, July, September, and November, mails :for Australia will continue to be forwarded by`the route of 'Singapore, according, to the present arrangements, on the 4th of the month 'rid - Southampton, and on the Bth rid Marseilles. Postmasters will, for the present. send to London all letters and newspapers addressed to Australia. THE LIVERPOOI CHESS CLUB, taking advantage of the attendance at the late great chess gathering in Manchester, were favoured on 'Monday, last week, with a visit from the English champion, Mr. Howard Staunton, and Hearen Horwitz and 'Lowenthal. Mr. IL :Harden. president, and Mr. T. L. Iforecroft. secretary• of the Rock Ferry Chess Club, were present by incitation, besides whom there was a large attendance of members. Play com menced early in the evening, When Messrs. Staunton, Horwitz, and'Lowenthal, each engaged in a contest With three opponents in consultation, and giving the odds of the pawn 'and two moves. Mr; Staunton succeeded in winning his game; but those of the two foreigners were not finished, s►rpper time having arrived before it was possible to conclude. The proceedings were terminated with a sapper, presided over by the president of the club, Mr. G. C. Schwvabe. TRANSATLANTIC STCANIS:HIPS.—The British and North American Mail steam-thip Europa, Capt. Shannon, took her departure hence, for Boston, on Saturday ; at one, p.m., with 145 passengers and a fair cargo, besides the usual mails on board.—On * *Tuesday, shortly before mid night, 'the United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain Luce, arrived in the Mersey, after a very quick passage, with mails and passengers. She left New York on the 30tiret.—On Tuesday, at midnight, the screw. steam-ship City of Manchester, Captain Leitch, arrived in the river, with 50 passengers and , 87,000 in specie. She left Philadelphia on the 23rd ult.—On Wednesdey night, the British and North American screw steam-ship Alps, Capt. Wickman, arrived in the Mersey from; New York, from which port she -salied on the 28th ^ult., with a large 'cargo, but no passengers or specie. .A7ATERLOO. On Wednesday, a numerous meeting took place in the National School-room attached to Christ 'Church, Waterloo. The chair was occupied by the in cumbent, the Rev. J. - Jones, M.A., rural dean, who deli cvered a highly interesting address, stating the great pleasure it gave him to see the evident interest attached - to that the first missionary meeting in'Waterloo, and inti -mating that he hoped to renew such a beginning as that `he then witnessed. 'qle Rev. W. Rawson, incumbent of , Seaforth, then addressed the meeting, , end was followed by the Rev. P. Percival, a missionary from India, who gave highly interesting accounts of his•2abours in India •and Ceylon, showing the state of civilization, literature, character, and dialects ; the difficulty of the missionary in his attempts with - the wealthier classes to spread that knowledge which alone is sufficient to make them wise unto salvation. "The meeting separated.about 20 minutes to ten. SALE OF A Ciruncia.—On Friday,> at the Clarendon rooms, Mr."Winstanley offered for-sale-by public auction, the church of St. „John the Evangelist, in Hope-street. This church, which has for many years been used as a Church of England, was originally founded by the cele brated Aikin ; and it has a local history worthy of being written. The pulcit was at one time the scene of a con flict between tsro•cpposing ministers, the circumstances of which are recorded in the police annals. Mr. Winstanley having read the conditions of sale, put , up the property at £1,200, and stated that in 1842 the late possessor had given £3,000 for it. The present one - vms a widow, living far from Liverpool, and that was the reason it was sold.. The church-is licensed by, the bishop of the diocese, and held on lease for -seventy-five years (of which fifty-eight will be unexpired in June, 1853), from the Corporation of Liverpool, at a peppercorn rent. -is let at £125 to a yearly tenant, whose tenancy will be determined in November. It will accommodate nearly 900 persons. There is no restriction in the lease from the Corporation that the building••should be continued as a church, nor against its being•converted into a place•of worship for any religious sect. A considerable number of persons were present ; but the only bid, after the , upset price, was one from Mr. R. A. Macfie, sugar refiner. P:e bid £lO above that, and then Mr.sWinstanley declared the reserved price to be £1,500, one-half of its original cost. No other bid being made, the attempted sale came to a close ; but Mr. Macfie, under private arrangement, agreed to give £1,500 'for the property, which has consequently -passed into his hands. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the -weekly meeting, Mr. Harrison presided. From the go -vernor's report it appeared that there were 675 paupers in the workhouse. A letter was read from Mr. Latham, one of the relieving-officers for Toxteth-park, soliciting com pensation for extra duties he had performed during the • illness of Mr. Tomkins, late relieving officer. A motion to give him £5 was lost by a large majority.—Mr. Gough, the governor of the workhouse, intimated to the board - that a lady was in attendance who wished to adopt a pauper boy. She had fixed upon one whose mother was, dead and his father was abroad. A deputation was ,appointed to have an interview with her before the request could be complied with.—The ltd-clerk read a letter from Mr. M',Govern, enclosing a copy of account for lawyers' ex penses, &c., amounting to £lB ls. sd. (on account of the -recent inquiry into the charge of breach of contract,) which he hoped the board would pay him. No serious notice was taken of the communication.—The visiting comattee recommended that Mr. Olney should be ap pointed assistant to the governor of the workhouse, at his present salary; and that a bookkeeper be appointed, with a salary of .Z.lO a year and rations. The committee also recommended that the salary of the chaplain, the. Rev. Mr. Moore, be increased from 4120 to £lBO a year. One proposition was that Mr. Olney should shave the paupers, which.would be a saving of £4O a year. After some .dis cussion the report was adopted. SirocaciNe SUICIDE.—On Wednesday night, a young lady committed suicide under circumstances which have created a painful sensation. The deceased, Fanny Crosby, was daughter, of the proprietor of an extensive drapery establishment in Fishergate, Preston, and was about 21 years of age. She was a clever and accomplished girl, and excessive study is believed to have affected Ler intellect. She bas latterly been incthe habit of putting her feet in water several times a-day, apparently with the view of relieving her head, of which she frequently com plained. About six o'clock on Wednesday evening she left home, attired for a walk. At about half-past eight a young man named ;Holliday was proceeding along the bank of the Ribble (a favourite promenade close to the town), when he observed a woman, which proved to be Miss Crosby, sitting on some stones which,projected into the river, with her legs in the water. Someother persons came up, and Holliday directed their attention to the singular position of , the deceased, and they all went towards her. A woman who was passing exclaimed, " Let's go down to see what she's about." Immediately upon this the deceased plung.4 into the water, .which is of considerable depth at that spot, and was carried away by the strength of the stream. Half an hour elapsed before the body was recovered, by which time life was extinct. The deceased had her 'boots on when first seen with her feet in the water, but had taken off her mantle, bonnet, and veil. On Thursday an inquest was held aver the body by Mr. Myers, when the jary returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." CONSPIRACY AND FORGERY.—At the Police-office, on Friday, Mathew Mudd, boardinghouse-keeper, was charged with conspiring with another person, named John Brown, to defraud the North and South Wales Bank of £3OO, by means of a forged signature to a deposit note. In September, 1852, William Simpson came from Australia and deposited £3OO with the North and South Wales Bank, for which he received a deposit note. As an additional security he also signed his name in a book kept for that purpose at the bank. About the 23d he married the present Mrs. Simpson, and shortly afterwards went to sea, leaving the deposit-note in her possession, with instructions to use it if in want of money. About five weeks since John Brown alias Crown, took lodgings near Mrs. Simpson, and claimed acquaintance on the ground of being an old friend of her husband's. They soon became very friendly, and on Friday week went to the bank together to draw the sum of £2O; but, as the bank was closed, she left the note in his possession until the the following morning. On the Saturday he went to the bank to get the note cashed, but, a material difference in the signature exciting their suspicion, payment was re fused. He again obtained possession of the note, and on Wednesday appeared again at the bank, this time with the prisoner Mudd, who stated that he knew the person present to be William Simpson. However, as Mudd was personally unknown to them, as a further precaution they required his references, when he named three very respectable tradesmen. On making inquiries the charac ter of Mudd appeared satisfsctory, and on his represen tation the money was paid to Brown, who signed the receipt Wm. Simpson. It is supposed, in making this charge, that Mudd knew Brown was not Simpson, as he had lodged with him in Hull foar years since, and he had received £lO for making this representation, and one of the £5O notes paid to Brown was found in the prisoner's possession. Mr. Mansfield stated that at present the case was involved in some mystery, and, under the eir cumetances, he should remand the prisoner for seven days, in the meantime admitting him to bail in his own recognisances of £lOO and two sureties of £lOO each. Since tui:ivegigatio been captured in Loudon, Tint TENERIFFE, a new screw steamer belonging to Messrs. M'lver, arrived in the river on Friday, from Glasgow. She is intended for the Mediterranean trade. A DRUNKEN JURYMAN.—During the progress of a case at the coroner's office, on Tuesday, it was discovered that one of the jurymen was drunk. He was turned out of the box. CHARLES CROWTHER, the driver of a lorry at Man chester, has been committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes, 'for the manslaughter of William Swann, seven years of age. THE STEAMER OCEAN, belonging to the Cork Steam Company, has been purchased by the Chester and Holy head Railway Company, to ply between Dublin and Holy head, for the conveyance of cattle and heavy goods. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.—A requisition to his worship the Mayor, to call a general town meeting to consider of the necessity of instituting improvements, is lying at the Exchange Newsroom. A SESSION for the transfer of publicans' licenses was held in the old Nisi Prius Court on Thursday last. Mr. John Holmes presided ; and there were also on the bench Mr. J. H. Turner, Mr. Stitt, and others. The business done was unimportant. LIVERPOOL HONICEOPATHM INSPENSARY.—During the last year 2,670 patients have been admitted as against 2,624 of the former year ' and the prescriptions dis-- pensed have been 13,088 for the last year, as against 12,904 for 1852. The receipts for the last year amounted to £ls2 9s. 6d., and the balance now in hand is £2l 4s. ROYAL AGRICULTCRAI SOCIETY.-Dr. Sheridan Mus pratt has been admitted a member of this body, and is, we understand, a competitor for the £lOOO prize, offered by the Royal Society, for the discovery of a manure equal to guano, and to cost £5 per ton. Mr. Littledale, of Lis card Farm, has received some of Dr. Musprates compost, to be tried again - St guano on turnips. THE Mturrn..—The whole of the - five regiments of Lancashire Militia will meet for training on Monday next. The Ist Regitient at Lancaster, under the command of Colonel Clifton ; the 2d at Liverpool, under the command of Sir T. G. Ilesketh, Bart. ; the ad at Preston, under the command of Colonel Patten, M.P. ; the 4th at War rington, under the command of Colonel Blackburne ; and the sth at Burnley, under the command of Colonel Towneley, M.P. THE ELECTRIC LlGHT.—During the week Mr. Staite's electric tight has been exhibited from the new tower lately erected on the Prince's Pier, and, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, it has been viewed nightly by crowds of spectators, though all the arrangements for its perfect display are not. yet completed. The apparatus of Mr. Stevenson, the engineer of the Scottish lighthouses, for the diffusion of the light over a quadrant of a circle, ‘viitl shortly be added. LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—On Wednesday, About thirty gentlemen dined together at the 43runswick Hotel, Hanover-street, on the occasion of a presentation ' being made by the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Asso ciation to the members of the Literary and Dramatic Society, as an acknowledgment of their generous services in giving their annual performance, on the 25th of last month, in aid of the funds for building the asylum and schools of the association ; and on the occasion, also, of the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. H. Loraine, of the Theatre Royal, by whom the amateurs were assisted in their efforts. Mr. John Allinson, president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, occapied the chair. CASE 'OF SWOVEING.—On Monday, -a lad, named John Morgan, was taken into custody for shooting a gentleman in Williamson-square. The lad is employed in a shooting gallery, and was sent to a neighbouring gallery for two rifles, which ' had been placed there for safety. He was returning with them across the square, when he said to another boy'who accompanied him,'" Could not'l knock that 'hen over - ?" at the same time pointing one of the guns •at the hen and pulling the trigger. The rillevas loaded and'went off, the ball entering the thigh of tren tleman who vas walking along Marble-street. The gen. tleman injured, Mr. Edward Simpson, of Grinfield-street, Edge-hillovas conveyed home and attended by Dr. Wil son, who succeeded in extracting the b a ll. O n T ues d a y the boy-was discharged, the only 'object in giving him into custody being'to show to the magistrates the desirability of -some steps being taken for the safety of the publie. IfL'VEICILE'DELINQUENCIY.—=GAI Tuesday, at a meeting ofthe magistrates of the borough, a petition to the House of 'Commons was agreed to, on the subject of‘juvenile delinquency. The petition -•states that the petitioners 'have long painfully felt the entire inefficiency of their present powers to check the increase of 'juvenile 'delinquency ; and they therefore pray for an act to enable magistrates to commit to a reformatory institution, sanctioned and inspected by Government, children between the- ages of eight and sixteen, belonging to the fdllowing classes :—" let,• Children convicted • before a magistrate of-felony ;•2ndly, - .Vagrants .who are outcasts from home, owing to the cruelty of one or both parents ; :Brdly;Vagrants, being outcasts, whose parents are dead, er not to be found; - 4thly, Wagrant children, whose 'parents are unable to restrain them, and-request their admission. 'That such delinquents, or vagrantohildren, be committed to remain .a certain time upon probation. not to extend-bsyond the age of twenty-one years, and -whenever practicable shall be placed out to someomploy merit. 'All such committals to be reported to the Secre tary of State within seven days. That such -committal shall not remove the liability for the child's maictenance from the quarters where it has previously existed, namely, the parents, if to be found; the .parish, in case of orphans: and that means of enforcement and collection, similar to those now found effectual' in cases of affiliation, be pro vided." The petition further states that " The Ship owners' Association of Liverpool, by a unanimotts.resolu tion, have expresoed themselves ,willing to receive boys recommended from such a reformatory schools if established in s hulk on the river. And in the cessation of Irish immigration, and :n the extensive emigration now going oa,-cuch schools would probably soon be found to be very valuate, as furnishing a supply of sailors and labourers in addition to theimportance of their more immediate object." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1853. GENERAL NEWS. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH is to be laid down to-day between the Italian. Opera, the Houses of Parliament, and all the telegraph-stations. Alas. STOWE is receiving the homage of Duchesses and Cabinet Ministers with a simplicity which disarms the witticisms that may have been provoked by her tour in the north. She exhibits herself for the sake of the cause she advocates, but without reluctance or the affectation of it—liking it apparently, and not ashamed of liking it. There is a touch of American character in this. Across the water it is the right and duty of a distinguished per son to be stared at, complimented in public, and followed by admiring crowds—a duty which he owes to society, an acknowledgment which society owes to him. Hence an ovation from which an Englishwoman of taste and refine ment would shrink, an American authoress takes quite quietly, without being deficient in refinement or taste.— Guardian. CITY CENTRAL TERMlNUS.—Yesterday week a very numerous and influential deputation, accompanied by the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Members for the City of London, and several of the representatives for the Metropolitan Boroughs, waited upon Lord Palmerston, at the Home Office, to solicit the co-operation of Govern ment in carrying out the above scheme. The objects of the deputation having been explained, Lord Palmerston said he was led by personal feeling as well as official duty to promote a measure possessing the advantages which had been so forcibly suggested. He was aware of the in convenience which was sought to be remedied, but he must reserve to himself a discretion to consider any ob jections that might be brought against the scheme. As far as he was informed, the plan deserved all the support Government and Parliament could give it. TERMINABLE ANN mum—A parliamentary paper re specting the terminable annuities has been issued. It appears that on annuities for lives the capital transferred and cancelled, including stock purchased with money, from the Ist September, 1808, to the sth of January, 1853, was £28,328,656 7s. ld. ; long annuities trans ferred and cancelled, £24,620; the annuities granted, £ 2 ,603,819 12s. 6d. ; and the annuities ceased, £ 1 ,545,308 10s. On annuities of terms of years, the capital stock, &c., from the same period, was £19,661,791; the long annuities, transferred and cancelled £141,269 145.; the annuities, £1,701,427 10s.; and the annuities ceased, £802,608 15s. In addition, the exchequer bills purchased and cancelled in the year ending the sth January, 1831, on account of annuities for lives, amounted to £144,415 9s. 4d. ; and on account of the annuities for the term of years, £934,500. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—At the meeting last week, a dividend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 2 per cent., was declared, and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. THE HOUSE OF LORDS has ordered a return showing the " fees" paid in the County Courts. In summonses to recover £6,777,372, the fees alone paid by the suitors amounted to no less than £1,206,901. LORD SHAFTESBLITy has laid on the table of the House of Lords, a bill to amend the Chimney Sweeper's Act. Persons under 16 are not to use the trade of a chimney sweeper under a penalty of £lO. The law has been evaded in this respect. MR. WILLIAM ODELL, a master plumber, was en gaged superintending some works in the House of Lords, on Monday, when he suddenly fell down. He was instantly conveyed in an insensible state to the West minster Hospital, where be shortly expired. EXCHEQUER BONDS.—Notice has been given that all Exchequer Bonds, whether dated in June or March, may be converted into Exchequer Bonds bearing 21 per cent. interest from the Sth of June next, until the Ist. of Sep tember, 1864 ; and per cent. thereafter until September, 1894, upon application being made before the 25th inst. A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT occurred at Corsham, on Thursday morning, by which three men have been momentarily deprived of life. It appears that they were at work, with several others, in the extensive stone quarries of Messrs. Randell and Saunders, when a large bed of stone gave way, and killed them on the spot. Two DONKEYS.—We are informed, upon good au thority, that on Wednesday, the 27th ult., a duel took place between Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Bernal Osborne, the member for Middlesex, the origin of the meeting being the speech which the hon. baronet delivered upon the Jew Bill. The ball from Mr. Osborne's weapon passed through his antagonist's coat sleeve, and the affair hapily terminated without bloodshed.—Essex Herald. IN THE EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, on Tuesday, Lord Campbell delivered judgment upon the writ of error from the Court of Exchequer, in the case of " Salomons v. Miller." He said that, as the act of Parliament required that no person is to be allowed to take the oath of abjura tion who could not or would not say that he did so " upon the true faith of a Christian," he entertained no doubt upon the point. They had nothing to do with what the law ought to be, but were sitting there to declare the law. The judgment of the court below must be affirmed. COMMITTAL OF A MAGISTRATE.--Dr. Banks, of Louth, magistrate and consulting physician, was commit ted for trial on Tuesday last, at Spilsby sessions, for an assault with intent to commit a rape. The injured girl, aged 16, daughter of Mr. Lockwood, of Tetford. at the time the offence was committed was alone with the doctor, in his consulting-room, having been taken thither by her mother, for professional treatment of a delicate nature, though the ailment is said to have been merely imaginary. She had been under his treatment about a year. The accused drove to the petty sessions court in his carriage. .He declined, through his counsel, to make any defence or statement, but stated that he wished for a thorough in vestigation. Bail to the extent of £lOOO was taken, and the complainant's father was bound over to prosecute. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The sixth public drawing for rights of choice amongst the uncompleted shareholders took place on Saturday, at the offices, Nor folk-street, Strand, London, in presence of Viscount Ranelagh, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. Fector Lawrie, Mr. Cribb, and other members of the executive committee and society. Fifty-four rights were drawn in the following counties :—Middlesex, Surrey, Herefordshire, Yorkshire, Essex, Kent, Gloucester, and Herts. Twenty-five shares were added to the list by seniority. It was announced from the chair that the society had progressed and was progressing in a way unequalled by any other society of a similar nature ; that some additional purchases of estates will shortly be made, and that the next drawing will take place in the third week in June, at the Freemason's Tavern, on the occasion of the third quarterly meeting of the society. IMPORTANT DECISION IN AN INSURANCE CASE. — GLEN v. WEST OF ENGLAND INSURANCE COMPANY. — This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover £BOO on a fire policy. The plaintiff had his premises. in Mason-street, Hull, burnt down on the 3rd of last May. The company admitted the loss, but they objected paying on account of a small steam-engine being tried on the premises for about two hours on the day preceding the fire. Judgment w a s g i ven in Liverpool for the plaintiff ; was afterwards carried by defendants into the Exchequer Court, where it was tried by Lord Chief Baron Pollock and a special jury ; and a verdict was given there for the plaintiff for the £BOO claimed, and £3O interest, with leave for the defendants to move the court above, to enter .a verdict for the defendants, upon the ground that the temporary erection of the steam-engine was a breach of the policy. The defendants again moved the court above, and the argument came on on the 26th of April, 1853, before the Barons of the Exchequer, when judgment was , deferred. On Saturday week the judges gave their ver dict for the defendants, with leave for the plaintiff to file a bill of exceptions, which, we understand, he has done. ASSAULT ON THE EDITOR OF THE TIMEE.”—On Saturday, at the Guildhall, London, Thos. Andrew Evans, a dealer in curiosities, was charged with assaulting Mr. Delane, a barrister, in Sergeants'-inn. Mr. Delane was leaving his office, in Sergeants'-inn, when the defendant ran up to him, and, producing a heavy, short-handled whip, which he had concealed in an umbrella, struck him with it twice across the face. He used a deal of incohe rent language, accusing Mr. Delane of bribing Lord Den man, of ruining him, (the defendant.) and also of having retained possession of the " Nelson" sword. The prose cutor defended himself with his stick until a policeman appeared, when he gave the defendant in charge. In answer to the defendant's solicitor, Mr. Delane said he had never seen the " Nelson" sword. In the course of the examination, the defendant, turning abruptly to Mr. Delane, said, " Are you not aware that I have memoria lized the authorities at Greenwich Hospital as to the authenticity of the Nelson' sword ?" Mr. Delane: " I know nothing about it." Alderman Farebrother : "Of course not. How can Mr. Delane know what you have done.?" The defendant: " I beg your pardon, sir, Mr. Delane knows everything." He was convicted in the penalty of £2, in default of paying which he was commit ted for two months. Ho was also ordered to find bail to keep the peace. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S WILL.---In consequence of the determination of the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, and the Speaker of the House of Commons to renounce the executorship of the late Duke of Wellington's will, letters of administration have been granted by the Prerogative Court to the present duke. The will seems to have been written under very peculiar circumstances, upwards of thirty-five years ago, and with that promptitude and decision which marked almost every act of his grace's life, but at the same time displays evident traces of the agitation under which it was drawn up. The will is dated February 17, 1818, and was written in Paris by the Duke himself, who accounts for that circumstance in the following remark, which forms the preamble;—" An attempt having been made to assassinate me on the night of the 10th inst. (Feb. 10, 1818), which may be repeated with success, and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs, and there being no professional person in Paris to whom I can entrust the task of drawing my will, I now draw it myself in my own handwriting." His grace directs that an annuity of £l,OOO shall be paid to his second son, Lord Charles Wellesley, who, however, has the option of claiming a sum of £20,000 as an equivalent. Apsley-house and the furniture therein, money invested in the funds, and Exchequer-bills, are thus to be disposed of :—" The money is directed to be laid out in the purchase of an estate, which, together with Apsley-house and its con tents, are given to the present duke for life, with remainder over to his issue, and, in default of issue, to Lord Charles Wellesley and his issue, in like mannf r. In case of death of both (the present Duke and Lord Charles Wellesley) without heirs male, the property passes over to the descendants of the brothers of the late duke. Certain personal estate, which his grace designates as ' money given to me by the nation,' or any estates which may be purchased with such money, are directed to pass under trusts similar to those of the foregoing property ; Apsley-house first going to the children of the duke, and on their deaths, leaving no issue, to the children of his brothers." The wording of the will is very involved; and the residue, which, owing to the lapse of time, must have greatly accumulated, is undisposed of. SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.—On Wednesday morning the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., appeared at the Marlborough street Police-court to prefer a charge against William Wilson, a commercial traveller, " of following and annoy ing him, and also attempting to extort money by threaten ing to charge him with immoral conduct." According to the right hon. gentleman's statement, be was walking with a young woman below Coventry-street and Oxenden street, at a little before twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, when Wilson came up and began to use words which he could not well understand, upon which the girl expressed alarm, took hold of his left arm, and he consoled her with assurances that nothing should occur to her. Har ing told him where she lived, he accompanied her home wards, and as they were proceeding on their way the prisoner addressed him by name, saying he would expose him. Mr. Gladstone took leave of his fair protege at the door of a house in King-street, Soho, the prisoner being close at hand. He then walked on, turning first one way and then another, in the hopes of getting free from the prisoner, but the man kept up to him, saying that he admired his public character much, had long observed him, but now he must expose him hi the Morn ing Herald and thus annoy the whole Conservative party. Mr. Gladstone continued his statement as follows : " With these threats he mingled a statement that he did not wish to do me any harm, and that if I would make it right with him, or give him a government appointment at Somerset House, or elsewhere, his lips should be closed. In answer to this—being, I fear, angry—l charged him with being a liar, and I used more than once the expression that he should not have from me either a sixpence or a situation, and that if he did not leave me I must appeal to the police for protection. The prisoner stated he would not do that, and that he would give me in charge of the police. He then said that he would be contented if I would allow him to write me a letter, to which T answered, ' Sir, do exactly as you please,' re peating my former words about not giving him either a sixpence or a situation. I told him that any act of mine I had no wish to conceal, and that he was not justified in imputing to me the intention on which he had founded his claim—an intention which, being upon my oath, I most solemnly deny." At length Mr. Gladstone encountered a policeman, and by his advice he went to a police station and gave the pri soner in charge. The prisoner afterwards stated to the in spector on duty that he did not care what was the result of his misconduct, even if it were transportation, so long as his name was associated with so great a man as Mr. Gladstone. He admitted to the magistrate before whoa he was examined, th a t h e was very muc h exc ited at t he time he met with Mr. Gladstone, and that he was 807 he had beer so rash. H e was reman d e d until t Fri d ay, order that full inquiri es m i g ht b e made into his character. The Times of Thursday gives, on authority, a short expo sition of the circumstances under which Mr. Gladstone was found engaged in an apparent aniourette. He was returning from the opera at Covent Garden, when begged ngugend fortunate woman addressed him, who earnestly attention to her story. While he was walking on, listen ing with his accustomed benevolence to her appeal, the woman became apparently alarmed at the appro ac h o f the prisoner, and clung to Mr. Gladstone for protection, The scene then ensued which b w e endeavoured have alread y to describe. On Friday e was again brought up, and committed for 4134 THE FOLLOWING NOTICE has been sent to all the employes in provincial post-offices :—The postmaster general has been pleased to withdraw the restriction which precludes letter-carriers, and others employed in country offices, from soliciting Christmas gratuities. Mr. BOWDEN, a revenue-officer of Kendal, has dis covered a most ingenious cave between Ambleside and Coniston, fitted up for illicit distillation. There was a complete apparatus and materials for distillation. No one was found in the cave. BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—On Tuesday, workmen were engaged in renovating the ornamental work and casing of that portion of the front of Buckingham Palace imme diately adjoining the principal entrance, it having been ascertained that much of the stonework was in the first stage of decay. PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—The seventeenth anniver sary was held on Wednesday, at Exeter hall. The report stated that the receipts of the past year amounted to £142118. 2d., and the expenditure to £l4lO Is. Bd., leaving a balance of £lO 195., 6d. ; while the liabilities of the as sociation exceeded £4OO. THE COMMITTEE for promoting a reform of the cus toms have announced that, apprehending further delay in the prosecution of the intended measures by the Govern ment, they contemplate the preparation, on their own part, of a bill which shall embody the various changes they consider requisite. A RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIRS.—On Tuesday night, the up express train on the Great Northern Railway was de tained about an hour at Knottingley, and afterwards tra velled at greater speed to make up for lost time. On the train reaching Grantham, one of the first-class carriages was discovered to be on fire, owing to an axle having become overheated, and the occuphnts were nearly suffo cated with heat and smoke. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch were in the royal carriage. The passeneers had used every effort to attract the attention of the guard, but, owing to the noise, without effect. MARITIME COLLEGE.—A meeting of merchants and bankers is to be held this day, (Tuesday,) at the London Tavern, to promote the establishment in the city of a Mercantile and Maritime College, together with a mu seum of trade, where specimens of produce, &c., as well as commercial statistics of all kinds, may be collected. The question will also beconsidered whether the Gresham College may be induced to enter into the spirit of these proposals, and transform its present lifeless routine into something that shall better harmonize with the purposes for which it was founded. STRANGE DELUSION. —At the Bow-street Police office, London, a few days ago, a tall, gentlemanly looking man, who described himself as a Major Bond, of the 2d Life-guards, and wore moustaches, was charged with stealing part of a meat pie from the larder of the. Union Club, Trafalgar-square. It appeared, from the statement of his brother, that be was a clerk in the Bank of England, and had been on leave of absence for the last month, chiefly on account of his state of mind. One of the delusions under which he laboured was that he had discovered an extraordinary kind of fish sauce. When taken to the police-station he produced a bottle of sauce, which he stated was his own invention, and for which he was endeavouring to get an order at the club. He stated that the pie was his own, and continued eating it, so that a very small portion of the stolen property remained for 1 identification. On Mr. Henry telling him that he would remand him for a few days, to make enquiries about his friends, the prisoner demanded the remainder of his pie, and £5 for the damage done to his coat by the lamp cleaner at the club, in taking him into custody. BRIGHTON CARD CHEATING CASE.—During the last term, a rule nisi had been granted calling upon Mr. Sill, ettorney, to show cause why his name should not be struck off the Rolls of the Court. It will be remembered that a young gentleman named Hamp having lost large sums at cards during a visit to Brighton, when in com pany with Broome the pugilist and others, he was induce& to give bills of exchange, the payment of which he was advised to resist, and the parties were given into custody charged with conspiring together, in order to obtain the bills by false and fraudulent pretences. Mr. Sill was engaged as attorney for the prosecution, but it was alleged that through his connivance, and for a pecuniary consideration, one of the principal witnesses was kept away, and the parties were acquitted. Subsequently pro ceedings were taken against Sill for his conduct in the transaction, but owing to some technical informality the defendant was acquitted, and an application was imme diately made to the Court to have his name struck off the attorney's rolls.—Mr. Sill, on Friday, showed cause against the rule, but Lord Campbell, having gone over the facts, said the Court were unanimously agreed that Mr. Sill had so grossly misconducted himself as an at torney that his name could not be permitted to remain on the rolls. TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION IN SOUTHWARK.— On Saturday night, about half-past ten o'clock, a fire, attended with a great destruction of property, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Hitchcock, saw-mill proprietor and turner in general, situate in London street, London-road, Southwark. The property in ques tion covered an immense space of ground, on which was erected a spacious mill, fitted up with costly machinery, adjoining which were timber yards and stores for tha more valuable veneers, &c., deposited in the place. The fire was first discovered by one of the neighbours, named Wicks, who resided almost immediately opposite. He at once gave the alarm in the usual way, and sent off for the aid of the engines and fire-escapes. In the course of a few minutes the Royal Society's escapes arrived, followed by the engines of the London Brigade and West of England Office. Plenty of water having been pro cured from the mains of the Lambeth Company, the engines were set to work, but, in spite of the most strenuous exertions of the firemen, the work of destruc tion continued, and at length the fire assumed such a formidable appearance, that nothing short of the entire demolition of every house near could, at one period, be anticipated. The firemen, however, exerted themselves most praiseworthily, and at length succeeded in getting the mastery over the fearful element, but not before nearly twelve o'clock, and not until the majoi portion of the premises was destroyed. BARBAROUS MURDER.-011 Sunday morning last week, a brutal murder was committed at the Rectory-house at Bacton. a secluded village, about six miles from Stow market, Suffolk. The Rectory-house is in the occupation of the Rev. Mr. Barker, upwards of eighty years of age. The establishment consisted of a housekeeper, named. Maria Steggall, upwards of seventy years of age, and a housemaid. Mr. Barker left his residence about half past ten to proceed to church, and was shortly after followed by his housemaid, leaving the hotisekeeper at home in her usual good health. The rev, gentleman after service returned home, but not finding his house keeper in the hall, called out loudly for her by name ; re ceiving no answer, he went into the kitchen, where he saw her lying in a pool of blood. Mr. Barker shrieking , out, " Oh, Susan, Susan,.y our m i s t ress i s mur d ere d ! ' brought the housemaid to the kitchen, who was so alarmed that she ran out of the house. Her cries brought three countrymen to her assistance, who discovered that although the skull of the housekeeper had been broken in three places, she still breathed. Her clothes were much disordered, showing evidently that she had struggled with her murderer, and she died in about an hour after she was discovered. No other reason can be given for the murder than the hope of plunder, for three sovereigns and five shillings, as well as some things of trifling value, had been abstracted from the box belonging to the housemaid, which stood in her bedroom upstairs. Other articles of property are also missing. A LADY'S DILEMMA.—In l oo ki ng over th e " Corre -1 spondence" of some of our more fashionable papers, it will be perceived that most of the " Answers" relate to complaints on the part of the fairer half of creation, re specting the ravages .which atmospheric influence makes with the complexion. In lieu of bloom and beauty they expatiate on a long train of personal disfigurations in the shape of pimples, tan, freckles, &c.—eruptive horrors, all ! And what is a lady to do in this dilemma-? - She has her ,reesfrvor,,, y bane : where is she to look f or h e „war - rote ./ Why, it is " before her" in Rowlands' Ac alydor —a mild, soothing extirpator of all impurit . of the skin ; pr e p are d f rom th e choicest exotics of e alsamic nature; utterly free f rom mineral substan ; harmless in its components ; gra t e f u l in its effects t neutralizes atmospheric extremes, and promotes't r e healthy action of the microscopic vessels ; and tirtcs— " Adds to beauty all the charms of health !"—See (OH. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS have performed a most extraordinary cure of an inflammat. in the side. Extract of a letter from Mr. F. t, of Breahouse, Lothian-road, Edinburgh, dat th April, 1851 :—" To Professor Holloway,—Sir or more than twenty years my wife suffered se y from an inflammation in the side, for which was blistered and bled repeatedly, and applied oth emedies, but without any good effect. It was then esolved that your Pills and Ointment should have a trial, and after using them for about three weeks a cure was established. Four years have since elapsed, but there has been no recurrence of her complaint." FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.—" For upwards of nine years, (writes Mr. Thomas Province, of 'Winchmore Hill, Middlesex,) I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I bad long previously been afflicted with-headache and indigestion; but a friend having in duced me to make a trial of Frampton's"ills; - I now in form you that a few doses gave me t relief ; and dur ing that long period of time. ve taken them in pre ference to any other medic - ; and I have the happiness of saying . that I never a better state of health, which I attribute to Fr ton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medi i is in general use by my family, and we know of n mg to equal it." In any case where an aperient medicine is required, they need only be tried to be universally adopted. Sold by all medicine vendors, Price ls. 1/d. per box. See the name of " Thomas Prout, 29, Strand, London," on the government stamp. EXCELLENCE.—We always take an interest in the success of the arts and manu f ac t ures o f this country, and every production of excellence in the several departmentsnts of skill and industry mer it s a no ti c e at our hands . Sin ce the opening of the G rea t E x hibition in 185 . 1 the spirit of inquiry into thes e ma tt ers has reccived_eartmpet us which requires that we, from time to time dvert to such articles being b r ou ght ..er public notice. i t i s as are worthy of b our intention, on the Ares occasion, to speak of one which has been, for the :st thirteen years, ve r y favoura bly known to oupel and _which we are sens ib le gives per f ec t satisfacti to all classes of the community. When our r- • .ers understand that we allude to the Gl e nfield •. ent Starch, we are sure they will rea dily co r in our stat ements in regard to this cele brate starch, its peculiar qualities have met with an alp ,st universal acknowledgment. This being known to certain disreputable parties, they have commenced to sell to the public a base imitation of it ; but we are gratified to observe from the London papers that Mr. Wotherspoon, the manufacturer of the Glenfield Patent Starch, has ob tained injunctions in the Court of Chancery against those parties, which in all probability will put an end to the fraud. The Glenfield Patent Starch cannot be too strongly recommended, and every lady who wishes to have her laces and other fine articles of dress beautifully and elegantly finished, and gentlemen who prefer having finely and comfortably dressed shirts, will do well to see that their laundresses make use of this excellent starch. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the other members of the Royal Family, have the finest of their goods finished with it. Such is the declaration of the laundress of the royal household, as stated in her testimonial to the manatee- Curer. We notice that it is sold by all ahopkeepera Lo towns LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. The adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Wed nesday, Mr. J. H. Turner, in the absence of the mayor, presiding. Mr. S. B. LLOYD read an extract from a letter which he had received from Mr. Mackenzie, M.P., defending himself from the accusations made by Mr. Gladstone at the last meeting :—" IVy answer (said^Mr. Mackenzie) to Mr. Gladstone's attack on me is simply this, that I never ceased trying to make Mr. Walpole appoint the ma gistrates in the town-clerk's list, but I could not succeed.. It is not true that I neglected to return the papers which Mr. Walpole sent into the Treasury to me, as I carried them into the Home-office with my own thands, and Mr. Walpolaan no occasion wrote to me for them. On the day after the division on .the budget that caused Lord Derby's resignation, I went to Mr. 'Walpole, and earnestly entreated him to appoint the - Liverpool ma gistrates while he had yet the power. He said it was too late ; that his resignation was made; but he added—` have put all the papers in a bo:., with a strong expression of my opinion, which wilt be found by my successor, who ever he may be, and I hope he will carry out my inten tions.' Some time ago I received a letter, in my Lord Palmerston-'o name (written by a clerk, and not signed by him), asking me to restore some papers relative to the appointment of Liverpool magistrates, supposed to be in my possession. Knowing I had no such papers,'l applied to Mr. Walpe:e to know what it meant. .He stated that he would search his papers, and zee if he had brought them away with him. Before I received an answer from Mr. Walpole.to enable me to reply to Lord Palmerston, the appointment of the new magistrates was made public, having been obviously determined without any reference to, or connexion with, the letter to me. This is the plain truth, and - Lleave the inhabitants of Liverpool to determine where the culpable negligence is to be found, of which I have•been accused." The Council then proceeded to the regular business ; but, at a subsequent part of the proceedings, a letter hav ing been read from the Home-office acknowledging the receipt of resolutions of the Council, in reference to the recent appointment of additional mac b dstrates for the bo rough, Mr. GLADSTONE, who was not present•when Mr. Lloyd read the letter of Mr. Mackenzie, informed the Council that he should not let the matter rest where it was, but should lose no time in taking the necessary steps -to substantiate the whole statement which he had made -last week. A watch rate of Id. 191,200ths having been sanctioned, the minutes of the Markets and Education Committees were passed. The minutes and resolutions of the Gaol Committee were also adopted, a recommendation to in crease the salary of Mr. J. M. Wade from £llO to £l3O per annum being directed to lie over, according to stand ing orders. Mr. T. D. Anderson was appointed a member of the committee. The portion of the proceedings of the committee not included in the confirmation of the last week was read, embracing a report as to railways crossing highways on the level, and a recommendation to increase the wages of various workmen employed in the borough engineer's department. The report •as to railways contained the results of observations made by Messrs. Langsdale,. Johnson and Moss, who had been commissioned to visit and inspect various towns. They were of opinion th a t l eve l crossigs on streets and towns, however carefully worked, would be attended by no small degree of inconvenience; but that, nevertheless, the importance of railway traffic warranted the sanction of such crossings in certain localities in our own town, two men being appointed to stand at each gate night and day, these men being under the controul of the Council, though paid by the railway companies. --The minutes were confirmed, together with the recommen dations of the committee. The proceedings of the Water Committee embraced a recommendation (the consideration of which was post. poned from the last Council) to increase the wages of the superintendent of engines and other servants. The other recommendation was to accept the offer of Messrs. Case and Morris, of land adjoining Audley. street, as a site for the Everton reservoir, and also the tender of Messrs, A. and G. Holme, for the construction of the reservoir and works connected therewith on that site. After some conversation, the proceedings were confirmed. Mr. PICTON , after reading the minutes of the Library and Museum Committee, said that the average attendance at the institution was pretty much the same week by week, because they had now got as far as they could with their present accommodation. The number of readers per day was about 440. The numbers attending the Museum had averaged, since the opening, 1,500 or 1,600 per day. Th e accommodation for books and readers was now becoming so extremely deficient that the committee had been seriously considering what steps should be taken to in crease it ; and he hoped that before many weeks they would be in a condition to come before the Council with a report on the subject, and propose something for their adoption. The proceedings were then confirmed, as were those also of the Hackney Carriage and Baths Committee, the recommendation in the former to increase the wages of Inspectors Thursby and Johnston from 31s. 6d. to 335. per week being directed to remain over, according to standing orders. The Coroner's account, amounting to £2l 55., was passed. The minutes of the Gardens Committee were confirmed, as were those of the Church Expenditure Committee, Mr. HARmoon BANNER intimating that there were now placed at the disposal of the poor of the district 390 free seats in St. George's Church. COURT OF PASSAGE-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. JAMES, Q.C., Assessor.) The court opened at nine o'clock, before Mr. Edward James, Q.C., the assessor, when there appeared upon the cause list 29 cases, eight of which were withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, and the first defended case which was tried was that of MELLOR AND CO. v. JoHN BATS.—This was a dis puted account between the defendant, a publican, and Messrs. Mellor and Co., distillers, of this town. Mr. Blair appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. John Butterfield, clerk to the plaintiffs, stated that they had supplied the defendant with spirits for a number of years, and on the 3rd of September, 1851, Mr. Bath told the witness that he had taken a house (the Globe Inn) in Simpson-street, and he wished to know if Messrs. Mellor would pay the duty on a hogshead of rum in bond, and supply the house in Simpson-street. This they agreed to do on Mr. Bath guaranteeing the duty and interest. He received an order for £5O worth of goods for the house in Simpson-street, which were delivered. Spirits were supplied to the house in Simpson-street until the 17th February last, when it was transferred to a Mr. Wilkinson. Mr. Aspinall, for the defendant, cross-exa mined the witness, who admitted that Mr. Bath informed him that he had taken the house in Simpson-street for his son Frank and Mr. Gates, (who were also in partner ship as omnibus proprietors,) but that he received all orders for the Simpson-street house at the house in War- wick-street. Mr,. Gates was called, and stated that when the house in Simpson-street was taken by himself and Mr. Francis Bath, Mr. John Bath joined them in a floe to Mr. Anderton (the prop r i e t or o f th e h ou s e ) for £3OO, the amount given for goodwill. The house was managed by an assistant, named Price, who re gularly took the receipts to Mr. John Bath, at the house in Warwick-street. Francis Bath left a power of attorney with his father, and this was acted upon when the license . was transferred to Mr. Wilkinson. —The main question dispute appeared to be, whether Mr. John Bath was liable for the amount of goods sup plied by Messrs. Mellor to the house in Simpson-street.— Mr. Aspinall addressed the jury for the defendant, ob serving that, as the house in Warwick-street was the terminus of the omnibuses, the payments were regularly made at that house by Messrs. Francis Bath and Gates for the house in Simpson-street, which was under the care of Price, a servant ; but Mr. Jahn Bath was not liable for the amount owing on that account. Messrs. Mellor were perfectly aware of these circumstances, and the father had never made himself responsible to them for payment of the goods supplied to the house of his son in Simpson-street.—Mr. John Bath,, the defendant, was examined, and stated that previous to the house being taken in Simpson-street, he called upon Messrs. Mellor, and asked if they would advance £3OO for the goodwill, and supply the house with spirits ; but they refused to advance the £3OO. Mr. Bath afterwards became jointly liable, with his son and Mr. sates, to Mr. Anderton, the landlord, for the £3OO. He never told Butterfield that he would be responsible for the goods supplied to the house in Simpson-street. Mr. Francis Bath has now gone to Australia ; but left a power of attorney with his father before he went there, under authority of which the house was transferred to Mr. Wilkinson.—Miss Louisa Bath was called to corroborate her father's testimony, as was also her sister, Miss Emma Bath ; and Mr. Wilkin son, the present tenant of the Simpson-street house, was also called for the same purpose. The license was in the name of Francis Bath before it was transferred to Wil kinson.—The learned assessor, in summing up the case told the jury that the two questions for their conside ration were, first, whether any partnership existed be tween the defeadant and Messrs. Bath and Gates ; and, secondly, whether he had ever rendered himself respon sible for the goods supplied to the house in Simpson street.—The jury retired for a short time, and returned a verdict for the plaintiffs ; damages, £779 /Os. 2d. LIABILITY OF PROJECTED TUBLTC COMPANIES. POOLE V. EIiLIOTT AND OTHERS.—Mr. Tindal Atkin son stated that the plaintiff in this case was Mr. William Poole, law stationer, and the defendants were Messrs. Elliott and others ; and the action was for £94 17s. for work and labour done. The parties were sued as trustees of a certain projected company, called the " Atlas Marine Insurance Company." and it appeared that the plaintiff was consulted by the defendants upon the subject, in March, 18.7 d, when it was agreed to start the above com pany, which, like many other similar speculations, had not realised the golden expectations of its projectors. Mr. Poole had been engaged at a certain salary, and he had been appointed to proceed to London on two occasions to transact the business of the society, for the expenses .of which, and his salary, the present action was brought.— Mr. Poole, the plaintiff, was called., and stated that he was engaged for a salary of £l3O a year, as secretary and manager. He received directions from the chairman and directors of the Company, and ,proceeded to London to establish a separate board, as the Phoenix Society was then acting for them. He went to London in October, and remained till the end of ,December last. Had a long correspondence with the manager and directors—about forty letters. He came from London, and attended a meeting of the directors at which there was a deal of uproar, and he was dismissed.; but-was subsequently reap pointed and again sent to London by Mr. Ritson, solicitor to the company. He received £.5., on account of £lO. on that occasion, for his week's expenses. He went and re mained in London till yesterday. Was not dismissed, nor had he sent in his resignation. On the first occasion of his going to London he charged two guineas per week, which would not cover his personal expenses. On the 23d of January last a balance was due to him of £59 Bs. 2d., and for his subsequent services he charged com mercial traveller's expenses, a guinea a day. Mr. Simon, for the defendants, cross-examined the plaintiff, who stated that he was projector of the company. He was not told to remain only a week in London on the last occa sion, nor was he told that £lO must cover all expenses. No arrangement had been made with him to receive 30s. a week for his personal expenses in London on the first occasion, and £3 for railway fare. Could not say whether the projected company was a losing affair, but had put down his own name for fifty shares. The learned as sessor heard some arguments from Mr. Atkinson, for the plaintiff, and Mr. Simon, for the defendants, upon several items of the bill, at the conclusion of which, he suggested that it woeld be much better for any gentleman to take the accounts, and ascertain what was the fair balance be tween the parties. Mr. Atkinson ultimately agreed to take a verdict for the plaintiff, by consent, damages £2O Os. 6d. ASSAULT AND BATTERY.—SUMNER AND WIFE V. GREEN.—Mr. Atkinson stated that, in this case, Miles Sumner and,Catherine, his wife, were. plaintiffs, and Jane Green was the defendant. The defendant was sister-in law to Mr.. Miller, a railway contractor, of this town, who owned several houses, and Mrs. Green, ico ll ec t e d hi s rents . On the morning of Monday, the lath of June last, a dispute occurred between the plaintiff and defendant, who ,a answered r a e l d r Green o t e ho ti c n n c a af m l e e d o f o F n l e o r o a ah w ne e dr r e daon n go e s hgwehrbhoiqcuuhrsiet animal named Turk, and set them upon Mrs. Sumner ; at the same time she broke Mrs. &miner's arm, by striking her with a broom-stick. It was for the surgeon's expenses and other losses occasioned by this ill-usage that the present action was brought. Fanny Roberts, wife of Charles Roberts, was then called, and stated that she lived near to the parties, in Miller's-terrace, Hornby-street. She saw Mrs. Sumner go across to Mrs.,Green's door, and some words occurred between them, when Mrs. Green called Turk and Flora to " worry the bitch," and struck Mrs. Sumner with a knotted stick. Mrs. Sumner said " Did you send for me to use me in this way.?" Mrs. Green then threw a broomstick at her. The.only cause for this outrage was Mrs. Sumner's neglectingsto tell Mrs. Green's nephew to go to his aunt's to dinner an the previous Sunday. Mrs. Sumner had a child in her Arms when she was assaulted. Mr. Blair, for the defendant, cross-examined the witness, who denied that Mrs. Sumner wanted Mrs. Green to fight, nor did she resent the blow struck by Mrs. Green.—Catherine Sumner, the plaintiff, was called, and said that Mrs. Green's .nephew lodged with her, and generally went to dine with his aunt on Sun days. On the morning in ,guestion Mrs. Sumner went across, having been sent for by Mrs. Green, who .asked her why she did not tell her nephew to come to dinner on Sunday. firs. Sumner said she delivered the message to him, upon which Mrs. Green flew in a pas sion, called her dogs'Turk and Flora, and told them to " worry the bitch," and struck her an the arm with a stick. She gave no other prpvocation. Had been attended by Mr. Evan Thomas, who set her arm, and had a woman seven weeks to do her work.—A son of Mrs. Roberts was called, who swore to the assault. Mrs. Green , was often " agate" with the neighbours.—Mr. Evan Thomas, who has had much experience in setting bones, deposed that he set the bone in Mrs. Sumner's arm. The large bone of the arm was fractured, and there was considerable swelling, which must have been attended , with great pain. —The case was adjourned until nine o'clock this (Tuesday)morning, and the court rose at five. (_ ~..