The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

==~ A TENV STONE P; ing.slip at Eastham NEWS s being erected alongside the land- THE JUBILEE of the London School Union was cele brated in Myrtle -street Baptist Chapel, (the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown's,) on Tuesday evening last. MR. WILLIAM HARGREAVES MANIFOLD has been Razetted as ensizn and assistant-surgeon in the Second Regiment of the Lancashire Militia. A GENTLimAx, upwards of 70 years of age, who resides in Clarence -street, fell from the forecastle of the Chinese Junk on Friday, and fractured his leg, just above the ankle. THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS EXAMINATION takes place on Thursday next. The Rey. Thomas Jackson, of Stoke Newington, will preach on the occasion, at St. Peter's Church. HUSBAND POI S ONED.—Martha Walker, of Ashton nnder-Lyne. has been committed to the Liverpool Assizes, charged with attempting to poison her husband, Philip Walker, by administering to him acetate of lead. THE COMMISSIONERS OF WAVERTREE have resolved to lay down a line of pipes from the tank now in course of formation for drawing off the refuse of the village—the said Pipes to run down the private lane for 100 yards, and farther, if found necessary. THE PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES are reported to be in a most hopeful condition. At the last committee meeting, it appeared that a new and gratifying feature is, that the wives of the Liverpool artizans are found attend ing the cheap private baths. TAE BEN NEV/S.—.A. letter, from a passenger by the Ben Nevis, speaks very highly of her performances on the Milevoyage to Australia. The best day's s a ili ng s ; was 304 2 85 and 295 m i les was common when she had winds, and s h e was the easiest ship. AT A MEETING held at Newington Chapel, Renshaw street, on Tuesday, Charles Rob,rtson, Esq., presiding, it was resolved to promote local petitions to Parliament, and to memorialise our Town Council also to petition, against the Education Bill of Lord John Russell. THE Soctsra, ARMONICA, which was established in 1847, for the cultivation and practice of orchestral and instrumental mos!: of the best class, held their fourteenth dress concert at the Mechanics' Institution, Mount-street, on Wednesday ecenin ...•,111LZ6 iasr• LITERAT,Y AND DRAMATIC SCICIETIr....-The concluding lecture of the present season was delivered on Tuesday evening,Millward, at the society's-rooms, in *Wilton -street, under the appropriate title of " The Pre. tsident's Budget." TIMOTHY CONNOR, o " contractor," for intimidating WDavid Doar, a brother workman while he was at work on ednesday mornng, was on Friday bound over in £5 and two 'sureties of £lO each to keep the peace for one calen dar month. 'PEIER, GARLAND AND MARTIN CONNOR, two men who had conspired to obtain a marine store license under false Pretences, were brought before the magistrates on riday, bY Inspector Kelloe, and sentenced each to a Jordan's i misonment. Garland is, or was, employed at Jordan's music-store in Manchester-street. STRANGE AN D FATAL ..4.C'CIDENT.—Durinz the election Processionil tophe r display, at Clith eroe , l as t wee k , M r. Chris omnibu H olgate, a ve r y l arge man, put h i s head out of an s, wh en his great weight overbalanced the vat g killin hi mself and -' . . injurin- - - 1 \ Ely AN D I: nos.—The spirited proprie _lel, Messrs. L. Cooper alid chester , have a stock of articles 1, and coated or enamelled with ng on the top, as well as tors of the Co., o f Liverpool a nt d glass ename rude h orn wrou n ght glass, whi c h are and purity, but n, b are alike wort' keepers. etr strength ily distinguished b sir elegance and taste, and which house- • • TRE NEAVOR, S,klfrEL HOLNIE, Esq., Tuesday evening at a dinner given by te Lord Mayor of was present on London to about eighty raayors and provosts of the prin cipal cities and towns of Great Britain and Ireland, assembled with a view to aid the efforts of her Majesty's hro h- Government by prorga iff or t . out the country for notin the dusion uniform gan of a more isation general ug and Practical knowledge of science and art among sll classes. A.T T`RE AD.MURNED SPECIA L M EETING of the Man chester Wed.day last-in Manchester, a committee was app o i n t e d t o con sult and a d v i se with the directors upon the present and future policy of the company, and to report thereon to the s hareholders at a special general meeting. Messrs. J. Highfield and W. C. Fosberv, of Liverpool, are among the gentlemen forming the committee. THE LOCAL PENSIONERS, under the command of Col. Swain, have been called out in companies, since the 20th alt., each compare being under drill fur two days. On Wednesday they marched through the town, and were dismissed at the Exchange. Oa Thursday the veterans had a field -day, and on Friday they were inspected on the parade-ground, at the Everton barracks, by Colonel Tul lough, commander of the whole of the local companies. WRECZ OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP. —The ship Squan dam. e m i grant ship, Crookes. for Boston, with 250 emi grants on board, went on shore on Wednesday night in a dense fog, near Port Greenock, six miles S.W. of Douglas, Isle of 'Man. The crew and passengers were landed. Sae will scarcely be got off, being on the rocks. Her Majesty's steamer Porcupine is gone to render assistance. The Squantuna left Liverpool on T 0.,..,;.,.. 'NT ...uesaay. 1 . 1 - 11 - , 2;r.its FIRE PROOF S — The of the Utilit y of these - saes daiIy AFES. accumulate.certifi The cates Gutta Percha Company in London were fortunate enough to have thei • r books and a large quantity of valuable papers enclosed in one of them. After the - fire the books were tot only found uninjured, but property to the value of .4 5,000 in bills, cash, &c., was found perfectly safe. The test to which the safe was subjected must have been intense, as the brass work was completely melted from the front, and there was not a trace to be seen of the knob or escutcheon. THE YNGLISEI LANGUAGE IN LAN.O A SHIA E.—Amongst the anecdotes related of the " sayings and doings" of some of the militia, in Burnley, this week, we may record the following. In the early part of last week. the sub sequent dialogue as said to have been held between some officers and a private of: the sth Roval , Lancashire Militia. in Burnle y :—Capt a i n A • " Who cut you r h a i r ?" Private : " Wor ?" Captain " Who cut you hair ?" Private : • 4 Oi corn'd till wod ye meon." Captain B. then interfered, and said he would undertake for a glass of brandy and water to elicit an answer the moment he Put the question, which was agreed to immediately, when Captain B. said to tha man, " Who pou'd te', lad ?" The man instantly _replied, "My main, to be seur."— .Preaton..• Neleus, N EW BRUNSWICK CLIPPER, called the and commanded by Captain Gimber, arrived in the Mersey during the past week. Her builders are tlessrs.'l3rown and Anderson, and Mr. Brown, who has come over with her, is one of those men who rise by genius andpersev erance, h av i ng gone through all the degrees of his profession. The N e l eus ma d e the passage in twenty one days, She is a f u ll r i gged ship, and her spars look rakish. tier length of keel is 175 feet—over all, about 193 feet ; beam, 35 feet 10 inches.; depth, 20 feet 4 Inches ; old measurement, 1,117 tons. Her model is eatremely sharp at both ends, with a concave bottom at her midship section. Her handsome appearance is suc cessfully combined with great strength ; and in the latter particular.she is said to b , • the finest ship hitherto turned out from any yard in New Brunswick. -She has a top gallant forecastle, and deckhouse aft, the latter not yet furnished. -.She has been expressly designed fot the pas senger trade, and carries an upper and lower deck. She is at present discharging in the Brunswick Dock. A LANCASHIRE CASE.—Court of - Quee*-'s Bench, Westminster, June 9.—The Queen v. Pilkington and Another. In this case a rule had been granted to show cause why two justices of Lancashire should not issue a distress warrant upon the goods of W. M'Cue, to enforce of 19s. 6d being the arrears of a weekl- f payment •, y sum o ls. 61., ordered by two justices to be paid to one Eliza beth Gleimes, for the maintenance of her bastard child, of which the said W. M'Cue was the putative father. The justices had declined to issue their warrant,upon the ground that the order of maintenance which it waszought t o Ma in force was invalid. The mother of the bastard 4 Child was a married woman whose husband had been tr angPortecl, but he had returned to this country, and pa- Labited with his wife after the birth of the bastard chill!, co though he had since absconded. Lord Campbell said t te e e O n 'j e ct of the statutes was, to provide for the main theirnef basta dl;' I and to relieve parishes from mainte r c I..“ren, this childnacce ; a n d it would be strange, indeed, if of shot ld be left destitute. and the . putative father the child freed from liability to maintain it, by thelth asinrndnal3rtlol I:ictor , ja, c. 101. The other Pin 'enii- Rule absolute. judges expressed I,l'LEc.r, VESTRT.—The Rev. Rector Campbell pre the a t he ~c, meetin g of this body on Tuesday. It appets for ext, 'lnance Committee are making arrangemen relief, "Loa of relief in kind in substitution of money_ . as far as it is Practicable. The admission to the v!trious Sheds during theP stehaon usei._in cognsefluewneek v-,ere 896, a larger number theh °easter, it bad been f the dismissal of the late first and Daniel agil he second, assistant schoalniaster ce of that James Bardsley be Sulltvan t was reported to he The t 0? ofal inmates in the house sick, cazes. Mr. 3 am es 1) . nl9 1,82 e. number st these there were 528 I l l eily n had been appointed tern of his to fill the meth I districtrendered vacant by the death a his brother.'ea wm Darken. The sub. heon the naedileaai th loss at I L; nge r ra • ents of the house sub report on the stateme n ts made by Mr. .'N no last raeeting of the 2 ri m e I board with reference to n o 11° gging of the boys, e Mu r's rphv and Marsden, by the school - any d . ms-Aer, Scarratt in which they repudiated esire on their part to • ' the inquiry. The proceedings wer e ,„ , s t iff s --,infirtned.--Ir. Savage was elected a member of is,' 4naoce Co mmittee.—lt aeared that the average --a,, Pead Ot d., and at the I,NT per week - in the Industrial School is 2s. . M r Willmer gave notice t6,_ , _, orkhouse 21. 3d.-- : that e ELOUid, at the nest meeting, move the appoint ,7ot of an assistant to the vestry-clerk, at a salary of - * .50 a Year. LECTuaE oN• A men COn socia t i o n tear a disco; who has bee TheoccU piedctur by 1,.e A. , --On Thursday morning, several 1 With the East India and Chiva ea at the Chamber of Commerce, to India, by Julius Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.S., -11 r. Bo pt in the east P.et` -govern ant: ritish rule was a blessing ins 14 Which justica was administ for it, • care tardy an beshould be takt ittd, owed to sla - v `s e r's!pi 'e , welis h :' 11 5 ri culturists' 1-1' Proper . plc; Lo . Stru ,_ -Mea t s t PeoPle " a °° °n pie-s- sident of the chamber of India as incapable of ent, and ead of a red was refora - Ang continue under the ad !e , of those who-. 1' 'n e mode I were )a ,l l I were PLEASING TESTIMONIAL.—The Rev. James Philip Shepperd, the zealous minister of the North Shore district, Kirkdaie, has been presented by the labouring poor of his congregation with a pleasing token of their esteem for him as their minister, as well as a testimony of their gratitude for the several institutions he has been enabled to establish for their benefit, and that of their children. The present consisted of thirty volumes of books, on - religious subjects, each bearing a suitable in. scription. The poor met their minister last evening, and deputed Mr. Ambrose Smith (an inhabitant of long stand ing in the district) to present the volumes in their names, after which Mr. Shepperd replied in a very affecting ad dress. One of the most pleasing features in this present is that it proceeds entirely from the poor—the dock and other labourers, who have contributed their pence weekly for the last four months. It appears that in the short space of two years this district has been thoroughly or ganised ; boys', girls', and infants' schools have been established, as well as a :Missionary Society, Bible Depot, and a system of religious tract distribution, solely by the untiring exertions of the present minister, and we do hope that ere long the present small chapel (which is supported by the united generosity of the Earl of Derby and the Liverpool Dock Committee) will be supplanted by a church with suitable accommodation for such an in creasing poor population. LIVERPOOL CASES IN THE ADMIRALTY COURT, — On Tuesday last the folowing cases were heard, and dis posed off :—The Gipsy.—Salvage. This was an action brought by the steamer Cambria, to obtain remuneration for salvage services rendered to the Gipsy, on the 27th of February last. The Gipsy, bound from Charleston to Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton and turpentine, met with a violent storm, and when off the South Stack lighthouse ' near Holyhead, being dismasted, came to anchor and hoisted signals of distress. When the weather had sufficiently moderated to render it practi cable, the steamer went out of the harbour end towed the vessel in. The only point in dispute was the safety of the anchorage ground. The property salved exceeded in value £2400. The learned Judge allotted £1,200. — The E. U.—Salvage.—This also was a cause of salvage, and was promoted by 12 men, forming the crew of the Broadstairs lifeboat, and by two luggers, the Outline and the Ruby, to obtain remuneration for services rendered to the E. U., on the 27th of December last, off Margate. The E. U., bound from Antwerp to Liverpool. anchored in the Downs, but, by the violence of a gale, drifted, struck on the Brake-sand, and made water very fast. The salvors put off to her aid, and, as they alleged, their services were accepted, and the charge of the vessel was given up to them. They endeavoured to conduct her to wards land; one of the 'diggers remained by the vessel, lest she should founder, while the other was employed in carrying an anchor and cable. She was subsequently abandoned, and found by a steamtug, which beached her, and for which she was remunerated. A tender was made of £2OO, and refused. On the part of the owners it was contended, that however good the intentions of the salvors, their services were comparatively useless, and would be amply rewarded by the tender. The value of the property salved was £4,995. The learned Judge, having characterized the services of the salvors as most meritorious, over-ruled the tender, and decreed £3OO. —The Bravo.—Dr. Addams applied to the Court for a warrant of arrest against the Bravo, under the following circumstances :—Messrs. Bliedberg and Co., of Liver pool, shipped a cargo of salt or. board this Prussian vessel, which was bound for Stettin. Having experienced bad weather, she sustained some damage, and a portion of the cargo was thrown overboard. She put into Inver ness, and the captain wrote to Messrs. Bliedberg and Co., -stating that he was without funds. They replied tbat he must act according to the laws of the country, if he could not obtain funds from his owner, living at a distance of three days' post, meaning that he should raise money on bottomry. He afterwards sold the cargo, and -applied the funds to assist in paying the shipwright's and sailmaker's bills. The ship 11.67ine returned to Liver pool, the present motion was made. The learned Judge arid that it was a very hard case on the owners, but he had no jurisdiction. However reluctant he was to leave the parties without any other remedy than going to Prussia, he could not attempt to enforce the authority of the Court. LU - ERPOOL Tows COUNCIL.—On Wednesday, the ad journed meeting was held, Sir John -Bent, in the absence of the Mayor, presiding. The Markets Committee recom mended that the yards and sheds adjoining Gill-street Market should be let, as they were not required longer for the purposes of the market.—Mr. Cooper, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings, explained that the market was a partial failure, though the income from it was between £lOO and £3OO per annum. By the proposed letting an additional £lOO would be obtained.—Mr. Jef freys seconded the motion.—Mr. Banner suggested that the Gill-street Market might be advantageously converted into public baths.—Mr. Bigham approved of Mr. Ban ner's suggestion, which was referred generally to the com mittee for consideration, and the proceedings approved. The Education Committee's reports, ea..c., were confirmed. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the goal and House of Correction Committee, cmprised :—Recom mendation to increase the salary of 'Mr. J. M. Wade, chief clerk, from £llO to £l3O per annum, the considera tion of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders.—Recommendation that Mr. C. Cohcannon be appointed permanently third clerk in the gaol, at a salary of £BO per annum, being the same salary as that paid to his predecessor.--Recommendation to increase the salary cf William Buckley, taskmaster, from £lO6 to £l2O per annum. There was considerable opposition to the increase of Mr. 'Wade's salary ; but the increased rermmeration was carried by a rnaiority of 15 to 12.—0 n the proposed appointment of the third clerk, at a salary of Xi.), Mr. Dover pleaded that the peculiar state of the money market ought to make the Council pause ; and Mr. Bigham, urging also the necessity of putting a check to the present system of advancing salaries, alluded to the contingency of a European war. The Proceedings of the committee, however, with the pro posed advances, were sanctioned. The minutes of the Town -hall - Establishment Committee were con firmed. —Th e c hi e f i tem of the Health Committee's minutes was th e recommen d at i on as to , the terms on which the East Lancashire and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway -Companies shall be permitted to cross the highways on the level. The crossings were rec._ mended to be allowed on sufference, to be constructed at the railway company's cost, who were also to pay men (appointed by the Council) to watch and open the gates night and day. Mr. IJangsdale moved, and Air. Dover seconded the adoption of the proceedings. Mr. Parker moved, and Mr. Bennett seconded an amendment, that the recommendation be referred back. It having been decided that members interested in either of the railways could not vote, Mr. Holt agreed to be the seconder of the motion, vice Mr. Dover, and the votes were taken. The amendment was lost by 21 to 2, the two being Messrs. Parker and Bennett.—Mr. Parker gave notice of a motion for a return of the slaughter-houses licensed as private slaughter-houses, with the number of butchers. licensed for each slaughter-house, together with the amount of cattle killed.—The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Water Committee, comprised a recom mendation to increase the wages of the following ser vants viz., surveyor, ss. per week ; superintendent of distribution and pipe-laying, 55. ; ; superintendent of turn cock, as.; storekeeper. 2s. ; four enginemen, 13s. ; five stokers, 6s. ; four repairers, ss. 6d..; five dock turncocks, ss. ; -two smiths, 3s. ; two assistant pipe-layers, 4s. ; eighteen labourers, 235. ; watchman, Is.: the considera tion of which subject was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing order. It was also re commended that William Bryan, one of the clerks in the treasurer's office, be appointed collector of water-rents and charges, vacant by the resignation of John Pritchard, at a fixed salary not exceeding £l5O per annum, with the usual bonus for good collection.—On the motion of Mr. Holt, seconded by Mr. Bradley, the recommendations were individually approved, and the zeneral proceedings sanctioned, after a protest from Mr. Bennett that, while small matters were detailed in the reports of the com mittee, there was no mention of such large sums as £7,500 being paid to the contractors, " not by way of certificate:* Mr. Bannett objected also to the limited 'iders likely to be received for laying down 'eerpool.—The Library and =re adopted.—Mr. number of to pipes from Rivington to Lit,. Museum Committee's proceedings . as Woodruff moved, and Mr. John Giadstone, Jun the adoption of the 1 -- ' proceedings seconded, nackney carriage, &c., committee's which embraced the advance of inspectors' ) 31s. 6ti. per week. The nroceec:incs .s from 30s mfirmed.—The Bath; Mr. Thom Committee's proceedings on's motion for a select to inquire es, and to report upon Is seconded by Mr. Dover, rn, on the ground that the session, intended Bingham took th e .• , in the export and I "no ( pon the tow Thowsons as the members, during I ut of t ings came COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The E ar l o f H arrow b y w;11 preside on Friday next at the prize delivery. ROYAL INSTITUTION ScnooL.—At the annual exami nation, just terminated, at St. John's College, Cambridge, Mr. Rees, pupil at the above school, was elected to a Wood's Exhibition. Mr. Rees's name appeared second in the list of the men of his own year. He was first in the classical part of the examination. NEW CONSULS.—The Queen has been pleased to ap- prove of Don Juan Arellano Hall as Consul at Liverpool for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Giovanni di Ma zarredo as Consul at Liverpool for his Royal Highness the Duke of Parma. STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BALTIMORE.— American advices inform us, that the bill incorporating the Baltimore and Liverpool Steamship Company, with a capital of .8'1,000,000, had passed. The object of the charter is to orgar.ise a company to build steamships to run regularly between Baltimore and this port. It fixes the capital of the company at a million of dollars, but authorises it to be increased, if necessary, to two millions. THE NEW AMERICAN CONSUL—HINT TO LIVER POOL.—We have noticed the suggestions in various quarters, that we should welcome the arrival of the new Consul at the port of Liverpool, by some public demon stration befitting the advent among us of one who, de servedly, occupies a high position in the Americun re public of letters. Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne has produced an infinite variety of works, the excellence of which is attested by the fact, that they are quite as popular in the old, as in the New World. We know men of the best judgment and taste in England who regard Hawthorne as really the first literary man in America, and he certainly surpasses the American minister, Ingersoll, in this point of view. And as he is our consul, surely it is the least we can do to him that honour which was so gracefully paid to the American Minister, at the Court of St. James's, by this great commercial community. Were Mr. Samuel Holme to take the initiative in the welcome to Haw thorne, it would be an act worthy of his mayoralty, and would be a graceful recognition, on our part, of the respect we entertain for the literary class of America, and the joy with which we hail the improved feeling for literature and literary men, now manifested by the govern ment of the United States. THE SELECT COMMITTEE on railway bills have reported in favour of the St. Helens and Warrington and Altrin cham bills ; also in favour of the bill of the London and North-western Railway Company, for making a line from Crewe to Shrewsbury. EMIGRATION' FROM LIVERPOOL.—The total number of vessels now preparing for the various ports of Australia is 33 ; the total amount of registered tonnage 21,493. The number of vessels despatched last month from Liverpool, under the Emigration Act, was 51, and the number of emigrants 24,202. THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN have been admitted fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons :—Messrs. Thos. Mather Ashton, Om:skit-1i ; George Henry Hope, Sea forth ; King Ellison, Liverpool ; John Lonsdale Min shull, Liverpool ; Robert Thomas Lodge, Liverpool ; Alfred Whittle, Liverpool. LOCAL PATENTS. - The following patents, amongst others, were sealed during the week ending June 4, 1853: —George Isaac Jackson, of Castle-street, Liverpool, and Henry David Jackson, of the same place, for improve ments in fastenings for buttons.—Joseph Bentley, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, gun and pistol manufacturer, for improvements applicable to fire-arms. A HANDSOME ILLUMINATED ELECTRIC CLOCK has been erected by the Electric Telegraph Company opposite their large new offices in Castle-street, which will be opened for business during the present week. In a few days the company will, it is understood, fix a ball on the 'roof of the building : both the ball and the clock will be electrically connected with the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. LIVERPOOL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. The fourth and final sessional meeting was held on Tuesday last, pre sided over by Mr. Newlands. Thirteen new members were proposed. Mr. Frank Howard read a paper on " Photography in connexion with the Fine Arts ;" and, on the suggestion of Mr. Chadburn, it was arranged that a general rendezvous of the members would be held at seven o'clock, on the Thursday evenings, at the society's rooms. A DRUNKEN ENGINEER, named Lewis, in the service of the Liverpool Steam Tug Company, while in a state of intoxication at Widnes on Sunday last, met two deaf and dumb lads, who were conversing by signs. Lewis fancied they were making fun at him, and commenced beating them. Some man came to the assistance of the poor mutes, but in the course of the struggle the drunken man was thrown down and had his arm broken. At the Pres cot police -court on Tuesday, he was fined in 245. 6d., and costs, for the offence. THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUE held their monthly dinner and meeting at the marine station, Birkenhead Hotel, on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Archibald W. Clarke, Manchester, Mr. Henry Schwabe, merchant, Aigburth, and Mr. Joseph A. Robinson, of Liverpool, were elected members. A decision of the sail ing committee was to the effect that the Stanley yacht, having violated sixth rule at the recent match, was dis qualified from receiving the prize, which was accordingly given to the next yacht arriving in time, the Surprise. SINGULAR PLAN OF PICKING POCKETS. —lt has transpired during the past week that four Chester thieves, named respectively William Hughes, John Davis, Eliza Hughes, and Mary Ann Hughes, follow the Bishop on all his visitations throughout the diocese, in the pursuit of pocket-picking. On Thursday they stole a gold watch from Mrs. Green, of Everton-road, during the late con firmation ceremonies at St. George's Church, Everton. The same gang robbed two ladies of sums of money in St. Paul's Church on the previous day. The unwelcome visitants have been committed. PRESENTATION.—On Tuesday evening last, when the Rev. W. Taylor, M.A., the much respected incumbent of St. John's church, was leaving the vestry at the close of the service, he was met by a number of young people, who had been examined by him prior to their confirma tion, and by wham he was presented with a very hand somely bound copy of Matthew Henry's Commentary, in three volumes, as a slight return upon their part for the very great kindness and attention they had received from him during their examination. The rev. gentleman ap peared much affected at this entirely unexpected mark of the esteem in which he is held. THE ACCIDENT TO THE SCREW-STEAMER TIMES.-- Thirty-three persons were severely injured, and seven have died from the effects of the explosion on board this steamer. 'Three poor women still he at the Pigeon house in a deplorable condition. The engineer, in account ing for the accident, states that in one of the landings or compartments of the boiler a portion of the rivets had been frayed, and, when the pressure was put on, the part that was thus undurated gave way. At an Inquest on Mon day, the jury attributed the accident to 1 ` the gross neg lect of -Tames Haigh, government engineering surveyor, in not making a proper inspection of the boiler in April last." A warrant was placed in the hands of the police, with direc tions to take Mr. Haigh to Kilmainham. Tx- , Masco Foeo.—At the latest dates a newspaper had been started on board this outward bound ship, en titled " Sayings and Doings on board the Marco Polo." Mr. W. H. Fisher writes, " April Sth. On the line. I am very glad indeed that I have c,me in this ship. Nothing could be better than her performance, and the captain is a first-rate fellow." Mr. James Galt, of this town, has received a letter from Mr. Thomas Staggs, a Sunderland emigrant, in which he says, "We have passed several vessels, but not one has come up with us. I have not been sick at all, and we have had very little sickness since the day of leaving. We have the church service on board en Sundays, when the weather is fine. Considering the large number of passengers, (between six and seven hundred,) everything proceeds very orderly." Ma. EDMUND SHAW has been appointed office-clerk to the Runcorn Improvement Commissioners, at a salary of £45 per annum ; his salary as assistant-overseer and collector of taxes had been previously fixed at £75 per annum. At the monthly meeting on Monde) , week, ten ders for the excavating, severing, &c., of Brunswick King, Mill, Water, a nd Q ueen - streets, were put in by , Thomas Jones, John White, Thomas Harper, Samuel Hughes, George Hunt, and William Shaw.; the tender of George Hunt was accepted. Advertisements for a loan of £1,500, at four per cent., on security of the improve ment rate for five o r seven years, was ordered. The Bridgewater trustees and the Old Quay Company, whi c h by a clause in th e i mprovement act was to be rated at one-third its full value, was assessed at £1,500 rateable value. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-Mr. Heyes presided at the meeting on Wednesday, when the clerk was ordered to cancel the indentures of a boy apprenticed from the Work-house, to a man in Warwick -street, named Richard son, by whom he was badly treated. Leave of absence for a fortnight was granted to the chaplain. A letter was read from Mr. Fitzpatrick, medical officer for West Derby rural district, in reference to an order of the board requesting the medical officers to furnish weekly returns. Mr. Fitzpatrick stated that only 20 returns were attributed to him during the year, whereas he had furnished 37, and during his connection with the Union, 4i years, he con sidered that he Lad furnished his returns with as much punctuality as was consistent with a due regard to his duties. Mr. Wensley moved that a copy of the letter be sent to the Poor-lax Board. SOME THLNGS SHOWN IN Will DUBLIN EXHIBITION. —Glasgow is an extensive contributor ; and, although she did not send her Lord Provost to the opening ceremony, she forwarded a greater number of articles than any other town or city except Dublin. Among the most use ful of the many excellent articles shown was two sets of dental forceps, patented by James A. Young, of A. S. Young and Son, surgeon-dentists, 185, Buchanan-street, Glasgow. These reduce to a minimum the pain of the extraction of teeth or roots, and ought to be more exten sively known. Then, there was M'Bride's patent checking loom, the agent for which in Preston is Messrs. J. and 3. Atherton, and which is yet destined to be better known in the manufacturing districts of England. This, with all the other specimens of machinery, aro shown in operation, and the Scottish girl from the banks of the Clyde who presides aver this loom of the enterprising :Messrs. M'Bride and Co., of Glasgow, is a a very fine specimen of the class to which she belongs. Messrs. Henry Poole} , and Son, of the Albion foundry, Liverpool, exhibit their patent dormant platform machine, as used in the merchandise department of the London and Nerth-western and other railways, and for general weighing in warehouses; various other kinds of the weigh ing machines ; counter scales, the computer balance, the bank weighing machine, and the weighbridge machine for common road and railway waggons. Simple in workman ship, and of good workmanship, the Messrs. Pooley's machines are the finest specimens of the kind we ever saw. Dona Coaratirrsg.—Mr. Shand presided et the weekly meeting on Thursday. —An application from the Rev. Mr. Maynard to be allowed to extend the premises at Nova Scotia, occupied as a. seaman's reading-room and school, was granted.—A report was read from the super intendent of the Albert Dock, relative to the strike of the operative porters. The porters at the Albert Dock re. ceived 3s. 6d. a day. Mr. Bigham had r ece i ve d o ff ers from men to work for ISs. per week. Th e Ch a i rman said Thatutic was was c a come to upon th e principle th ey the porters wished to make it imperative to give 4 s , a d ay to all who were employed , and that no man was t o b e could d n n ex o c t e r p e t co fr g o n m i se t . he x c o lu r b e . sol matter.—Mr. Bighamstated that a letter was rea d at the last meeting, (he being absent , ) from Giannacopulo a n d Co , which y that he (Mr. Bigha m ) " made a injurious t o th em, and statement they calculated s a to be highly in itself so completely devoid of truth that, in justice to themselves, they felt it necessary to give it their most distinct denial." He stated not only what he conceived to be .correct, but what was correct as before the corn. mittee at the time. Mr. Tobin : Did these parties send in a manifest ? Mr. Bighain : Yes; and it was a mani fest signed by themselves. Mr. Tobin conceived that was a strong circumstance. Mr. Bigham; T don't think there was an intentional fraud. The Solicitor stated, in refer. ence to the matter, that a clause had been carefully pre. but no answer had been received. pared, and submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Alderman Langadale pre sided at the meeting on Thursday. A petition was pre sented from the inhabitants of Edge-hill and its vicinity, complaining of the water-carts not visiting those locali ties.—The paving of Washington-street was postponed.— Mr. Beckwith observed that on the committee there were sixteen members, yet they frequently had the attendance of only five or six, and he suggested that those parties who did not attend should " be struck off." —Another letter was read from Mrs. Laxvndes, the widow of a porter in the service of the corporation, who had died suddenly, asking for a trifling pecuniary advance. Mr. Moss spoke in favour of the request being conceded.—Mr. " Well but you know there Jere were to give to the town- Lundred a year."—Mr. Moss Beckwith (sarcastically are no funds for this the committee subject of smoke piained that by proper adopted, in nine cases out of ten all the antes complained of might be remedied. The sub- pet was referied until next week.—An application from Mr. Rose for an extension of time to fulfil his contract ht before the committee.—Mr. Rose was intro. aced. ced, and explaine the position in which he vas - - and could not 1 s time, and any other of his aceded.-- Mr. Newiands, the o to Cierma AT THE APOTHECARIES' HALL, on Thursday last, Mr. James Fielden Steward Shaw, Lancashire, and Mr. William Hewitt, of Liverpool, passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine. A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.—The police have received instructions to prevent ginger-beer and confectionary stalls being placed on the high-road in the vicinity of the Botanic-gardens on Sundays. ICES.—Those who desire the cooling influences of these seductive luxuries should visit the Merchants' Dining rooms, near the Exchange. The proprietor has announced a collection of unique flavours. MAN FOUND DROWNED. — Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, the body of a man, unknown, and bearing the appearance of a labourer, was found in the George's Dock Basin. The body was taken to the dead-house. An in quest will be held to-day. WE understand that the Postmaster-General has, at the request of a number of the inhabitants residing in the district hitherto called Cabbage-hall, assented to the name of the Post-office there being changed to that of Anfield. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.---We have the pleasure of announcing another University distinction obtained by a pupil of this Institution. 'Mr. Rigby, who was elected to the Canning Exhibition last year, is placed in the first class at Trinity College, Cambridge. MissloNs.—On Thursday evening a public meeting will be held in the Collegiate Institution, in aid of the Patagonian Church Missionary Society. A deputation will attend for the purpose of detailing missionary labours now being made on behalf of the native tribes of South America. MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.—A deputation from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com pany had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Merchant Shipping Bill. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Yarborough, Mr. C. Turner, M.P., Mr. C. Geach, M.P., Mr. Allport, Mr. Stable, and Mr. Parker. A FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION, which occurred at the factory of Messrs. Marshall and Son, Stockport, on Saturday morning, scalded two men named John Marley and Benjamin Dawson, in such a serious manner that they died before they could be rescued from their situation in the boiler hole. PRESENTATION.—At a meeting of the officers of the Public Bakers' Association, held at the house of Mr. Williams, on Thursday evening, an elegant silver snuff box, lined with gold, was presented to Mr. Hugh Kinrade, their late president, as an acknowledgment of their res pect for his services in conducting their affairs. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Josh. Silsbee, the Ame rican comedian, has been playing during the past week in several of his favourite characters. His delineations of Yankee character are exceedingly rich. On Friday evening he took his benefit, in " Sam Slick," and as Deuteronomy Dutiful, in the " Wool Dealer." On Saturday evening he appeared for the last time. During the present week a series of tragedies will be presented, in which Mr. J. H. Anderson will appear. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A DOCK LABOURER.—Yesterday an inquest was held before the borough coroner on the body of a man named Neil Callaghan, who died on Satur day morning last, from the effects of an accident he met with on Friday, the 3d instant. On the afternoon of that day deceased was assisting to discharge stones from a schooner, lying in George's Basin, when the handle of the crane caught the deceased, and knocked him into the basin. His scalp was fractured, and he also received other internal injuries. Verdict, accidental death. THE Glasgow Citizen, of Saturday, informs us that a bottle containing the following, written in pencil, was picked up on Wednesday last, on the shores of Dunoon, by Peter Morris:—" 28th December, midnight, midst of the Atlantic, on board the Rover, of Panama.—Dear friends in Liverpool, should this, our only means of trans port, reach you, we are at present tossing in the billows. John, I believe, is very ill. We will put in as soon as fair weather comes ; and should this meet the eye of my dearest wife Mary, let her know that lam well. Captain is in good spirits.—l am, John Thomas, jun." Amusrm ENTs.—The grand concert of the Philharmonic Society takes place this evening, and the names of Botte sini, Herr Pischek, an Mad'lle Bury, announced in the programme, must secure for it an avalanche of patronage. —The manager of the Theatre-Royal has announced an amateur performance, on Saturday, for a benevolent pur. pose; and at the Royal Park Theatre, Mr. Charles Pitt is appearing this week in some of his favourite characters. To-night he performs Richelieu, under distinguished patronage. —At the Zoological Gardens, the variety of entertainments is daily attracting crowds, who enjoy the music and dancing al fresco. —At the Rock Ferry, the Chinese Junk divides the interest with the beautiful scenery around ; while at Eastham Ferry the Catageloseum performs its mission of exciting laughter.—Those who seek more distant joys will shortly have the cheap railway trips to enable them to visit the camp at Chobham. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A FORTUNATE ESCAPE FROM MATRIMONY.—At the Warrington County Court the other day considerable amusement was caused by the case of Longshaw v. Dootson. Mr. Longshaw, who keeps the Vine Tavern, Market-street, brought a claim for the restitution of a gold watch and musical snuff-box, feloniously kept or taken from him by Miss Maria Doot son, and now in possession of her father, Mr. Dootson, farmer. He said Miss Maria (or Maria, as he persisted in calling her,) and he were in company, and she par ticularly requested him to let her wear the watch for a week. He consented to let her have it for that time, but said he would not part with it altogether, as it had been been his late wife's, and he promised to keep it for her sake. Miss Maria gave a very different version of the affair, affirming that the articles were love-gifts, and that, when the match was broken off, she went to Long shaw's and offered him the articles, but he refused to take them saying—" I'm not a child to take back my play things ; I gave them to you, whether you have them or not." She therefore took them back. Ultimately the case was adjourned. LIVERPOOL AND tThrieECSoOuCnlcEir Y of oy th A e ßT S S o . c r e T ty h af e confe renceArtsgmedembbyers of that society and the representa ttbaievatewkseoreflanatrhetreeaheneadauclavteiodnaaelaidnasyt,ituiatioinoshtah-rsoturgeet . t l t d h e e ip c h ou i country, fully attended. Mr. Cole, as chairman of the tivee from various institutions in the Union were present. presided. One hundred and sixty representa cO.ausnyceilr,y . Each speaker was limited to five minutes, and the chair manhundred average d ura tion of something less than three minutes and a half. l e e a ss ch th w an ith on a e n and d six announced speeches a t had t e close been that ma d n e o , The ,nacres of Mr. Edward Baines, of Leeds ; Dr. Hud son, Manchester; Mr. Ewart, M.P. ; the Rev. I. S. Howson, Liverpool ; and Mr. Nicol, Lirerpool ; are men tioned by the metropolitan press as amongst those who took en active and important part in the business. With reference to the subject of class instruction, it was resolved, on the proposition of the Rev. I. S. Howson, of Liver pool, That it is desirable that the training schools of this country should introduce into their courses of study a more thorough knowledge of the natural and physical sciences, and a system of instruction in art, and that the Council of the Society of Arts be requested to forward this resolution to the President of the Council of Educa tion, and to the various training institutions." A public dingier of the members of the Society of Arts and of the representatives of the Institutions in Union was held in the evening at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Lord Granville presided. Speeches were made by the Dean of Hereford, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Lord Granville, Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr. G. Knight, Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Slaney, and Mr. S. Holme, the Mayor of Liverpool, whose name was coupled with the mayors who were present. In responding, he said he conceived it his highest privilege and his bounden duty to promote the cause of practical education. The railways, the electric telegraph, and the other facilities of modern times, were all working with the most salutary results upon the minds of the people; and he trusted that Liverpool, as it had already surpassed the metropolis in its maritime development, would also do €0 with reference to the question of education. If the metropolis did not move in that voluntarily, it would be compelled to do so. (Cheers.) This speech terminated the proceedings of the day.—On Thursday morning the Lord Mayor of London held a grave conference at the Mansion-house, the evening being devoted to the lighter labours of a conversazione. The conference assembled in the long parlour, and con sisted of nearly all the mayors who had attended the ban quet of the previous evening, and Mr. Cole and Dr. Lyon Playfair. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the chair, supported by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Lords Provost of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Lord Mayor of York, and the Mayor of Liverpool. The mayors explained, the position of educational affairs in their respective towns. Mr. Samuel Holme stated, that in Liverpool schools had been successfully established; sixty thousand pounds are annually spent on educational objects; and the working classes exhibit marked improvement as compared with their predecessors of thirty years since. Workmen can now understand the most elaborate plans, and have actually become critics on the designs of their employers. At the conclusion of the conference, an invitation was accepted to dine with the Mayor of Southampton on Monday (yes terday).—On Friday the members of the Society of Arts, the representatives of the literary, scientific, and mecha nics' institutions in union with that body, and many of the mayors invited to the recent hospitalities at the Man sion -house, went down to Sydenharn in a special train provided for their accommodation, to visit the works and grounds of the Crystal Palace Company. The Daily News states that only one of the mayors, his Worship of Liver pool, showed himself with the excursionists, his brethren, it was presumed, having waited upon the movements of the great central sun, who drove up in his carriage to one door as the delegates departed by another. THE CENSUS oar 1851.—The first portion of the census returns for 1851 has just been issued, from which we glean the following :—The total number of the popu lation returned was 21,121,967, of whom 10,386,040 were males, and 10,735,919 females. On the night of the census 12,924 people are believed to have been sleeping in barges, 9,972 in barns, and 8,277 in the open air or under tents. In Great Britain the number of families has risen from 2,260,802, in 1801, to 4.312,388 in 1851. The last halt-century has seen 1,815,567 " new lines of families " established in England, while in Scotland the number has increased from 364,079 to 600,098, notwith standing the migratory propensities imputed to its inha bitants. The number of "inhabited houses " in Great Britain was returned at 3,648,345, against 3,446,797 in the last census, and 1,870,476 in 1801. Omitting deci mals, we might state that there was 1 family to a house, 5 persons to a house, and 4 persons to a family. Of villages, that is to say of " places having defined boundaries and separately returned in population tables," there are 17,150; while of genuine towns there are in England and Wales 580, in Scotland 225, and in the Channel Islands 10. The " British isles " are five hundred in number, though only 175 were found to be inhabited on the morn ing of March 31, 1851. Of these islands we have a list, with their names and population. Great Britain had over 20 millions of inhabitants, and Ireland over six millions; Anglesea, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and the Isle of Wight had each more than 50,000; and Guernsey, Skye, and Shetland over 20,000. From these, rapidly to classes with 10,000, end ver THE LIVERPOOL LETTER-CARRIERS. (From a Correspondent.) No department of the civil service has become so notorious for paltry economy as the Post-office ; and this economy is brought to bear chiefly upon that most laborious and deserving portion of its servants, the letter-carriers. The numerous petitions lately presented to Parliament, from this class of men, have revealed facts respecting their scanty wages which the public could scarcely credit. The present promoters of the system appear to have no regard for the merit or ,well-being of their servants, in order to carry out this wretched theory. In proof of this we need only go to the Post-office in this town, where we shall find ab Jut seventy letter-carriers, in a worse condition, as regards pay, than the commonest labourers at our docks. Their wages are only 2s. lOid. per day, or £1 for seven days' work, while dock la bourers receive from 4s. to ss. per day, and are only employed six days in the week. Another bad feature in the case of these carriers is, that no distinction is made between the oldest hands and the most recently ap pointed ; the men who have been but a few weeks in the service receive the same as those who have been employed from ten to thirty years. This is great injustice ; and the more so, when it is borne in mind that the rules of the department are so strict, and the duties so responsible, that none but the most attentive, honest, and meritorious men could retain their situations for so long a period. It can scarcely be wondered at, under this state of things, that the Post-office has become so notorious for lost and stolen property. Seldom a year passes without two or three being transported from this office for embez zling money-letters. It would be well for the public to bear in mind, that in no case is the Post-office respon sible for lost property; so that it is a matter of no con sequence to the authorities, in a pecuniary point of view, what amount of money is stolen by their officials ; the poorer classes ought to remember this in particular, for they are the sufferers in the majority of cases. But to return : How is it that the London letter-carriers are so much more favoured than their brethren in this town? The authorities recognise among them seniority and merit, by giving progressive wages, from 235. to 30s. per week ; besides, they are clothed, superannuated, and frequently promoted to superior situations, privileges totally un known amongst their brethren here. Why this remarkable s d p i s o t n i a s i c b t i i l o i n ti e i s s m of a d b e o i t s h a classesul s ter y; of f m o r en the u d s u t i e t s o a a n d e o r n e siderable extent, be the same. If so,-..then why this ex traordinary difference ? Why give seventy men in Liver pool 20s. a-week for performing duties exactly the same as those in London, for which a similar class of men receive frcm 3s. to 10s. per week more? There can be no satisfactory solution to these questions, except upon the hypothesis that, if they make one provincial town approximate somewhat near the metropolis, all the rest would demand the same. This is, no doubt, the secret of the whole matter; and yet how absurd. Surely, the largest towns have the strongest claims ' • and are the carriers of such a town as this to be refused a just compensation for their responsible duties, because, if granted, it would cause general dissatisfaction amongst their provincial brethren ? Surely not. We would suggest that the men in each particular town be remunerated in proportion to the responsible and arduous nature of their duties. This would be true economy. With the letter-carriers, as a whole, it is not a question of labour ; the grounds upon which they ought to be better paid is the weighty respon sibility of their duties ; for it is a well-known fact, that an immense amount of property is daily under their ccn trol, especially in such a town as this. Why not, then, have them proportionately paid, so that they may main tain their position in society with decency and respect. LOCAL ctioned matter, I committee 'ere born some little disci osed by w oe irrigated, canals should be but unk, and money advanced to the Dock Committee t also to be instructed in the use taking action -, ws, instead of being allowed opportunit -v and ' - ffectual in- impor , fished f. also be est 1 ati-iount giving knowledge to the motiou v ing down a s olidbasiso pICV to an abrupt ci THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, said he was ill a ". asked for a tor tors in the c, 11, ontlis.—Ultimate. [he subject of an apf the time asked to borough-engineer. foz: leave of lit his bealtb, a it, gradual JUNE 14, 1853. THE TURN-Our AT STOCKPORT. The strike of the factory workers of Stockport has at length become a " great fact." The men made these propositions to their employers:—To adopt the ten mile cir cuit from Manchester as the basis of the average of the wages to be paid ; or to pay the advance of ten per cent. at once ; or to refer the question to arbitration. To none of these propositions have the employers paid any atten tion, and on Friday week the working classes met in the open air, to the number of between ten and twelve thou- en determined to quit work unless the ten per led before the expiration of their week's sand, and ti cent was conce notice On Monday, the members of the Master Manufacturers' Association held a numerous meeting at the Warren Bul keley Arms Inn. The returns of prices paid in the various places were carefully examined, and on Wednesday another and more numerous meeting of the employers was held at the same place, when it was unanimously re solved to give an advance of five per cent. upon the self actors and mule spinners, and eight per cent. to the throe tie spinners. The weavers' averages were revised, when, the Stockport list being above the average, it was deter mined to make no change in that department. The average was taken in respect to the old district extending thirty miles from Manchester. It was discovered that the Stockport masters had been paying from one to three per cent. below the average to hand mule and self actor spin ners: tive per cent below to throstle spinners; but above the average for power. loom weaving. Rumours, however, got afloat amongst the weavers that their application would not be conceded, and another public meeting was therefore held that night in the Cattle Market, and was attended by about 13.0 N persons, all engaged in the factories. The decision was, without an exception, in favour of " The ten per cent., and no surrender." On Thursday morning the hands quitted the mills, their demand being ten per cent. The workpeople of eight mills, five of them being of the m ore extensive establishments in the borough, ceased work by the close of the day. The strike then fairly commenced. On Friday, thousands of the operatives, male and fe male, paraded the streets, and called at the different mills which were to become vacant, as the notices expired in rotation, various branches falling due at various hours. Their conduct was most peaceable • their • advice to the thousands as th e y t urne d ou t o f the mills being, " Pre serve peace and respect property." The procession thus became gradually more formidable, and, as it moved from place to place, the operatives composing it, sung to the air of " Oh, Susannah," a ballad on the ten per cent. In the course of the day it transpired that several of the employers, not connected with the Manufacturers' Asso ciation, had acceded to th e a p p li cat i on f or the ten per cent. throughout the different branches, and the work pople resumed labour amidst much cheering. Those who had agreed to give the advance were—Mr. Cooper, Port wood ; Messrs. Micholl, Lucas, and Co., Chestergate ; Mr. Hulluro, Hillgate; Mr. Hulme, Hillgate; Mr. Wheil don, Portwood ; Mr. Williamson, Hope Hill ; Mr. West, Carrs; and Messrs. Newton and Scattergood. Others are spoken of as likely to " come in" at the commence ment of the week. But those who object comprise the largest concerns in the borough. The numbers likely to be on " strike," speaking in round numbers, may be 30,000. Symptoms are already presenting themselves of the loss which this unfortunate turn-out will occasion, even to the employers themselves, large numbers of the best workmen having quitted the town, in search of better waves or better employment in the manufacturing towns of Lan cashire. On Friday there was an agent in the town, from some extensive cotton mill recently erected in the neigh bourhood of Ashton ; prepared to engage 300 hands at improved wages and constant employment ; 60 of the most experienced spinners were speedily engaged, and he was negotiating for 250 weavers, The authorities have taken every precaution by calling in supernumerary constables, &c., for the preservation of order, but at present there is no probability that the workpeople will commit any disturbances.—Manchester Courier. THE GARSTON DOCKS will be opened on the 21st instant. AT THE COUNTY COURT, on Friday, in a case in which a married woman was summoned on account of a debt contracted by another woman, for whom she had given her word, the judge decided that a husband could not be made responsible for debts contracted by a wife upon another person's behalf, unless it could be shown that the husband authorized her. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The Liverpool and Phi ladelphia screw steam-ship City of Glasgow, Capt. Wylie, sailed on Wednesday afternoon, with 107 passengers and a fair cargo, for Philadelphia. On Tuesday afternoon the United States Mail Steam-ship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, arrived off the Bell Buoy, but, owing to the state of the , tide, was unable to cross the bar, but landed her mails at 7, p.m., by the steam tug Tiger. She left New York' on the 28th ult. She brought 241 passengers and $600,000 in specie. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Leitch, commander, took her depar ture from the Mersey about noon on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston, with the usual weekly mails and a fair com plement of passengers. SINGULAR AFFECTION OF THE LUNGS.—An inquest was held yesterday, before the borough coroner, on the body of a man unknown, who died on Friday evening, under the following circumstances :—Mary Manning, the wife of Richard Manning, residing in Addi son - stree t, said, that about seven o'clock on Friday evening the deceased came to their house, and asked for lodgings. She objected to him at first, and told him he looked very ill. Deceased said, " for God's sake don't turn me out." He said he had come out of the hospital, and was to return. Witness told her daughter to put him in bed. About eleven o'clock he asked for a drink of water, which was supplied to him. Nothing more was heard of him until Saturday morning, when he was found dead in bed. Mr. George Kemp, surgeon, said that he had made a post nzortem examination of the body, and found the cause' of death to have been disease of the lungs, from natural causes ; the right lung was completely hepatiztd, and weighed the enormous weight of fiAe pounds. STEAM TO AFRICA.—The first annual meeting of the Afrcan Steam-ship Company was held on Saturday—Sir John Campbell presidine.—when a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. for the six months ending the 15th of April last. The report stated that, although the first voyages in a line of such novelty, and including so many calling-places, could only be regarded as experi mental, all the vessels of the company had kept satisfac- All. the company's steamers at present tning--narnely, the Forerunner, Faith, and Hope -vered the expectations entertained, and the tory time Mare Charity is now being fitted with her engines, While the Northern Light will be launched in July. With regard to the traffic, both direct and intercolonial, its develop ment has confirmed the calculations of the di•'ctors, and additional advantages are looked for from the a, the soap duty, which will greatly stimulate the 1, trade. Arrangements have therefore been made to pro. mote a semi-monthly line from Liverpool, and particular of which are to be submitted hereafter. in relation to ti‘ dangers of the trade, the results of the introduction , olition of steam are shown in the fact that the compa n one of t e of their having been heirmenhyacc laid ide up b ntortrop y ica them siclines number of shares were to be 12,500 of £2O 11,008 have been issued, and it is nnt - but onl On these 11,008, )t proposed to put forth navments have been made to £129,792—a sun • - •••• VI 14 V G uccaa 1 be sufficient for all the e underta e present year ose of the procc ted to Mr, Macgre s . a!peciell 'ote oliganiii7a-ti GENERAL NE WS. Mn. WILLIAM CLAPHAM, of Hatfield, near Hornsea, has a shearling sheep which was clipped last week, and yielded no less than 171bs. of cool. MR. HORSMAN, late M.P. for Cockermouth. has started as a cadidate for the representation of Stroud, vacant by the elevation of Lord Moreton to the House of Lards. THE ANNUAL SPEECHES were delivered in the Upper School at Eton College, on Wednesday, before a large and distinguished audience. Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales were present on the occasion. • A YOUNG CUMBERLAN D POET, of the name of Bigz, is about to be introduced to public notice by George Gil fillan, of Dundee, to whom the young Like-poet has submitted a mass of unpublished MSS., the greater part of which are said to be of great merit. TROOPS FROM THE CArE.—Lieutenant General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart, commanding the forces at the Cape of Good Hope, has communicated to the authorities at home that be can now spare the 12th Lancers and three regimenst of infantry. MR. J. E. FULLER, an attorney at Birmingham, who gave permission to a barber to use his name as an at torney for 15s. a-week, was on Monday sentenced by Mr. Justice Erie to three months' imprisonment ; but on an application from the defendant, the sentence was altered to striking his name off the rolls. BRIBERY.—Before the Cambridge bribery commission, some of the witnesses acknowledged that they had re ceived £lO, and others £5, to vote. After the election one of the agents passed the house of a voter, accom panied by a veiled female, who gave him an envelope containing two £5 notes. A GRATIFYING EXCHANGE.—TWO hampers—one of cod liver oil, the other of claret—recently entrusted to the Eastern Counties Railway, suffered a change of address on the road, and were cross-delivered. The doctor's patients, who got the claret, are said to have been more gratified than the gentleman's friends who got the oil. THE ELECTRIC CLocx.—Mr. Futvoye, of Regent street, London, having at length succeeded in obtaining the sanctian of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests for the erection of this clock, has spiritedly placed it at the corner of Beak-street, where it is not only an object of general attraction, but of great public utility. It was to the perfecting of this clock that Mr. Baia devoted his genius and labour for so many years. THE POEMS OF ALSXANDER SMITH, we are happy to perceive. have been republished in Boston and New York ; and the leading journals of the New World are loud in the poet's praise. The Rev. George Gilfillan, of Dundee, in a paper in the current part of Hogg's In structor, states that the "Life-Drama" was first put into his hands in a rude state in the April of 1851. DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH Correa.—On Tuesday even ing Mr. Joseph Cottle expired at his residence, Firfield house, Knowle, near Bristol, in his 84th year. Many, no doubt, are familiar with his name as the early friend of Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Southey. He was exten sively known by his own literary labours, and throughout his long life was greatly honoured and loved for his distin guished personal worth by all who had the privilege of is acquaint COFFEE AND CHlCORY. — ltappears, from a return late printed of the number of prosecutions instituted for the adulteration of coffee and the illegal use of chicory, under the respective treasury orders of August 3, 1852, and Feb. 25, 1853, that the _results are as follows : Under the prosecution I,SS4 inspe ,er thcre were 1,063 inspections, 50 seizures other proceedings 6 ; under the latter ons, no ner proceedings ores, 94 - proSecutions, and 1 OATLANDS GRANGE.—The vi3itors to the camp at Chobham, in changing trains at \Vey bridge, will perceive a beautiful ravine of overhanging plantations close to the station. Over this ravine is the well-known aitlanas Grange, forming formerly a portion of the domain of the Duke of York. The Grange has just been bought for the Conservative Land Society for distribution amongst the members. Tire estate commands a magnificent view of St. Ann's-hill, the residence of Charles James Fox, Chertsey, Windsor Castle, &c. The late King of the French is buried at Wey-bridge, which is within three quarters of an hour's distance from town by the South-Western Railway. MODERN ORTHODOX .—A tea-meeting was held at Derby a few days ago, as an ovation to a Mr. Corbin, an Independent teacher, on his leaving that town, at which the Rev. W. F. Wilkinson, Vicar of St. Werburgh's, Derby, was present. In his speech, laudatory of Mr. Corbin, the Vicar is made by the Derby Reporter to say : —" And it is pretty well understood that I most freely and fully recognise his Churchmanship and Church membership, and that I esteem him not only as a member of the Church of Christ, but as a minister o: that Church by an ordination as valid as my own." DISASTERS IN THE PACIFIC.—The San Francisco Herald sums up the marine losses in the Pacific waters, during burnt gthel in Valparaiso,astthreeyears, ,easf2oullo7ooo ; the:—Tlae No City r of mtte s- bg th P A rica, wrecked on the Mexicali coast, , 8'200,000 ; the In dependence, wrecked on Isla de Margarita, .8'100,020 • the Tennessee, wrecked in Indian Cove, A 5200,000 ; the G,neral Warren, wrecked on the Oregon coast, '&50,000; the Pioneer, wrecked in San Simeon Bay, 4315,0 W ; the Eudora, wrecked on the Oregon ceast, 5 . 50,000 ; the Com. Prehle, wrecked on the Oregon coast, $50,000. This estimate shows at least a loss of /8'925,00, to ear nothing of the loss of life which has been sustained. La, Mr STRANGE FRAL7D.-. At Clerkenwell police James Palmer, of the London Gas Company, was charged with assaulting Mr. Firmin William Potts, of the Im perial Gas Company, competing bodies. The quarrel originated in the attempt of the plaintiff to gauge the quantity of gas fraudulently obtained by the Lon Company, through secretly tapping the pipes of company, the Imperial. By an ingeniously contrived and delicate apparatus, the amount of gas thus obtained had been estimated as worth at least £l,OOO. The in strument was broken in the assault. The Imperial charged the other company at the Queen's Bench don Gas the rlval EXPENSES OF ♦SUIT INCHANCEE.Y.—On Saturday week the case relating to the will of Mr. Day, the blacking ma nufacturer, came on before the Lords Justices, upon a question of payment of costs. It appeared that under Mr. Day's will there were twenty-three persons who were en titled to small annuities, and many others entitled to share in the residuary estate, and nearly all these claimants upon the property had throughout the suit, which was in stituted to administer the will, appeared by different counsel and different solicitors. An objection was raised to the payment of separate costs, when it appeared that the expenses of the suit, before it even came on for hear ing, amounted to £70,000. The court left it to ►' different parties to consider whether they could all amongst themselvcs to be represented by one solik In case no such arrangement could he come to, the question would be dispo.ied of on following Friday. A SIMPLE REMEDY.—To persons having the care of steam-engines, the following from_ the Lawrencebura us that he h Register may be available :—" Mr. Ira Hill has as accidentally made a valuable disc osition of lime upon steam boile which the de nforrnec obviated . Two or three shovels of sawdust are thrown into the boiler, after which process he states he never had any difficulty from lime, although using water strongly impregnated with it. He has always found the inside of his t oilers as smooth as if just oiled. Whether the lime attaches itself to the floating particles of sawdust, instead of the boiler, or whether the tanie acid in the oak sawdust forms a salt with the lime which will not attach itself to iron, remains to be explained. The sawdust was placed in the boiler for the purpose of stopping a leak. Tue experiment is cheap and easily tried. "—Netv.l 7 orkTrib/zne. THE QUEEN'S TEXT.—THE CAMP AT CHOBIIAM.— The Queen's pavilion was taken out of store at 'Woolwich on Tuesday. and has been set up on Greenhill, within the boundaries of the garrison. The pavilion has not been used, it is said, since the visit of Queen Charlotte, but it is now to be pat in good condition here, previous to its being taken to Chobham-common, and erected there, as it is intended that her Majesty, Prince Albert, the commander-in-chief, and the master-general of the ordnance will be present on several occasions to witness the encampment and evolutions, reviews, and sham fights which will take place to instruct the troops in the chiles that would be expected of them in actual warfare, and a large supply of blank cartridge will be issued for that purpose. The Queen's pavilion is 60 feet long by about 15 broad, with two entrances covered over, one at the east and one at the west end, each about 20 feet in length, making a total length of about 100 feet. The roof in front and back is supported on eight arches, the two centre arches being large, and the three arches on each side of the two centre arches being of smaller dimensions. The canvas can be thrown open from any or the whole of the arches to afford an uninterrupted view in front and in the rear, and the flooring is composed of timber frames, formed of deal, about 5 feet long by 4 feet broad, for the convenience of being carried on wag gons. The marquee for the master-general was al so bet up on Greenhill, but it has been taen down and for warded to the place of encampment on Chobham-common SHOCKING CASE OF POISONING.-011 Thursday great consternation was created in Belper by a rumour that a family named Flewitt, living in the Cluster-buildings, were poisoned. It appears that the moment the father had finished his last course at dinner, which was rice pudding, he complained of sickness, and was obliged to remove hastily from the table. Scarcely had he got out of the house_before three of his children and a young man _ _ named Sheldon were also seized with sickness and vomit ing. They became very alarmed, and the mother ran into a neighbour's house and informed them that she be lieved the whole family were poisoned. She immediately ran for medical assistance, and, on her return , was found to be suffering from tliesamehey all could give any account of what ki n d of poison the, t denied cause. None h av o i n f - had taken, except a girl about twel ve years of age, wh6 said she saw something li k e flour in the sugar her math , used in making the pudding. From this it was thr to be arsenic, although e family `ThT i - e - idon, working in the same s en in the habit or taking his , then at home hpl i i o e i rde e d a s hi t t ioa : grre, t i l ew l oe e th e pi I teu t li l ldi e ed s s ! ,rnai d s: : ao uc o telei: times , Sheldono i r ifferent kind, in first si which she accept ght caused a little suspicion to be thro er, from the fact of her having esca she explained the tx g a dis , ed ; but c -----••••••••- as ,111t1L1L/11 7111 u Luc au ,dell threw the affair into perfect miste Wired most intensPk• poor creator 'or many hour P 7 morning as_ perceived ,te, - in which she co la the Mr. I evening, when she expired. i. 11Ioz ley, the coroner, orde union of Sheldon. It appears I Imes, .1 ate apprel Sheldon asked the master dyer at Messrs. War per, at which place he worked, if he could sur wirti some 13 hours, a rery uousi -cue poisonea e went to Flewitt's houSeTin s his" vr ar r e e ry th u e sugar nulial tlling, thr oug h the back do face uewas kept. It also so,-- to the rs that he g to pay his ac daughters, a on her father forbiddir doing a short time ago, he saidhelTot; are also 0 cious very respecta Mr. J. Strutt ected, his father being ste se de ill wefinally get to a man it a n n d is T an i a nh a a l b l i t ta o n i t l s im e s a e c l h f. , The name of this British S:. , lliirk we cannot give, but his abode is called Inchcolm, and is apparently a territo rial appenage of Fife. The report contains nearly 1 ; 000 pages of condensed a d analyzea matter, urn tro