The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

i f F 1 L • Nov. 10, 1846. oral anb Vroinnrial 041)5. John Sharp, Esq., will succeed James Giles, Esq., of The Elms, as chief magistrate of Lancaster. Elkana Armitage, Esq., is to be the new mayor of Manchester. Crewe has been made a post town. There are to be two deliveries and four despatches during the twenty-four hours. Wright has been committed to Chester Castle for the highway robbery and murderous attack, at Tabley, on Mr. M'Gill, who is still suffering severely. The amount of Mr. Owen's bequest towards the estab lishment of a new college at Manchester, will be about - XlOO,OOO. On Tuesday, Griffith Williams, a block-maker, fell down on one of the Birkenhead steamers, and expired im mediately. On Saturday week, a child, named Peter Dowd, the son of a labourer living in Russell-street, Toxteth-park, in the absence of his parents, was so shockingly burnt as to cause his death on Wednesday. Duriug a furious gale, on Thursday week, the Sama ritan, from this port, was wrecked off St. Eval's Head, and all hands, save two, John Cases and Henry Thrappall, perished. The loss of ship and cargo amounts to £lO,OOO. A fi.e, which did above £4OO worth of damage, took place at the paint manufactory of Messrs. Afire and Jeffrey, Blackstcck-street. The loss is covered by in surance. On Thursday, two men were killed at the pit of Messrs. Kenworthy, Ashton. They were being lowered into the pit, when the chain broke, and they were precipitated down the shaft, which is 240 yards deep. Mr. James Hunt, 4, Hanover-street, has transmitted eighteen guineas to the treasurer of the Sailors' Home, being a subscription from a few friends assembled to witness the laying of the foundation-stone. The total receipts of the Manchester Corporation during the year ended the 31st of September last, were £70,268; the expenses £63,413 ; leaving a balance of £6855 in the bands of the treasurer. On Tuesday, the borough coroner held an inquest on the body of a child eleven months old, who died of con gestion of the brain ; and on another, two years old, burnt to death at Windsor. CAUTION TO SEAMEN. — On Tuesday, John Stevens and James Riley, two seamen, were committed to gaol, the former for twenty days, and the latter for thirty days, for deserting the ship Magistrate, after having signed ar ticles and entered into the usual conditions. The brig William Rushton, which alone rode out the late dreadful hurricane at Havana in perfect safety, be longs to Messrs. John Worrall and Co., of this port. That she should have escaped uninjured in such a fearful tempest affords proof of her excellent qualities, the skill of her c ommander, and the good conduct of her crew. We are glad to be able to add that she was a Liverpool built brig. A serious affray took place on Friday, near the Bury and Heywood branch of the Manchester and Leeds Rail way, between the police and some railway labourers, during which Sergeant Priddon was so much injured that he is not expected to recover, and one of the policemen has been confined since. BURGLARY BY A FEMALE.—On Saturday, a young woman, named Mary Percival, formerly a servant to a Mr. Preston, of Catuall, near Kingsley, Cheshire, was committed by Mr. R. G. Perryn, Esq., for trial at the next assizes, charged with having burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of the said Mr. Preston, and stolen various property therefrom. NEW POTATOES.—SeveraI barrels of potatoes have been received by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of Liverpool, from Peru. They are the real golden variety, to which so much interest now attaches, and are of two kinds, a yellow skinned and a purple skinned, in excellent order, but sprouting, so that it will be necessary to plant them immediately. THE HURRICANE AT THE HAVANA.—This great dis aster has bad the effect of inducing the holders of sugar to withdraw their sugars from the market, until it is as certained what effect the news will produce on the Lon don and other markets. It has also given an additional firmness to the price of cotton, as it is thought that the destruction of so much shipping must raise the freight in all parts of the Gulf of Mexico. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT IN CHESHIRE.—At Barns ton, on Wednesday, Peter Lowe, the landlord of the Fox and Hounds, had been out with Mr. Hugh Williams, a highly respectable and wealthy builder of Birkenhead, and Mr. Tinley Barton, who had been enjoying a day's shoot ing in the neighbourhood of Barnston, and on their re turn, in crossing a fence, Mr. Williams's gun went off, and the contents were lodged in the left side of Lowe, who expired from the effects, after lingering about ten hours. The deceased was a bale and healthy man, in his 50th year. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDPELLOWS.—On Tues day evening, the members of the Honest View Lodge, held at Mr. Wm. Clegg's, St. Paul's-square, presented to their chief officer, Mr. Thomas Harding, a gold guard chain, value £5, for his meritorious services. The im partial manner in which he conducts their councils, the prosperous state of their funds (for although not one of the largest, it is certainly one of the richest in the unity), the general good feeling and unanimity that prevails amongst the members, and the anxiety Mr. Harding always manifests for its interest, are evidences that the present has been as faithfully earned as it is cheerfully given, and we wish him health to wear it. The chain is neat and tasteful, and reflects great credit on Mr. Thos. Over, jeweller, Basnett-street, who supplied it. LOOSE COTTON: IN SHIPS.—A notice of some im portance to the masters and officers of cotton-laden ships, has just been issued by the American Chamber of Com merce at this port. Many of them, the chamber say, are in the habit of appropriating to their own use the pickings and loose cotton imported by their vessels, under the im pression that they belong to them, as perquisites. Con siderable losses have, in consequence, been sustained by the importers •, and the notice states that all such appro priations are illegal ; also that the chamber have resolved to protect the rights of the parties aggrieved, in all cases in which any of the members may be interested. By way of precaution, masters of vessels are recommended to send the loose cotton which cannot be distinguished as belong ing to any particular lot, to the consignee of the ship, who will apportion it among the several owners or consignees of the cargo, according to their respective interests. WATERWORKS.—A survey is now being made in the neighbourhood of Chorley, with a view to the supply of the town of Liverpool with water. The site fixed upon as the most eligible for the purpose of constructing reser voirs, &c., is the same that has been selected by the Chorley aterworks Company at Anglezark ; the supply of water being of a better quality than can be met with t!sevvh ere , and also being found in greater abundance. that are powerful springs on both sides of the hill, so t the one need not necessarily interfere with the other ; but it is plain to all, from the great expense of construct ing reservoirs—the contract for the Chorley Waterworks Compa n y being £sooo—that an amalgamation of the companies would be for the interest of both, and as the Chorley company has already obtained an act and chosen the most favourable site, it is probable this will eventually be the case. The distance the water will have to be con veyed to Liverpool in pipes is 20 miles; but such is the great elevation at Anglezark, that the position chosen is the most favourable for the purpose.—Bollon Chronicle. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meet ing was held on Tuesday. The Poor Law Commissioners expressed their concurrence in a suggestion from the Board for dividing the Park into four districts, with a medical officer for each district. The guardians of Tox teth-park were appointed a ccmmittee to make a division accordingly, and the clerk was instructed to advertise for medical officers. The medical officer of the Fever-house reported that during the past week the few remaining patients at Smithdown-lane had been removed to that in Mount Vernon-street, in which, on Monday, there re mained altogether twenty-two patients ; that six new cases bad been brought in during the previous week ; that four had been discharged cured, and one had died. With the exception of one patient, all were doing well. The medical officers' report from South Toxteth showed a great reduction in the number of sick cases, as compared With the several previous weeks. Mr. Rowland, relieving Officer of Toxteth-park, tendered his resignation, on account of ill health, and Mr. Henry Latham was ap pointed pro tern. FUNERAL OF THE REV. DR TATTERSHALL.—Tuesday having been appointed for the funeral, many of the friends of the deceased assembled in Shaw-strest, Everton, for the purpose of joining in the funeral procession. The Procession was formed about half-past ten o clock in the morning, the clergy (in number fifty-five) proceeding first, two abreast, headed by Dr. Byrth and Archdeacon Musgrave. After the clergy came the gentlemen. to the number of about 120, headed by his Worship the Mayor. Then followed the children of St. Augustine's Schools, the females taking the lead, and both boys and girls dressed in mourning. The chief mourners were the doctor's three sons, the eldest about twelve years of age. The procession proceeded through Everton to St. George's Church, which was crowded, and the churchyard was likewise full of people. A. solemn movement was played upon the organ as the procession entered the church, and the beautiful hymn was sung, commencing " When youth and age are swept away." The burial service was very impressively read by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank. The Procession then left the church, and the body was depo sited in the family vault, where one of the doctor's chil dren had already been buried. FOREIGN GOODS IMPORTED FOR RE-EXPORTATION. — The injury done by the present system adopted by the C ustom-house authorities, to foreign goods landed at this Port for re-exportation, has long been a subject of con tiderable annoyance ; and at length the initiative ste p s are eing taken in the way of remedy. A memorial to the ec nunaissioners of customs was on Friday extensively signed ( f . )11 'Change by merchants, shipowners and othe rs, p ra y in g t or the remova l o f t h e ev il. Goods of foreign manufac .lllll..e, it is represented, are often sent to this country for ; i l Pment by British vessels, because our me rcantile ma ne is more regular and certain in carrying t hem to their Place of destination abroad. These goods are often ver y v aluable and liable to injury from too much exposure in ll ob n i i r et ek i ing, a process they have to undergo i n the most onable manner, just as if they were intended to pay d uty for h ome consumpt i on . Th e con sequence is delay, na `ba rrassrnent and expense, three evils most detris a mental to the owners. The memorial then suggests that for th protection of the revenue is the only cause as, „ ese objectionable proceedings, the object could just im mediately be accomplished by the packages being sealed u ntil f on arrival, and deposited in the customs' depo t forwarded to their final destination, under the in .,' c tion of the prop described er officers ; and, if necessary , a pack age r s i o t, bui be opened, to ascertain if the goods were as just• Th e prayer of the memorialists appears to be j 3 0,, u,nd reasonable, for it is a manifest advantage to ea ch merchants to have the transit and conveyance of merchandise • and all impediments thrown in the waY, beyo d the Mere protection of the revenue, must ecessaeln marine.Y be injurious to the interests of our commercial EARLY CLOSING DEMONSTRATION.—On Thursday evening, a great meeting in favour of the early closing movement, was held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, which, shortly after the commencement of the proceed ings, was crowded by a highly respectable audience. On the platform were several distinguished strangers, the principal employers in the town. several of the ministers attending the meetings of the Evangelical Alliance, and deputations from associations formed for the promotion of the early closing movement in Liverpool, Birmingham, Oldham, Leeds, Bradford, Rochdale, &c. Amongst those present were the Mayor of Manchester, lord John Manners, M.P.; the Hon. and Rev. Baptiste Noel. Mr. Joseph Brotherton. M.P. ; Mr. Charles Hindley, M.P. ; Dr. Hodgson, of Liverpool; Mr. Charles Knight, pub lisher, London ; the Rev. Canon Wray ; Mr. Alderman Walker; Mr. Alderman Hopkins ; and Mr. Pountney. STABBING WITH ScissAaes.—On Wednesday, a fe male, named Ann M'Gavin, with a black eve, and of very wretched appearance was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged with severely stabbing Eliza M`Lean in the face, with a pair of scissars. Three wounds had been inflicted, one on the forehead, and two on the right cheek. The prosecutor stated that about four o'clock on the previous evening, she was sitting at the door of her house, in.Vaux hall-road, skinning soles, when the prisoner, whom she had never seen before, came up. got held of her, and stabbed her in the face. She fainted away, and the pri soner was given into custody by a bystander who bad wit nessed the transaction. It appeared that the prisoner had been drinking all day, and was heard crying out, shortly before the event, " I am a Dublin woman, and do not care for her nor any one else." Some one had then abused her and given her the black eye, and, in a fit of desperation, blinded by drink, she made the attack on the prosecutor. No malice was apparent, and Mr. Rushton fined her 20s. and costs, or a fortnight's imprisonment in default. ATTEMPTED ROIABERY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. — Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Goodman charged a person named James Collins, at our police-court on Friday, with having attempted to rob her, as she was going from Manchester to Liverpool on Thursday evening. The complainant stated that she left Manchester by the last night train, and when between Eccles and Barton Moss, she thought she felt that the prisoner, who was sitting next to her, was cutting at her pocket. She put her hand to the spot, and looked at the prisoner, who immediately lifted up his arms and folded them upon his breast. The com plainant took no further notice of the matter until the train stopped at the next station. She then found that her pocket had been cut, and that the contents were lying at the bottom of the carriage. She gave the alarm, and the prisoner was taken into custody, and conveyed to Liverpool. The county officer was directed by Mr. Rush ton to take the prisoner before the county - magistrates ; and the lady was requested to persevere in prosecuting him for the offence, as there was little doubt but he was an old practitioner upon the pockets of unprotected females. HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSDAY.—Memorials from the inhabitants of Ormond-street and Carleton-street, com plaining of nuisances, were referred to the commissioner of the district.—Mr. Duncan reported that the tower at the water-works was now up to within 31 feet of the finished height, and the setting of the boiler was in pro gress. The roofing of the boiler house was still incom plete, and could not be got on for another week. Messrs. Harvey and Co. were proceeding rapidly with the fixing of the engine, which, he felt satisfied, would be ready as soon as the tower would be got up for the stand pipe, With regard to the pipe laying, it was reported that the pipes had been continued up to Paul-street baths. These were filled on the 30th ult: All the branches from By rom-street main (five in number) have been laid, as also other two; one at Canning-place and one at the top of Duncan-street.—Mr. Deane read a letter from the Secre tary of the Dock Committee, requesting to be informed of the principle on which the assessment of the Albert Dock warehouses had been made. This application crea ted a little discussion, but it was ultimately decided that no difference could be made between the Dock Committee and other parties, and that they he informed the assess meat had been made in the usual way by the sworn sur veyor. It was also stated, that if there were any objec tions to the assessment an appeal could be made. THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.—Government has at length resolved to establish courts for the purpose of carrying this excellent act into effect. The Lord Chancellor has entrusted the business to Mr. Bethune. Its application is to be general. The towns have been selected so as to cover the whole country with courts as equally as pos sible, having some reference also to those towns in which courts are now held under local acts. It is not proposed that courts should be held at the same intervals in all these towns ; once a week or oftner will be necessary in some, while in others once a fortnight or month, or even less frequently, will be found sufficient. The following is a list of the towns in Lancashire and Cheshire in which courts are to be held, and to each court is attached a par ticular district ; that for Liverpool embraces all Liver pool, but no more : —Lancashire—Lancaster, Garstang, Kirkham, Preston, Blackburn, Chorley, Ormskirk, St. Helen's, Prescot, Wigan, Liverpool, Salford, Bolton, Leigh, Warrington, Manchester, Middleton, Oldham, Ashton, Clitheroe, Haslingden, Collie, Bury, Burnley, Rochdale. Cheshire—Stockport, Birkenhead, Chester, Malpas, Nantwich, Congleton, Macclesfield, Knutsford, Middlewich, Northwich, Frodsham. The following towns in North Wales will also have courts :—Bangor, Carnar von, Conway, Pwllheli, Tremadoc, Dolgelly, Denbigh, Wrexham, Holywell, Mold, Ruthin, Borwen, Llanrwst, Bala. EARLY CLOSING.—At the meeting in Manchester, on Thursday, for this purpose, letters were read from the Bishop of Chester, Lord Sandon, and many others. Amongst them was one from the venerable James Mont gomery, expressive of his regret at not being able to at tend. In the course of the letter be said,—" During the past two years I have been constrained to withdraw from every attempt of the kind, even in our local institutions— literary, benevolent, and religious, beyond the utterance of a few sentences on common-place topics. Much, very much, may be done, now that the public mind itself, throughout the land, is so deeply stirred to venture on patriotic and philanthropic innovaticns of antiquated evils, both negative and positive, and which may now be more safely and speedily exploded than might have been ever hoped for in the days when I was young, and now that I am old and grey-headed, I am not afraid to acknowledge the conviction of my own mind, founded on much ob- servation and large experience even in my own person,— that the bias and character of man's conduct, and the principles that rule his conduct to three score years and ten, as the mark in human life which few are p: , rrnitted to pass,—that bias and character are more decidedly given, fixed, and continued to the end, by the influences under which he has spent the period of his youth above child hood and below manhood, than during any other longer or shorter stage of his previous or subsequent existence. Many lose almost wholly the impressions of good or evil stamped upon their minds and hearts during infancy and boyhood, but what they are formed to be, betwen twelve and twenty-four years of age,—that, except in few in stances, makes the man, for better or for worse, to the end, while he lives to endure the trials of good and evil, in proportion as he is warned to resist the one, and de sirous to choose the other." BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS-At the usual monthly meeting, on Tuesday, there were present William Potter, Esq. (chairman), and eleven other members of the board. Mr. Cole inquired whether there had been a special meeting of the proprietors of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, for the purpose of carrying out the proceedings of the committee respecting the arrangements agreed upon at the late special board. The Chairman said there bad not been such a meeting of the railway proprietors. A long conversation ensued on this subject, which ended in a resolution being passed appointing the Chairman and Mr. Laird to confer with the Law Clerk as to the neces- sity of calling a special meeting of the railway company on the subject.—The proceedings of the Health Committee stated the appointment of a person named Cottam as inspector of scavengers, at 30s. a week. There were 175 candidates.—Mr. Brine's report stated that the cost of public baths and wash-houses si%ilar to the establishment just completed in Liverpool, including the cost of the land and every equipment, would be about £5OOO.—A conversation took place out of a resolution contained in the proceedings condemnatory of the decisions of the bench of magistrates in two informations laid by a police constable. The Chairman thought that before fault was found with the magistrates, the committee should have more satisfactory details of the cases.—lt appeared from the proceedings of the Ferry Committee that the ten minute boats had been discositinued since the he of November. The whole receipts of the two ferries in the month of October, 1815, bad been £1916 ; the whole receipts for the past month were £1752. The expenditure from 23d April to 31st October was £7692; the receipts within the same period were, in 1845, £14,222; and :n this year (same period) £13,619.—A resolution was then passed, referring several intended local bills to the com mittees best calculated respectively to consider their details.—Adjourned. THE VILLA, COTTAGE ORNEE, AND LIVERPOOL. SU BURBAN LAND BUILDING COMPANY.—We have before us a prospectus of this proposed company, and, from a perusal of it, we are inclined to come to the conviction that if the plan be judiciously and economically carried out, it will prove highly advantageous not only to the shareholders, but to a large portion of our townsmen who long for rural refit emcnt after the hours of business, and have not the means of obtaining it but at great cost. The capital proposed to be raised is £60,000 in 6000 shares of £lO each—deposit, one shilling per share. Though the Liverpool and Manchester railway has been opened more than fifteen years, scarcely a house is built along its line from the former town, although there are many fine sites for that purpose. A company possesses many advantages over individuals for the purchase of land and the erection of buildings. The promoters, convinced that a large por tion of the population are anxious to obtain country resi dences, from the cottage ornee to the more extensive villa, either to rent or purchase, propose to buy a large tract of suitable land, within six or seven miles of the town, and adjacent either to the Liverpool and Manches ter, or the Liverpool and Bury railways—the site to be approved of by the majority of the shareholders. They will then commence the making of roads, sewers, bricks, &c. The land is to be laid out in lots and submitted for sale to the shareholders, and afterwards to public compe tition on such terms as may be agreed upon at a general meeting. Advance will he made to purchasers, not being shareholders, for such portion of their outlay, and at such a rate of interest as may be agreed . upon, the parties con tracting to rent the houses so built to any member of the company at a fair and equitable rate. The company will also build as ma n y houses as may be applied for by the members : the houses built to be ballotted for by the e e a x e c r a e l e d in t e h e e t p 1 y ng. I fi an x d ed sl a i t ou a ld g the m r e b n e t r sand casepric e t h t o e d b e e m parties wish to purchase , t he mode of payment to be ag reed upon either by an in creased rent f ora limited number of years, or some other convenient mode. By these means parties would be accommodated with dated w!th good residences at 30 per cent. less t han, as private individuals, they could obtain them. . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IMPORTANT TO MARKET PEOPLE.—The collector of St. John's Market summoned a man named James Shaveland, on Thursday, for having taken possession of a stand not rented by him. The defendant's plea was, that it was customary on busy days for parties not tenants to expose their wares in the market ; be had done so fre quently, always paying a fee to the collector or other offi cer of the market. The collector refuted this statement, and Shaveland was fined ss. MAGNETIC AND MESMERIC EXPERIMENTS.—At the second meeting of the Liverpool Literary and Philoso phical society, held on Monday night last, an interesting paper was read by Dr. Brett, describing certain mag netic and mesmeric experiments of the Baron Von Riechenbach, which gave rise to a discussion, in which Dr. Trench took a principal part, on the degree of confi dence due to the alleged results of such experiments, even when made by honourable and intelligent ex perimenters. Tit EWALLASEY COMMISSIONERS —The usual monthly meeting was held at Liscard on Thursday evening, H. Winch, Esq., in the chair. The proceedings of the Fi nance Committee referred to a meeting which had been convened by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners, rela tive to the construction of the sea-wall on the north side of the pool, and the necessity of raising funds from the landowners and others for carrying the work into execu tion. If a sufficient sum were not advanced for the pur pose, it had been intimated that the Dock Commissioners would apply to Parliament to confine their operations to the south side of the pool. A meeting of the landowners is to be held at Wallasey, to consider the subject, and the Law-clerk was instructed to attend. The same com mittee recommend that a rate of Is. 3d. in the pound be laid for the ensuing year, which would raise £2000; and this would be required. After two amendments, it was finally agreed that the rate should be Is. With that al teration, the committee's proceedings were confirmed.— A letter from Mr. Armistead, offering an annual pay ment in lieu of the rent-charge for Dr. Byrth, was re ferred to the Finance Committee. There was no other business of general importance. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The Sub-Committee of Works recommended that the floor of the silk-room at the Albert Dock warehouses should be covered with coil matting instead of boards; but the decision was deferred for a week, in order to take the opinion of a practical per son on the subject.—A. letter was read from Captain Bevis, on the part of the Lords of the Admiralty, requesting the committee to pay £35, the expenses incurred in taking one of her Majesty's vessels out of the Coburg Dock and re cocking her, notice having been given of the intention to run the Dock dry. The committee having no power to return the money, an answer to that effect was ordered to be sent.—A conversation arose respecting the position in which the committee stood with respect to giving notice to Parliament for taking powers under the late act, to erect warehouses round any of the docks. By the late act, it was incumbent on them to go for powers, whether they used them or not. The Chairman said that Satur day would be the last day to give notice, but that it was not incumbent to go to Parliament this year. After some conversation, it was determined not to go to Parliament during the ensuing session. Mr. Aikin—lt is imperative to go within two years, but I suppose there will be no ex pense or harm in giving notice. It might be given under any circumstance. The Chairman—You will have other matters in the year following, and you will not accelerate it by giving notice this year. It will increase the expense without accelerating the question one day, because you have more work to go on with than you can do before you arrive at a position when you require fresh powers, unless you build on such a dock as the Prince's. Mr. Aikin— That would be the place of all others. CAUTION TO PRIVATE HOTEL OR BOARDING-HOUSE KEEPERS.—At our Police-court, on Friday, an excise in- formation was preferred against Mrs. Elizabeth Waddell. who keeps :a very respectable private hotel, at No. 10, Queen-square, for selling excisable liquors without a license. Excise-officers Charles Smith and John Pugh proved that, on the Ist of September last, they went to the defendant's house, and had, the one a mutton chop, a small bottle of porter, and a glass of sherry wine, and the other tea and a small glass of brandy and water. In the bills which were afterwards presented, the porter was put down at Gd., the sherry at 9d., and the brandy at 9d.; but, :opposite to each of these items, the word " paid" was written ; they, nevertheless, paid the full amount of their respective bills, and then left the premises. During the time Smith was in the house, Pugh waited outside, and saw that no person was sent out for the porter and sherry supplied to him. When :Smith came out, Pugh went into the house, and Smith watched and observed that no one fetched anything into the house in the way of liquor while he was there. For the defence, it was urged that in the morning of the day named, a gentleman from Manchester, who had been in the habit of stopping at the house while in Liverpool, called and requested that some wine, brandy, porter, soda water &c., should be sent for for him, saying that he would be in again shortly to din ner. He left 2s. Gd. to pay for the liquors, and they were obtained. Mrs. "Waddell, being a lady of delicate health, which renders it necessary that she should lie down a great deal, then retired to her chamber, and instructed her servant that a gentleman would call soon, and that he was to be supplied with then liquors when he called for them. The excise officers called shortly after, and the girl, under the idea that one of them was the person her mistress alluded to, supplied them with what they called for in the manner described.—Mr. Rushton decided that the excuse was of no avail; the law required that the de fendant should prove she had been paid by these officers for the liquors previous to their being supplied to them, and that those liquors were, at the time, sent for from some public-house in the neighbourhood.—The servant said that such had always been the custom, and a little girl, nine years old, grand-daughter to the defendant, stated the same thing.—Mr. Rushton then said that he would mitigate the penalties to one-fourth, which would be £l2 10s. for selling the wine, £l2 10s. for selling the brandy, and £5 for selling the porter—in all, £3O. SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual fortnightly meeti n g on Tuesday, (the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair,! Mr. Riding reported having taken a House of Recovery in Soho-street, at the rent of £5O per annum. The Workhouse Committee recommended an immediate al teration in the system of weighing, or rather guessing at the weight of, medicines, the scales being filthy and out of order. They also recommended that both the surgeons be accommodated in the house with apartments and suit able furniture. They further reported, that Catherine Comerford had been brought into the house in the custody of a police-constable—that she was delivered of a child in the Lying-in Hospital, and that the officer obtruded him self into the hospital, and it was some time, upon being remonstrated with, before be was induced to withdraw. The committee resolved that this was highly improper conduct, and that no policeman should in future be ad mitted for the purpose of watching and guarding an in mate.—Mr. Ferguson stated the circumstances that led to the committee to adopt this resolution. The police man was constantly in the habit of intruding himself into the ward, which ought not to be allowed. The present system also frequently brought the committee into colli sion with the police and the magistrates, and not only brought themselves into collision, but it also brought those who were under their control. The governor (Mr. Evans) for instance, had been requested to attend at the police-court, and give evidence in the case of Comerford. The committee finally agreed that he should go for that purpose, and he did go, when Mr. Rushton took it upon himself to rebuke the governor--to say that the governor had acted harshly and cruelly towards Comerford, and to hold him up to the obloquy and ridicule of the court. This should not have been the case. It could not strengthen the hands of the governor; it could not do any possible good. The proper way for Mr. Rushton to have acted would be to report to the Select Vestry—to address a letter to the Rev. Rector Campbell, as the chairman of the Vestry, on the subject, and then, if any charge was brought against the officer, let it be investigated by the committee.—Mr. Riding agreed with Mr. Ferguson as to the impropriety of admitting policemen in charge of cul prits into the house, and particularly into the lying-in ward.—Mr. Bright observed that the magistrates had no more power, no more control, and no more right to in terfere with the power of the governor than they had to interfere with any gentleman in the management of his own private house. He considered it a very inconvenient course to take prisoners to the house, particularly as there t t i o o n b e t o m tandee effect into n n g l e u s , p m o o n v t e h d e a p r i e e s s o t oun were bridewells in th e t own . Th e wor kh ouse oug h t not it — ho M ut r. e of the right of the stipendiary magistrate to reprimand the governor in the case alluded to, the board yet was of opinion that all charges against its officers should be re ferred to the board for previous investigation ; and that while they disapproved of the language used by the gover nor to Comerford, whose treatment had not been found fault with, they were of opinion, after long experience of his conduct, that inhumanity or cruelty could not be laid to his charge.—Mr. Avison and Mr. Earle concurred that Mr. Rushton acted humanely in his administration of the law. The motion was seconded I,y Mr. Riding, and carried; the only two that voted against it being Mr. Avison and Mr. Chesney. It was then understood that culprits would be received ii,to the house in future as paupers, but that admission would be refused to police officers. THE MODEL OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM, AT THE LIVER TIIEATRE.—This beautiful and highly illustrative work of art will be removed from this town after Friday next. Meanwhile, in order to allow visitors an opportunity of inspecting it to greater advantage, it has been removed to the Liver Theatre, where it will be exhibited throughout this and the four ensuing days. The numerous, learned, and influential personages, including many of the clergy, who have visited the model since it was first introduced into this town, have borne the strongest testimony to the learning, research, historical exactness, and ingenuity of Mr. Brunetti, to the excellence of his model as a work of art, and to its high value as an aid to the mind in the study of the Scriptures and of concurrent history. N o doubt there are thousands in Liverpool who have deter mined to view the model previous to its removal. In order to fulfil this resolution they must visit the Liver Theatre this week. If they should fail, we can assure them the omission will be one worthy of deep regret. We refer our readers to the advertisement of Messrs. Wardle and Co., who have opened a wholesale and re tail earthenware establishment in Pitt-street. Their stock is of the most chaste description, and contains many new and beautiful specimens of British manufacture in china and coloured glass. To exporters as well as families, it is certainly worthy of inspection. HoaeowAy's Prees.—The following extraordinary case cannot be made too public :—George Wright, o f Hi g h- s treet, Vauxhall, well-known at Hill's Potteries, Vauxhall-walk, where he formerly worked during ten years, but for the last five his health has been so bad that he could do nothing, being greatly emaciated, suffering from a diseased liver, and also the dropsy, besides an af fection of the spine. He was in the hospital at Winches ter for five months, and afterwards in Westminster Hos pital for three months longer. To sum up—from almost a dying state, he has been restored to such comparative health and vigour, in the short space of five weeks, as to astonish all who knew him ; and this by Holloway'. LAUNCH OF THE SERAPHINA. On Tuesday morning last, the Seraphina, an admirably modelled clipper craft, that has recently been completed, was launched from the building yard of Mr. Thomas Hoy den, in Baffin-street. The Seraphina is, we may say without hesitation, one of the sharpest vessels ever built in this port; and having long been the subject of conversation and admiration amongst the leading nautical men, her launch excited the greatest attention. In model she is deemed faultless. She has fine lines— a clean entrance, and an admirably long and uninterrupted run, with, considering her beam. a flatness of flooring that will render her sufficiently stiff to carry a heavy press of canvas. Her side is round es an apple, and carrying her beam aloft well aft, she has a roomy deck and poop. A beautifully-carved figure-head adorns the stem and the trail-boards, head boards, and stern are decorated with richly-relieved foliage work, surrounding, on the latter, the Brazilian arms. From the water line to the gunwall, she is painted royal blue, which is divided at the bends by a burnished gold stripe. She will be rigged, we learn, as a " jackass" ship, so that she will carry. in addi tion to the usual canvas of a barque, squaretopsails on her mizen mast. Shortly before eleven o'clock, the orders having been given, the daggers were removed, and the Seraphina, after receiving her title from Miss Cotesworth, moved slowly but steadily to the unruffled bosom of the Mersey. while Jolliffe's band, which was in attendance, played "Off she goes." By many it was expected from her peculiar sharpness she would be liable to roll, but on reaching the water she presented a stately steadiness that drew forth the renewed ejaculations of the assembled multitude. And we cannot withhold expressing a wish that the expectations of her enterprising owners, Messrs. Cotesworth, Wynne, and Lyne, may be fully verified—that she may surpass her competitors, the Swordfish and Columbus, the fastest vessels afloat. The Seraphina is most faithfully put together—her tim bers and planking being all of the choicest kinds, and her bohing is wholly of copper. She is 118 feet long, has a breadth of beam of 274 feet, and her depth of hold is about 17 feet. Her tonnage, by old measurement, is 331 tons, and by new, 299. She is intended to form one of a rapid sailing line of packets between this port and the Brazils, and she will be placed under the command of Captain Taylor, late of the Priscilla. After the launching, the company, upwards of 200, ad journed to the model room, where a sumptuous repast had been spread, under the superintendence of Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotet. Amongst those assembled were Charles Cotesworth, Esq., and lady ; Miss Cotesworth and party ; Robert Wynn, Esq., and party; J. Bramley-Moore, Esq. ; Capt. Bell, R.N., and party ; J. E. Naylor, Esq. ; Wm. Armstrong, Esq., and lady ; Wm. Imries. Esq., and lady ; J. M. Bragu, Esq., Vice-Consul for Brazil, and lady; J. Pennington, Esq.; Mrs. Miller, Chas. Miller, Esq., and party • James Ryder, Esq., lady, and Miss Ryder ; Thomas Mellor, Esq. ; Carruthers Johnstone, of Pernambuco; Augustus S. Corbett, Esq., and lady ; Andrew Comber, Esq., and family, of Bahia ; Miss Com ber, Sandon-terraee •, Robert Singlehurst, Esq. ; James Duncan, Esq., and Miss Duncan; J. P. Logan, Esq. ; Captain Taylor and party ; '1 homes Royden, Esq., and family, &c., &c. Mr. Cotesworth occupied the chair, and Mr. Wynne the vice-chair; and they were supported on the right at the heads of the several tables by Mr. Royden, Capt. Taylor, and Mr. Lyne, and on the left by J. B. Moore, Esq., J. Ryder, Esq., and —Johnson, Esq., son of one of the owners. After the cloth had been re moved, and the health of the Queen drunk with the usual loyalty, The CHAIRMAN gave the health of the ladies. He gave it thus early, he said, because however successful our trade, without the ladies to enjoy it with us, and without their sympathy when we were unsuccessful, there could be no happiness. He coupled the toast with the name of the lady of Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, after whom the vessel was named. Mr. MOORE replied. The VICE-CHAIRMAN then gave " The Town and Trade of Liverpool," connecting with it the Chairman of the Dock Committee, which was most enthusiastically drunk. Mr. MOORS, in reply, said that the town and trade of Liverpool was a subject in which he was at home. It had been, and ever should be, his desire to promote the exten sion of the town and trade of Liverpool, and he hoped not only the docks now in progress, but many more, would be required. He would state an interesting fact. When all the gigantic undertakings which had now been embarked in by the Dock Committee—when the whole of the works were completed which are now in progress and in con templation, we would then find ourselves in the same re lative position, as to acreage and tonnage, as we were in 1816 ; therefore, assuming that the tonnage remained stationary, we should, when those works were completed, still require further accommodation. He hoped the mag nificent vessel launched that day would only be a precursor of others of the same class (sharp built), which, he was sorry to say, had been too little cultivated by the ship-builders of Liverpool. As Mr. Royden had remarked, "He had never had a chance of building a flyer before." re con eluded by proposing the health of Don Pedro the Second, Emperor of Brazil. MR. BRAGA, the Brazilian vice-consul at this port, in a neat speech returned thanks. Those who were interested in the Brazil trade, and knew something of Brazilian po litics, would agree with him that there was great credit due to the Emperor of the Brazils, inasmuch as, unlike other South American governors, he had been able to pre serve peace and order in the country ; and where peace and order were, there the enterprise of the merchant was promoted and the industry of the manufacturer met with its reward. He was happy to see that the trade between England and the Brazils was likely to be increased—thanks to the wisdom of her Britannic Majesty's government, who had thought proper to abolish certain monopolies and restrictions which had hitherto cramped and impeded it. " Success to the Seraphina" was then drunk with three times three. Mr. JOHNSTON, son of one of the owners returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of Mr. Roy den, the builder, said that thirty or forty years back the wooden walls of old England were highly prized, and men were rewarded who built fine ships; indeed, the im prover of naval architecture was considered a benefactor to his country. He thought the same thing ought to be done now ; and he could not do less than state, that in this vessel Mr. Royden had, he thought, hit the happy medium, applying strength where strength was required ; and lightness where that qualification wus requisite. After passing a high eulogium upon Mr. J. Jones, the yard foreman, the toast was drunk with three times there, and Kentish fire. Mr. ROYDEN said it was the happiest day of his life, and he hoped that the owner would be satisfied with the new vessel's performance; and, as he had an opportu• nity, he would thank the owners for allowing him to build such a vessel. He had been in business forty years, and it was the first time he had had an opportunity of building a clipper. The VICE-CHAIRMAN acknowledged the honour; and the health of Miss Cotesworth, the sponsor of the vessel, was drunk amid loud cheering. The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of his daught2r, returned thanks; taking occasion to remark that the shipowners should endeavour, by every means in their power, to raise the character of the men whom they employ. A ship should have the same comfort and accommodation for the sailors as if they were at home. Mr. COMBER proposed the health of Captain Taylor, who returned thanks. The last toast was, " The Merchants in the Brazil trade," after which the company separated highly pleased with the enjoyments of the occasion. The band played merrily during the repast. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. ADJOURNED PROCEEDINGS. On Tuesday the elections for Scotland and South Tox teth wards took place. At the close of the poll the fol lowing were the results. In SCOTLAND WARD Mr. James Holme (c). Mr. William Thornhill (ri.) Majority for Mr. Heinle.. After the poll had closed, the Chairman of the Com mittee for conducting Mr. Holme's election announced to the assemblage that that gentleman bad been elected by a majority of eight votes. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JAMES HOLME then appeared, amongst the most deafening plaudits. He said that a few days ago he had addressed them as a candidate, but he had now the grati fication of addressing them as their representative, by a majority of eight over his old and respected friend. There were many measures for the improvement of the town to be brought before the Council, and each that was conducive to their wants should have his fervent support, and he fancied he was able, practically, to give them an attention that would quite equal to that bestowed upon them by their previous representative. He confessed an ignorance of the sanatory condition of the ward, but the canvass of it had shown him the neglected state of it. It had shown him into streets, at the north end of the ward, that were disgraceful to a body, powerful and influential as the Corporation o f Li ver p o ol, but he trusted that at the close of the ensuing three years (being unable, from fa tigue during the day, to detail fully his professions) his conduct would be such, should he be spared his health and strength, as would enable him again to meet their approbation on a similar occasion. (Loud cheers.) Mr. BENNETT, the Conservative member for St. Anne's Ward, having been seen at the window, was then loudly called for. He briefly, but pithily, addressed the bur gesses, congratulating them on the representative they had chosen—a man who had every desire to improve the moral and social condition of the town—(cheers) ; and he trusted, by the efforts of such men, ere the three years had expired, we should find wide and roomy streets running north and south, east and west, cutting through those pestilential districts now in existence. (Hear.) The habitations of the working classes, too, should be under the surveillance of the town, and the comfort of the inhabitants should be as much studied as the rate of interest to be derived by the builder (cheers). Touching on the water and other popular questions, he concluded amidst loud applause. SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. Air. William Watson (it) Mr. Thomas T. Glazebrook (c) Majority for Mr. Watson 9 public BATHS, CASES-STREET AND GREAT GEORGE-PLACE. Th es e establishments, under the able cont ro l o f M r . Bi r d, have spared no confidence, an d ver y j us tly o, as pains or expense to ren d er th em comfortable Daf o l rohtne h a g nsj bl ea eto visitors ; to those residing in their more immediate vicinity they must be a great acquisition. RECENT CASE OF PROSELYTISM AND JE SUITISM AT CAMBRIDGE. We gave last week the particulars, so far as they had then transpired, of this scandalous case. As we have something to add, however, we give briefly an outline of the main facts, in order to make those which have since transpired more intelligible. A youth, at the usual age, came to Cambridge, and was placed under the tutorship of the Rev. F. Paley, a resident M.A. ; and after a short time, during which he had been reading with that gentleman, and it is admitted that the controversy at present going on amongst churchmen, as to their position with respect to the Church of Rome, had been frequently discussed between them,—and when moreover the youth's mind was known by him to be strongly inclined to Roman ism, he was introduced by Mr. Paley to the society of a Romish Bishop and several priests, by whom he was ulti mately perverted, and embraced the Romish tenets, without pausing to consult any member of his family. These facts were stated as a charge against, the tutor by a relative of the young man, in the absence of his father, then on his return from India; and the defence set up by Mr. Paley is, that the mind of his charge was fully indoctrinated in Romanism when he came to him ; and that, although he admits that his introduction in such a state to the Romish Bishop, Dr. Wareing, was " extremely wrong and grossly indiscreet," he endeavoured, when his re solve to join the Romish Church was fully determined upon, to prevent his taking such a step at that time, as being " precipitate, unfortunate and inju dicious ; " thus clearly admitting that there was more honesty in the young man, though less of discretion, than in the elder tutor. It is added, in explanation of the un fortunate precipitation above referred to, that the convert was offered by the bishop a dispensation to appear as a protestant, in order to deceive his mother until his father's arrival in England. Mr Paley, and some of his friends of similar character and holding, no doubt, the same disguised views as to Romanism, although clinging to the pay of the Church of England, and to the opportunity of perversion which their position in the University affords them, have attempted to ward from themselves the odium and exposure brought upon them by the hasty rashness of their young Neophite. In doing so, happily, they have only further revealed, in darker and stranger colours, their own iniquitous Prac tices. As a corroboration of the assertion of Mr. Paley, that his pupil was already a Romanist in all but the name, when first placed under his charge, a gentleman, who signs himself Scott Nasmythe Jones, and dates from Bir mingham, writes : "My dear Paley.—The unfair use made of spur letter to * • Induces me to trouble you with a line on the subject of Morris's conversion. Mr. John Morris, your pupil. a few days before he left Eng land, assured me in the presence of Mrs. Stokes. her sister, and my brother James, that you had no hand in his conversion ; but that he had been made a Catholic by the teaching of * * * * * with whom he had lived for three years before coming to Tri nity." The attempt here made is to throw the onus of Mr. Morris's perversion upon the teaching of the Rev. Mr. Alford, the gentleman with whom he had been a pupil before going to Trinity; and the letter, said to be an " unsolicited " one, is produced by Paley, as sufficient to satisfy any reasonable person that he was not its the least degree connected with Mr. John Morris's secesssion to the Church of Rome. This is what Mr. Paley says to the public, in a letter to the Cambridge Chronicle, dated no later than the 29th ult. To an honest mind there can only be one interpretation put upon it, viz., that he had had no part bringing about not only the mere act of se cession, but the perversion of opinion which led to such act. A Jesuit, however. may shuffle out of the assertion. But, mark how the statement of his friend Stokes, so con fidently put forward, and his comment upon it for the public, are contradicted by his own private statement to Mr. Alford, by whose teaching Morris was said to have been ready perverted to.his hands! 'Writing to this gen tleman, he says "This is the whole and the exact state of the case. Ido not think you will acquit me of my share in the business, and that is exactly why I write, that I may acquit you, and you may be enabled to represent the matter rightly, either publicly or pri vately, as you may think fit. Clearly, then, the pupil did not come to Trinity enter taining Romish views, as represented by Mr. Paley ; and, as clearly, he was led to those views by the Romish teach ing of a resident tutor of a protestant college ! The charge against the Romigh Bishop, Wareing, with respect to the dispensation, is thus dealt with by that per sonage in a letter to the London Times : "Sir,—For the satisfaction of your correspondent " Catholic," whose letter appeared in The Times of Wednesday last, I hereby contradict the " malicious report" to which he refers.—that I countenanced an individual professing one religion, and being at the same time of another, for the sake (tf deception. I am, Sir, yours, &c. W. WAREING." Northampton, Oct. 31. A very raw student of Jesuit logic could readily explain away this denial of the charge brought against the episco pal doctor. Mr. Paley himself shall show us how it can be done, and how little value is to be attached to the bishop's denial. In a postscript to his letter of the 29th ultimo, he says : "It is utterly untrue that Dr. Wareing proffered the dispensa tion alluded to in The Times in the sense there specified. The Bishop acted solely with a view to save, as far as possible, the feelings of a mother, by avoiding a sudden shock." The original statement was that the dispensation " was proffered," to enable the youth to continue a professing protestant—to reside in a protestant college, attend lectures, &c., although in heart and fact a papist, for the purpose of keeping his mother in the dark as to his real state. The bishop says he did not countenance such con cealment " for the sake of deception." Paley says it is " utterly false" that the dispensation " was proffered in the sense specified" in the Times, viz., to deceive his mother. "The bishop acted"—he says—" . solely with a view to save, asfar a: possible, the feeling: of a mother by a sudden shock." • .4 . ,:c . • !-., - T! 7". TO THE CONSERVATIVE ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEN,—With heart and soul I now congratulate you upon the result of the late municipal struggle. It was indeed a glorious victory ; and more so, because by many of you it was wholly unexpected. Our enemies had painted everything in the most favourable colours for themselves; their papers bad said week after week that you were sure to be beaten; and flout the constant recur rence to the topic you began to believe that there was some truth in the assertion. In future, gentlemen, place no reliance on Whig-Radical electioneering statements. Our adversaries, probably deceived by the flattering re ports of hired canvassers (for such I saw canvassing in se veral of the wards), knew not the real state of some of the wards which they had the hardihood to contest. In Kirk dale, for instance, which was not canvassed by the Tories, or a single vote asked for in favour of Mr. Atherton until the Saturday evening previous to the election, they boasted of "having a clear majority of seventy-one; they had also a majority in Evertor), and Mr. Walthew's suc cess was certain :" these words, Gentlemen, were spoken to me by one of the Radical canvassers. Now let us see what became of this much vaunted ma jority. It became "fine by degrees and beautifully less," for on the day of polling it dwindled away to fourteen I ! Mr. Atherton then recorde.l eighty-two, and Mr. Wal thew ninety-six votes, from Kirkdale district. Honour, I say, to the truly independent men of Kirk dale ! richly do they deserve more praise than it is in my power to bestow upon them—they have done their duly. Gentlemen, our enemies, elated by their success in the revising court, (though what that success was I have yet to find out,) impudently told us we "should only have four wards." At four o'clock on Tuesday we had won eleven ! So much for Radical promise and Radical per ' formance ; our foes were indeed " lion talkers but lamb like fighters." . . To succeed in eleven wards is truly gratifying, but how much greater would that gratification have been, if the candidates for the lost wards had been earlier in the field ? Gentlemen, I hesitate not to say, that we should have won the whole fifteen : it was quite as easy to win fifteen as it was to win eleven ; and next year we must have the former number. The power to do this is yours, let not the will be wanting ; you have a giant's strength, and use it like a giant. I have before-time, and in this paper, congratulated you more than once upon winning thirteen wards, and I hope next year to have the inexpressible pleasure of con gratulating you upon a much greater triumph. But to effect this you must make early preparations; fix upon your candidates ; let their names be in your mouths "fa miliar as household words ;" look to the registry ; let each man see that be is properly described upon the rate book ; and if he knows of any bad votes belonging to the enemy, let the proper legal means be taken for striking them out. In short, Gentlemen, let us ail put our shoulders to the Conservative wheel; let us all work to gether in unison, and in defiance of the efforts either of open enemies or deceitful friends, on the firat day of No vember 1847, the fifteen wards will he our own. i I am, Gentlemen, your ever faithful servant, AN ELECTOR OF EVERTON WARD. Nov. 9, 1846 ENTERTAINMENT ON SHIT'-BOARD.—On Thursday last, a splendid and sumptous entertainment was given on board the Camillus, in the Albert Dock, to a select party of the friends of the captain and owners, Messrs. R. and A. Henderson, which included a number of ladies. The dinner, consisting of ovary variety the season could pro •ide, was served up hot, in four courses, on silver, by the worthy host of the Brunswick, and was altogether a splen did affair. MILK PUNCII.—Those who have not yet tasted this de licate and exhilarating beverage should refer to the adver tisement in our first page, containing a curtailed number of the critiques of the press, which in themselves speak volumes in its praise. There is no amalgamation of liquors known to the general public that produces a mixture half so palatable. The agent is Mr. T. F. Ashe, South Castle street. THE BUSH PEOl'LE.—There is now exhibiting i❑ Bold-street a tribe of the natives of the interior of Africa, whose claim to public attention, from the peculiarity of their tribe, is not of the ordinary character. They are decidedly original, and as specimens of our own race, are truly astounding. They do not exceed five feet in stature, and, being in their native dresses, are partialiy naked, but by no means offensively so. The party who has brought them to this country cannot himself understand their language, but by signs intimates to them that the com pany require amusement, on which three of them, two males and a female, commence dancing to the rude music of the fourth beating her hands. In the midst of the dance they perform the most strange antics, and even tually get their movements to such rapidity that every nerve may be seen to move. They appear to have no dread of those around them, and, crouching before the fire, amuse themselves in smoking and examining the various curiosities of their country hung about the room. The exhibition is decidedly an interesting one. IMPROVEMENTS IN FARNEY, COUNTY OF MONAGHAN. The Newry Telegraph contains a most gratifying com munication. detailing extraordinary agricultural improve ments which have taken place in Farney, through encou ragement given to the tenants on the Shirley estate by the members of the Shirley family. Some time ago, Farney was slid to be a dangerous place to live in, and Farney men were regarded as half savages. These notions are now happily dying out, and the liberal and extensive plans of improvement will enable Farney to occupy a highly respectable position in the county to which it belongs. Its people are now peaceable ; its industrial resources are being developed, and most of the labouring poor are em ployed. . Last spring, the necessity of introducing and encou raging the growth of turnips upon the Shirley estate, in consequence of the failure of the potato crop. was strongly pressed upon the attention of Mr. Morant. the agent of the property. Accordingly, a supply of seed was ordered front that celebrated agricultural Feedsman, Mr. Skirving, of Liverpool, and distributed gratuitously amongst such of the tenantry as had prepared their land for its r. cep.. tian. The weight of the crop is the best proof of the excellent quality of the seed and the care that has been taken of the land and looking after the crop until it arrived at maturity. The issue reflects much credit upon all parties, and has been productive of practical good to the tenant and prospective good to the landlord. A code of premiums was prepared, to excite emulation amongst the Shirley tenantry. Two gentlemen, Mr. Lane and Mr. Shiel, were appointed to examine the crops and award the premiums. In three days they traversed a. property of nearly 7 4 ) square miles in area. Tile judges, and others connected with the management of the estate, were entertained, on the 16th ultimo, at a dinner at the Shirley Arms. ' Amongst the toasts were— " E. J. Shirley, Esq., M.P. ;" "E. P. Shirley, Esq., M.P., and the other members of the Shirley family ;" " George Morant, Esq.," &c. The judges stated that they had viewed 100 acres of turnips; that the minimum quantity per acre was 30 tons, which, at the present market price of £l, would realise 5.3000. The premiums were 10s. and 405., and were awarded to 16 competitors. The gratifying result is due to the praiseworthy exertions of Mr. Shirley and his relative and agent, Mr. Morant. The writer of the communication concludes by stating that the interchange of good feeling between landlori and tenant here evinced, must be attended with the happiest results, and trusts that it will be as lasting as. it has proved beneficial. A " CATHOLIC" DISPENSATION. Young M., who fears to shock his mother, May look our way and row the other. Provided, when his sire comes back, He shifts his sails for a Romeward tack." Northampton, St. Janus' Day, 1846. But If, meanwhi:e, " young M." should die, Which church would save him from the lie ) Between two stools, St. Guido Fawkes' Day, 1846, SELECTIONS. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PROPOSAI.(IP - THE REPEAL OF THE UNION.—" I can have no hesitation, to whatever amount of obloquy, or of forfeited friendship, the avowal may expose me, in stating the conclusion, which anxious and repeated consideration of the state of Ireland has at length forced upon me, (Cheers.) It is, that the time has arrived for re-considering the state of our relations with Ireland, with a view to a repeal of the Legislative Union between the two countries. (Hear, hear.) I see no other adequate remedy for the ills which desolate that unhappy country, and think that such a step would also happily free England from a burden long felt to be intolerable. (Hear.) I am fortified in arriving at this result, by a review of the favourable effects produced on Ireland by the measures which, during the last few years, I have had the honour to bring forward in this house, and see carried into effect by the legislature, (Cheers.) lam aware that this avowal may startle some of the more timid (hear, hear) of those gentlemen who have usually done me the honour to act with me; but an imperious sense of duty compels me to be prompt and explicit upon this vital question, which I am fixedly resolved to settle in the way I propose; and I will, for that purpose, avail myself of every means which the constitution places at the disposal of her Majesty's responsible advisers, (Cheers.) * I claim no credit for proposing this great measure of justice and mercy, nor wish to detract from the merit due to those whose minds the light of truth and reason reached earlier than mine. Whatever credit is due. I have no hesitation in ascribing to—Daniel O'Connell," (Cheers.) Is there a man in the empire who would be seriously sur prised if he were to hear Sir Robert Peel make the above statement in the next session of Parliament, if he met the house once more as Prime Minister? And so, in the session after, might we expect a similar announcement with reference to the Protestant succession to the throne; and then—but by no means to stop even there—the con version of our form of government from a limited mon archy to a republic. What, in short, may not be pre dicted of such a statesman as Sir R. Peel?--Blackwood. SPEARING FISH IN AUSTRALIA.—Some of the canoes made by these people, from the bark of several species of Eucalyptus, are capable of carrying from six to ten per sons ; as they subsist chiefly on fish, the traveller may often notice them engaged in the peaceful occupation of catching the several species found in these waters. The night is the favourite season, when their fragile canoes, having a fire in them, placed on mud or stones, may be observed creeping along the shores in great numbers. Torches are lit and held high above the head of the fisher man. who waits patiently, scarcely moving except to wave his light, and so throw out a stronger glare upon the waters. Presently a fish is discovered at a great depth, perhaps ten or twelve feet, about the length of the spear used. The native, now intent upon his much-coveted prey, balances his spear in expectation that the fish may rise to the surface ; but no—it remains almost stationary! the temptation is too great for the poor tacky, and, taking a steady aim, taught by nature to make an allowance for the refraction, he brings his spear down as near the fish as its length will allow, and darts it with all his force, still keeping the end in his hand; this ke is obliged to do, as otherwise the wood it is made of being hard and solid, it would sink to the bottom, and carry the fish down with it. But look !he has speared the fish—it is a monstrous bream ; and now all his art is necessary to preserve an equilibrium ; a trifle either one side or the other will capsize his canoe, and oblige him and his wife to swim 011 shore ' • as for drowning, that is o u t o f th e question. At length, after playing his fish for some time, and still keeping hold of the spear, he proceeds to draw it in gently towards the bow of the canoe, where be is stationed with a tomahawk, with which instrument, when near enough, he inflicts a heavy blow on the fish's bead, and so makes it an easy prey. Where the water continues deep close in-shore, great numbers of fish are speared from the land. In the day the mode of fishing is generally with hooks made of bone.—Haydon's Five Years' Experience in Australia Felix. _ _ _ _ PERSONAL APPEARANCE OP MR. ROEBUCK.—Mr. Roebuck is small, even diminutive, in stature, and he has not those symmetrical proportions which, in some little men, supply the want of height. Continual ill health adds to an appearance of feebleness which not even his mental energy and activity are sufficie n t to neutra lise. His voice is also feeble. It has a harsh, sharp sound, like that you will often hear from persons of a confirmed ill temper. His face be ars a soure d expres sion, and if ever a smile finds its way to the mouth, it is the smile, not of good-humour, but of irony or sarcasm. A livid paleness of complexion may b e th e resu lt o f ill health, but it is more likely to be the consequence of habitually indulging a splenetic disposition. His exhi bitions in Parliament, even his most successful ones of late years, present a melancholy specticle of diseased vanity and overrated powers. Conceive that sort of person we have described, always ill-attired, sometimes culpably slovenly, sometimes extravagantly ove r-dressed, taking up a prominent place in the House, from which he continually lays down the law to his Radical associates around him, who usually repay his arrogant interference with contemptuous smiles; conceive him keeping up a running commentary of ironical cheers, supercilious smiles, and theatrical gestures, on what is going forward in the Ilouse, and attracting attention, which does not always take the shape of pity, towards the absurd atti tudes and contortions into which he puts his diminutive person; conceive him, after having thus , by involuntary pantomime, let out the conceit and self-sufficiency of his disposition, rising to address the House, with a full conviction stamped on his countenance that be alone, of all men there, can grapple with the subject before them —that he alone can extract truth and wisdom from it. Remembering all that we have said about his arrogance, his petulance, his needless repetitions, and his outbreaks of passionate violence, imagine him confronting . the House, his head, while be is standing, scarcly reaching above the level of those of others who are sitting around him, his arms swinging about with convulsive energy, now raised aloft in the air, now stretched downward to wards the floor, and now pointing horizontally across the House, his voice elevated to the highest pitch of its little capacity, and now lowered to so feeble and inarti culate a whisper as to be scarcely audible even to his next neighbour ; imagine, too, the conceited air of invin cibility, the impotent attempts to express scorn, while rage alone is uppermost in the mind, the sarcasm enfee bled by spite, the irony arrested by chuckling self-ap proval, the mysterious threatenings, the awful enuncia tions of nothing, and puerile denunciations of every one, the waspish, snarlish recognitions of the slightest inter ruptions, even though of the most friendly character j 7 i you hare some idea of the aptness and truth of the epi thets so aptly applied to his oratory by Mr. D.lsraeh, when he twitted him with his " Sadler's Wells sarcasms' and " melodramatic malignity." The longer Mr. Roe buck continues in Parliament, the worse he seems to grow. Once, these exhibitions were rare exceptions, oc casioned, and even justified, by provocation, and the main body of his speeches was such as to repay his hearers for the trouble of listening. whilst they reflected credit on himself. But now, all his errors are multi plied, while the qualities which once redeemed them are becoming more and more obliterated. If we look back to the last session of Parliament, we shall find his faults exhibiting themselves in an increasing ratio. In the face of such a steady and progressive decline, there does not seem to be any sound reason to hope for better things in future.—Fraser's Contemporary Orators. THE GREATEST LADY OF TILE LAND. — There is now exhibiting in Bold-street the celebrated Mrs. Armitage, whose whole weight is 3] stone 11 lb. and whose dimen sions must therefore be stupendous. She is exceedingly sprightly, and her conversation is lively and entertaining. In walking she moves gracefully, but in sitting on ordi nary mahogany has a fear of its coming to the ground. indeed in our p resence t h e chair was crea ki n g beneath her, and the castor was carried off the sofa by her seating her self upon it. Her countenance is intelligent and expres sive ; her hands and wrists are comparatively small, while the feet are even smaller in proportion. One of our con temporaries says she forms in herself an " extensive acquaintance," and those who visit her will believe the fact when they see the circle she occupies. ,F s ra n it,'