The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

May .6, 1816. total anti probinrial - - The Liverpool Medical Niesmeac Society hold two meetings at the Portico next week. The Bishop of the diocese will hold a confirmation at St. John the Baptist's Church, Torteth-park, on the 4th of July next. The Sanitory Regulations Bill passed the select com mittee of the House of Commons on Tuesday, without any alterations of consequence. Norman, the confessed robber and murderer, has been identified by his late master, and has been remanded on the charge of robbing him. Our Manchester friends are making an effort to pro cure for that town a visit from Prince Albert on the oc casion of his honoring Liverpool with his presence. On Saturday night, afire took place in Battam's cotton warehouse, Tempest-hey. About £4O worth of cotton was destroyed. Sir H. Douglas presented a petition on Friday, from the rope-makers of Liverpool, praying to be exempted from the operation of the Factory Act. A workman named John Hurst, whilst employed at the new north docks on Friday. suddenly fell down and exp•red in a moment. He was 53 years old. A man named John Clancy was found lying dead in a hole near the Albert dock on Friday. He had upwards of £2 in his pocket. A woman died of cramp in the stomach, brought on by taking a hearty draft of buttermilk, at Manchester, a few days ago. In Manchester, that business city, they are discussing the 'propriety of having the whole of Whitsun week for a a holiday I The passengers by the Great Western steam-ship, on her last homeward voyage presented her commander, Captain Matthews. with a handsome piece of plate, in testimony of his obliging conduct and sailor-like skill. SUSPENDING AN OFFICER.—On Tuesday, a police officer was suspended by Mr. Rushton, for refusing, in two instances, to assist his brother officers, when assist ance was required. E. D. Salisbury, Eq., has announced himself a candidate for the representation of the borough of Lancaster, on Pro testant principles; and S. Gregson, jun., Esq., has issued an address as the free-trade candidate. Pt G NUISANCE.—On Tuesday ►ast, upwards of twenty nine persons were ordered to be fined 20s. and costs, if they did not, within ten days, remove their pigs and sties from their habitations. _ _ . On I hursday, a man unknown, while waiting for,the starting of the Liverpool train at Manchester, died sud denly. H e was about sixty years of age, dressed in black, thin, and five feet six inches in height. We beg to call attention to an advertisement in our columns this day of a sermon to be preached for the Church Missionary Society, at St. Michael's Church, Pitt-street, on Friday evening next, by the Rev. Francis Close, In cumbent of Cheltenham. At All Saint's Church, Bolton, on Tuesday, while two ladies, during a thunder storm, were engaged, one in play -1"11, the other in blowing the organ, they were struck by the electric fluid, and thrown from their seats. The back of the organ was torn. In Cheshire there is a farm on which there is a salt 81 ' 11 914 to which the cows daily resort; and this farm is particularly noted for the excellence of its cheese. and it is believed that the tasting this brine by the cows adds to the flavour c.f their milk.—Aoricultural Gazelle. On Thursday, the body of a new-born female child was found in a hedge near Bronte house. It was wrapped in a Piece of old cllth. The medical man at the inquest was of opinion that it had been born alive, and had died from want of assistance after birth. PETITIONA ;;;Itionagainst the Factory Bill was lying last week in the Exchange News Room, and on Saturday evening, a petition, which lay for signature in the same room on that and the previous day, was forwarded to the Duke of Wellington for presentation. The latter Petition received 595 signatures. On Mori - ch;yi;si7ih;;;;igbbitnrhood of Mold was visited by a storm of thunder and lightning. A little distance from the town pieces of ice as large as hailstones fell. Duringthe st orm at Robesmoor, a house was partly knocked chwn and the wife of the inmate killed by the electric fluid. a MANCHEST ER I NTERFERENCE. —O n W e d nes d ay, be fore the committee on the Aston and Huyton branch of the Grand Junction Railway, Mr. Heron, town-clerk of Manchester, applied for leave to cross-examine the wit nesses on behalf of the town-council of that place, but this application was at once refused by the committee. SINGULAR SUICIDE.—On Saturday fortnight, John Porter , a sea-raring man, threw himself under the wheel of a lorry, in Blundell-street. and had one of his legs bro ken. He was conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where he lingered until Monday last, when death put a period to his sufferings. Lord Stanley, when at Knowsley last, declined to re ceive a deputation from the Manchester Chamber of Com merce relative to the passing of the tariff measures, on the ground that as his lordship intended "to give them a de cided opposition 'in the Lords, the interview would lead to nothing." FALSE PRETENCES.—On Saturday a man of the name of James Drew was committed for trial, on a charge of having obtained four gallons of ale from George Hu!m, the keeper of a beer-house at the corner t.f Whittfield lane, Kirkdale, upon pretence that he had been sent for it by a labourer, named John Williams, when, in fact, Williams, in whose employ he had been for four years, bad never sent him. W RECKING.—On Friday, five fishermen, whose names were William •Smith, -John Smith, Joseph Hayes, Peter 'Cale,.and Michael Lynch, were charged with appropriat ing some bags of flour which came ashore, having belonged to the Pandora wrecked the other day on Taylor's Bank, Formby Channel. They were remanded in order to find out to whom the property belonged. The vessel was consigned to Mr. Mart , n. DRUNKENNESS.—A middle-agee, woman, named Mary Jones, was brought up at the Manchester Borough Court on Thursday, charged by pollee-constable Riley with be ing intoxicated in the streets on the preceding evening. It was stated that the prisoner was so incorrigible in her drunkenness that she had been brought before the court 23 times for that single offence. The magistrate gave her one month's imprisonment with hard labour. ORMSKIRK.—DETERMINED SUICIDE. —An inquest was held yesterday week, on view of the body of Henry Robinson, butcher, who on the previous Saturday hung himself while confined in the lock-ups. It appeared the prisoner had been found in the streets in a state of in toxication, and conveyed to Bridewell tor safety. A few hours after wards he was found suspended by the neck with one knee resting on the floor, quite dead. It ap peared the deceased had placed his shirt round the iron bar of the window and tied the wristband• round his neck. L A weee-MERITED COMPLIMENT.—We take the fol. a. " g from t h e .Albion of yesterday , —c' It caused great satfa ction generally on 'Change. w hen it became known er,i' On hursdav, th at Mr. Brantley. Moore had been appointed one Of the directors of the Borough Bank, as he has the reputation of being a gentleman of talent and industry. and not l i k e l y to accep t an y a ppointment without g ivi ng ful l Play to his energies. The mercantile community also considered it an evidence of the managing directors courting investigation into the affairs of the bank by men of judgment and discretion." THE STRIKE.—A public meeting of the operatives was held in the Concert-hall, on Tuesday. The room was crowded. The resolutions were to the effect that the Meeting continue to persevere in their resistance to sign the masters' declaration—that the union should he sup -Potted —and that the thanks of the meeting should be given to those employers who do not combine with the master b u ild ers i n carry i ng out the i r un j ust reso l ut i ons. -1 languag e u se d by t h e var i ous spea k ers was an ything but concili ator y, and little calculated, therefore, to bring about a termination to the present unfortunate state of thi ngs. FRATRICIDE AT CHESTER.—On Wednesday, an ad- JOUrtied inquest was held at the Exchange, Cheater, on the hotly of John Kinsey, a butcher, at Great Boughton. .!t appeared from the evide nc e th at on S a t ur d ay l as t Wil liam Kinsey, who was slightly intoxicated, created a dis turbance at the shop of his brother, the deceased, who re ttonstrated with him in very rude terms. A (mitrel en- Sued between the two brothers, which ter tttttt ated in a fight, in which John Kinsey was worsted, thrown on the ground, and severely beaten on the bead and body. They were then separated, and the deceased was put to bed, but died on Monday. Mr. Churtott, the surgeon, ;troy, d that deceased's death had been caused by the wounds in flicted on his head ; and the jury returned a verdict of " Mawlaughter " against William Kinsey, who was com mittell to the city gaol. HIGHWAY BOARD.—At the weekly meeting, on Thurs -day. 51,. John Holmes presided Duting sou e comer . satin!' which occurred at the commencement of the. pro -eedings, Mr. Fleeter and Mr. Walthew said that if the °i lia of the Corportion and Highway Board had been sone into by the parliamentary committee, the Corrora li°n Bill would have had no chance. Mr. James Law i l l t 'ce and Mr. Thule said their impressions were quite , contrary ; the former also stated that he thought there e r . L 'V been a gn at gain to the town by the amalgamation. 4ne Chairman reported that, had it not been for the rrike. the works at Green-lane would have been coMple " 6etf)re now, ; but it was expected they would be corn ,lTeri in five weeks. Some conversation took place as to :l r the who , e of the £50,C00 had been expended. It beena;el that 4:700 or £BOOO above that sum cad already 13 e1 "" cl edupon the Law• Clerk assuring the co Board th!ttprovisions were made in the bill of the Conn on, ta king. all the responsibility off the shoulders of the c rs, a quantity of plugs were ordered. itOYAI. MF.RSEY YACHT CL U B.—On Saturday the ves sels of this c the season En D ,,, 4 otnpany openedby will" I.l e brei The d.y . tr. reark ,, bly rivourahle, with a ze from the N.N.W. The place of rundezvous w as off New Brighton. and. h th e rt..not th.vpo n'•Ltrk _ Vvets -le %%Noe - perceived to gather;ng tovkarcs this , I P t .• Air. Ewart politely placed his sp lendid matt, be (inn, at h • L A TV,. Cor n __ , e t-emee the An.... 1., SUSPECTED CASE OF INFANTICIDE.—TWO newly-born infants were discovered in the Bridgewater Canal, at Hegden Bridge, near Lymn (Cheshire), on the morning of Thursday. They were drawn frym the water by the haul ing line. and had the appearance of having been sub merged but recently. Round the necks of one of the in fants, a band had been tied so tightly as to cause the tongue to protrude from the mouth. It was considered the children were twins. THE ARCHDEACON'S VISITATION.—The Venerable Archdeacon Rushton held his court, for the admission of churchwardens and sidemen, for Manchester, in the Collegiate and Pariah Church, on Wednesday. A similar visitation was held at Liverpool, on Monday ; at Prescot and Winwick, on Tuesday ; at Blackburn, on Thursday ; at Burnley, on Friday ; and on Saturday, at Bury and at Rochdale Grammar School ; on Monday, at Bolton and Chorley ; this day, at Wigan ; to-morrow, at Ormskirk ; and on Thursday, at Whalley. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A daring robbery was perpe trated on Tuesday evening last, at Everton. About half past ten o'clock on that evening, a gentleman who resides in Church-street, Everton, was proceeding home, along Priory-lane, when three men came up to him, and one of them, from behind, put his hands over his mouth ; two of them took his watch and chain, while the other took a purse from his pocket containing five shillings in silver. After giving him a blow over the head, which caused him to reel into a ditch, they left him, and made off across the fields. The gentleman gave the alarm, and a police officer came up immediately. who went in pursuit of the villains, but they succeeded in making their escape. A hat was found, supposed to belong to one of them. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meeting of the Guardians was held on Tuesday last, Mr. Roberts in the chair. A call of 25 per cent. was moved for to replenish the funds, the same to be paid on or before the 17th June. A question arose as to the in terment of a poor man, who was then lying dead in Ever ton, and who, before his demise, had requested to be bu ried in the Necropolis, where the bodies of some of his family had been laid. lie had lately dwelt in Everton, but received parochial relief from West Derby, and the law appeared to be that, if buried at the parish expense, the body shall be interred in the ground of the parish church, or other burial ground of the parish or place in which the demise takes p!ace ; or, otherwise, in some con secrated ground of the parish or place to which the de ceased had belonged. and in which he had a settlement. Some discussion took place, the prevailing opinion of the Board being that the request of the deceased should be complied with. It was uitiroKtely ordered that the inter ment should take place at the Necropolis, one of the Commissioners intimating that if the payment were not allowed, be would defray the expenses himself. THREE DEAD BODIES BROUGHT FROM LIVERPOOL BY THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—About two years ago Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, the railway carriers, received at their warehouse in Liverpool a large square box, addressed to a Dr. Hunter, in London. The carriage was paid, and the box brought up by one of the goods' trains to town. After repeated search, however, Dr. Hunter could not be found, and the package was taken back to the depot rt the goods department of the Bir mingham Railway, Ca:nden Town. At this place it re mained undisturbed until wit hin the last few days, when, in consequence of some alterations about to take place in the building, it became necessary to remove the various nackages. On coming to the larae box in question, the length of the date back attracted the attention of some of the workmen, who, by order of the manager of the goods department, opened the box to ascertain its contents. On doing so a most unpleasant odour was emitted ; and, to the astonishment of all present, three dead bodies were presented to their view. They consisted of those of a grown male and female and a child, and the bodies are so shrivelled up that the flesh appears to be a horny sub stance. QUESTION. — The preamble of _the bill brought into the Hone of Commons by the Liverpool and Harrington Water Works Company was declared to have been proved by the Select Committee at their ad journed meeting on Monday ; and in the course of that and the lollowing day clauses were agreed upon, as be tween the Corporation and the Company which have vir tually settled the water question. The Company are empowered to extend their wmks, subject to a proviso that no new shares are to be created for twelve months, after the close of the present session, and they are emit)). d to raise upon bond a sum not exceeding £60,000, includ ing the £30,000 which they were already entitled to raise, the Corporation to have the power, within twelve months, of purchasing the whole c,•ncr en ht a price to be settled by arbitration, the arbitration not to assign any additional value to the property in consequence of the rower of cre ating view shares. The nrbitiati ,, n is to be Otte the mode pointed out by the Lands Clau'es Consolidation Act. These were the only alterations of importance in the bill, and they are really very important, as the Corporation are enabled to buy. and the Company to sell, upon equit able terms. Mr. Parkes, on behalf of the Bootle m pally, wished to have a clause relating to that company to be inserted, but the committee declined ; the effect of which is, that the Corporation will have next year to take parliamentary powers to purchase all their works. THE MANCHESTER STRIKE.—A meeting of the Com- Injure of Delegates of the Masters' General Association was held on Tuesday, at the Palatine Hotel, H unt's-bank, Manchester, and was numerously attended ; there being thirty-one delegates present, viz., from Livetp , 01, five; Birkenhead, two; Manchester, four ; Birmingham, four : Leeds, two; Bolton, two; Preston, two; Oldham. two; Sheffield, two ; Blackburn, two ; Wigan, two ; and Stock .nort and Macclesfield, one each. Mr. D. Bellhouse, of Manchester, presided. The draft rules, tweitty nine in number, were read over, and, with little discussion, were agreed to and sanctioned unanimously, snhjt et, of course, to the approval of the next meeting of the Master's Gene ral Association. It was also agreed that the next general meeting of the association should be held at the Albion Hotel. Manchester, on Monday next, at half-past twelie o'clock. tor the purpose of considering the rules to be the least flinching among the body now in union, and on strike. '1 he numbers of men on strike in Manchester, at the present moment, may be taken as follows :—Carpert ters, 459; plasterers, 80; bricklayers, 80; labourers, 100; plumbers, 70. The carpenters and joiners alone meet at Carpenters' Hall, the other branches having rooms at different public houses in the town. As the joiners' society is the largest in numbers on strike, they have throughout been deemed the most important - body of workmen engaged in the contest. THE SAILORS HOME.—We purpose, in a week or two, to give an extended description, with a series of views, of this interesting institution, for the building of which Mr. Cunningham is the architect. For the present, the fol lowing brief particulars will be acceptable. The style of architecture is Elizabethan, both externally and internally. From the nature of the locality, the building will be some what of a triangular firm. he narrowest end, fronting up Paradise -street, will be 53 feet in length ; the frontage towards Hanover-street, 168 feet ; that towards the back na•sage, leading to Canning-place and Paradise-street, 175 fret. The principal entrance front will he in Canning , lace, pear the Post-rffice; it will be 95 fret in length, and divided into fi , e compartments. In tie central com partment will he the entrance door-way or porch, flanked by impost piers and Doric columns. The general height from the surface to the top of the balustradiog will be 72 lett At each of ihe four angles of the, building there will he a square tower, 104 feet h 4 gh, with ogre-beaded roofs. surmounted with gilt spires and vanes. The building will E xt re mely well lighted, the whole of the four fronts be ing fi _..red with mullioned and transomed windows, so ar ranged, that whilst they must have a pre , ty and uniform appearanceoutaide. the floors in the interior crossing thetn about the middle, they will li g ht, a t once , t wo stories - t e f-- .ront towards Paradise-street, there will be large shops, which will be let to parties dealing in articles neces sary for a sailor's outfit. Ahore these shops wiil he the apartments of the superintendent, three stories high, to which there will be made a separate entrance. Art open balustrade will extend round the top of the building, be. tweet] the gables and the towers, and the roof will be as phalted for the purpose of foaming a promenade for the sailors, to which easy access can at all times be had, and which will be so lofty as to command a view of nearly the whole rxtent of the docks and the shipping its the river. The apartments will be heated by hot WI- conveyed by cast iron pipes; and the most ample provisions are made for securing at all times an abundant supply of water in case of tire. On each tower a ill be a large iron tank or cistern, capable of holding 23.000 gallons. In the prin. ..;pal hall there will be three large open grates, at owe the inmates may draw, and " spin yarns" of any length in peace and seem itv. On the basement story will be large kitchens, sculleries, steward's room, pantries, bakehouse, beer cellar, eight sailors' chest rooms, milk house, &c. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—On Thurt.day, the annual examination of the I upils in the above school t , oK place in the institution, Colgan t- street. The attend ance of ladies on this interesting occasion was exceedingly numerous; the Rev. Rector Campbell presided. After a few introductory remarks, Mr. khind, the ind, fatigable and talented teacher, explained the system by which ideas were communicated, and illustrated his statement by practical examples. A class of juniors, whose ages ranged fr, m seven to eleven, of both sexes, were first examined, and qty stions being put them by their maser, answers were given with the greatest rapidity, by signs, which might be understood by every one present. They also replied by a citing on rlatNs. A more advanced class gave adMirable replies as to the manufacture and produc tion of various n cessary articles. trades, natural history, of these repeated the Lord's Prayer in a guttural tone, but so as,to be intelligible to most. Mr. Rhind stated that the organs of speech were believed to be peifect, but his pupils could not speak, because they could not hear sounds, and consequently could not imitate them. The time and - - •o , esrary for such a process must he _ patience nranen , e ; but Mr. Rhind, ho was brought up in the London Institution, and was afterwards nine years under THE LIVEXPOtit STANDARD. DREADFUL FIRE IN SLATER-STREET , About half-past five o'clock on Sunday morning a dread ful fire broke out at the corner of Slater-street and Wood street, contiguous to the Music-hall, which caused the destruction of property to a very large amount. The premises, which have now to a great extent been reduced to a heap of ruins, were the property of the late Mr. William Calloway, painter and paper-hanging manu facturer, of 26, Brownlow-street, who died a few weeks since, and who willed them, we believe, to his widow. They were erected five or six years ago on the site of the old Deaf and Dumb School and Eye and Ear Institution, and formed a very spacious building, extending along Slater-street and Wood-street a considerable way, and being four stories in• height from the level of the pave ment. The shop at the corner was occupied by Mr. Calloway. Two adjoining shops in Sister-street were tenanted by Mr. John Hunt, a gas-lamp-miker, and Mr. Dodd, a dyer; and there was a third shop also adjoining, which was un tenanted. Over the whole of those shops in Slater street, and extending back to Mr. James Edmund Lee's house, in Wood-street. ran the first floor of the building, which was occupied by Mr. William Porter Dreaper, piano -forte-maker, of Bold-street, as bis show-rooms. The third and also the fourth stories were used by Mr. Calloway as paint-rooms and places where his business as a paper-banging manufacturer was carried on. The fire seems to have been first discovered in that part of Mr. Calloway's third story which looks into Wood street, and is on a line with Mr. Hunt's shop, but so ra pidly did it extend, that the whole of the upper part of the premises was in a blaze when Mr. Hewitt, with the en gines and fire brigade, reached the spot about ten minutes to six o'clock. The flames quickly communicated up wards with the fourth story and the roof, and downwards, also, with Mr. Dreaper's show room; and for some time the fire threatened the most alarming consequences to the surrounding property. It was eight o'clock before the fire could be said to be completely subdued, and long before that time the entire of the roof had fallen in, and the beams and floorings of the second and third stories, as well as the frames and sashes of twenty-six of the windows, had been completely burned away. Five of the pianos and all the stained paper in Mr. Calloway's shop were preserved, but the property saved bears very little prop rtiun to the Quantity lost. Mr. Dreaper's loss must have been very considerable. His show-rooms contained between sixty arid seventy pianos, some in rosewood cases, and all very valuable, and not one of this vast number, with the exception of the five already mentioned, has escaped destruction. He is at pre sent in Paris, and we understand he is not by any means fully insured. Mr. Calloway is insured, but, we believe, not to the extent of damage which the buildine has sus t tined, estimated at between £2,000 and £3,000, and the loss he has suffered by the destruction of immense quanti ties of stained paper, costly moulds used for the purposes of his trade, oils, varnishes, &c. The origin of the fire is unknown. The valun of the game killed upon the estates of Mr. Clifton, of Lytham Hall, in Lancashire, last year, has been estima ed at upwards of £1,500. 21,000 head of hares and rabbits are said to have been destroyed. 7,000 hares at 2s 61. each, would amount to £875, and 14,600 rabbi s, at 2s. per couple, would amount to £700; total, £1,575. _ _ SELECT VESTRY. On Tuesday, the usnal weekly meeting of the Select Vestry was held at the Parish Of fice. The proceedings of the Workhouse Committee containtd a reference to the crowded state of the lunatic vtard. The matter was referred to the overseers. The Industrial School Committee reported that tht ee of the teachers—Messrs. Giles, Wooller, and Johnston, had re signed. They alleg.-d, as the cause of their resigoation, that the government of the bCil, ols was objectionable. The committee instigated some inquiries into the truth of their allegations, and found that Johnston complained that the t. achers were not permitted to visit some parts of the house. Giles stated that be had been reported by Mr. Corts, the governor, for not making a bow to that gentleman. The resignations were accepted. A letter was read from Mr. Bremner, declining the honour of the seat at the board to which he had been elected. The va cancy was ordered to be filled up at the next meeting. The Sub committee of the Workhouse recommended that the salary of Mr. Heathcote, keeper of books and accounts, be reduced from £l5O to £l3O per annum ; that the salary of Mr. I'ilkington, clerk to the chaplain. be reduced to £35; and that on the retirement of Mr. Badclifle, surgeon, next month, only two medical officers be continued in the house. He availed himself of the present opportunity to contradict a report which had been circu!atrd, that the ', ' orkhouse Committee and the Ho- norary Nit:dicta Board were not on good terms, and that !ommit onorary dieal Board. There was not the alight9st foundation for the report. Mr. Hand moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Heathcote's salary remain as at present, £l5O per per annum. Upon a division, the motion was adopted by a majority of 12 to 5. DOCK COMM ITTEE, THURSDAY.—PIaTIS for a new basin and rim for the south end of the docks were submitted, Lion of the commiltee.—Plans of the new graving docks at the north end, with their dimensions, &c., were also ordered to he on the table till next Thursday.—lt was ordered that Mr. Peter Cato should repair the damage done to the Queen light-ship by dry rot, at an expense esirnated at about £75O.—A synopsis of the inks and regulations for the Albrrt Dock were submitted, and the discussion upon them adjourned till next week.—A letter was read from the officers of customQ, stating that it would be premature to give any ot,inion on the subject of a new warehouse at the novh end of the town until the propised additions at the warehouses at the King's Dock were made. A copy of this letter was ordered to be sent to the American Chamber of Commerce, who petitioned the committee to erect the warehouse at the north end. The Secretary stated that the old warehouses, when the alte rations are comWeted, will bold 19,000 hlids., and that the greatest stock ever held here was 17,000 hhds.—A police report of the fire at the Brunswick Dock. on Sa turday, was then read. The chairman regretted that men who worked the engines received so poor a remuneration r their labour. They only got Is. for the first hour and 6d. each hour afterwart's. Some conversation took place upon this point, but it was decided the committee could not interfere, as the matter rested with the Watch Corn mittee.—Thomas Stirzaker, keeper of the Crosby Fght ship, was appointed pier-master at Clarence Deck, at a salary of £lOO per annum.—Five new dock-gatemen were anpointed.—The solicitor reported that the conveyance of Col. Tempest's prouerty, at the north end, had been completed. and that the money, £7.820 10,., might be paid, together ai'h such interest as might be due thereon. DITRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday. The Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. There was an increase of £231 14s. in the amount of the annual subscrip.ions over that of the preceding year, which rendered that amount the largest sum ever 'mired under that head since the first establishment of the society, which circumstance led the committee to chet ish a hope hit the inhabitants in general of this large and wealthy ton n were beginning to appreci ate more justly the claims of the institution. 1 bey re- gretted, however, to state, that as far as the present p, riot is concerned, their anticipations have not been realized for they find that, insiead of any increase, there Las been a deficiency in the sub•criptir.os during the pest tear ef £47 13s. 6J., their amount having been cnly £1,!53 18s. rte amount of donations during the year had been _ efore by the sum of £302 IS3. 9d.—a circumtance not to be re garded with much sunrise when we remember the differ- wort o he )4 ar very serisr e soc;ety's resources • The number of applications for relief bad been tffectrd materially by the abundance of employment and the mild ness of the past winter. In the preceding year, the appli cations amounted to 18,294 ; in the last, to no more than i -8,225. b ing 10,e69 fewer th ai the former. Of this num ber-93 weie rejected, as nor Leine proper objccrs fir the sccietv's heunry ; consequently, the total number relieved has been 8.112, at a cost of £435 17s. 6d. Of these, 3.488 were Erivlish, 4.446 Irish, 112 NA el.!), 52 Scorch, and 4 aliens. The nutnbt rof tickets ao'd has been 780, at one penny each. fr r which, sccoriinely, the sum of £3ss. has been rt reined. The tit kt ts prneure the applicants a piece of bread at the t Sire, aii bout. any inquiries being made at their own reside nee. The report referred with regret to the falling off in the nua.b..r of visitors. In 1844, the loss was 46; in 1845, 21 ; and in the last year, 33 : so that in the Fho r t space of three years the eoei , ty hos been (16. priced of the services of no ;ewer ►hen ll 0 of these most valuable co-operators, and there are at the present time only 215 names left on the books. The number of collec- to's h..ving been reduced, the number of deositors, hid as a matter of coun.e, fallen off. In 1845, the greateit number in any one month was 39U9, duriug the last year it it ors, it was p , atifyine to notice Ott there has been an increase of .1:452 7s 9d. in the amount of deposits, those for 1545 haviog reached £9 583 7,10 d., hilst those for 1846 have amounted to 1.10,05 15s. 7d. Of this laree sum £2,529 l4s. 2d., or more than one-fourth part, has hero received at the office from unsolicited depositors. 1 There was one circumstance which the commirtee notices, with nitwit satipfaetion, showing, as it did, that the t florts of the s ci(ty to foster habits of It-acidity and prudential econ►►my. amongst the labouring elass.s, have int ffroutd. It had ever been their wish to make cirty subtervient to the Sav'ngs Bank, by urging the de- - - - when sufficiently accumulated, to that excellent itistitu'.. tion. This was now done, they were happy lb state, to a considerable and rapidly increasing extent, and, during the past year, no less an amount than £232 175., in sums varying from £1 to £2O, has been thus transferred by' twEntv-seven deporitoie. It appeared that, in conse- 51d. latt CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. OflThesday night the second of the anniversary meet ings of the Liverpool Auxiliary of the Church Missionary Society was held at the Royal Amphitheatre. The spa cious•building was densely crowded on the occasion. The Rev. Chancellor Raikes occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting, and the Rev. HENRY CARPENTER, the secretary, read the re port, which we gave last week. The Rev. GEORGE FIAZLEW9OD moved the first reso lution. He confessed he was deeply impressed with the responsibility of addressing so large an assembly as the present. He believed he need scarcely say that Christi anity was of an expansive character, and that in propor tion as the blessed hope of everlasting life cheered us here, our language would be to gather others into the fold of Christ also. There was one great principle involved in the society. When missionaries were sent out to Egypt some years ago, they were told to " Preach everywh,:re peace in Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all." The Bishop of Calcutta lately assigned a number of reasons for support ing the institution. One was this : that the society main tained the great Protestant principles of the Reformation as opposed to Romish error ; and another was, that it opened and closed its meetings with prayer. He was cer tain that it would ever maintain its principles. He then referred to the immense amounts of money collected in England for the spread of missionary efforts ; and be ex pressed his gratification at having once found in Dublin no fewer than 500 of the clergy of the Church of England as sembled on the platform of the society. He gave an out line of the history of New Zealand. For some time it was a matter of doubt as to whether the society should com mence operations in that island. Mr. Marsden was the first to send an instructor there ; and from one of these societies the sum of £ll 7s. was transmitted for the pur pose of circulating the Scriptures among the people of Ire land. Though he anticipated a large deficiency in Ireland this year in consequence of the failure of the potatoe crop, he was glad to say that there was something of an increase. But there must be a considerable increase if the society were to go on and prosper. He rejoiced to say that a Presbyterian bad the day before given the snm of £5O to the treasurer ; and he concluded by expressing a hope that every year the friends of the society would abound more and more in the work of the Lord. The Rev. Mr. BERNAU, missionary from British Guiana, seconded the resolution. He marvelled at the success which had attended the labours of the society du ring the forty-five years it had been in existence. That success was far greater than they anticipated. He had been labouring for ten years in British Guiana, in Sou , h America. On arriving there he found that seventy of the converted Indians had died of the measles, and the re mainder had fled to the woods. He then for med a new colony. He built a cottage with his own hands, and then made his missionary excursions. He found that the child ren ran away from him, and that their patents, with their bows and arrows, fled into the bushes. He paddled about in a canoe, took some little American biscuits, threw them to thechildren,and. in this way, succeeded in bringing them around him. At last they touched him, and then he spoke to them on the subject of religion. Some of the natives am converted. He taught them to build decent cottages in which to live. lie learned their language ; and, in the course of ten months, be obtained the sum of £l5O from them towards building a church. The Governor-General of the place gave £5OO towards the church ; and the coun cil have been annually voting 400 dollars for the support of the schools. There are now 03 children in the schools. and upwards of 100 communican t. He thought the trials of the missionaries had been very much overrated in Eng land, and that their joys in foreign lands were exceedingly great. The Indians are not idolarors. They have two great spirits—the good and the evil one; and they have recourse ro conjurors, and the agency or the devil. His illustrations of their revengeful spirit in the savage state were perfectly api.alling. The Rev. Mr. OWEN, of Bilston, Staffordshire, propo sed the last resolution, to the direr that it was a matter of regret that want of funds prevented new openings from being occupied. Ile asked the meeting to leave it to the ciety to preac time. The selection cf the period to strike the blow ought to be left to the commander. He regarded the missiona ries as the most honouted servants of Christ. In the great day when the officers taid soldiers of the cross should stand before the judgment seat here .fter, the great Cap tain of our salvation would say to the missionaries, ac the CORRESPONDENCE. great captain of the age, as he was called, the Duke of Wellington. said to some soldiers in the Peninsular war: —" I have seen there fellows before." He supported missions br csuse missions were a true mink of the Catho lic Church. Up to 200 years before the Reformation there Foi: 200 years after the were no rnibsions here was no missions but most gratifying it was ; , z) see s log into existence in the present century. He proceeded to show that this was, strictly speaking. a Church Society, and that it was deservlng of the fullest support of her mem bers. The fact that clergy and laity were on its commit tee, were a proof of its being a church scc'ety ; the fact. also, that twentp•three bishops were its patrons, proved The Rev. HUGH NPNEILE seconeed the resolution. The first public act he was called upon to do was, to hand £25 to the tieasurer from Mr. Tuton. At the mee'ing of the Church Missionary Society in London. a week ago, the Bisho CI iristiattity abroad, we must exhibit its spirit at home. The middle and lower classes of the church were the ma jority of its members, and yet efforts were being con stantly made to shake their attachment to the chu , ch. (Hear, hear.) Statements against her were made with a zeal worthy of a better cause. Active counteraction was, therefore, called for. He held the proof-sheet of the first number of the Cheirchnoon's Penny Iligpozine in Lig. hand, and he called upon all who Lad information to render to send contributions to the editor of that maga- Il also called upon all who had influence to spread dote. for he found the first number to be a and every tin but a failure communi mument—unhea ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL—Lin-ma VIII. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD " Sicut Parvula (nam exemplo est) magni formica laboris Ore trahit quodcurique potcst, atque addit acervo Quem struit, hand ignara ac non incauta futuri." DISTRICT OF EDGE-RILL. King -street.—ln a blank portion of this street, occupy ing both sides of the road, there exists a most filthy stag nant puddle of many waters There is a communication, strange to say, from one plash of water to the other, across the footpath. This state of matters exists now, and has been so ever since I can remember it. I have known the footpath and horseroad to be impassable, owi!:g to an overflooding of these lakes, and their grand-junction, except at the certainty of being over shoetops; or, fail ing to pick the higher ridges of ground, or friendly stone, you must put up with the annoyance or go down another street. A stranger to the locality would hardly believe that such a nuisance could have been permitted to remain for years; but anything is allowed in Liverpool, that all other towns would scout of their own common sense— law letting, or law quiescent on the matter. If the autho rities do not attend to their duty, or, as it often happens, recognise no duty at all in the case, why don't the inhabi tants determine to put an end to such a stale of things. A voluntary association has great power, though none le gally speaking ; yet the moral weight of the orderly, cleanly, benevolent, and monied class, would, if properly exerted, produce better effects often that, a cLuse in an act of Parliament. The people ought to know and feel that they have this innate control over their own interests and af fairs, by means of voluntary union, which, if rightly worked, would rapidly effect its ends, and the tedious for. mality of getting and working an act of Parliament mitt spew itself' in its true light, as a great blunder for remedy. ing a thousand ills to which such is applied. It is cleanly a mistake for acts of Parliament to be relied upon initiative; if rightly understood, their allotted safe and wholesome working would be found to be the consolidating and regulating of national interests, t mbo dying past experience, and analysing the present stain.: o the nation for the bent-fit of the succ,-eding generations Ireland is just a case in point, where a government at tempts the initiative on parchment before the people them- selves are ripe for it. The people must help themselves and cease to expect great things out of themselves There are a hundred poin►s in which the people are un wisely waiting for acts of Parliament instead of passing at act of their ,own, which could do all they want to Lace lours or da of waiting monihs •fate an hair's breadth from his parchment ruler, though a latitude, if left, might promote essentially the beneficial working of the act. In a voluntary association, common sense might be relied on, with science for a handmaid, and the law of reciprocal kindness as a spirit ro actuate all. shame would tell upon the refractory and stupid, for they would be left " alone in their glory" of filth and wretchedn , ss, and the example of the industrious happy and clta:i around them must tell eventually on their own convictions, like sunshine on darkness. To return; his flooded ground has been neglected all Reformation I t hose years, and various drainings base been suffeted to comtantly removing by evaporation, &c. A shippon, or something of the kind, is from time to time relieved of its superfluous fluids by means of a regular pump, which t-ansfers this fertilising agent to the said pool, where its virtues are evidently far worse than lost. This refinement on " conveyancing" is tolerated in this suburb proper of Liverpool Proper. The inhabitants are very patient un der this infliction, for the surrounding neighbourhoods have never roused themselves to shake off so fertile a source of malaria. Yet it does not require a demonstra tion of facts to assure all that this disgusting accumulation of impurity is far from healthy. I have my doubts whe re ther any other town not accustomed, like certain of the finn% tribe, to certain processes, would put up with such a proximate nuis.+nce. Perhaps this is the last analysis I shall bring forward, for the chemical process itself is not sanitary or agreeable, for my friend Dr. Brett, and more over. if called for in future, ought to be done by public authorities, and not undertaken by individuals. A fair sampling of the various pools shvws as follows : There werejortp strains Qf solid molierin4.la impenFel pint. or 320 grains to the gallon. 01 the 40 grains there were eighteen grains of oreanic matter azotised. During the evaporation of the fluid, a most offensive vapour was -latilised. Dr. Brett considers that it would be of anal)ze other specimens of a similar na, fact that water collected from there various localities con tains a sufficient quantity of organic matter, most probably of an animal nature, to develope, under a high tempera ture, malaria of a highly noxious quality. ure, es The Edgehitlians will think that the details, however disgusting, of Freemason's-row, and of those degraded streets of Liverpool Proper, are in character; but their own suburb, from its elevated geozraphinal position. ought to be otherwise. And I quite agree with this feeling, that it ought to be far otherwise, and that there ii, moreover, no excuse for its not being socially the antipodes of the type of Liverpool Proper. Yet much effort is required in order to remove disgraces which cluster thick around thi- suburb, so favoured by nature, so fouled by art and soi-disant civilisation. Every place must look to its own cuisances, each district do its duty in this respect, before the g►and total of L verpool cleansed can be gained. Again 1 urge my deliberate conviction, that the 1 an act of Parliament never, will—never can do the work ; the machinery even of such attempts will be slow in operation, and indefinite in results alter all. It is a so cial duty which comes nearer home, for every individual in this vast community must enter upon an aggressive war Tilt reliance upon acts of Parqatnent is the 1 a an at woman in a ay endeavours to shirk a duty, and justify a neglect of that which true enlightenment and real morali'y would acknow ledge as an obllation binding upon each individual of the If this indolent exemption be urged by each individual of soclety, why shculd we wonch r thht any collection of individuals, even though clothed with local authorities pow ei s, shoo ‘et, cx nibit Clemselves as victims of the incubus of this n oral arslct•is or ni:•htmste leractso there riot lions in the way? It need nest require acts of legislation to set a good example, to urge a moral pro prie, y of conduct. to instigate to a vie tuners task which may be shewn to bring its own reward with it. Convic ti, n and persuasion and encouragement are better spells r I than compulsion and penalties. 1 could easily prove that - - - penalties are but .bad at best. and more frequently defrat their own ends than suh•erve them. Society must take another view of this greet moral question before the eml is gained of making their tellow•creatures around them healthful and harpy. A magician's wand might be shown to be more credit-worthy than than the caphbility of an act of parliament to renter a people virtu ous and eh anly. Liverpool is what she is at this uresent hy.dcgrati very at rnirab!e one The reverend leman, re to the resolution, proceeded to sac—The discussion of every t nterprise among men naturally divides itself into two branches: First, the of ject itself which we have in view; and, secondly, the mode or modes adopted for the attain- ment of our object. Your attention has been already called to our great object, and you have been interested and instructed by simple recitals of many of its opera tions in detail. Now, the committee, by us to whom this last resolution is intrusted, would invite your attention to the means, i. e., to the scciety. An important clause in this resolution is a character given of the Church Mis sionary Society—that it maintains and teaches the pure principles of evangelical truth. These may be considered with reference to gorernment, anc trine h reference to 6 The language of the resolution suggests this divi- The Church Missionary Society maintains the pure principles of evangelical truth in government, and teaches those principles in doctrine. One of the first principles of pure evangelical truth in government is this —that. the powers that be are ordained of God ; and that, consequently, Christian men must be subject not only for wrath, but al-o for cons knee sake. There is the widest Possible separation between evangelical truth and radical ttuth in the matter of governmen God who has ordained the power has also revealed thi law under which the power is to govern, and has com manded all parties, the governor and the governed, to take heed to His law. The rower, therefore, is not abso lute or arbitrary, but administrative of a given law. This at plies to all constituted authority, civil and eccles'astical. Civil rulers, it luenced by evangelical truth, would not, could not, desire to he absolute; because they must desire LIP y ceuk not is iect thi it eu jruto to c, ment to [thy Suljectf., influenced bit vAneulica-1 violalon of that law truth, would not, could no►, con,ent to absolut submis sion to the human ruler, irrespective of the Di%itie Thus, one of the pure principles of evangelical truth is enlightened subordination ; or, in other words, submission to God's authority considered as a whole, both that part hich is embodied in the constitute d ruler, and that t art ordain( d of God pays due practical attention to the law revealed by God, all is easy and orderly. The same is true of ecclesiastical rulers. They are ordained of God ; but He who has ordained the tower has also revealed the law under which that power is to govern, and has corn- to search the Sctiptures. The tower, therefore, is not absolute, but admittiptrative. 13i&hops, i❑flnenccd by evangt , ruth, would not ak solute ; bec not siOt to chur, h to be acquainted with holy scrpture, and they cuuld not expect them to consent to any violation of holy scripture. Members of the church, idluenced by evan gelical truth, would not and could not consent to be .bso hotly submissive to a bishop, irrespective of the Bible. Thus, one of the pure principles of etatißelical truth is rulu,ra.:Lint ..... v, , err l/1111 , 1 BIJIJUsIeD to God's authority consich red as a whole. both to that part of it which is embod ed in the bishop, and to that part of i• which is expr( ssrd in the Bible. While the bishop ordained of God pays due practical newd to the revealed law of God, all is easy and orderly. Evangelical truth is safe, and evansel cal wen are obedient : thankful for tie executive efficacy of the episcopal cffice, and thankful for the legislative limitation of holy scripture. Thus we distinguish between vri absolute and an ad- tr . inistrative epi,copney An absolute episcopacy can therefo►e an anxious desire of such an Episcopacy must ever be to keep the Bible, as much as possible, from the members of the Church; or so to mingle it with inte- mead as to neutralize . it; te;timony against their usur pations. Here we recognise the hierarchy or Ronne. An admini.trative Episcopacy cannot dispense with the Bible. The Bible is at once the warrant and the lirnita ion of its authority ; the cha►ter and the boundary of its jurisdic bers as well as to the governors of his Church, and that an apostle recognising in the members a right and a ca- pacity to compare what he said with what was already written by Divine inspiration, said to them, ' I speak Ti to wise men, judge ye what I say." [One or two inci dents in the history of the Society were here referred to for illustration.] And thus we are brought to tue still more important matter of doctrine. A primary principle of evangelical truth is, that in every real Christian, for giveness of sins precedes Christian character ; thatit is bestowed, not earned ; that it is received by faith antece dent to any Christian works ; and that no other principle. except the faith which appropriates free forgiveness, can produce really Christian works. This stands in marked cintrast with every false religion, and with every perver sion of the true. They all inculcate character first, in order thereby, and by suffering conjoined, to procure at last forgiveness of sins. Christianity in its purity pro claims forgiveness of sins first, in order by that enjoyed, and by communion with God consequent therefrom, to produce character. [This was illustrated at length, by re ference to the Hindoo superstitions,.and their parail.lisms in Popery and Tractarianism, and the line taken by the Church Missionary Society again vindicated.] He closed with an earnest appeal for an enlargement of the funds. and called on all present to double their subscriptions. The doxology was then sung and the meeting separated. Wring I t quence of the sl;ght demands noun the society, the causes above stated, the balance of £B2 6s. ti-nininine in the treasurer's hands, bad —owing to int fficiency era or other contagious visitor ; at d having got so far, she cannot at present p eanitory•aise wittiuut another act, and if to recede t'N were a safer position, yet this alternative is taken from her. The body social must not depend, therefore, on such is oairg to the sam • eividual influnce towards that po'nt, is a bad politician. Previous time is now rapidly running away, and when the samls shall have run out from the hour-glass of Father Time, then gold will be offered in abundance for their re- Purchase. for health is more va!uahle than gold and silver. Yet the boon can never be regained. he laws of natur will assert their awful supremacy, and numbers trust suc cumb under their unmitigated operation; whilst collective of self re am not singular in this conviction olitaty medical man. lam gratified Co fillet - that a warn• ink voice has been liaised of far greater weight than mine not only in the publications of the Health of Towns Asso• nut hour For a mediia! man to venture cut of his direct sphere ,nd to write in a newspaper, is a step why: ject. He is liable to lot‘e unworthy motives itoruted to aid he may cause the sensitive delicacy of the mind I Dr. Petti grew ' s l et t er states t h e f o ll ow i ng f ac t s: — Ist. That the plague, black death, sweating sickness, and cholera, are neither more nor less than aggravated forms of fever. 2ndly. That fever is owing to impure atmosphere " therefore all causes tending to vitiate this breath of heaven are contaminators or destroyers of life." 3rdly. That man can " prevent or ameliorate the terri ble consequences of fever when brought by the winds into a district. 4thly. That bad ventilation, bad drainage, untrapped gully-boles, cesspools, &c., and uncleanly condition of courts,alleys, and small streets, originate fever to a certainty. sthly. That " never perhaps (Dr. P. states) has it been more imperative on the various authorities to attend to these matters than at the present moment. There is every probability that this country will shortly be visited I by that dreadful form of fever, the cholera." Cthly. That the dearness of food, the cheapness of ar dent spirits, &c., and " the abundant exhalations from the already too moist earth, will favour its retention." ithly. Statements are made from published documents as to the extent of fever, and the rate of its mortality as 1 in 10; which disease (and mortality consequently) is preventible by proper attention on the part of authorities. &Illy. Dr. P. believes the eleventh hour to have arrived, and thereupon appeals to authorities, and not only to them but to all of influence, in order to provide for the coming evil. This letter ought to rouse even Town Councils and Health Committees, for a fearful responsibility rests upon them in their collective capacity, apart from their individual duties as citizens and Christians. As for appealing to those of " influence," this is a-sad fact, but true, that every one in society, except the phi lanthropic enthusiast. v‘ill feel naturally disposed to shel ter himself under the modest pretence of a mock humi lity, as having " little or no influence," and they will appeal to the myriad masses in proof of their uninfluen tial weight again'st such a mountain to be. moved. The matter would admit of a very fair test, which, like a mir ror, will show each one himself. For instance, let every one who would not scruple to claim precedence in a ball room, or a cortege, take that position now in a laudable and becoming strife for precedence in a good work. Let' none yield up his status to another. Let the will strive to do good as far as in him lies, and let power only or ability set the limits in this sacred work ; and in the herald- roll of [leaven such ambition will be rewarded with distinguishing honour and " degree.l This patriot band would dry up their own tears in preventing the flow of other/3'l their own cares would be I.ghtened by under taking for others lying in helplessness and ignorance and wretchedness: they might almost puichase for themselves and families an immunity from the attack of the pesti fences " wasting at noonday ;" and when the danger had over-past, the gratitude of their fellow.ct zees would be but the reflected voice of their own conscience, and they would deserve such medals as ancient Rome struck when she " delighted to honour " her ber,es in humanity, and inscribed on the medal's reverse the memorable words— " Ob Cives Servatos." That there is ample field for so pious a ensade, further facts 1 have let to bring 'orward vtid attest ; but I have trespassed too long on the reader at present, except to add that, I remain, sir, yours truly, GEO. C. WATSON, M.D. Bedford-street, May 15, 1846 MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL A meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday, in the Council-chamber, Town-hull. The Mayor took the chair at eleven o'clock. at which hour there were twenty-five ISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO LIVERPOOL The MAYOR said the first subject which was txpected to be brought before the Counc 1, was a communication the town with it visit, if properly invited. The matter was immediately attended to, and he was happy to be able to it form them that his Royal Iliglinefs had graciously signified his in tention of boncuring the town with a visit, amid that he would fix on the 30th and 31st of July as the time. He had no d übt the council would take tie n e c e s sar y measures to receive him in a manner suitable to his high station, and in accordance with the well-known character and cheers.) d Sir Howard mel Anson. who of the borough for loyalty. (" Hear, bear," Hi. worship %eta on to state, that he had cis ;Intl, in company with Lord Sandor Douglas, had communicated with Col They proceeded to Bu7ckio self in consequence of hiving a consultation with Mr. Austin respecting the Improvement Bill, and after a brief conversation with Col. Anson, were ushered into the pre sence of Ili, Royal Highness, who received them wiih all highness then fixed on the days he bad named for the visit. (Hear, hear ) Some intimation bad been given in the papers that it wa3 likely her Majesty would also honor the town in company with his r He begged stAe most distinctly that there was no foundation whatever for such a supposition. Her Majesty bad never given the least hint of her intention to do so. If. however, she should, he bad no doubt they would show their readiness to receive her as loyal subjects, in a manner commensurate with the high dignity of her station. (Hear, hear.) But there was no reason to expect it at the present moment. (Hear.) Mr. Ald:rman TURNER said perhaps his a orsEip had some suegestions to puke to the Council on the subject. The M Avon said he should be very happy to receive tife - SUggt•sttons of the Connell as to what ought to be done. He was, of course, anxious that every this g should be done suitable to the occasion, and in the absence of the I Town-Clerk. he had drawn up a statement which he " would read to them, and if they thought proper they could niter nr amend it ns they thought proper. His wor ship then read the following : "Toe Mayor having communicated to the Council that His Royal Highness Prince Albert has graciously ac- to lay the foundation stone cif a building for a Sailors' Home, and has fixed on the 3Uth and 31st July for the purpose, " Resolved—That the Mayor and Aldermen, with liberty to add to their number, be, and they ate hereby, appointed a committee, with full powers to take steps and make arrangements and preparations commensurate with the high honour of receiving so distinguished a guest, and with the well-known character of the borcugh for loyalty and liberality." (Pear, hear.) Mr. Alderman TURNER said he should be very happy to move the adoption of the resolution Mr. Alderman SANDS seconded the motion Mr. PARKER said he did not rise to make any objec tion to any sum of money which he supposed would be required, nor did he wish to oppose a suitable preparation being made to receive his Royal Highness. His feelings of loyalty were as strong as any man's. but he object, d to the Aldermen being selected as the committee e wishec the Council as the representatives of the bu large. and thought the rses at roper course was to select the committee from amongst I bem Alter some observations Mr. HORSFALI The from Mr. IT. Ilowisr and M AY OR said his object in nacnin tl e Aldermen was to prevent inv , dious distinction, and becatte he thought likely to produce unanimity on so much to be desired. HN there- subject, which v w his opposition RS to limiolato the not press his objection further. (Hear, hear.) The IVI AYOR then put the motion, and it was unani mously adopted. LIVERPOOL IMPROVEMFNT BILL. This hill, which contains only nine clauses, renewing e Dower of the Corporation fnr five )ears longer, over certain property required for improvements. anti men tioned in the first of VirtoriA, wss read, aid, after a ver hal alter.tion proposed by Mr. Holmes. was agreed to. Mr. Aldero;mit I%loone then wished to read tour manu script clauses in the Sanitary Bill, with the v i ew of pro posing that. instend of the sewers emptying into the . _ docks, they should empty directly into the - mer ; hut he was informed that the burject could not be entertained, The dispute between the Corporation and Mr.: Lloyd, eel, was referrtt Parliamettary Committe thr Council adjourned IN QUEST —On Monday James Tender was engaged it a co' ton abed, in Lower Barth gtoo, w hto he week, Wiliam Roberts, a rigger, was employed bearing up the mainsail of the ship Henrietta, when he overba lanced himself, and fell on the rai!s of a vt sto- I that was lying alongside. He died on Tuesday last.—On Tuesday morning the body of Catherine Paisley was found floating in the eanaL near the timber uuay. The deceased was left by a friend in Park-lane the ntevious evening. being at the time in a state of intoxication, and was not seen )n Tuesday &tern, on, Elizabeth ow Bul- " •dn en, a little girl about four Tears of by a horse and cart,, , wheels went over her, and she was very much crushed. She died the following day. No blame was attributable to the driver.—On Tuesday morning, Margaret Wilson was found dead in bed. She lodged at a cellar in Upper Frederica-street. The cause of death was he effusion of blood on the chest, arising float disease of the heart. There were five childrn in bed with the 'de ceased it the time she was diFoovered, and ten persons t was stated by the jury to be unfit for the residence of human brings. being :er than a mere coal v hoisted his nal, on hoard of her about 1 alf trzt eleven o ' c l ock. A.M. ; Mr. E . . art also jo' ro d to ler with a few friends. The signal was made from her 'o r II a I. 4e 11, 41 to " tanceed to t h e , westward," about noon. a ' e et , train hoisted his fig Ott ht,ard of the Le and I:ted h asseir' commodore. The numb er o f y ac h ts was A bout Intl z-n, of vaii , ius tonnage. About the Bell Buoy a I the o'h er ot sse o s behind them. They then rh°,eteiedded t owar d s the N W. Lightship, hut. the state of nt.l e tot sff riling sufficient w a t e r iti the Rock Chan ' ) Prcereo 111 that eel ion, th e commo d ore m a d e t h e fle et , e ti , It ° " heave-to," which was ptomptly r b yed by the oiti. • The appearance of the yachts at this time pri seated w a ."Y tridrne pictures, Afterwards the signl fi v ; o apin made to " proceed to the westward." Abo u t , _ Nothi, c , l 2: l c. the &vial was made to " bear awa i fl eet acs cou ld exceed the beauty of the appearance o f th e fleet they sailed up the Victoria Channl. Vt te t? oti . s ailing . qualitics of the ‘ariiius yachts, we have or ei . th at discipline , not a trial ot speed, was ti e Bo n 0 , k ot the day." The Edith kept her proud distinc lead:lf:ring to windward, and maintained her position r uktoeghout the day: Sf Vela' it Ur as the Rev. Rector Campbell rematlo d, two peculiarities —a laborious tiotail of circumstantiality, end an almost (Mental hypetbole. In one instance a boy, who, inde pendently ti brine deaf and dumb, w: s deprived, to a ertain extent, of sight, hot been taught to repeat the Lord's prayer. This was effected by tie pupil feeling the sniii.d of the voice. by placing his finger on the larynx of he teac arning, &c., h w In articulale 1 be examination afforded the highest gratification to all these prese► t, and Mr. Khirid was highly complimented for the zeal and industry he bad di•t,layed in bringing the pupils to that slate of advance ment a hich they had exhibited before the audience. At e close of the proceed ugs the Chairman urged upon those presrnt the necessity of using evt ry effort to promote the oljt-cts of tie society, and extrnd its •phere oluseful nees, adding, that there was still sufficient room in the institution for additional pupils, who would be gladly re ceived. ognise the Chnreh f Englard relapse in their efrotts to iuc►ea•e society, as they could not reasonably expect tl►e labouring clr*ses of the community always to be so fully employed as they h a d h erb during the past year. From the treasu. ter's accounts it appea►ed that ►he total receipts for the year. including a balance from tie p►evious account of £133. had been £1,556. There was at pres,i,t a balance Vie ret.ources of the want of %iSitor, which as eon,idt red as one of the Rreat . It is un- happily too title that there is a par! y in the Church of England, who in defiance of her plainest declarations, have become tl.c advocates of an absolute Episcepacv_; but I bust, Sir, that neither you nor 1, n o r t he Church Missionary Society; in any branch of its adminiotat.,n. will ever yield to, or in any way such an Anti- below the but our his is the pure principle of the Evancelical • by which its r i o erwloos w ere v er y much limited. It was I truth, in the matter of government, on which the Church stated that paid visitors m i g ht b e ,btained. but then they Missionary Society has ever acted. Deferring with un would not act c ff r ctively on the moral feelings of the poor, feigned s , itisfaction to the Et.i,,copal office; rejoicin g i n and, generally ,peaking, it was contended ti they did the order, sobriety. and stability eecurrd by its dignified their %yolk inefficiently ; besides. the moment paid visitors dtcisions, and executive efficiency ; anxious in every were employed th e vo luntary visitors would cease to pct. thing which does not interfere with revealed truth, to Addresse. were delivered by Mr. Richard Rathbore, Mr. place it,elf. its missinnaiies. and all its operations, under Payne. the Rev. W. R. Runt, Mr. T. Blackburn, and the paternal jurisdiction of our Right Reverend Prelates; Mr. Andrew Leightan. but still remembering that God has spoken to the mem- approval, as the public, wh ose i n t eres t s are con cerned, and the ver dict must he a u na ni mous j us tification, nay, a cordial for the case, according to its merits. The London Times, of the 13th, contains a letter from the able pen of Dr. Pettip,rew, a well ktuiwn anf atot y advocate, warning the nation tit their unprepared state to, they xpected visit of the cholera. It the earning be taken, a ..blessing may rerti:t ; if sliglitk of advice df.regerded printed universe The retire letter should be rt , . for the study and pnrs,uit of social economp, and duties which lie at the stumbling feet of all, whereby a great calamity iniaht be successfully anticipated, under God's blessing. The puree that would. taxer the poignant in stigation of present dangers and common ricks, endow a cholera hospital, ought now to oten up its treasury, with prescient charity. and. to ure a figure of speech, prepare for war in time of peace. .eased was sletlifig with five children, should be noticed, and the attehtion of the Health of Tt,wits' (7ommittee called to it —On Wednes day morning. a youth. narw d John Oliver. eo Word at the North Docks, was blitigi, g some r rnpty aggonS along the railway, w h en , i n consequence ot the horse No. 13, 1 , er .Frede- trees, where the d S ago. Patrick Ryan, _a child three years old, residing ir/i h Inc 7111 C rift u's.'. • • o rei,t, uross hall-street. was left alone . in ti,e l i i.u-e with his sister, when, in co, sequence of &feu pril,g to get the teapot trom the fire-place, his clothes caugh t fire , and he was is p dreadfully buret. lie gered until Tuesday last.—On Tuesday night, linhert Fawcett, of Marquis-street, went to bed apparently in good health, and was found dead the following morning. lie had for some time complained of a pain in his chest. The cause of death was apoplexy of he lungs. lily so;