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LANCASTER SUMMER ASSISES, 1853. CROWN COURT. THE Commissions for holding these Assizes will be P at LANCASTER, OD SATURDAY, the 6th gust. The Prosecutors and Witnesses are required to be g in attend -Bth August, at Ten o'clock in the lore ance on MONDAY, i noon. The CoMt will sit for the despatch of business each day during the Assizes at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon excet o AlorcnAY, the Bth August, and on that day at Ten , o'clopck in the Forenoon. -- 1 LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES, 1853. ale CROWN COURT. ite- The Commissions for holding these Assizes will be opened at s a LIVERP OOL , on W EDNESDAY, t h e 10t h A ugust. rid, The Regulations for conducting the Criminal Business will incl• be published in due time. )es- By order of the Hon. Mr. Justice Wightman, era T. S. SHUTTLEWORTH, Clerk of the Crown. Crown Office, Preston, July Bth, 1853. on• - It is requested that the Depositions in all cases for Trial at cic. Lancaster or Liverpool may be immediately forwarded to the ng. Clerk of the Crown, at the Crown Office, Preston. Oa trge AT s to a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY, LUNATIC ASYLUM, and LOCK HOSPITAL, holden on MONDAY, the 11th day of July, 1853, EDWARD GIBBON, Jun., Esq., havingCai a statement on the part of the Committee been read to the meeting, it was moved by Mr. ROBERT HUTCHINSON, seconded by Mr. LAWRENCE PEEL, and resolved— " That a sum not exceeding 4 5,090 (to be tak en f rom the capital fund of the I nst i tution) be placed at the disposal of the General Committee, for the purpose of effecting the alterations recommended by them in the statement now submitted." It was irmed by Mr. ALFRED NORTH, seconded by the Rev. J. B. MONK, and resolved,— " to . That this meeti ng especially recommends the Committee give their earnest attention to the increase of the subscrip tion list, in the confident expectation that an energetic appeal to the public will produce a large addition to the income of this charity, in orde r t o repair the loss occasioned by the ex lenditure just sanctioned, acrd to enable it efficiently to a dminister to the relief of the sick and disabled poor of this i ncreasing town and neighbotrhood." ED WARD GIBBON, J un ., Ch a i rman. The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the Chairman for his able conduct in the chair. )P1 kds, es , knd " tt. __________ A PARTNItrr, WELL-FURNISHED, may be had XI for a Gentleman of quiet habits, in a respectabie Family, residing in a iMlightful situation in the neighbourhood of Oxton-road. Apply to Mr. 11 - kLL, DrUggist, Chester•street, Birkenhead. - ,_ TO HOTEL-KEEPERS, &.c, ADrANTAGEOUS INVES IMENT. INTER ES fiber SD, the LEAS E, LICENSE, and Tenant's T in that large, well-frequented, and OLD ABET-SHED OTEL, known' as I° WHITE3IA H N'S BUN SW ICK HOTEL, *i4li n, 'a Yew minutes' LIVERPOOL, walk of the London and Northwestern .CustO lind other R ailway Stations, convenient to the Docks, Exchange, ,m•house and the le a di ng ptaces - of business an d resort. The'HOTEL comprises LA RGE DINING AND CLUB ROOMS , Sitting - rooms, Twenty Bed-roems, a good Restaurant, • TWO BILLIARD- WE ED LL-FREQUENT BAR PARLOUR, Rousts, with full sited Slate Tables complete, 13 Atit SPACIOUS ASSEMBLY -ROOM, 1 0, -- " R "ms, with Hot, Gold, and Shower BATHS, ant'. an undo supply of Water- Very extensive CELLARS, capable Of Stillaging an. 100 BARRELS AND CONTAINING 100 BINS. _Lalindr CHEN fitted with' Ranges, Gas-stove, Steam-boiler, B,zc. ; Y, and Cistern 'holding* 1,000 gallons of water. ,„The HOTEL has maintained a first-class position fer the last l'_',lr,tY Years, during seventeen of which it has been conducted wl?n Pnetor. unif orm public patronage and success by the present Pro vallu'haetioSlT.ocit, p/xreFeE-s, FuaxivUßE, &C., to betaken at a mEvery facility and all particulars will be afforded by the pre aProprietor Nilo irretiring from business) to'n competent .*2,oon gi " te nant, Who must have at command - not less than e butston ‘„ ' T'lltlT VAULTS attached to the Hotel. 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TO CORRESPONDIINTS C - .ANTe shall be happy, at all times, to.receive communications on subjects of local or general interest; and if our frtendS will-be good enough to authenticate - the same by their sigma tares, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. "Sc aingnot."—Alesses. Turner and.afacken zie sat in only one session- for Liverpool. A session of Parliament is from the opening. speech from the Throne to a prorogation. The vaca tion last Christmas was merely an ad:ournment. I ' J. TOW N 6 CII."—When Lord Brougham was Lord Chancellor I le Patriotically consented to a reduction of the salary; but, With true Whig instinct, he got the retiring pension raised to .c, A N,OOO, and was the first to receive it. ErAcroa."—You are right. He•murt be a Bold man "ofh°l"iii•Penevere in the face of .such a.general expression n let t ; u,l koPinion to the contrary. We have received many v re i', 8 : 41 4 this subj ec t, b ut t h e t wo we h ave i nser t e d should., -..l,ll;unic, be sufficient for the purpose. i mps LETrar. CARRIERS."—We have received a long appeal shear thc2r-Leter Carriers, and an earnest.request to advocate Z ca tule• 'We cannot, however, find room for the lengthy en tr ient .fomarded to us, though we sympathise with the th an a ct bedieve they have a far better claim to considera tbeir,.. 14 a 2 17 who clamour men!. loudly for a redress of tI3OOI tanZerb, 12ir .2110RNING, JULY 1853. _ - - ___________ PEACE, OR WAR ? IF we tca Y judge from the general tone of the .press, t here EtiZiB little defence .of the infidel Turks, doubt that a war with Russia, in would 5e a popalar Measure. There is, however, in thin a zad incon eisteeY, ellowing the folly of placing the .slightest f. se. reliance or, the popula r breath, however apparently sincere. It %was not limo- since that a knot ol ,Peace c ei r, e , et e d delegates held -what they called andst-..gresp a „, 1 " , 1 though, from their extravagant n0 b105',.5 b105',.5 absuti conclusiGns' bett er they were believed e littl e tkan noodle:, the majority of sensible People agreed in condemning the horrors of war, a ' S _ a fearf u l „I, Iv an "" e rnat,lve, to be resorted to only when Other means d -failed. The Peace to el' h t o t ° the extreme in showing their hostility Orators to intetatti.lities, all di B Putes were to be settled by ion a i ~ . . to de,,, r, 41. ultration and sou e went so far as ' our right to '. ean • , asion. But how {stands th e p. ''se at t o reste ,_ 11" 7 W e are nei her attacked nor the present Lime, through our order or our allie s reatened, either he said it order to n ,,_ ' and the utmost that can . yak s, 0 Ilat in,•• 4. 2 Tut a c astes imlli is----that Russia ' e u uPon T o k • into specific pro/114;e not to d . -r key entering a liberties % • the rive tier Christian subjecte of the rhlc h t heY at * This, how ever, has b present enjoy. ind e , been construed into a violation of the the I endence of turkey, who has positively declined 6.. ou r to but 4.10wn a willingness to accord . any 'Waivthur Withto her Christian subjects not incompatible the h er own position as an independent state, and, received maintenance of this view of the case, she has the support of England and France. Russia, itl ia the Meantime, has occupied the provinces of intentionscdavia and Wallachia, but disavows any warlike ; while the representatives of all the power are busily occupied in discussing the affair, , 11 . d auggesting ingenious modes of reconciling the "ulifterences. But, should they fail, we cannot see 1 a violent end should be put to the peace of Euro p e ' a and the whole civilised world embroiled in war, wherein there will be g nothing to ga i n an d erery t h in _ to lose. It must be an a c t o f aggression 11° (41 our part upon a me re punctilio of national 144 , 1 t; for i t i s clear that we cannot act o n t h e defensive, having nothing to defend, as the Provi nces are b e y on d t h e reach of the Britishuban fleet, and very w i sely have wade no reliatance. THE LIVERPOOL. THE MERCANTILE MARINE. IT was the great mistake of the various classes interested in the maintenance of protection to British industry and capital, when the first assault was made through political treachery upon the Agricultural Interest, that there was no unity of action among them to resist the common enemy. The Shipping and Colonial Interests stood aloof, the former perhaps judging that they might derive some advan tage from the increased importation of Foreign grain. The latter were the next attacked in the equalisation of the Sugar Duties ; and then the crowning capital was to be placed on the pillar of Free-trade, by the repeal of the Navigation Laws : so that, one by one, each great interest has been exposed to foreign competition, and compelled to surrender to the vigorous assaults of an enemy more united than the party assailed. With supplies of foreign food admitted at a nominal duty, the produce of slave labour admit?ed upon equal terms with the free-labour produce of our own colonies, and the carrying trade, once the source of England's maritime greatness, thrown open to the cheaply built and cheaply-manned ships of foreigners, British industry had but little to fall back upon ; the last rag of protection, excepting that enjoyed by the manufacturers, being the restriction which com pelled the crews of British ships to be manned by three-fourths British seamen. The great money interests which originated the system of unrestricted competition were the chief sufferers, but the hardy seamen were spared, as they might be wanted once more to perform the glorious deeds which NELSON taught them. They must, however, now surrender to a mere formidable foe than ever they met with in a hostile fleet, and the modern science of political economy will accomplish that which NAPOLEON was unable to do in his palmiest days. By the 29th clause of the new Merchant Shipping Bill, the 'restriction on the manning of British ships is removed, and shipowners may, if they please, employ all foreigners, to the total exclusion of our own sailors. The clause was feebly resisted, but it received the support Of the representatives of the Shipping Interests, and was carried by a large majority. We 'can readily admit that, simply regarding the interests of the British shipowner, it is a manifest injustice that he should be exposed to unrestricted competition with reference to freights, and yet be compelled not only to pay a 'heavy duty on most of the materials which constitute his stock in -trade, but also be hampered by regulations which force upon him much heavier expenses than those borne by his competitors. It is not, however, the question of his right to a remedy, but - the nature of the remedy, which here constitutes the grievance. The alteration appears to have been made on the delusive principle that relief is only to be found in community of suffering—that because one class has been injured, another class must also be injured,— and'that the first false step must be followed by a succession of false steps, in order to restore the equilibrium which has been needlessly destroyed. There is a want of moral courage in our Represen tatives; they should make a bold stand, and, uniting their forces, should refuse to go further in the downward progress which is rapidly sapping the foundations of all our ancient institutions under which this country arrived at the foremost place in rational importance. The Conservatives, as a body, have not shown that unity of purpose which-was never more necessary than now, in order to preserve -their footing ; and they have allowed an imbecile Ministry, who have not •one idea in common, and a hostile faction, to defeat them in detail. The injury to British Shipowners by the repeal of the Navrg• a tion Laws has only been delayed through the impetus which has been given to emigration by the gold discoveries in Australia; but every official return shows a far greater increase in foreign shipping, and the remedy now attempted to be applied is the submitting our race of hardy seamen to the same ruthless ordeal. We do not anticipate any immediate injury to them, or any corresponding gain to shipowners.; bat the change is matlerat a time by no means propitious for the experiment, and the day may not le far distant when we shall have bitter cause to regret that ever it was attempted. We have •now a fleet in the vicinity of Turkey expecting to be called upon for active service, and, though 'd:plomatic negociation may prevent the anticipations of present war being realised, delay may -but serve to embitter the hostility, and result •in Europe being once more involved in deadly conflict. With such a contin gency, amounting to, more than bare possibility, it would have been prudent to pause before committing so important an element of our maritime strength to the same destructive influence as that to which our Agriculture, our Colonies, and our Shipping have been exposed. THE BUSINESS , OF LEGISLATION. WEEN Lord JOHN RUSSELL was asked, a few -days since, if some means could be devised for closing the sitting of the-House of Commons at an earlier hour than three or four o'clock in the morn ing, he replied that it was impossible. They must be-content to sit through half the day and almost all the night, or else prolong the Session without any vacation ; and he added that he did not believe there „was a Legislature in 7 the world that got through so much business. This is the opinion of an experienced legislator—a man hackneyed in the ways of:Parliament ; but we may ask the nature or value of that business which he claims so much credit for :being transacted. So far from his statement being correct, we would back our own Town Council against the,-Reformed House of,Commons, not only for the importance of the business done, but for the economy of the time in doing it. ,We have now reached the latter half of July---a time•when a pro rogation is confidently looked forward ,to—and it ,-,vould require even more ingenuity than , Lord JOHN . EussELL can boast of, to discover that immense amount of businers for which he claims credit. The six months that have elapsed seem to have -been literally wasted in idle talk, and already has commenced what is -.:amiliarly styled " the.slanghter of the innocents," or the withdrawing from further progress all those Bills -which have been discussed for no other purpose than to waste time, and,to make a show of doing business when nothing was intended to be done. It has sometimes been attempted to ke argued that this delay in legislation is unavoidable; but it is in reality the old game of the Whigs, whose political capital is made up of promises which are never intended to be realised. They are truly political impostors, obtaining credit upon false pretences, and the misfortune is, that the people who return representatives to support them cannot see through the delusion of which they are the victims. The Whigs never came into office without a flourish of trumpets, which rair.edmag nificent hopes that w e re c e rtain to be disappointed, and never left office without the execrations of the people, who were angry at being duped, and yet suffered themselves to be again cajoled by the same means. The infusion of the PEELITE element into the present Coalition Ministry has not improved the features of the system, though it reconciled the waverers and the pretended Conservatives into a lukewarm support. From the antiquated imbecility of the Premier, the truckling expediency of the parliamentary hack, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the weather-cock turning about of SirJAMES GRAHAM, the ingenious blundering of Mr. GLADSTONE, the legal ignorance of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, down to the rampant Radicalism of Sir WILLTANI MoI,ESWORTH, the Ministry has all the worst faults of Whiggery, without a redeeming quality; and having now nearly reached the close of a Session from which so much was anticipated, we may fairly pronounce the union of " all the talents" to be a miserable failure. Months have elapsed since Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed his Education Bill, and, having enjoyed the slight credit which he received for it from some members of the Church, it is to be given up on the absurd plea of want of time, though on several days the House has been counted out, and other sittings have been occupied in dis cussions which were never designed to proceed further. Even the Merchant Shipping Bill and the Pilotage Bill, for which the Ministry claimed the everlasting gratitude of the Shipping Interest, have been delayed until their details are hurried through in day-sittings, when few members attend, and they will not be ready to go up to the House of Lords until the approach of the prorogation leaves no time to correct the blunders of the Commons ; so that they must he passed without consideration, or thrown out for another Session. The all-important business, however, from which so much was expected, was the Financial Statement of the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER; and if the real object of Mr. GLADSTONE was to raise a cloud of dust under the confusion of which he hoped to escape censure, and to provoke discussions on petty details which should have the effect of spinning out the time, he could not have been more successful. The reduction of the duty on Tea and the abolition of that on Soap were but simple items, which required nothing more than an affirmative, and they, of course, have become law ; but his pet scheme of levying a tax on successions to real property has formed a fertile theme for discussion, and even now that the business in Committee has been got through, the efficient working of the measure is almost beyond probability, and its productiveness as a source of income rather problematical. The alteration of the Stamp Duties was another feature of the Budget, and the expedient has been resorted to of dividing it into two bills, in order that there might be some show of progress in passing the unopposed part, leaving the other to the chances which may turn up. In the latter is included the proposed reduction of the Advertisement Duty to sixpence, which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had neither the power to carry nor the grace to surrender; so, like an angry Child, he resorted to the petty spite of doing nothing,—a kind of threat by implication, which betrays mortification at his humiliating posi tion. There was a time when Mr. GLADSTONE occupied a promising position, and bid fair to become a leading Statesman among men of mark and character. His false pride deterred him from taking office with the Earl of DERRY, because he could not brook to be subordinate to Mr. DISRAELI. 'His eager ambition led him to join the coalition, because he thought the adhesion of the Peelites was too valuable for him to be slighted; and now he Ifinds himself the mere tool 'of a desperate faction, his character gone, and no hope •for the future but to aspire to the wretched position of a popular demagogue, courting the sweet voices of hungry Radicals, whom •he must inwardly despise. He regained his seat for Oxford University from the belief that his infinence with the Ministry would enable him to further the 'views of the High Church party, with which he has been always allied ; but he dare not stir a step in this direction, without injuring himself with his •Radical colleagues; so, that like all renegades, he will become a more virulent enemy to the party he has left, than 'those who have been always their opponents. This defection from the Conservative 'ranks is another of the evil con sequences springing from the political treachery of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, of which we have not yet seen the worst, and renders more urgent the necessity that strict attention should be paid to the forthcoming Registration. The Conservative ma jority gained at the last Election has melted away through the falsehood , of pretended friends, but the prize is worth the exertion of recovering, and the Electors throughout the kingdom-should be ready to havefollow ats hrheteohi shown' pnt e ph x toe a hr uia p rz in] utter tsyot of rfT t da h hni o se s ru e e gdn dearest disregard d L eus i tpt v ou e i lan r o poo nt ueyrse w h other interests fact ion, he ei oro e fno 'End t wjec o y t than the retention of their own places. The pro gress of legislation during the - Session almost closed has sufficiently demonstrated not only their want of ability, but their 'unwillingness to do any thing good ; and as the clamours of heir disappointed partisans begin to make themselves .heard, we can only anticipate that one by one the safeguards of the Constitution will be surrendered as a sop to CERBERUS, until the real powers of the State, the prerogativEtr of the 'Grown, and the privileges of the Aristocracy are virtually placed in the hands of the lowest class of the , community. Much was pro mised and expected from the passing of the Reform, Bill, and the abolition of close Boroughs and the purity of Election; but whatever may thave been the faults of the old Tory system, the Reformed HQIISe of Commons loses infinitely in comparison with the Parliaments which boasted of PITT„ BURKE, FOX, WYNDH,AINI, SHERIDAN, and a host of others, for whose successors we look in vain. Then the business of legislation was transacted in a manner worthy of a _great nation, and great results were achieved ; whereas now, under the auspices of Whig-Radical ,leaders, more time is occupied, more speeches are, made, and the end of the Session shows us some few bungling Acts of Parliament, which require.amendment another year, because, judges construe them differently than their framers intended; and a long list of impossible -schemes and embryo measures, which, having been talked over :id nauseam, are at length indefinitely postponed. LAW REFORM. .we :remember the immense .amount of practical good ,which was effected last year in the reform of the Court of Chancery and other depart menu of jlaricprudenee, ender the auspices of a Conservative Administration, the present session of Parliament presents,a melancholy picture of broken promises and mental imbecility. Well might Lord BRO UGHA.,:d complain on Friday, that after all had been done, which could be done in the Upper Home, to effect an admitted improvement in the Law .of Evidence, the Bill had been shelved in the House of Commons through the indolence of Ministers, although there was no opposition to its details. In erery other particular there has been the same shameful procrastination; and though the sesiion commenced with a show of legal reforms, whi c h would have made the reputation of a Ministry, we are now practically in the same state as when Lord DERBY resigned his office and Lord ST. LEONARDS left the woolsack. The SOWCITOR-GENERAL promised a comprehensive measure for the re form of the Ecclesiastical Courts ; but though it has been made the excuse for putting o ff , the Probate of Wills and Grant of A.dministra tion Bill, and other Bills promoted by private members, not a step has been taken to realize the promise. The reform of the statute law, with which Lord CRANWORTIf marked his elevation to the woolsack, is just where it was six months ago, and the session is about to close without the slightest advance having been made in the revision, which, if words had been deeds, seemed likely to h ave been accomplished before the Easter recess. We can come to no other conclusion than that, if we would see the reform carried out in the administration of the law to which so many have been anxiously look ing forward, we must wait for the restoration of a Conservative Administration, and the return of Lord ST. LEONARD s to the place which ha filled with so much credit to himself and advantage to the country. STANDARD, TUESDAY, THE BRANILEY-MOORS DOCK. THE notice which was given by Mr. THOMAS BOLD, at the meeting of the Dock Committee on Thursday, that he intended to move a change of the name of the Bramley- Moore Dock to that of the Sefton Dock, has excited much animadversion. It is considered, and justly so, as an act of petty revenge by no means worthy the sanction of any Conservative, and an attempt to make the Dock Committee mere political partisans to gratify personal pique. We do not believe that Mr. BOLD has any serious intention of submitting the motion. The notice was, no doubt, given in the heat of party excitement immediately after the election ; but should he be so ill-advised as to persevere, in the teeth of a universal expression of public opinion against such an act of pitiful revenge, we feel satisfied that the Dock Committee will vindicate their high cha racter as gentlemen and men of business, and refuse to entertain the motion. Had Mr. BOLD—which he has not—the most cogent reasons possible for proposing the change, the time at which it is brought forward would render them valueless, because the suspicion as to the animus would be too strong to be resisted. We may take pride in our Docks named after princes, heroes, and statesmen, and not the less in one which bears the patronymic of a merchant whom Liverpool has, more than once, delighted to honour. We by no means wish to imply the slightest justification of the recent conduct of Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE. It was a most unwise course, and received, as it deserved, the censure of the Conserva tive party ; but such a mode of revenge as is now pro posed would be too pitifully mean to require any further condemnation. police." JULY 19, 1853. -40- POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. BURGLARY AND ROBBERY OF PLATE, &C.—A young man, named James Jackson, and two women n ame d Mary White and Caroline Fales, were placed at the bar charged with being concerned in a robbery on the 13th instant, at the house of Mr. Carson, solicitor, in Wind sor-terrace, Parliament-lane. It appeared from the evi dence that the house was entered through a grid, and the burglars afterwards took away a chronometer, a quantity of silver spoons, ladles, and tongs. The value of the stolen property was upwards of £22. The property having been pledged, the prisoners were traced and taken into custody. After the case had been partially investi gated, all the prisoners were remanded for a week. WATCH ROBBERY.—A woman named Bridget Keefe, a notorious character, was committed for trial, charged by a man named Stewart with robbing him of his watch in the street, during the time he was in conversation with her. _ A PAINFUL CASE.—A respectable-looking and intel ligent young woman, who is employed as a waistcoat maker, was yesterday placed before the magistrates charged with pawning a quantity of wearing apparel that had been entrusted to her to make. The prisoner in her defence stated that she had been induced to commit the offence by the importunities of her father, for whom she had formerly raised money out of her own earnings. Last week he waited upon her and stated that if he could not obtain the sum of £2 he should have to go to gaol. She raised him the money by pledging the articles, having reasons to believe that she could repay the amount next week—her uncle, who resides in Wales, having promised to supply her husband and herself the means of emigrating to Australia. She believed that her uncle would send the money on Wednesday, and had told the complainant that he was at liberty to write to her uncle and receive the money. The prisoner was remanded in order to afford an opportunity of enquiring into the truth of her state ment. COMMITTAL.—A man, named John M`Dowall, was committed for seven days for stealing a quantity of rope from the Brunswick Dock. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A FEMALE IN TOX I'ETH-PARK. On Wednesday morning, a woman, named Caroline Griffiths, was found lying insensible on the door steps of a beer-house in Clive street, Toxteth-park. She was taken to the Southern and Toxteth Hospital, where it was discovered that she had received a severe contused wound on the back of her head. On recovering her senses she stated that she had been knocked down by a policeman. After lingering in great agony, she died on Friday morning, and on Saturday an investigation into this sus picious case was held before the coroner. The principal witness was a girl, named Mary Anne Lofthouse, who stated that about half-past twelve on Wednesday morning last she and the deceased (who was a married woman, residing with her husband) came out of Johnson's beer-house, where they had been drinking. They crossed over some waste ground to Llewellyn-street. where they sat down on some steps, the deceased being afraid of going home ; and, after some conversation, they agreed to take shelter in a cellar. While they were talk ing a police-officer came up to them, when the deceased said to him, " Come, my dear, take a pinch of snuff." She held a snuff-box open, and he took a pinch. He then said, " Is it not time for you women to go home ?" After a few more words the police-officer struck Loft house, and, on the deceased interfering, he also struck dowassistedn i n t L o f t t h h e nu m a e i d t d u l e li o f t f h t e h r e up street and . her several times on the h ea d an d f ace , an d k noc k e d h er plaHcee herafterwardst some steps, and then he went away. At this time she was bleeding profusely from the back of her head. Lofthouse afterwards assisted her towards Clive street, where they sat down on the steps of a beer house until three o'clock in the morning, when a man named Rogers came up to them and addressed Lofthouse, who fell asleep on the steps till half past five. A police officer then came up to them, and took the dece iced to the Southern Hospital. In answer to the coroner, Lofthouse said she could not identify the police-officer that struck the deceased, and she did not think she should know him again. The coroner then asked Inspector Blaskett, who was present, if they had found the officer who was alleged to have struck the deceased ? Inspector Blaskett said no ; the witness Lofthouse had been to the stations, but failed to identify any of the men. The coroner said he thought a stigma, at present, rested on the police force, and he should adjourn the inquiry to give them a further oppor tunity of clearing up the suspicion against them. Yesterday the inquest was resumed, when all the police officers who were on duty in the neighbourhood of Clive street on Wednesday morning were present and gave evidence. They all distinctly swore that they never saw the deceased on the morning in question, and knew nothing whatever of the circumstance. Mary Ann Loft house was re-called, and said she was quite certain that a policeman knocked the deceased down twice. The officer who struck the deceased was not tall but pretty stoutish. She could not say whether he had whiskers or not, but thought he had fair hair. She thought the officer present (530) was the man, but could not swear to it. After the examination of two other witnesses, whose evidence was unimportant, the coroner said that he did not see that any blame whatever attached to the police. The jury then returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased died from injuries received, but how or by what means no evidence appears ; and the jury entirely exonerate the THE HON. ARTHUR EDWARD HOLLAND GREY EGER TON, commonly called Viscount Grey de Wilton, has been appointed cornet in the Duke of Lancaster's own Regi ment of Yeomanry Cavalry, (Worsley troop.) LIVERPOOL ART UNION.—We have been requested to direct the attention of the subscribers to the neat frames, prepared expressly for " The Gamekeeper's Daughter," by Mr. Worley, of the Roscoe Arcade. LIFE-LIKE PORTRAITS.—ThoIe who value a faithful portrait should pay a visit to Mr. Edmonds' Daguerreotype Gallery, in Bold-street. He has succeeded in maintaining all the beauties of the art, with a considerable diminution in the cost—two recommendations generally appreciated, TESTIMONIAL.—At the school-rooms in Beau-street on Friday, the Rev. Henry Marten, incumbent of All Saints' Church, Great Nelson -street North, was presented by the members of his confirmation-class with fifteen volumes of valuable books on theology. Mr. Phillips, clerk of the church, was at the same time presented with a silver pencil-case. SAVAGE ASSAULT.—On Friday a dispute arose on board the American packet-ship Squantum. lying in the Waterloo Dock, between the chief officer, Robert M'Crea, and the boatswain, Richard Williams, when the latter struck the former with a knife on the arm and in the side, at the same time throwing him into the water, between the ship and the quay. He was rescued with great diffi culty, and promptly conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where he now lies in a dangerous condition. Williams was brought up at the police-court on Saturday, and remanded for a week. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The second session of the free vocal school founded by this society is announced in our advertising columns ; as also the intended admis sion of forty boys. The recent admirable performances of the Cologne singers in the metropolis has proved what can be done by the regular and judicious training of a large body of choralists, and we are glad to find the projectors of the Sacred Harmonic Society are determined to spare neither labour nor expense in forming an efficient chorus. The members already number about 300, all of whom are carefully trained from the earliest rudiments under the direction . of the society's conductor, a plan especially cal mated to secure unanimity of action and a ready com mand of all the various gradations of force and expression. ,The society has already received the patronage and sup port of the leading nobility, clergy, and gentry resident in the town and neighbourhood. THE DEATH OF MR. WINCH which is recorded in our obituary of this day w ill b e as o b v i ous l y f e lt i n commerc i a l circles as it is deeply deplored by all who have been im mediately connected with himself. The name of Mr. Henry Winch, is known not only to those interested in the affairs.-of Birkenhead, but to most mercantile men in Liverpool, besides those interested in his own branch of trade, as associated with the highest integrity of principle, the most intelligent management of business, and the most far-sighted apprehension of all the details and con tingencies of traffic. The kindliness of his personal inter course, and the impartial consideration habitually exer cised towards those whose views were antagonistic to his own, have established for him a reputation which is crowned and ennobled by his personal devotedness to the fu.rtheranee of every pious and philanthropic enterprise. New churches assisted in their erection ; orphan children housed and taught.; and other testimonies of abiding use fulne,bs, furnish the most eloquent epitaph for one who has nct lived in vain.—AMiwt. ACCIDENT, YESTERDAY, AT THE CORN EXCHANGE. —Yesterday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, one of the cellar arches on the Brunswick-street front of the new Corn Exchange gave way and fell in. Since the accident, which took place about twelve months ago, we understand that the committee had determined to take down all the arches which had then been erected, as well as the Brunswick-street front, as far as it had proceeded. In connexion with the progress of the works, there is a large quantity of scaffolding erected, with a tram road at the top of it. A portion of the upright frame-work of this scaffolding rested upon the arch which fell in yester day, and the consequence was that three-part of the upright supports descended along with the falling arch, thereby jeopardising the entire frame-work, as well as altering the level of the tram road above, and con verting it into an inclined plane. Fortunately, none of the frame-work fell, notwithstanding the unsafe position in which it must have been placed by the accident. Soon afterwards workmen were engaged in making the scaf folding firm by additional staving, and had not completed their labours last night when our reporter was present. TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION.—A fire of very fearful character, attended with a destruction of property valued at several thousand pounds sterling, broke out shortly after five o'clock, p.m. on Saturday. and although up wards of a dozen engines had been actively employed for hours throwing water upon the flames, they were not entirely extinguished on Sunday afternoon. The scene of this terrible misfortune was Lower North-street, Knightsbridge, a narrow thoroughfare running out of Sloane-street, in the direction of the Brompton-road. The premises in which the fire commenced belonged to Mr. Charles Arter, a timber-merchant and importer of veneers and fancy mahogany. The property in question stood on the north side of the road, and contained a range of workshops, several stores filled with timber, whilst a vast number of stacks of deals in the open road mounted high above the house-tops in the neighbour. hood, clearly proving that un l e ss the flam es could be subdued in their incipient stage a fearful sacrifice of pro pertymeite r , m o u f s t pater n o un questionably ster. row, follow. adjoined those t i e s n wivhdd to extensive which t ag i of premises belonging to Mr. John Cuthbert, the originated,tallonwiiee annde neighbours, o a n y r s b . e e su ve p r p y os o e n d e , greatlyliving near well a the e fears of the knowing that in the event of these building the work of devastation, of necessity, must bee taking fire, and wide through the district. About t carried far were wholly or partially destroyed b f twenty buildings e ore got under, the flames were THE LATE ELECTION. AT the conclusion of the polling on Friday week, it was boldly stated by Mr. JEFFERY that at two o'clock on that day the election was in their own hands, if they had chosen to avail themselves of it ; that they could have bought the votes of hundreds of Freemen, if they had liked ; and by that means have placed Sir ERSKINE PERRY in the position of Mr. LIDDELL. They, however, scorned it—they would not sully their fingers, as they were deter mined to carry out moral principles by moral and incorrupt efforts. This statement has been endorsed by their Radical organs, with the addition that the Freemen, in despair of selling their votes, swelled the majorities of the Con. servative candidates at the close of the day. In order to prove the absurdity of the latter assertion, we have only to refer to the hourly polling as published by themselves. At two o'clock there was a majority for Mr. HORSFALL of 1,007, and for Mr. LIDDELL of 772, over Sir E. PERRY. From two to three o'clock the numbers polled were, HORSFALL 559, LIDDELL 478, PERRY 418 ; and from three to four o'clock, HORSFALL 275, LIDDELL 228, PERRY 180, showing a majority in the concluding two hours of 236 for Mr. HORSFALL, and 108 for Mr. LIDDELL, which was a far less proportion of majority than during the earlier part of the day. With reference to this assumption of Radical purity, which has not an atom of existence, we have been told that, in order to test their sincerity, an offer was actually made to them to purchase three hundred Freemen, who had already voted for the Conservatives, and were consequently of no value. The price asked was £5OO, which the Radical agent refused, but made an offer of £3OO. This was acceded to, but on demanding either the money, or a cheque upon a banker, or a written promise to pay, in order to have a tangible proof of the little reliance to be placed on Radical professions, the purists were afraid of committing themselves, and the bargain was off, though it is needless to say that it would have had no other effect than blackening the character of those whose characters are already too black to give them a chance in Liverpool. This was not, however, the only instance, as we could point to several others where bribes were offered to voters for their support of Sir E. PERRY. The talk about another petition has become very faint, though it never could be very strong, for we may fearlessly defy our opponents to point to any one act on the Conservative side which, by the most specious casuistry of legal chicanery, could be tortured into an instance of bribery or treating. The election and its incidents are before the world ; the defeated faction may make the most of it ; and when they have recovered from their mortification, they must acknowledge that the electors of Liverpool have too much intelligence to be deluded by the frothy declamation of Radical ranters. LIVERPOOL REGATTA. THE YACHT RACE YESTERDAY. Though a cloudy sky and drizzling rain are not the most cheering auguries for a vraterfete, the yachtsmen congre gated on our river, yesterday, at the appointed time hope fully bent the sails of their craft; and, in spite of unpro pitious circumstances, did their best to woothe north-west breeze which was blowing steadily about eleven o'clock. The occasion was the sailing match for a challenge cup of £lOO, and purse of £25. the preparations for which have occupied. of late, so prominently the attention of the Royal Mersey Yacht 'Club, and particularly their - indefatigable honorary secretary, Mr. Henry Melling. in connexion with the regatta which is to take place to-day. The fleet of -yachts was larger than any previously assembled on the Mersey, and several clipper schooners and cutters , exclu sively of the -vessels intended to run, had arrived. The Ariel schooner yacht, belonging to the commodore of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, T..Littledale, EE-q., was sta tioned as theflag—ship, opposite the Birkenhead slip. The -course was from Birkenhead down Victoria Channel, leaving the black •buoys -on the starboard and the red buoys on the port hand, the bell beacon buoy on the port hand, and the north-west lightship also ; the bell beacon buoy again on the port hand, and the north-west lightship again on the port hand:; again to the bell beacon buoy, leaving for the last time on the starboard hand, and so up ehannel, leaving the black buoys on the port, and the red buoys on the larboard hand, to the,fiag vessel off Birken head, leaving her on the port hand, and so end. The Windsor had -been placed at the disposal of the dcb by the company-during yesterday's race, and they were thus enabled to accommodate a large number of their friends. Notwithstandingthe dulness of the weather, the scena at Birkenhead was lively enough, and large numbers of people assembled on the piers, and the lawn in-front of the hotel, watching the preparations of the yachts.. The following were the vessels entered for yesterday's contest : Station. Yacht. Tone. rOwner's Name. Distinguishing Flag, 3 4..J..,Pa1ey, Esq •• • f Reei and blue dia monds. White and red 2 Presto 3 Queen of the 151e..55.. R. Langtry, Esq.... 4 Enchantress 1 Overton 5 Irish { White and blue LillY 73. R. Esq.•cheque. 6 'Lancashire Witch—.. L. Polk, F.aq. Red. - • 17.. Thos, Wilson, Esq. { Blzuteri a e c s d white I. L. Craigie, E sq .... P . 89.. John Gray, .Esq....{ { Res(ttripaensd whitestripes. W r h e i c t i e e b r i tt. e 'l and H. Roe, jun„ Esq. 35.. A. E. Byrne. Esq. .. White, blue cross. C. Brandreth, .Esq..,. White, blue bor. . , . 46.. W. H. Dawes, Esq. der, and Fox ..in { 1,, Stranger,. ~ ....AO.. N. Jackson, Esq. .. o.d t , r l a ack cross. 15 Constance 14.. F. D.P.Astley, Esq. ilViiatgo„alit'ld blue d. _ !13.. R.M.Grinnell, Esq. ,{ White, blue dia gonal centre. '7•Stanley . 8 Volante . 9 Mir,aada..• 10 Cynthia . 11 Coralie „.. 12 Pauline . . _......—, 13 Tartar. tS manger . The start took place at 11 46. Fifteen vessels started. Neither the Lancashire Witch nor the Volante arrived ; and the Ariel, as we stated above, waa the flag-ahip. The order of arrival was as follows h. m. sec. h. rs. se,. 1 Irish Lily .. 5 11 40 Pauline ....5 25 15 Cynthia .... 5 14 .55 E9chantress .5 56 1.2 Tartar........ 5 21 1.:5 Coralie .... 5 26 49 In accordance with the usual regulation as to tonnage and time, the Cynthia wan declared the winner by 21 minutes over the Irish Lily. In justice to the latter, however, we must state that., when near the bell buoy, going out, she carried away her throat halyards, which delayed her abo+At 15 minutes, else she would undoubtedly have been the winner. The yackts went out with the ebb tide, and returned with the flood. The proportion of time allowed the yachts is three quar ters of a minute to 25 tons; half a minute from 25 to 50 tons • and, above 50 tons, one quar t er o f a m i nute. The yachtsmen dined on board the commodore's yacht at the conclusion of the race. Only one accident we have heard of, in connexion with the day's sport, and that occurred to Mr. Bentley, of this town, who was on board the Irish Lily. When the Lily was rounding the flag-ship, Mr. Bentley was struck by the wadding from the saluting gun, and his arm considerably injured. This closed the sports of yesterday. To-day the grand display is to be made, and in addition to the yachts which were entered for yesterday, the following will contend :—Ada, 30 tons, T. C, Eyton, owner ; Surprise, 16, 11. F. Rigge ; Sea Bird, 33, 11. Melling • Ondine, IS, R. W. L awr i e ; and J ess i ca, 8, I. Clarke. The Windsor, City of Dublin Company's steamer, will accompany the boats to-day. The start, as yesterday, will be from the Birkenhead Ferry; and the Ariel, not the Seabird (Mr. Melling's yacht), as originally arranged, will be the flag-ship. The pilot-boat, pleasure-boat, trawl-boat, and gig races are all filled up. The finest craft of the Birkenhead Model Yacht C ub rill be out on the occasion. A MODEL LODGING-HOUSE KEEPER.—At the borough court, Manchester, on Monday, Michael Howe, an Irish lodging-house keeper, was sent to prison for having frac tured the skull of his wife on Saturday night, The unfor tunate woman had quarrelled with the ferocious fellow, who thereupon heat her on the head with a candlestick. FATAL ACCIDENT I N THE O LD H AY MARKET.-011 Saturday last, a y ou th named Patrick M arr, fifteen years of age, on ret urn i ng f rom the Waterloo D oc k, having taken a quantity o f mar k et produce f rom St. John's Market in a sprin g car t , came i nto contac t w ith a number of other carts in the Old Haymarket, and amidst the con fusion he fell off the cart, and one of the wheels passed over his back. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, but died before arrivi ng th ere. A u i nque st was held on the body yesterday,returned. when a verdict of accidental Beata CHURCH MISSIONARY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA. VISIT OF THE BISHOP OF CAPETOWN TO LIVERPOOL. The Lord Bishop of Capetown has been visiting Liverpool for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions towards the strengthening and extension of those branches o f t h e Ch urc h in South Africa comprised in his diocese, which have been greatly crippled in their operations by the recent war. On Sunday his lord ship preached in the morning at St. George's church, Wavertree, where the sum of £2O was collected ; in the afternoon at St. Philip's the collection amounting to £l2 ; and in the evening at St. George's, Everton, where £27 was contributed ; the sums amounting altogether to £59. At noon yesterday, a meeting was held in the Clarendon rooms, for the purpose of giving th e bi s h op an opports of detailing some interesting facts concerning the pos..-- and claims of the churches and the people of South Africa The Rev. Rector Campbell presided, and the following gentlemen were present :—Rev. W. Leicester, Woolton , Rev. Dale, Rev. E. Ashton, rector of Huyton ; Rev. W. W. Ewbank, Everton ; Rev. J. Hatton, St. Peter's ; Rev. D. J. Hirsch, Rev. Hobbs, Rev. C. Morrell, Rev. H. Vernon, Charles Groves, Esq., A. Swainson, Esq., Dr. Nevins, P. M. Dove, Esq., A. North, Esq., H. H. Statham, Esq., T. A. Dale, Esq., Castellain, Esq., and others. A number of ladies were in the room. After the offering of suitable prayers, The Reverend CHAIRMAN introduced the Lord Bishop of Capetown, with a few words as to the peculiar claims which those who not only dared the dangers of the deep, but the dangers of trackless deserts and districts peopled by hostile tribes, had upon the "Gentlemen of England, Who live at home at ease." He hoped they would give the Bishop a helping band, a helping voice, and a helping purse to assist him in his labour of love, and enable him to some extent to accom plish the high and holy purpose which he had in view. He (the chairman) understood, that, in addition to the present bishopric, two others were being established, and that the sum of at least £5,000 was wanted ; and he trusted that the people of this country would not he deaf to the important call which was now made upon them. The Lord Bishop of CAPETOWN then said, that he had come to bring under the notice of the members of the church here the peculiar wants and circumstances of his own particular sphere of labour, and the plans which he had formed for its extension. Previously to this, how ever, he might perhaps state why it was that a bishop pre sented himself before the members of the church in different parts of this country, to plead the cause of his own distant diocese. The simple reason was, that the church had given him a vast and almost overwhelming work to do in a distant land, and had not been able by means of its existing societies to place at his disposal the funds absolutely requisite for carrying on that work. To illustrate his actual position :—He was responsible for an expenditure of not less than £5,000 a year in the diocese of Capetown. During the last five years he had received a grant of £l,OOO a year from the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts—the only society in connexion with their church that aided him. He had re ceived also about £1,500 a year raised by private friends in this country, and pledged for a period of five years, which term had now expired. It was chiefly to obtain a renewal of this particular fund that he bad come to England. He was most anxious to obtain funds which would enable him not only to maintain the work amongst the English people in South Africa, but would justify him in planting missions in different parts of the country. To extend the missions thus amongst the British Caffres and Zulus, he wanted not less than £2,500 a year. He had succeeded in raising £2,000 a year, thus leaving £5OO still to be obtained. £lO,OOO had also been raised by way of endowment for each of the new sees, though £5,000 would still be re quired to complete these endowments. The Bishop then proceeded to direct attention to the work itself, which God had given the Church of England to do in South Africa. The diocese of Cape Town was far too extensive for the charge of one individual. It was not less than three times as large as Great Britain ; and St. Helena and Natal, its most distant extremites, were separated by very nearly three thousand miles. A subdivision, however, was now virtually accomplished; and he hoped, before he left this country, to join in the consecration of two additional bishops, —one to be resident in Grahamstown, the other at Natal. (Appl ause .) Oth er re li g i ous b o di es were already in the field. The Wesleyans were able to spend £16,000 a year, while his church only gave him £2,000. The Independents spent last year nearly £B,OOO ; and the Roman Catholics £4,500. The diocese not only extended over a vast extent of country, but over several distinct dependencies, which, though placed under five distinct civil governments, were all under one individual bishop. These dependencies were, in addition to the Cape of Good Hope, the colony of Natal (as large as Scotland). the Orange River Sovereignty (as large as England and Wales), British Caffraria, and St. Helena Island. To give some idea of the population, and the various tribes and languages with which they bad to deal, he might state that the whole population was about 800,000, of whom only 40,000 were English, 80,000 of Dutch ex traction, and the remainder heathen or Mahoromedan, but chiefly heathen. They were scattered over different countries. St. Helena—a highly important island, whether as regarded religious provision or commerce— contained about 6,000 people, a large proportion of whom were slaves who had been rescued by British cruisers. Not less than 1,000 of these individuals, though released from physical servitude, were still the slaves of sin and Satan. He (the Bishop) should rejoice to be able to send a clergyman to these people, though he was afraid they were not able to maintain a person altogether for the work. In the Cape of Good Hope there were 230,000 people; five distinct races, with four distinetlanguages. The Hottentots, or aboriginal inhabitants, numbered 50,000 souls ; the Dutch—the first settlers in thel colony-70,000; the Fingoes, who originally inhabited the country between Natal and British Caffraria, 30,000 ; 30,000 English ; and from Bto 10,000 Malays. The last were Mahommedans ; and he regretted to say that not only had they proselyted a number of the heathen, but that some few of the English emigrants had sacrificed the faith of Christ for that of Mahomet. It was highly necessary that those who went forth to these distant regions should pre viously be well instructed in our schools in the true faith. (Rear, hear.) He believed that the Church had been negligent in this matter. The Orange River Sovereignty contained about 100,000 people ; 15,000 either Dutch or English, but chiefly the former, the remainder consisting of various tribes. Beyond his diocese, and the British possessions, over the Fall river, there was a popu lation of Dutch Boers, who had raised a republic. They were interesting, because of their miserable condition, and they were rapidly sinking into the same state of bar barism as the heathen about them, practising the fiercest cruelties upon the natives. Natal contained about 115,000 Zulus, and perhaps about 8,000 English people, the num bers of English having been much reduced within the last few years. The remainder of the population consisted of other tribes. The Lord Bishop then diverged into a de scription of the condition in which he found the English people on his arrival in the diocese about five years ago. There were at that time about sixteen clergy in the diocese, who were supported mainly by the local go vernment. These were located, however, in the large towns and populous districts ; the villages and dis tricts in the interior of the country, where the English were intermingled in smaller proportions with the other inhabitants, had no provision beyond that which had been afforded by the Wesleyan body. In some instances persons came 150 miles to have their children baptised, acid 100 miles to be married; while he had met with people who had been 38 years in the country s without seeing the face of a minister of their church. He held meetings, however, and confirmations, constantly at each village or town, and everywhere found the people ready to exert themselves to obtain the spiritual provision which they needed. In almost every place £2OO was towardssOto maintenance of a minister. The result was that clergymen ea t x l c ie m ere a c . t y io e n ar o p f ro a rn c i t s m ed ro t h o , w a a n r d ds su had been sent to most of the places be then visited, and the people had generally fulfilled their engagements. During the last five years the clergy had increased four fold, the 16 clergymen to nearly 60 ; and this they had varyingc o n t pm o r o i fbes At ane u tdt t 1 from e le d h e been enabled to effect partly by grants, and partly by funds raised by the friends of the emigrants at home. The speaker then alluded to Riversdale and other places where the people were making great efforts in order to provide the means of grace for themselves ; and described how ably Archdeacon Merribone, who resided at Gra hamstown, had conducted a visitation on foot of about 800 miles. Proceeding to descant upon the misery and destitution which recurred in the track of the late war, he stated that many of the previously rich had been reduced to absolute penury, and one gentleman had been reduced to receive alms at the hands of those very clergy, whom, in the times of his prosperty, he undertook to support. A few individuals might have got rich dwing . that war, but to the most of the people it only brought ruin and destruction. At this stage of his address the Bishop took the opportunity of denying the truth of the statements circulated here by interested parties, that the Caffre wars and rebellions were provoked by acts of in justice committed by the colonists ; and he asserted that neither on the part of the colonists nor the government had anything taken place which warranted such an opinion being entertained. After an allusion to the peculiar diffi-e culties and dangers which the clergymen had undergone in the discharge of their sacred duties (from which they had never shrunk) during the war, he congratulated the meeting upon the attainment of peace i but said that in his view that peace could never be a lasting one until pro per missionary establishments were founded. (Applause.) Sir George Grey was of this opinion with regard to New Zealan', end the remarks of the governor of that colony applied equally to South Africa. If they had been pre anldt c w on as ver fr s a io ly n ie o d f wthletha twofold To commence these missions, then, he required now £5OO apLaore,dhetodpidlannotttthieinrkmtihssaitonthseitllattlelecc.aorurvn.otruyl,rhoary e3Oaryieseanrs. intention of the government people. The bishop went on to describe the condition of a year. to settle the people of Natal, the chief field of their contemplated missions, and gave an outline of a scheme for improving twoathhbaehjeseaizcral object—the tug moral tisoai iteil ni te a icn i n it social vde d eirrlleitzw,h:_iiest ilo nn, . ct state,locations, lie wished two years t o regard e each of these locations as a large parish. Within eac g h aanr o ldat f chapel, a them he was desirous of obtaining a grant of land from to n qu e a re l c t t o b a u n il o d r i t n lin s ary f farm.. Upon this land school, g accommo dation for four ad of a o s m a aslilmplec hospital,li character, con sisting families of missionaries and fifty Zulu chit h institution a clergy man would be placed • , under him a schoolmaster, probably in deacon's Orders, There would be an agriculturist and a carpenter. He had been only able , however, to plant one of these schools, as the society had placed but £5OO a year at his disposal. The Lord Bishop spoke in a hopeful strain, however, of what be would be able to accomplish, when the African Societies themselves became stronger. He appealed earnestly for aid, not only pecuniary, but physi cal, remarking that they were greatly in want of some gen tlemen who could take the superintendence of the mission. The CHAIRMAN supported the closing remarks of the Bishop, and hoped that Liverpool would not be tardy in aiding so righteous a cause. Sulateriptions, he said, might be placed in the hands of Mr. Charles Groves, who was not only ever ready to receive, but also himself to give aid to such objects. The meeting closed with the doxology. We understand that the Lord,Biehop of Capetown visits Bradford to-day. dsgbiroesetvnl3enr.rgon