The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-16 00:00:00

Zeta! atib probinrial geturS. Mr. Francis Egerton, son of Lord Francis Egerton, is appointed a lieutenant in the royal navy. On Tuesday, a young lad, named Henry Welsby, was drowned while bathing at the North Shore. On Monday a young man named Turner, by trade a painter, was drowned whilst bathing at Eastham. The Herculaneum Dock Bill passed the Commons on Thursday. The Liverpool Sanatory Regulations Bill passed the Commons on Friday. On Monday the plasterers of Birkenhead struck for an advance of 2s. per week, which terms the masters have resolved not to comply with. On Thursday a man while drinking a glass of gin gerette at Mr. Brittles, Star Inn, Houghton-street, fell down dead. WHEAT IN THE EAR.—We have had forwarded half a dozen stems of wheat in the ear, upwards of four feet lone, grown near Brindle Lodge.—Preston Chronicle. Through the exertions of Mr. Cowan, superintendent of the Albert Warehouses, Constable Riley, of Birken has been presented with a handsome silver watch and two guineas, for saving a female from drowning. CELLARS.—On Tuesday, between forty and fifty per sons were fined Os. 6d. each for having let off cellars as separate occupations. The defendants were all of the poorest class. A boy named Humphrey Smith. about ten years old, whilst playing with some other children last week, fell into a pond at Windsor and was drowned. It is said that the pit wants fencing. The destruction of stray dogs in Manchester was com menced, by order of the magistrates, on the 10th ultimo. During the last two years the number of dogs thus de stroyed was 600 to 700. CAUTION TO CARTERS.—On Friday a carter was fined 6s. by Mr. Rushton, for being on the wrong side of his lorry in Great Howard-street; the passage of the street was obstructed. MILITIA APPOINTMENTS.—Duke of Lancaster's Own eomanry Cavalry (Worsley Troop)—G. G. F. Egerton, Esq., to be captain, April 10 ; G. Loch, gent., to be lieutenant; J. Jackson, gent., to be cornet, April 11. FATAL ACCIDENT.— A few days since, Samuel Zachary, who was upwards of seventy years old, and acted as servant to Mr. Dawbarn, was thrown from his horse by its suddenly rearing. 11 e received such injuries as to cause his death soon after. On 'Wednesday evening, while the train from Chester to Birkenhead was proceezling at the rate of 30 miles an hour, a gentleman jumped out of one of the carriages at Be bington, and though he fell, he jumped up in a minute and scampered off unhurt. It is stated that no fewer than 395,728 persons travelled to and from Manchester by railway, in Whitsun week. They were thus divided :—Manchester and Leeds, 103,000; Liverpool and Manchester, 60,000 ; Sheffield and Man chester, 101,590; Manchester and Birmingham, 85,300 ; and Manchester and Bolton, 45,829. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-011 Monday, George Peid, a tinplate worker, residing at Windsor, attempted self de struction, by shooting himself through the head. He lies at present in a very precarious state, and his recovery is doubtful. lie had been desponding for some time pre "ions. TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—There were reported inwards at our Custom-house, on the 10th instant, from foreign ports, 78 vessels, 37,664 tons register, and introducing 40,000 bales c)tton. 11,000 bags and 1,000 hogsheads su gar, 55,000 barrels flour, 15,000 quarters grain (wheat and Indian corn), 5,000 tierces provisions, besides a vast quan tity of other miscellaneous merchandize. SUDDEN DEATH. --- On Saturday morning, a man, named William Stewart, died suddenly in Mr. Hodgett's beer-house, in Burlington -street. The deceased had some time ago received an injury in a foundry, but had recovered from its effects. though it appeared that Le had latterly been a hard drinker, and to this indulgence his death was attribut,ble. STREET ROBBERY.—On Friday, at the Police-court, Ann Hughes, Mary Walker, and Thomas Maloney, were each committed to three months' imprisonment and hard labour for stealing a watch from William Williams. The prosecutor was going up Vauxhall-road, when he was sur rounded by the prisoners, and his guard-chain broken and the watch stolen. DEATHS FROM BEING SUN-STRUCK.--On Wednesday week, a labourer, named James Wakefield, while at work in a field at Kingsley. Cheshire, was, what is commonly termed " sun-struck," and died immediately. On the following day, another labourer named James Burgess, at Netherton. was killed in the same sudden and dreadful manner. Decomposition was so rapid, that each of the bodies were a mass of putrefaction an hour after death. On Wednesday, Joseph Jones was summoned before the magistrates, at the instance of Mr. J. Robinson, building surveyor, for cutting an opening through a party wall of two shops in Vauxhall-road, such opening ex ceeding six feet in width, contrary to the act for the regu lation of buildings. The offence was proved, and the de fendant fined in the penalty of £2O, which would not be levied if the premises were altered within seven days. Two gentlemen named Ilbury and Howell, the latter superintending the works now in progress for the forma tion of an extensive new dock on the east side of Gree nock, were drowned in the Clyde, on the Bth instant, by a new steam-vessel upsetting their boat. Mr. Ilbury was son of the respected superintendent at the Liverpool rail way station, had commenced business at Greenock, and had got the contract for supplying the Caledonian Railway with all the locomotives. The " William Rathbone," East Indianian, was des troyed by fire, that broke out on board on the night of the Bth of May, whilst on her homeward voyage. The crew escaped. The William Rathbone was a large En glish built shin, of upwards of 500 tons burthen, and was the property of Mess's. Huitcher and Co., of Liverpool. She sailed from Calcutta in the early part of the spring, with a valuable cargo of rice, sugar, jute, and other arti cles of East India produce. TWO MEN PICKED UP AT SEA.—On Monday, as the Princess Royal was proceeding down St. George's Chan nel, on her way to Glasgow, the captain observed some thing strange in the distance, and on approaching nearer, discovered that it was a man clinging to an oar. On be ing taken on board, he stated that himself and two others were boatmen from Liverpool, and that the boat had been upset in a squall. His comrades, be feared, had been drowned. At a short distance, however, a man was seen floating by means of a mast, and he proved to be another of the poor men. Tne third was drowned. He left a wife and family unprovided for. The passengers immediately entered into a subscription for their relief. At the Liverpool Court of Bankruptcy, on Tuesday, the assignees were appointed in the case of Messrs. Fre derick Carne and Telo, Russian merchants. Among the debts proved were the Liverpool Borough Bank. £29,261 7s. 3d. ; Messrs. Kracutler, and Mieville, Merchants, London, £2,852; Messrs. Rickards, Little and Co., Merchants, London, £10,311 IGs. 2d. ; Messrs. Thorn ton and West, merchants, London, £4582. There are other heavy debts yet to prove, but it is said that the as sets and securities are good, and that the loss will not Prove so immense as might he supposed. Mr. John Jar dein, banker, and Mr. John Thomas, merchant, were ap pointed assignees. The next meeting was fixed for the ad of July. DEATHS FROM DROWNING.—On Saturday week, a number of young men went to bathe in the Ribble, at a place called the Stone Delve, on Preston Marsh, and while in the water, Francis O'Brian, aged about 17 years. and Lawrence Ribchester, about the same age, both em ployed in factories in Preston, ventured unawares into parts of the stream where the water is beyond their depth, and, being unable to swim, they immediately sunk to rise no more. On Sunday week, James Jackson, aged 18, and Thomas Rogerson, aged 12 years, were bathing with several other boys, in the River Ribble, at Clayton-le- Dale, when they unfortunately got out of their depth, and were drowned. Another boy was near sharing the same fate. HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSDAY.—Mr. Ashlin, the treasurer, in reply to a question as to the financial posi tion of the Board, stated that the sewerage funds were all swallowed up, but that a paving rate would be on credit unless the Board went on with very extensive operations. —Mr. Tinne stated that the Cleansing Committee wished to snake the experiment of watering the streets before cleaning them with the sweeping machines, and proposed that the Board should give the water necessary for the purpose. He said the experiment would be tried for about a fortnight, and only in a dozen or fifteen streets at first. The matter was referred to the Watering Com mittee to carry out.—Mr. Walthew said that on Sunday morning last people were wandering about London-road, With pitchers, begging for water. No doubt a large sum of money would be squandered in the reception of %very great person who was about to visit Liverpool, and was painful to think of this and see the poor people wanting the great necessary—water. He thought the Board might serve the poor, by allowing the pumps to be un locked, with the view of supplying them with water. — The Chairman said they had not at present sufficient water for watering the streets.—Mr. Tinne observed that for a great portion of Monday last the water-carts could get no water from the tanks.—Mr. Deane said it was competent for the Board to appropriate the water they got for watering the streets to other purposes.—Mr. Walthew said, if there were any legal objections, all they had to do was to leave the pumps unlocked. They need not say what they did so for ; but the people could help themselves. Here the subject dropped.—Mr. Deane in formed the Board that a proposition had been made on the part of the Parliamentary Committee of the Council, to strike out from the clause, inserted in the Sanitary providing for the payment of the expenses of the two dropped bills of the Board, the words and shall be Paid and discharged in the same manner as the other debts and liabilities of the said Commissioners, are by this act directed and discharged." A long desultory and disorderly discussion took place upon this subject, in the course of which it appeared that the only effect of the omission w ou ld b e to compel the Commissioners to get the money, and pay off all the expenses before handing the trust over to the Corporation. It was further stated, that the clause proposed to be struck out did not at all appear in th e original agreement made between the d epu - Man from the Council, and the deputation from the tion w ay Board.—M r . W a l t h ew d enounce d th e proposi an as dis graceful. —Air. Procter said there was evident l y ani mus somewhere a g ai ns t th e Board.—Mr. Tinne and another d e f en d e d t h e course propose d , an d d en i e d that the Parliamentary Committee of the Council had deserved the application of such language to them.—Mr. Procter proposed a res o l u ti on to th e e ff ec t th a t Mr. Deane should be instructed to oppose the striking out of the words in question.—Mr. Walthew and Mr. Leyland seconded the motion.—Mr. Higgins, seconded by Mr. Tinne, proposed an amendment, that it should (as sug gested by the Town-clerk) be left to Lord Sandon to decide whether the words should be struck out or not.— Y e a divi s i on t h ere appeared 5 in favour of the amend frt lat, and 4 against it.—A resolution was then passed Eq., on the death UPressive of the Board's sympathy with John Holmes, of his wife. Mr. Holmes has presided over the board a quarter of a century., IMPUDENT ROBBERY.-011 Friday, at the Police court, Sarah Otway was committed for trial for stealing a shawl. It appeared that the prisoner went to the Wes leyan School at the dinner hour, and after artfully obtain ing the name of the teacher from some of the children, she went into the room, and obtained the shawl from some other little girl, saying that Miss Nimm had sent for it. The shawl was on her person when she was appre hended. THE OUT-PENSIONERS.--Tuesday last, being the Queen's birth-day, the Liverpool Local Companies, amounting to upwards of 300, under the command of Captoin Greig, paraded in a field at Mount Vernon, where they were reviewed by Colonel Falconar, K.H., Inspector Field-officer. The men went through their various evolutions in first-rate style, and won a high en comium from the Colonel who spoke in high terms of their discipline generally, and of the excellent and gen tlemanly bearing of Captain Greig. TEMPERANCE EXHIBITION.—In the temperance pro cession yesterday, two of the last individuals had a drunken man clinging between them of the following description : —he was without hat or cap, had on a dirty check shirt, a black face, and old breeches, the tail—stay, the lower department—of his shirt hanging out, a thumping pair of clogs trailing on the ground, but no stockings. He went contentedly along with his sober companions, and was pointed at by them as he proceeded, more particularly when passing a public-house, to the great amusement of the " boys," and the sorrow of the men. One of his sup porters attracted nearly as much attention from his bulk and solidity as the "between two" did from his silliness. —Bolton Free Press. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Potter was elected chairman with acclamation, and the various committees were ap pointed for the ensuing year. Mr. Superintendent M•Harg's salary was increased from £l3O to £l5O. The Small Debts Court Bill, the chairman said, would soon be passed ; and after a high eulogy on Mr. Harden, he moved that a memorial, which was carried unanimously, be presented to government, praying for his appointment as judge of the new Court. Mr. John Laird narrated what had taken place in parliament as to the landing stage, and, after doing so, said the Birkenhead Dock Com missioners had taken no part in opposing further than what related to that stage, the Liverpool Dock Bill THE LATE COLLISION. The inquest held before Mr. Churton, the Cheshire coroner, on the persons killed by the late melancholy collision terminated on Thursday. The evidence was very similar to that given before our borough coroner. The jury returned a verdict of " Ac cidental death," and a deodand of £5OO against the Sea Nymph. The jury also begged to state, that they consi dered the accident was caused by the want of a proper look out on board the Sea Nymph, and expressed a wish that the coroner should communicate with the proper au thorities, in order that some rule should be establit.bed for steam-vessels at night navigating the river, so that each might keep their respective sides of the river, in ward bound vessels proceeding up the Cheshire shore, and outward bound on the Lancashire shore. DEATH BY BURNING.—An inquest was held on Sa turday, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of Thomas Ralston, a man of twenty-seven years of age. The de ceased was of weak intellect. He lived in Thurlow street. Nine weeks last Wednesday, he got up and went down stairs, and as he was in the habit of making the fire, he was followed by one of the inmates, but he required him to leave the apartment. Shortly afterwards he was heard to Le crying, and it was found that he had made fast the room door, which was opened open, and he was found lying on the floor, all on tire, with his hand against the wall and his feet at the door. His clothes were stripped off, but he was severely burnt over the neck and chest. He was taken to the Infirmary, and died on Friday. ST. JAMES'S CHURCH.—A meeting of persons con nected with this church was held on Thursday, when Mr. Royden occupied the chair. The alterations which the meeting resolved upon will involve the raising of the roof, and making it of the angular form inside, instead of flat, as at present, the removal of the pulpit and organ, and give additional seat-room for 430 individuals; 90 of these sittings will be on the ground-floor for the accom dation of the poor, 60 in the gallery, and 280 in an upper gallery for the use of the children. The expense will be defrayed by a call of one year's rent in advance from each pew-owner, and a subscription, if necessary. The Rev. Benjamin Banning and Mrs. Beckwith have each presented a seat for the sole benefit of the poor, provided the ministers and churchwardens would find an equal number of free sittings in lieu in some part of the church. The thanks of the meeting were voted to them for such an act of liberality. The repairs and alterations will cost about £7OO. SWINDLING WITH CARDS.—On Friday, John Riley was brought up charged with robbing George Boncer of £7 and his watch. The complainant stated that about a week ago he was making arrangements for emigrating to America, and had occasion to go on board the vessel in which he had taken his passage. While there, the pri soner came to him in the cabin, saying he was going into the town with a carpet-bag, and invited the complainant to go with him. They went together to a public-house, and took some drink together, when they were immedi ately joined by a third party, evidently known to the pri soner; one of them produced a pack of cards, and wished the complainant to cut, but he refused, and the prisoner and his friend played together for some time. They after wards adjourned to another public-house, in Leeds-street, where they succeeded in inducing the complainant to play at cards, and in a short time he was relieved of about Being desirous of recovering his money, he speculated still further, and staked his watch for £5, which he lost. The prisoner and his friend then made their escape. The prisoner was discharged. EXPERIMENT WITH THE NEW SEWER.—On Friday last, Mr. Duncan, assistant to James Simpson, Esq., en gineer of the Green-lane Wate r W or k s , accom p an i e d by Messrs. Cunningham and Davies, tried an experiment from a quantity of rain water which had accumulated in the large reservoir at the top of Kensington. At three o'clock, Mr. Duncan opened the sluice cock, and 1,000 tons of water were passed through it in about twenty-five minutes into the sewer made from the reservoir to com municate with the main sewer in London-road ; it then travelled along the boundary sewers of the parish to Bea con's Gutter, a distance from the reservoir of more than three miles, in less than three quarters of an hour, being at the rate of four miles per hour. Previous to the water reaching the outlet at Beacon's Gutter, a dreadful stench was emitted from the mouth of the sewer, almost unbear able • then followed immense masses of filth and soil of all descriptions, until the whole body of water was ex hausted. This experiment fully demonstrates that a great benefit in a sanatory point of view may be expected from the operation of these works when brought into full play, as well as a great saving in the expenses now annually in curred in cleaning the sewers by manual labour. ST. JUDE'S SUNDAY SCHOOL.—On Friday evening, the teachers of St. Jude's Sunday School, and their friends, met in the Girls' Room, (under the church,) to partake of tea and the usual addenda. After the enli vening repast, they presented to the respected superin tendent of the Boys' Sunday-school, Mr. Wm. N. Sker rett, " Bagster's Comprehensive Bible," and the Rev. Hugh Mc. Neile's " The Church and the Churches," both elegantly bound. These were conveyed to him in suitable and highly complimentary terms, as a small but genuine token of the gratitude and affection of the donors, for the unremitting zeal and assiduity he had evinced in his professional capacity, during the many years he had been amongst them—the fruits of which were evi dent in the moral and religious improvement of the pupils under his guidance,—as well as of their high appreciation of him as a gentleman and a Christian. Mr. Skerrett expressed his grateful acknowledgments for the compli ment in a modest, eloquent, and feeling address. We may state, that there are about 380 pupils educated at these excellent schools, of which that for the boys (130 in number), also a day school, is in Oake-street. The pro ceedings of the evening were highly gratifying to all present. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The Chairman sub mitted the new Dock Bill, with the clauses as added by the Committee of the House of Lords. He said, us some gentlemen might not have had an opportunity of seeing and considering those clauses, it might be well for him to state the operation of them. Anything more absurd in an act of parliament it would be difficult to devise, be cause the effect of one of the clauses was, that they should apply within two years to construct warehouses round all the docks. This would involve two things, first, twelve miles of warehouses, independently of passages, and, se cond, an expenditure of five, six, or seven millions of money. The next point was as t o the pulling down of warehouses; but this would not at all interfere with the going on of the works. He said this, because there was an impression out of doors, that they could not go on with the works until they obtained an act to erect warehouses round all the docks. It would not delay the works one day, or one hour. because more than two years would elapse before they could arrive at that point. They could go on pulling down warehouses for the widening of the street and the making of the railroad, altering the Salt house Dock, making the gut, and everything except ex cavating the dock to the eastward of the King's Dock.— Mr. Ripley said it was not the intention of the oppo nents of the bill to obstruct the committee, and it never was intended that warehouses should be built round all the docks, but their Lordships were not instructed round which of the docks it would be desirable to place ware houses.—Mr. Aikin said the clause merely removed the restriction against the building of the warehouses round any of the docks.—The Chairman said the question was whether they would take the bill with these clauses or not. Mr. Molyneux : Is there any removing of them ?—The Chairman : No.—Mr. Mann said the clauses did not affect the bill, and it would be as absurd to withdraw the bill in consequence, as it was absurd to insert the clauses. —Mr. Nicol suggested a modification in the wording of the clause, so that it might apply to "all or any of the docks." After a lengthy conversation, during which several propositions were made and rejected for obtain ing an alteration of the clauses, Mr. Mann proposed a resolution as follows :—" That notwithstanding the ob jectionable clauses introduced in the committee of the Lords, respecting the obligation of going to Parliament within the ensuing two sessions, for the purpose of being enabled to build warehouses round all the docks; yet, conceiving the inconvenience attending the withdrawal of the present bill, resolved, that the bill be received as it now stands."—Mr. Wood seconded the motion.—At the suggestion of several gentlemen, the word " objectionable" was struck out.—Upon a division, the only dissentient to the motion was Mr. Henderson, who afterwards proposed that the parliamentary sub-committee should endeavour to get the clause modified.—Mr. Tobin seconded this motion.—Mr. Bold and other gentlemen said there would be no use endeavouring to obtain a modification of the clause, as the parliamentary committee had already done all that could be done, but without effect.—On a division, eight voted for the motion and nine against it—namely, for, Messrs. Tobin, Sandbach, Henderson, Rankin, Houghton, Molyneux, Nicol, and the Chairman ; against, Messrs. Bold, Gladstone, Wood, Middleton, Ripley, Mann, Chilton, Aikin, and Royden. FOREIGN AID SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Liverpool auxiliary to this society was held, on Tuesday evening, at the Amphi theatre, when a great number of the local clergy and gentry were present. The Rev. Dr. Tattershall was called to the chair, and the proceedings having been opened with prayer by the Rev. T. Nolan, The CHAIRMAN opened by stating that the spirit of Christian benevolence in this country would be extremely inoperative if it were not to turn its attention to the state of the lost and apostate portions of Christendom. To those portions of the continent of Europe this society solely directed its efforts; and it was most gratifying to know that these efforts had been eminently successful. He then observed that no resolutions would be proposed. Major THORPE was the first speaker. He rejoiced to say that the past year had been one of immense success in England, and particularly in France. All the former branches of the society were in full vigour. To the So ciete Evangelique of France this society gave a grant of £l,OOO in the past year; and to the Societe Evangelique of Geneva, this society also gave a grant of .f. 600; and these respective sums were equal to amounts collected both in France and Geneva. This society had also given a grant of £3OO during the year to the society at Belgium; and it had also given another grant of £3OO to two other evangelical societies which existed in France. It was gra tifying to know that the Word of God was being distri buted to many thousands of Roman Catholics in and around Lisbon. In Germany, one missionary was preach ing the everlasting Gospel in no fewer than 24 churches. A most devoted man was labouring in Bohemia ; but, on account of the persecution which might prevail against him if he were known, it was not prudent to mention his name. Pastor Roussel had opened many new stations within the past year ; and most cheering was it to find that in one of his stations the Roman Catholic chapel had been handed over to the Protestant consistory, there being now no Roman Catholics to frequent it. The altar had been removed, a modern pulpit had been erected, the holy water pots had been displaced, and the second com mandment had been inscribed on the walls. The service there at present was most spiritual. The gospel of Christ was being preached in all its truthfulness and simplicity. In another place 250,000 souls had left Rome, and were ready to embrace Protestantism ; and in others the con versions were going on by fifties and hundreds. The funds of the society were advancing steadily at home. One lady had contributed the munificent sum of £l,OOO ; and it was sincerely to be hoped, that in such a town as Liverpool an increased interest would be felt in the pros perity of the society. LE PASTEUR DE LA HARPE, Professor of Theology, at Geneva, reminded the meeting that the Evangelical Society of Geneva was the oldest on the continent, and that, with the name of Geneva, was associated the great movement of the Reformation. Geneva, in former times, was honoured beyond other countries; but after the days of fidelity, the days of unbelief succeeded. Where the chair of Calvin once stood, men were found to introduce something like falsehood; but after a while, seven men elevated the standard of truth again, and by those seven men was the Evangelical Society of Geneva originated. The principles of that society were similar to those foun ded in France and Belgium. The first principle was, that Christ was the Son of God ; and then it went on to assert, the teaching of the Holy Spirit, and the doctrine of origi nal sin. These doctrines bore the same fruits to-day which they did in the days of the Reformation, or in the times of the Apostles. They were not sectarian doctrines. They placed Christ first and last: And the means used by the society were of the most unobjectionable nature. It was divided into five sections. Two were confined to Geneva in particular, and the other three had reference to the Christian work in other countries. The two first sec tions were carried on by the pecuniary assistance ren dered by the people of Geneva themselves, but the three other sections required support from other lands. An ecclesiastical college was founded at Geneva, and over it Dr. D' Aubigne was the president—a name well-known in Liverpool. (Applause.) It contained forty-five stu dents, every one of whom had been born a Roraan Catho lic, but they were now studying for the purpose of preach ing the truth throughout the various continental countries. Some of the students had come from France, some from Belgium, and others from the rallies of Piedmont ; and all were going on most satisfactorily. Then the society employed colporteurs to sell the Holy Scriptures, at re duced prices, among the people in the country districts : and within the last fifteen years more than three millions of copies had been distributed in France in this manner. He anticipated that, sooner or later, the distribution of so many millions of copies of the Bible in France and other Roman Catholic countries would be felt and seen by Christians at home. He related several instances of the good effects which had already attended the operations of the colporteurs. The society, in addition to all this machinery, employed Bible readers, or Evangelists, as they were called in Geneva. These men prepared the way for the preaching of the Gospel. Thirty of the students of the College were now preaching in France, and a num ber of others would most probably be sent out in the course of the present year. British Christians ought, therefore, to support a work so holy and excellent in its character. Lastly, the society had schools for the educa tion of the children of Protestants who were driven from the towns and scattered by persecution throughout the country. There were sixty colporteurs, and thirty Bible readers employed. The principal obstacle to the work was the want .r men—the want of proper labourers ; and this was occasioned by a disinclination on the part of the society to employ any labourer who was not a proved and devoted servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. He ccnclu ded with an affectionate appeal in aid of the society, tell ing them that the cause of Christ was one, however it might differ so far as names and denominations were con cerned. He sat down amid loud applause. The Count de St. GEORGE, of Geneva, alluded particu larly to the missions in France and Belgium. The thirty missionaries in France were labouring —some of them in the east and some in the west of France. He had visited the French missions three times during the past year, and was most highly gratified with the results. The work in the east was going on slowly, but in the west whole vil lages were embracing Protestantism. He believed that the g lorious progress which was now attending the work in various places was in answer to the prayers of faithful Christians. He related a variety of anecdotes to show how much good had been effected by means of the colpor teurs and the other instruments employed by the society, which were listened to with much attention. He ad mitted that in many cases the efficient operations of the society had roused the Romish church to action, and that priests were sent to villages where priests had never been for years ; but still he thought the society should perse vere, though this effect had been produced, because there was no fear for the success of truth when it came into con tact with error. Whole villages renowned heretofore for thievery, infidelity, immorality, and sabbath-breaking, had been converted to Christianity, and the results were most encouraging. The Rev. HUGH M`NEILE here read a letter from Ed ward Cropper, Esq., enclosing a subscription to the amount of £lOO to the funds of the society. LE PASTEUR AUDEBEG, secretary to the Evangelical Society of Paris, here addressed the meeting in French. He regretted that he could not address them in English, from his imperfect acquaintance with it, but it was some consolation to him to know that they were all travelling to a country where they would all speak the same lan guage. When the first missionary went to Paris not a single Bible could be found, but now, thanks to the Bri tish and Foreign Bible Society, a Bible was to be found in very many houses. And not only were the poorer classes of the people in this state, but all classes. He himself was in darkness until the year 1822, and when once he became enlightened, he felt an anxious desire to preach the gospel to his Roman Catholic fellow-country men. His success in preaching had been exceedingly great. Ile had founded two churches in Paris, in one of which there were 1,500 converts from Popery now wor shipping in spirit and in truth. Three of the ministers of the churches, the secretary, a count and countess, and various others of the leading worshippers had all been Roman Catholics. The Societe Evangelique had been established by the congregation of one of these churches ; and the collections raised there, which were very small a few years ago, had last year amounted to £lO,OOO. He stated that lie visited Burgundy a short time since, and preached to 300 people in the dancing-room. He preached from the orchestre, and was much struck with the atten tion of the audience. One of the results under God was, that an old and confirmed b lasphemer and atheist was most remarkably converted. Then, when the dancing room became to small too accommodate the numbers who came to hear the Gospel, be preached close by the walls of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, to anxious multitudes. Subsequently, a commodious Protestant church was built there, and on many occasions 800 and 1,000 Roman Ca- tholics were now attending there to worship God in truth. A short way distant there were 453 worshippers. He assured the meeting that the society was not in want of work, but that their want was in workmen ; and he pro ceeded at length, and amid much applause, to speak on other interesting parts of the work. 'rite Rev. HUGH M'NEELE felt that the Christians in England were in a serious position in undertaking the work in France. lie asked why should England be dis turbing the people of Prance? Why not leave them to their own Roman Catholic Pastors ? Nothing short of a deep, honest, enlightened conviction that the souls of our fellow-creatures were at stake, could justify such proceed ings. If the religion of the majority of the people of France were true—if Rome could save, we were utterly unjustifiable. If our position were a true one, then the religion of Home could not save. This was a most awful conclusion to come to respecting millions. Was the meet. ing prepared to justify the position it had taken. Yes; and so was he, or he would not be standing where he was. What should they say to the prospect before them in England. If the Government going on in England should progress, societies would have to be established in France to rescue England. Rome dealt in demands and diver sions—demands of money, and diversions in the shape of amusements. Neither of these things could heal men's disease. Rome dealt in symptoms, like all quacks, and the more she used quackery, the more she opened the disease afresh. Rome could not minister to the disease. She had so mixed and neutralised the remedy, and the application of the remedy, that it never touched the disease. Jesus Christ alone was the remedy ; and there fore he said, " No man cometh unto the Father but by me." Therefore Christians rejoiced when they heard of the success of the Gospel in France, and every other country on the face of the earth. Therefore they re joiced that their Christian dissenting brethren were ab ou t to hold a meeting in the present week, in Liverpool, to support the Evangelical Continental Society. It was a libel to say Protestants were disunited. They were one in all the fundamentals of religion. They opposed Popery and Socinianism. Uniformity was not necessary to amity. All the sections of the Protestant army were under One Generalissimo, the Lord Jesus Christ, L e t the cavalry, artillery, and infantry, do their separate works well ; and let Churchmen and Dissenters do their work at arm's length, and they would do it well also. Ile was for an Evangelical Alliance without amalgamation. Re. did not believe that the present attempt at amalgamation would be attended with any good. They all differed in some way one from the other. Who ever saw two bro thers or two sisters alike? Some had larger noses than others—(loud laughter)—and they wouldn't pack. The speeches of that evening all differed from the Church of England. They did not agree with him : he probably did not agree in all respects with them. But they could all mutually aid each other in their separate denominations, until finally they arrived at their heavenly home, where they all would be one ; and he believed that in the carry ing out of this spirit the Church of England had evinced a truly Catholic spirit. (Applause.) The meeting separated at half.past ten o'clock. CO RR h SPONDENCE. ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL-LETTER X. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD, EDGE-HILL DISTRICT The condition of High-street, though better than it used to be, yet requires much further attention to its gutterage, and especially to the state of its courts. A narrow lane, called Back High-street, presented a heap of manure, lying exposed, in the forenoon, equal to two cart loads, and the gutter full of its drainage, the neglect of some tenant in the vicinity. A court in High-street had been visited by fever, in a corner house of the court, close adjoining a privy. Both the out-offices belonging to this court were quite full, and called for immediate attend ance. The entrance to the court is arched, and the court itself cramped up by buildings. The tenants had paid, but a short time ago, nearly 4s. among them, for the emptying of their ashpits. Of these two fever cases, Mr. Greatrex informs me, one died, the other, on recovery, went into the country, and nothing is now known of the case further. Another court, having an archway entrance, and being very much built up, had its offices similarly circum stanced ; doors could not be closed. A narrow lane, leading out of High-street into Mason-street, is composed n y , of b et ween filth w a s n u s o m g b r e e r a s t a f sto back-yard render dos. it o im r T ef h a e w ac i c n u d a i nu g la a t l i l o e passable. Numbers of pig-styes existed : four in one yard, two in another. The scavengers never visited it, according to the evidence of the people there. In fact, if they did, it must have been in better plight. The width of this lane was hardly more than a yard wide. As a thoroughfare, i t may be comparatively useless, except just for the occupying tenants ; but, then, as a grouping of pig styes, and other uncleanliness, it is dangerous as a focus of decomposition and effluvia. Pig-styes there must be, and outlets for soil, &c., &c. It is the neglect of keeping such as they ought to be which is the evil. I used to at tend many sick cases in High-street, the poorer classes especially, either as connected with dispensary or parish duty, and I can say that fever was seldom absent from some or other of the court-houses. From one of the courts alluded to above, I have had to send off a whole family to the fever-wards, from a fever-contaminated house, whose prior inmates had fared hardly better. Blucher-street is, and has been for a long time, in a disgraceful state altogether. No proper water coursing or cleansing. One court here is ornamented with pig styes, &c., &c., to a most prejudicial extent. An over flow upon the pavement, from a supposeable place, did endanger the health of the inhabitants adjoining. Mr. G. reported it to the inspector, and it was attended to. A court, containing three privies, a midden, and a pig gery, is about fifteen yards in length, and three or four wide, and though flagged properly, yet has always some illness or other within its precincts. Another set of building's, forming a narrow court, has the graceful flanking so characteristic of Liverpool Proper at the entrance. At the top of the yard, the ash pit of a privy, not belonging to the premises of the yard, is sunk so as to have a trap-door covering, almost level with the flags. This nuisance often overflows, and runs down the flagging to the entrance of the court—the plat form of the court-yard having a gentle sloping towards that entrance. This overflow has run down in this man ner for three months at a time. One family was taken so ill in consequence, that they abandoned the court. Three cases of typhus fever, which occurred in it, were sent to the fever wards recently, by Mr. Greatrex. The house is rather celebrated apparently, and no wonder. The whole court would be a nice specimen to preserve as such for the instruction and warning of future generations. The inhabitants of adjoining houses and yards, further bring their filth, ashes, &c., and leave them at the en trance of the court, in the channel. The inhabitants of the place complained bitterly to Mr. Greatrex and myself of these nuisances, and which they were utterly unable to get redressed. The stench was said to be unbearable at times, from the above-named annoyance. If landlords only saw their true interests, they would listen more fre quently to the just complaints of their tenants ; but where there is a laxity on the part of authorities, the landlord is encouraged in his delay about proper and obligatory at tention to the cla;ms of cottage property. The poor people have no knowledge how to get things righted. The channel which drains the court thus contributes its sundry materials towards forming, with the assistance of another gutter or two, a large pool of some yards square, when we sawit. The water is in a horrid state, and it bathed the foundations of some garden back walls. The whole extent of its disgusting features need not, cannot be des cribed, but may be inferred very correctly. The people assured us that, in sunshine and at night, or the first thing in the morning, there was a heavy smell, and, it I did not mistake, a cloud hung upon it tn the earlier part of the night. They had complained to the police on duty (the extent of their ability or knowledge how to complain effectively), and they were told that there was " no remedy." It might be certainly true that, in the light of immediate abatement of it, it could not be his particular duty—for him to remove the flood were an impossibility. But why should not such complaints be reported like every thing else to the inspectors and superintendents, just as well as the neglected fastenings to a stable, or yard door, or window, carelessly left open by a servant in any respectable house in the town. The latter kind of service is always well repo r t e d, as i t oug ht to b e , an d 1 speak th i s with approval ; but why are the complaints of the poor people not reported, and landlords informed of their duty, or Highway Boards made acquainted with facts so dis graceful, so dangerous, to the common health. Do not the police know that " robbers" of life and limb—worse than mere burglars—lie ambuscaded in such nuisances ? Whilst pointing out common omissions in police duty, yet the inspector's office ought to have justice done in the same breath with complaint ; for I know that proper com plaints, lodged there by a competent party, say a medical man, or the district surgeon, had speedy attention. In a few hours, nuisances so represented, have been removed. The reporting of the police on duty should equally avail. If so, even the common sense of the poor classes would point out the more flagrant nuisances, and one half of the task of prevention would be done. I might refer to Bol ton-street, and other streets of Edge-hill, as unhealthy from some cause or other; but the rendering of the fever cases which occurred in the districts of Edge-hill and Windsor, for the past year, will point out the unhealthy localities. I shall now proceed to some disgusting mat ters in Windsor District. Harding-street.—This street has a double elbow curve in it, which is disadvantageous, apparently, for proper drainage, and into this elbowing another street or two also enter, which will derive no inconsiderable benefit from further attention by the paviour and road engineer. At one of the angles, a shippon, pig stye, &c., ornament the ground, assisted by their natural appendages, unfa vourable to cleanliness and order. A hollow waste ground, around this elbow of Harding street, is in the worst state I ever saw any waste ground, for the extent of it. It is the receptacle for drainage from two or three short streets, and the expanded puddle of all indescribable abominations reaches the foundation walls of a block of houses, which, from the porosity of the brick, must be supposed to get a large share of the effects of such a nuisance. The people of some six or eight houses have ❑o other choice apparently but to furnish their quota towards this general cesspool. On the autho rity of Mr. Greatrex, fever occurred in one house close to this pool; one person died—a poor woman, whose pre - sence possibly was necessary to the welfare of a family; but as I do not know exactly what was her position, it will be only fair to urge that a life, perhaps of a single female, and not having several helpless little ones, has again lapsed, through the apathy of landlords, authorities, and society at large : yet it is but a drop in the bucketful of squandered human life. It was to our minds a pre ventible case, most certainly. Will calm reflection bear to picture to itself but this one case of sadness, and not feel indignant at such an apathetic state of society—not resolve to do something to wash its own hands of these accumulating enormities of civil life in this century of teeming human shoals? I envy not the public or the private individual who can peruse the fact with indiffer ence, and I earnestly trust the time is come when the sympathy of a real philanthropy shall have stripped off its cumbrous garments, ready for the pulling-down and building-up labours of a wise and paternal care. This pool has been for years, we were told, a receptacle for iron slag and cinders from some iron-foundry ; and upon heaps of this stuff some little children were passing hour after hour, looking for bits of iron, &c. Around them, just under their noses, lay this very filthy slush of all abominations. Whether the yellow tinging of part of the water from the slag, &c., indicated a beneficial che mistry for the spot, or the contrary, may be doubtful. The remainder of the nuisances in this street and neigh bourhood I shall resume next time. I remain, sir, yours faithfully, Bedford-street. GEO. C. WATSON, M.D. TIIE RAGGED SCHOOLS The following speech was delivered by Lord Ashley, at the annual meeting of the Ragged School Union, last week. His lordship said, " his personal experience, (lilting the past year, had shown him the absolute neces sity of Institutions of this kind, which, at the present time, enabled them to meet and abate the evils which pressed upon them on every hand. The want of religious and secular education for the rising generation was apparent, and it was proposed to supply this deficiency by the extension of the National School system on the one hand, and by enlarging the operations of the British and Foreign schools upon the other; but the class whose in terests they were met to advocate and support, was one apart from those which formed the peculiar con cern of these great Societies—a class peculiar to large towns—a class in an especial manner peculiar to the metropolis ; and as it was a peculiar evil, they were justified in attempting a peculiar remedy. (Cheers.) He had drawn up certain queries which had been for warded to the different schools, to be able, by the returns, to be in a condition to understand himself, and to make the public and the legislature to understand, the condition and necessities of that unfortunate class of their fellow creatures to which their attention was directed. These returns were not yet complete, but he would read the return from one school, which, from the circumstance of its having been some time established, and other causes, was rather a favourable specimen than. otherwise of the general condition. Upon hearing the detail they would reflect that if this was the condition of one, what must be the condition of all the others. At that Sunday-evening Ragged School, during the past year, the average attend ance was 260. Their ages ranged from five years to twenty years. Of that number, forty-two had no pa rents, twenty-one had stepmothers, seven were children of convicts. The answer to what were their apparent means of subsistence was, that as far as could be ascer tained, they lived by picking up coals, and other things on the banks of the river, and by strolling and other simi lar means. Of these twenty-seven had been imprisoned ; and then he put the question. what drove these children first to crime ? The answer was, that in some cases the parents sent them out, saying that they must get their living bow they could. Others had no parents, and were unable to resist the temptations to which they were ex posed ; thirty-six had run away from their homes; nine teen slept in lodging-houses; forty-one lived by begging ; twenty-nine never slept on beds; seventeen had no shoes nor stockings ; thirty-seven had no hats, caps, or bon nets, and twelve bad no body linen. That was the class of individuals in whom they were interested, and he asked whether that did not prove the necessity of such schools, open at all times, and not subject to strict and pedantic rules of discipline, and where it was not necess iry, as in other schools, to appear with clean hands and faces, and decent apparel, as was the rule in nineteen-twentieths of the Sunday schools, and which excluded the vast majority of children in that particular class of life? If they took children at all, they must take them as they are, and their object was by de grees to clothe them and give them those habits of de cency and order which would raise them to that particular scale which others have attained, and to fit them for par ticipating in the blessings offered by other schools. in the metropolis. (Hear, bear.) During the last year, 7,899 persons under the age of twenty years had been in custody, and of that number there passed through the prisons of this metropolis, for longer or shorter periods, no fewer than 6,073. (Hear, hear.) Now, if the process of im prisonment had a curative tendency, they would rejoice, but if, from the most authentic sources of information it appeared that these 6,073 prisoners came cut of their gaols in a far worse moral condition than when they entered them, the absolute necessity to make some effort to stop this evil at the source became apparent. (Hear, hear.) The population of this country was rapidly in creasing, and the juvenile population had no inconsider able share in those outrages which had occurred of late years in Bristol and Nottingham ; and unless steps were taken in time, what was there to prevent a repetition of those horrible tragedies by the 40,000 or 50,000 of this class of the metropolitan population? If they were actu ated by no other feeling than the safety of society, they would give to these children some principles of self controul. (Cheers.) He was delighted to sav, that in many instances they had succeeded in their efforts, and done more than could have been expected by the small means at their disposal." GENERAL MISCELLANY, The first iron sailing ship of war ever built, the Recruit, 12 guns, was launched at 131ackwall, on Wednesday. Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan ambassador, was present at the debate in the Lords on Tuesday. On Tuesday, a man aged seventy committed suicide by jumping off the cliff at Ramsgate. The hay harvest has commenced all round Birmingham, and a better crop was scarcely ever known. No less than 2,000 pictures have this year been ex cluded from the Royal Academy's exhibition through the want of room. Within the last fortnight no less than six persons be longing to Worcester and the ❑eighbourhood have been drowned whilst bathing. On Friday a lady fell to the ground, in Regent-street, London, from the effect of a sun-stroke. She was re stored by medical aid. Lord Cowley, her Majesty's ambassador at the Court of the Tuillieries, arrived in London on Tuesday evening, in order to vote on the corn bill. There has been over 50,000 mackerel in a few days taken off Portland, Dorsetshire. On other parts of the coast the fishermen have met with even greater success. A hovel in Timberland Fen, a few miles from Horn castle, Lincolnshire, was set on fire by lightning during a storm on Sunday week, and consumed. The tobacco-pipe makers of London and its vicinity have determined to cease from work, from and after the 13th instant, unless their rate of pay be increased. A young gentleman and two females were drowned in the Thames, near Battersea, on Thursday, by the upset ting of a boat which he was rowing. Many of Lord Alorpeth's supporters i n the West Ri ding of Yorkshire, are so offended with his votes on the Factory Bill, that they will not vote for him again. On Friday last. Mr. Palmer's mare trotted three miles in harness under eleven minutes, on the Holloway-road, and won her match, which was not to exceed that time. A female infant was last week accidentally smothered in Birmingham, from the pressure of its face upon the pillow during sleep. The mechanics of Greenock are at present engaged in getting up a penny subscription to give Sir R. Peel a mark of respect for his measures of free trade. Lord Gough, the sheriff of India, succeeds on the death of Colonel Bunbury, to an estate of .£2.500 a year, left to his lordship by the late Mr. BAnbury, M.P. for Carlow. In accor . datice with an official circular issued from the Home-office, prison discipline and prison diet will hence forth be rigidly enforced with respect to debtors commit ted for bona fide frauds against creditors. The sailor, named Payne, who was lately found in a tent, in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, was again discovered there, and immediately transmitted to his ship at Portsmouth, to be punished as a deserter. Fine ripe cherries imported from Holland have been sold at Sunderland during the week at eight pence per pound, and new potatoes from the south iu great abun dance at four shillings per peck. The Gazette of Tuesday announces that the Royal li cense has been granted to Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., to use the title of Baron de Goldsmid and de Pal meira, conferred on him by the Quoen of Portugal. Persons cleaning glass bottles with shot, should be most careful not to leave any of the shot in the bottles, as the arsenic, which enters largely into their composition, is disengaged by wine, porter, or any acid. Da. WoLFF.—Sir R. Peel has granted Dr. Wolff a sum of £4OO in order to enable the reverend gentleman to repay certain advances made by Captain Grover towards big expenses when travelling to Bokhara. The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland have decided that slaveholding did not constitute a sin which rendered it necessary to renounce communion with those guilty of it. They have, therefore, returned the money subscribed in the slave states of America. An unnatural parent was fined £3 the other day by the Huddersfield magistrates, for forging a certificate of bap tism, with the intent of enabling his daughter, who was under age, to work in a factory. The child had been exa mined once and refused, because under age, in conse quence of which the certificate was forged. The Standard of Friday says :—The debate on Lord Stanhope's amendment was adjourned, but whatever the fate of that amendment, we believe we are safe in congra tulating our readers upon the assurance that the bill will never pass through the House of Lords.—The Morning Herald of Saturday makes a similar announcement still more confidently. REFRESHMENTS AT FUNERALS.----The Edinburgh Town Council has agreed to give their countenance and support to the movement for abolishing refreshments at funerals. All the ministers, of every denomination, in Edinburgh and Leith, have likewise throw❑ their influ ence into the movement. A careful examination of the three dead bodies which were discovered in a case at the warehouse of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, a short time since, has been made by Mr. Wilson, and it turns out that they were the bodies of three American Indians which had been embalmed and for some time buried. They had been disinterred and sent to this country as a curiosity. Reports from all parts of the country speak strongly on the beneficial effect which the recent warm weather, and occasional showers of rain, have had on the growing crops, both of grain and grass. The hay harvest has commenced in various parts of this and the neighbouring coanties, with every prospect of a large and well-got crop being ob tained. PILL-BOXES AND LUCIFER MATCHES.—In the Com mittee on the Oldham District Railway Bill on Wednes day, Mr. Nightingale, a manufacturer of lucifer matches and pill-boxes, at Newton-heath, stated that he uses GOO tons of timber, and that he employs 300 persons on an average throughout the year; and he exports to all parts of Europe and North America and Australia, besides sending large quantities to every part of England, Scot land, and Ireland. FORRItiN GRAN.-All the grain warehouses in Leith are full, and carg es have been sent to considerable dis tances for lodgment. At present 130 more lofts are filled than ever have been at any former period. The quantity under catoms lock and key just now is 200,000 quarters, being equal to the entire yearly produce of at least 220 of our East or Mid Lothian farms ; or the product of 55,000 acres of the finest soil ; or the barn-yard average would be about 14,300 stacks.—Edinburgh Revister. Lord George Bentinck having expressed his wish that the £2,100 which was subscribed in the year 1844 for the purpose of a testimonial to his Lordship, should be ap propriated for the advantage of trainers and riders of good character, the committee intend to lay the founda tion of an efficient fund for the benefit of trainers and jockeys, their widows and children, to be called the " Ben tinck Fund," und for which purpose further donations are being contributed. SAILOR BEES.—A most remarkable circumstance oc curred on board the Lindsay steamer, cn her passage from Hall to Gainsborougb, on Friday week. When she reached opposite Gunthorpe, a large swarm of bees settled on her, taking up th( it position near the chimney, where they remained as passengers till she reached her destina tion ; they were then conveyed to Captain Jonson's gar den, Little Church Lane, and may now he seen gathering honey "from every opening flower."—Hull Advertiser. " THE DERBY."—A jolly Boniface, residing not fifty miles from Boston, having heard mighty talk of the run for " the Derby," imbibed an irresistible desire to be an eye witness of this much talked of race. Accordingly, supposing that " the Derby" must be run for at Derby, to that famous town he wended his way, and, on arriving, great was his chagrin at finding he had been going an Irish journey? On inquiring for the race, be discovered what an egregious blunder he had committed.—Stamford Mer- cury. IBRAHIM PACTIN'S DIAMONDS.---The diamonds brought over by Ibrahim Paella are of enormous value, some of them are as large as the half of a hazel nut. The state robes of scarlet and gold are gorgeous, and the hilt of the scymitar is ornamented with jewels of great value. The trumpets, drums, and other military emblems with which it is ornamented being brilliants of the finest water, and in the centre of the hilt is a diamond of very large size. His pipe is of great size, and studded with, di a . muds. ALARMING FIRE.—A fire of the most alarming kind, and which has led to the destruction of property to the value of between £35,000 and .C. 10,000, occurred at Bristol, on Thursday. It originated in some extensive premises at Coanteralip, which run back to the wall of the floating harbour, and are occupied by Messrs. Finzell and Son, as a sugar refinery. The entire premises, with the valuable machinery and immense stock of sugars, were destroyed. The hooks of th e fi rm were f or t una t e ly secure d. Th e property was only p ar ti a ll y i nsure d. Cuprous ACC IDENT. —O n W e d nes d ay wee k , Th omas Arnett, of Sh ensa ll , near York, had a double barrelled gun in his p oc k ets, the stock being on one side of him and the barrel s on t h e other, and as h e was fastening a gate through which h e h a d passed the barrels fell out of his pocket The barrels were loaded and had caps on, and it appeared that when they fell out of the deceased's pocket, the cdp of one of them had struck against the gate, and thus discharged the barrel, the contents entering the unfortunate man's body. He died on the following day. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.—II is not only in the Conservative party that there is a split ; di v i sion has also creptinto the opposition camp. A very considerable number of members of the House of Com mons sitting oil the opposition benches have resolved not to join in any vote the obvious object of which is merely to place Sir Robert Peel in a minority, and so endanger the passing of the Corn Law Bill. Considerably more than thirty liberals have already pledged themselves to this course, and. there is reason to believe that this number will increase They consist chiefly of the free trade party.—Times. EXTRAORDINARY MUSIIROOM.—On Saturday week, James Stnbb, of Buglawton, near Congleton, was some— what surprised that one of the flags just within the threshold of his door had been so far displaced by some invisible agency, that it had become almost impossible to open or shut the door. To discover the hidden cause of this strange effect the flag was removed, and underneath it was found a fine mushroom, measuring nearly half a yard in circumference. The flag which was thus pushed. from its place by the upstart fungus, was two feet long by eighteen inches wide, and two inches thick !—Maccleafielif Courier. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening, Mrs. Eliza Ackroyd, wife of Mr. William Ackroyd, painter, and third daughter of Mr. M. Cawood, of Otley, Yorkshire, went with some others down to the river Wharfe, Otley, for the purpose of bathing her own and some of her neighbours' children. She and a young woman pulled off their shoes and stockings, and went a short distance into the water, and having bathed two of Mrs. Parkinson's Children, she was 7ttempting to dip an. orphan girl nine years old, of the name of Wilson, wha was too strong for her, and they both fell head :foremost into the river, which in that part is very deep. A man hearing the screams, went to the place, and succeeded is rescuing the little girl, but the poor woman was unfortu nately drowned. A FAMILY POISONED BY A GLAZED DISH.—On Sa turday, a family in Berwick were exposed to an alarming accident from a simple cause. The mother of three chil dren bought in the market-place a large earthen dish, which she immediately put to use by sending it to the bakehouse with a quantity of fish to bake. After the meal had been prepared, the entire family, (consisting of the mother, two sons, and a daughter), partook of it, and shortly afterwards they became seriously ill, and exhibited signs of being poisoned. A surgeon applied proper anti dotes, and they are now recovering. The cause is sup posed to have consisted in the material used for coating the ware not being properly mixed, and too great a quan tity of white lead being used in the compound.—Glasgoto Courier. WEST INDIA FRUIT.—The public sale of pine -apples and green-gages, the latter a first experiment, from the West Indies, brought home by the Tweed, steamer, took place on Wednesday. A Great portion of the pine -apples was in excellent preservation, and the first qualities sold at from 14s. to 155., but the bulk of them were from 3s. to 7s. each. Last year plants were sent out from this country, which will much improve the quality, and there seems no doubt but the current of consumption will be diverted entirely from New York to the home market. This is establishing a new branch of colonial commerce to mutual advantage, as the returns to the Bahamas are all made i❑ manufactured goods. The green-gages sold at 355. per cwt. ; and as this article will be extensively available for making wine, and other similar purposes, and has been imported in beautiful condition, there can be no doubt of the demand becoming extensive. NIELANOHOLY ACCIDENT.—A private letter from art officer of the Herald, surveying frigate, Captain Kellet. C. 8., i❑ the Pacific, relates the melancholy death of Mr. Edmonstone, the naturalist of the expedition, which took place under the following lamentable circumstances January last, Mr. Edmonstone ; the assistant surgeon, Mr. Billing; the purser, Mr. Scroggs; the clerk, and others, proceeded on shore in the Bay of Panama, for the purpose of collecting some specimens of birds, plants, &c. When the party returned to the boat the fowling pieces were laid down in the bottom of it, and among them a loaded musket. A cadet in stepping in trod on the lock of this piece, when by some means or other the gun ex ploded, and the muzzle being inclined towards the clerk, the ball passed through the fleshy part of his arm, and. then entering the back part of Mr. Edrnonstone's head, it passed obliquely through, traversing the brain and killing him on the spot. HYDROPATHY. —0 n Tuesday, the N 3 ,cf.c,paoonsusri i dolr n masNn q veteDe u ewrt r e posoy s et t on Mr. Dresser, who, as we stated last week, was e o nstbßi haveoweust.adoptedi.hni—ioeaa died from improper treatment at the hydropathic esta blishment of Dr. Ellis, at Sudbrooke Park, was resumed. The evidence went to show that the deceased had for the last three weeks been subject, as he considered, to rheumatism and sciatica. lie was very ill, and expressed himself much in favour of the hydropathic system of medical treatment, and in consequence, his wife was indu ced to write to Dr. Ellis, who keeps an hydropathic esta blishment at Sudbrooke park, Petersham, Surrey. The deceased went to Dr. Ellis's establishment on Friday week last, and was there subjected to the water system of treatment, under which he died on the following Tuesday. The jury returned a verdict, "That Mr. Dresser's death Edinburgh,osr disputes l r e aT resulted url which t El e htr d eFi . ricflßhraEov against c m dEel ari e i existed, Cfn t exe i h rsnni tes weredut et rash DßhdtCler,, H.er es treatmentrespecting oenmpl Ellis's care. We are unanimous in a verdict of man £23o each, to take his trial on the charge of manslaughter. Fnl institution tsco utteredi , S tt f' iu c ' n t o gi o T sT tn L o h h : e e b i Much interest has been latterly felt in Scotland, and sharp by the free church with regard to the money collected for its benefit by some of the Presbyterian churches in Ame— rica,opening of the general assembly of the free church at witnessed the procession,—" Send back the money ! send back the money !" On Saturday week, several petitions were presented to the general assembly, requiring that body to testify against the sin of slaveholding, by disowning fellowship with those churches in America who lend it their sanction. These petitions excited a lively debate, and speeches were delivered by Drs. Candish and Cun ningham, in which, without attempting to defend the in stitution of slavery, they maintained that slaveholding did nut constitute a sin which rendered it necessary to renounce communion with those guilty of it. The general assembly concurred in this view of the subject, and the report ori ginally given on the subject was adopted. THE BURDEN OF TITHE.—The select committee of the Lords, in their published report, have reckoned tithes among the other burdens on real property. On whose real property can tithes be considered a burden ? Not on that of the tithe-owner himself, for that would be an absurdity : they are treated as his real property, and taxed accordingly. Not on that of the landowner; for the committee, in almost the same paragraph, acknowledge that the landowner has no claim to the property of the titheowner. But the select committee seem to imagine that the Tithe Commutation Act has made that a burden which was not such before. It would be enough, perhaps, to ask if that act was passed on the petition of the tithe owners ; but it is also fair to add that the titheowner is deprived by it of any benefit from the increase of produce arising from improved cultivation, being left subject, not withstanding, to that depreciation in value which is the natural consequence, and which is now looked forward to with such alarm. His condition is deteriorated both with respect to his former state and to that of the landowner; and should that fall in prices take place which some anti cipate, it will soon be discovered that his real property, instead of being a burden on others, is more heavily bur dened that of any other parties. . ... THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST.—A return has been made this week, in pursuance of an address of the House of Lords, of the number of males employed in agriculture, as occupiers and labourers, in 1831 and in 1841. From this return it appears that whilst in 1831, with a popula tion in Great Britain of 16,539,518, there were Of occupiers Of labourers In all 1 243,057 there were only, in 1841, when the population had increased to 18,720,394, Of occupiers Of labourers 826,367 881.622 In all only • ... 1,207,989 Here, in ten years, is an extra population of more thaw two millions to be provided for, whilst agriculture, instead of increasing the number of its labourers, or of its occu piers, is diminishing both. In 1811, the agriculturists seem to have amounted to thirty-five per cent, of the population. In 1821, their per centage fell to thirty-one; in 1831, to twenty-eight; and in 1841, to twenty-three per cent. Taking the population i❑ 1811 at 18,720,394, the agricultural population, to bear the same proportion which it did in 1811, ought to number 2,433,01 more persons than it actually does. These are striking facts. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND FFMALE COMPLAINTS.— So extraordinary are the known virtues of Holloway's Pills, that a great many titled ladies and others are pur chasing them in large quantities to distribute to poor fa milies.of These Pills act in so wonderful a manner upon the system and constitution of females generally (even on infants at the breast), that, whether taken when entering c into womanhood, or at the turn of life , or any other time, a few doses of this fine medicine will alw ays produce the desired effect, and restore health when every other re medy had failed. ; T su h l from e t sticce t ss he of abnd the temperance m an socie ties is truly astonishing and truly grat if y i ng, as the intem peratehap- pi, habits by all classes of soc i ety. The inveterate drunkard will soon stand al one, au o b ject of scorn and contempt, no longer countenanced by society as a good f e ll ow , nor tol era t e d on the score of conviviality, he will T s L E TEETOTALISM.'—The L i. ' :i t . pass his life of vice without friendship, pointed at as a thing to be avoided and despised, and stagger into a pre mature grave unpitied and unwept. Although the health must be benefited by the adoption of temperate habits, yet great caution should be observed, as a sudden absence from stimulants sometimes produces so altered au action in the stom ac h, li ver, and b ilary secret i ons , t hat consti pation.h may ensue ; t o suc h we earn e s tly recommenda a% excellent aperient Frampton's Pill of .Health. June 16, 1846. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.