The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

TUESDAY, DECEMBER G, 1853. LOCAL IRE A from this uaYa ago, and durit Rev. the Lord Bi Manchester Guara MA.N. DT? fIIV,T7 T 1 strong atihefi; DMA, PI r;F screw sti The Ifaidi; between P; TIIE DOCK south of Snarl Itailway hiEssns ded the Provinces N;illcontriat 4 i , nudertaking. sears tow, M R . 31, t, and him, a MEET] THE W the pr oprietors o iyr . m_J‘ u ,Hotel. There w T 4° ll the f we down- a the Dub' have g •emises idings, nlpfirm J6hn and Castl D AND fight. thi it kilo Aron been in t vl_l, many x_k of stone ...msg., one of the a severe bloi ground, as _DxszTEE of the commit Abercm mby Ward Street. M.D. Mr. George M :copied ti fir• Occen, ceedings were further e by Mr. Daiziel. TTTR ;ements with the the Pli i llUsiratiousa7paper Augustus C;unubell, to be published as a p p, Sucllow. F The hod audience EXTENSIVE alr,ance et s read by , the Rev. which is ctor is cat LESIA INTELI --~-- Duke-et :sited his stay YCE LIVERPOOL AND BORDEAUX TRADE Et week a n ed in Liven In both ports, 'ill be a being to ensure Todd and Mac, an called out In the beginning from the Clyde, where she signed to ply between Liv( )mmodation to TIM STEAMERS. —Another )ol and Philndelphi; The city of Baltim than the Great Britain, the object iilders are Messrs. cted the ae colonies ape's, to bE la capable or con- . The same par bable that they Le same s attaucet One of them ;'-officer cam, a, for Mad, a a state of ng a larg .t at the nrx hall. near th ourse of erection fc ilanks broke, and t EARI one of t ll '►re& struck hini fell to the Mr. G and others. CAL Musr 1, in add to ti use of the numerous and 11 the ROBBERY.—On Thursday -nigh n o'clock, polic lover-street, found ritered b ,t the office square of and sour thieves, who had ass in the wind The inspect Mr. Alitho Pend had been by breaking a ,n which , as also the safe - was kept was broken open, _ Id 'boxes. About £3OO in bank notes ,!-- c, the papers. several drawers Were stolen found upwards of 8500 in sharpness of the sharpers. A SERIOUS FLEE brol about two o'clock,'vn the premises Porter of toys, Byrom-street. The . coutents which were chiefly of a fragile and intim, were almost entirely destroyed b- hiCh 1 ke out a votatnes of waterlrom tl ender the direction of Mr. H West of England Compan Sid after little tin ' 44 tQage to the btir ..TnE M4.RINE 1 e granted £6 to Mr. Staite, wit Plying the Electric s light to the illnn don Graving Doe'k s . - M r . Staite extY-" light were b -COMItITTEE C EY .this means ducted, if Of zrog is is less, a would ' I flammable character and the 7i-firemen, men of the mound, and he Dock Trustees w of his aj of the Rni wo lie The sum ittee; which L ACCI tol e„~Perficies of the .L _ [side gravit Jae operations of t same extent of tiumir A PRIGIITYUL Sheffield, ai? .......- a . " , .........1.,1%. _T_he mail t Ice . ;? Usual tinie --- fo Xew Holland Clain was stan workme ai !cessary. by-night as well as - by ) be the whole cost - of the--co •of :Air. I I 'fol. I having. Which u j.l l ad74 goods train first-clasca- rr3-' PassengE c Steam wired tov Londo route i tat - ion i London. tently put the pc .ts wra. sustained severe fractu such terrific vilenci th ellgine:driver and stoker es THROWING IP Rossiter was broL,..-- the following eireumstan( VIE CANAL received information rimy had been att ac k e d In Vauxhall-road I Whom had fastened his arm round h other two rifled lif.pockets of about. ,they had robbed him they threw hint °ridge into the canal, from which he-was with diflit rescued by some parties who were passing te tiw Were attracted by. -groans to the spot. F n the descrier neck, whilst the tion givenV b; the inspector Valliant was t the time, and the case. man who had been Blended the pri4bm :.at the time, the magistrate dismissed THE PRESTON STRIKE.—A large meet ton operatives was held on Wednesday . - Present were of the Pres- The numbers ilated at froth twelve to - fourteen thou ing •toncluded with three tremendous eer more for the ten per cent. and no ssociated masters met on-sthe following was resolved to maintain, without:modification, flarreid one ch the resolutions of the 4th c s for eml -went, and the mills open to receive - _ When a sufficient number,of hands to enable-the mills to be opened have applied for work, a general meeting of the association is to be called. A very large meeting of spin ners was held at eleven:o'clock, when the speakers ad verted in strong and condemnatory terms to the-resolution r ferted to, and a motion cf determination to adhere to the ten per cent. and the union" was carried - Itously. • affirm that th.-- The ar terms - hut their own, and that they never expected any hing else from the masters than the resolutions they have just published. The town is full of regret and disappoint- Meat that there seems to be uo prospect of a termipation of this lame dispute lIELLTH CONMITTEE.-Atr. Dover presided at the weekly meeting on Thursday, when Mr. Fresh reported the 'lnspection 0f.103 nuisances complained of, and the reference Of 80 others to the borough engineer for remedy by drain age, &e. It was -resolved that ;the boroug should report as to the advantages of a tramw hill and Brunswick-road. The mulled office_ that the low temperature of last week had caused an in creased mortality from disease of the lungs, but that the eras mortality of the borough still continued slightly The total deaths were at Law- below the average or zap 20 8, namely, 145 in the parish, and 61 in the out-town ships, being eight more than in the previous week. No return had been received from St George's district, in c ansequence of the death of the late registrar, but the mortality in that district had been assumed to be the ILVne as in the previous week. Instructions were given to the clerk relative to two bridges which had been erected Without the permission of the committee.—A letter from Messrs. Eden and Stanistreet, relative to the.adoption of a road belonging to the Earl'of Derby, between Bankhall 4 ! 1(1 Derby-road, was referred to the sub-committee of The tender of Thomas GriAths, for sewering two 'c'ts of streets, which had been passed at - 'keeting, were accepted. PROPOSED NEW RA.ILWATS. — The following is a list ,all the railway companies that np to .eight o'clock on eanesday night (the period limited for that purpose I.)y t he standing orders of the houses of lords and commons), of p‘sited their plans and sections with the proper officers railway commission, at the Board of Trade and at a e t Private Bill office, np to which period 4-1 ( P, sections deposited for railways, 135 ; miseellane, t c ' e as, bridges, harbours, water and gas, and improve ent bills, 08 ; total, 233. Last session there was a of 249 bills. Amongst the bills are the follow ftn:,-----East Lancashire Railway : Dock Branch and lines a """ X erPOoL—East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, ellti Manchester and Southport Railways : for vesting etain interests or portions of the two latter lines in the 11 ;,„ rra ,,er; station accommodation at Southport, and con e"ng lines at Southport and Lathom.—London and ra9rth-western Railway (Shrewsbury and Newtown) : for a olwaY from Shrewsbury to Newtown, with branches to k r . '„, e strY, and Minsterley ; arrangements with, or use of, lizi e - ; v7s uarY and Hereford ; use of joint stations and I, o ,, a eolniected therewith at Shrewsbury and *Newtown.— bai.."* °a and North-western Railway (Crewe to Shrews -37).---London and North-western Railway (Elaydon aZe branch) : for purchase or lease of the Hayden. b ranch of the London and Bl a ckwall Railway ; to u ua ull i g o o hotel accommodation at Euston station; superan helon,,,ll fund provision North-west station at Wolverhampton, and 8 r,,,g. to London andrn and Shrewsbury and st o —d agharn ; use of Birmingham and IVoverhampton and n• 'al Valley and Birmingham station, by Shrewsbury and l a ,ingham, and additional station accommodation aluen . a.,`:` at Birmingham, Harrow, and Cottingham ; and . wuent of 'werp ool acts.—Lacashire and Yorkshire Railway ; 13 ,,raa c h T uoek branches from Kirkdale and Middleton 'er ext e "eeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway : with Great from Gilderstone to Ardsley ; arrangements lacrease Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and ter c o _ ur eapital rat ion WaterLiveworks. rpool IlriprOVenlelltS.-31allehe9- evo a previous e were plans ni.s— 3Wiy with t —ltLspe( said 1 of the of the The r lives. On Thursday, James een St ,ble bill hs Valdivia NT Sc l T square inch, g morn: employ of John 1 ay on W ill statign and luggage ie pointsman DR which g, the mail train. , L AND PH list been cot y feet long ;or, of t4l if Philadet w engaged on the Cit Mu. HEmmING, of Clift-house, nea already made several cast-iron churches received ti exported 4- Lis wed ) Asst r fife R derable fining from 1,000 t ;sous each have intimated that it is not it hall require school- HIGHWAY RC —On Wedne past ten o'clock street, Toxteth-part him wl empted to nil d a polic asistance in time t ale their escape another man w attacked in the same Le villians accomplish- '-past eleven, by two men, who were in the act of n,g his pockets Th2AT - II OF iro left him for a fen ;ely afterwards a L CHILD.-0, ut into 1 Thurs, members delibera- deer came up, and they Tuesday, Archibald Nevin the child of Mrs, 3er~oa-~ street, met with an a le was in charge of the servant, nutes in the kitchen. 'mine- d, and on the mothe Lto the kitchen th ,d the child on the floor, In a small -rocking-chair, with its head hang ing backwards, and blood flowing from : his ears. It is supposed that, in the absence of the servant, the deceased ATICN OF ?on the t at into it ,iary lirrhar- He died KEN WOMAN 'geia•street, was ton, aged 67 years, who occupied apartmen of William Nichol, Chandler-street, 113 found dead in her room on Wednesday. She was much addicted to intemperance, and was last seen alive between seven and eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, at She then went llowing day, upon her washerwoman calling with some viothes, she was called, a time she was much her room, and on a but receiving no ans as discovered , toxicated, with the et AL AND open the door tweat -her bed-and the 'wall MOLOGICILSOCIET fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Wed ay, at the Royal Instittition, Mr. C. Verelst in the . There was a large attendance of members, and a. Robinson, Mr. Bairg. - ovie, Mr. Mason, Mr. Hobbs, i.nd other gentlemen, were present as a deputation on the 'art of the memorialists to the Town Council against the 'hone of a high-level bridge over Dale-street, and to books of archite- .esent the soefets ags an, aural draw- certain ith ;ravings.—A'model and drawin is in the town, suggested by Mr. Snmnrers, rchitect, were placed'in the room for the inspection of the members. Mr. Snramers supported his vitivs at-con siderable length, and they were fully discussed by 3lr. Picton and others. Some desultory conversation followed as to the best mode of bringing the object before the town at large, and it was ultimaely agreed that the models aud plan should be placed at the Exchange News-room, or some other budding, for public inspection. LIVERPOOL YLCELT CM:lE. — Twelve gentlemen 'were proposed as members at the monthly meeting yegterday evening week, to 'be ballotted for at the next monthly meeting. A committee was appointed to make arrange ments for proViding a winter club-room in Llierpcol and also for the •optning dinner of the clab, Whieh 7 1i - ill take place early in the ensuing month. The commodore drew the attention Of the members present to the desirability of having a paper on nautical and scientific subjects read at each meeting, -which will atabrd subjects for • discussion, and be the means of imparting much valuable triTormation, carrying out It the same time some of the leading prin ciples for which the club was first formed, viz., the ad vancement .'of nautical science. It is ilscottriderstood to be the intention of the commodore, at a future period, to bring forward a plan for establishing a :naufirta museum and libraryin the town. The last-named institution, if conducted - upon a_spirited scale, will be a great'boon. WEST risli,BY Harrison presided at the weekly meeting on Wednesday, and the other members present were Messrs. Allpass, Reyes, Wensley, Lunt, Carter, Wakell, M`Gee, Kirk-as; Shaw, - Smith, Geo. Har- Abraham. The balance in 'he `hands of the treasurer was stated to be £297 L2s. 3d. Itwas resolved to tale:legal proceedings against the overseers of all townshipswho may be in arrear in :payment of the call due to the - treasurer this day (Tuesday). Therierk having produced :a statement of the financial affairs of the union, it was resolved that a call be made on the-several town- ships of the union for the sum of L 12,160; -one-half to be paid ()Ivor 'before the 28th Deceniber, mid-the remainder on or before the 31st day of January next. It was also re scilved - that proceedings should 'be taken against all defaulters in payinent of the ilast-mentioned call, hnme diately-after it becomes due. An application was ordered to be mile by the clerk to the poor4aw - -board, requesting them to - cause new averages to be taken . for the union. A du N.ENILE REFOILMANOXY.—The:COIIII , IIttee of the Town - Council have had under consideration a proposition to establish a reformatory for juvenile criminals in Liver pool-. tAisbnitting the desirability of such: air,estaLlishment on shore, the committee are of opinion thatone of a simi lar kind - should be placed on - the river, Where youthful Offenders-could be provided for, and put through a course of industrial training to qualify them as 'seamen. In a plan 'would 1 e Liverrx -t vantage. T 1 youths pi prodne training woUltbnet only possess the means of gaining for theni -selves.nuaonest livelihood, and so become useful members of• society, but many would rlsolbe, employ id ;in promoting the;Comincrce and general prosperity of the port. We -understand the general committee have decided upon making a recommendation on the subject to the council at their nest meeting, and that slumber Of gentlemen con nected With the shipping interest are - favom•able to the project. A Ea-rea ACCIDENT took place at the goods' station of the Past-Lancashire Railway ; '.Great Howard-kreet, about eleven o'elock on Monday night last . week. About the time mentioned a goods train arrived at Great Howard street, anti in the van attached asiith the guard were two passengers, George Meister, a ,stonemason, :and Mary urst, itife,of a veterinary surgeon in this town. On the g• brought to a stand-still, the guard, whose sine Is Wm. Palker, and the two passengers, walked wig one ofthe lines of rail, when the engine, in back ran.over them. The guard and thelemak.passenger were killed immediately, but Glaister, being stuck side ways, was thrown off the line, and injurelbut.slihtly. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," but added -a presentment to the effect - "that there was not sufficient -caution use Company, in not having a responsi passengers . coming by goods trains, as it-seer practice for them to do, and which practice the jury con sider highly objectionable." THE LATE EKTENSIVE COTTON ROIMERT nesday, .in the Grand Jury-room, John Woods. houseman to Messrs. Seddon and Co., cotion-brokers and John Bentley, - formerly a marine-store dealer, of High field-street, but now a cotton-waste-dealer in Oldhana,teho had been remanded from the previous Wednesday. were again brought before Mr. Mansfield, on the charge of being concerned in fraudulently obtaining fort cotton, .6f the value of £430, from house, in Carleton-street. On Hindle, wife of John Hindle, of the Gold Thomas's-buildings, was also charged into ab initio, and upwards of thirty witnesses were ex amined. The detective police-officers, on the cotton being missed, ascertained that persons connected with ware houses were in the habit of assembling at Hindle's house, and amongst them the prisoner Woods, and a man named. John Brown, warehouseman to Livesey and Thorpe, who has evaded the police by gang to America. Hindle,Wood, and Brown conspired to obtain the cotton, and the means taken were—Brown forged a delivery order, which on being presented to Woods, who had charge of the cotton, was treated as genuine. This ,was subsequently found to be a forgery; and Woods was taken into custody by Grisenthwaite, who apprehended him at St. Silas's Church, Woods acting there in an official capacity. 'The stolen cotton was traced to Oldham, .havin g been sent by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to the order of " Mr. :Robert Buckley, Mumps." . It appears that Bentley had represented to Mr. Baekley, who resides at Saddlesworth, in Yorkshire, and is woollen-manufacturer, that as he (Bentley) was well acquainted with the qualities of cotton, if Mr. Buckley would find the money, he could make pur chases which would prove greatly advantageous to both. To this, as a general arrangement, Mr. Buckley consented; and shortly afterwards Bentley called upon him and told him that there were twenty bales of cotton lying for him at the :railway station; but these having been consigned to hina without order, Mr. Buckley refused to have any thing to do with. The bales were afterwards ordered to Mr. Collenge, of Oldham, but declined; but at Bent ley's solicitation, that gentleman purchased a smaller lot which Bentley had there, consigned to Mr. Buck ley's order. Ultimately the twenty bales were bought by Mr. Peter Scholefield, of Oldham, at sad. per lb., Bentley representing that the cotton belonged to Mr. Buckley. OA the 24th of September, Bentley and Hindle, husband of the female prisoner, went to Mr..Schole field's office, and presenting a bill stamp, said they wanted a bill for £l3O. To this Mr. Scholefield demurred, saying that the cotton was to be paid for by two bills ; but he consented to give a bill for £lO5 14s 6d, which was drawn by Hindle, the bill being for thirty-two days. In answer to a question why he had said the cotton belonged to 'Buckley, Bentley said that Buckley had bought it from Hindle. On the 29th, another bill, for £76 13s, was given to Hindle. On the 27th of October, eleven other bales of cotton were taken from the warehouse to the railway sta tion and consigned to Buckley as before. Bentley, in company with Mrs. Hindle, met Mr. Buckley in Manches ter, and the interview resulted in Mr. Buckley buying the cotton at 5d per lb., the total amount being upwards of £lOO. Bentley then went and sold the cotton to Mr. Edward Wright, a cotton-spinner at Oldham, say ing that he was doing so on the part of Mr. Buck ley. On Woods being apprehended, Mrs. Hindle sent a man named Stacey, who lodged in her husband's house, over to Oldham, to instruct Bentley to get back the invoice for the twenty bales ; but this failing., at the request of Mrs. Hindle, made out another which was substituted for the first one. Star_ .. - again sent over, instructed by M rs . Hi n dl e, t o ask Bent ley to get the cotton from the railway, and burn the bags. Both Stacey and Martha Robert s , a servant at the Golden Fleece, deposed to Hindle, Woods, and Bentley, acting in concert. For Bentley, it was contended that he could not be criminated, inasmuch as he had acted as the bona fide broker for Hindle. Mr. Mansfield said he had decided to send both Woods and Mrs. Hindle for trial. Bentley was acquitted. Bail was taken for Mrs. Hind Woods, about three years ago, was im months for being implicated in a large r( from Mr. Uencliffe's, in London-road. d by the East Lancashire aid party to receive .—On Wed- .Itessrs. Ser war this occasion, lirs. Nane The cr.se w invoice y was soned nine 7 of cloth Mu. THOMAS BULLET died on Wednesday, at his resi dence, Catherine-street, in his seventy-fourth year, through a severe and somewhat sudden attack of gout in the stomach. ROBBERY.—On Friday, a house in Tudor-place, Queen inn-street, was entered by means of skelet :eys, an( large quantity of wearing apparel stolen. TrzE 111EnnaAlf, Boston packet-ship, has arrived at that port from Liverpool in 35 days, with upwards of 500 pas sengers, per Train and Co., all in good health, and not a death on the passage. NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATE.- On Monday, at the New Bailey Court-house, Salford, Peter Catterall, Esq., of Pres ton, took the oaths to enable him to qualify as a magistrate for the county. ext Thursday week the manufacturers of Blackburn will meet to consider the propriety of work , a reduction of 10 per cent. on anchester Guardian. ing short time, or making their present war, Tun ANNUAL DINNER of the master builders and brick layers took place on Thursday, at the Bee Hotel; Queen's , About fifty gentlemen sat down to dinner, at G. Whitley, Esq., presided. _ A MOVEMENT has cbinmenced in the boot and trade of this town to close the shots at eight o'clock. up_war a meeting on Thr venty employers had it was stated tha en a conditional adhesion to the THE MILITARY AT BLACKBURN. corn The Tic ^ Secretary Titles d with the request of the a of Illackbuin to have a military force stationed there during the turn-outs, and on Monday last week, a company of the 34th Regiment from Preston, marched into the borough, and have taken up their quarters there. _ IhrLity.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, Joseph Legg, 39, shipwright, pleaded guilty to marrying Ann Maria Davy, his first wife being alive. He married his wife at Liverpool in 18 4 9, and his second in November last ; and the most remarkable part of the affair was, that the first marriage took place during the courtship of his second wife, whose accepted suitor he had been for eight le was sent Rneed to twelve moni Is' imprisonmen, BANKRUPTCY Count.—On Wednesday, Mr. Rainford. cabinetmaker in Renshaw-street, came up for his certifi cate. The assignees had every confidence in Mr. Rain ford, and were affording him assistance to carry on his business, which he bad re-commenced since his bank ruptcy. The commissioner granted the certificate.—J. B. Hignett, who 'carried on business as a salt and commission agent, appeared on Thursday for his certificate. Mr. Fletcher opposed for a creditor, on the . ground of a vexatious defence to an action,, and the learned commis sioner suspended the certificate for six months from the last examination, with protection. AN EXTENSIVE FIRE broke out on Thursday morning on the premises of Mr. Robert Evans, draper, Mill-street, which resulted in the destruction of neonsieterable amount of property. Mr. Hewitt and his brigade, with an engine befong;ing - to the West of England Insurance Company, were at the scene of the conflagration. At this time the fire :hail made considerable progress,—the front shop being 'in a blaze, and the fire rapidly •communicating to the other parts of the building. There was a plentiful supply of water, and the fire 'brigade were thus enabled to' perate successfully by means of their hose, which was 'worked on the high-pressure principle. The fire was subdued in about an hour, but 'not before the premises 'were almost gutted. A FOOLISH BAGMAN.—At the Manchester Police-court 'on Monday, last week, - a 'mail named Wheildon was charged with having robbed a - 'eemmercial traveller, from Liverpool, named Jodler, on Thursday last. The prose cutor reached Manchester that day, and going into a spirit vaults, in Rochdale-road, commenced drinking, and also treated a number of labourels who were in the house. He had a purse containinv TI4O in gold, and he pre - dated the money to pay for the drink from his purse, exhibiting it in the presence of his • companions, of whose society he was so enamoured that he offered to give one of them ss. for his day's wages if he would stop and drinkVith him. The sequel was that he hot drunk and went to sleenin the tap-room, where . his' ebmpanions eased him - 4f all - his money. Wheildon was' due of the men, and itEwas proved that he had been spending money very freely on Thursday, and had a large sum ,, in gold in his possession. Moreover, his wife paid all - her 'debts on the same day,'"though pre viously they wercveryvoor. The magistrates committed Wheildon for trial. Symploryty vireTunKET.—lt was legnated that a preliminary meeting - would be held on Trielay, for: the purpose of concerting measures to get up - a , great public demonstration, -condemnatory of the p oky pursued by Russia at the present time, and to express sympathy with Turkey. The meeting was appointed to - take place in the great iworn of the Royal Hotel, Dale-street, at two o'clock. On entering the -saloon, at five ininns past the hour appointed fir the 'meeting, we found i6lll possession of a solitary reporter for one of the Liverpool newspapers. After a few minutes' further delay, three or four additional reporters made their appearance ; hat still no portion sof the sympathising public—to use a slang phrase not inap plicable to the subject—" bad shown up." By the time six reporters had assembled, the amount of LiverpoOl sympathy viith Turkey was represented by one citizen, who and' bye, however, was joined, in a desultory and timid manner,- first by one, and thedl3y two friends of the oppressed, arid - tewards half-past twenaot fewer than-seven Of• ltntocratic tyranny arid aggression hadot n room. to terea the )r find erafloyment for the nine reporters . now nese Mbled. In suellxireumstances, .41; loud display of pidiiie indignation was- - f.obvioly a matter of ffifficult.achievement, •` And - the words that breathe, and thoughts that burn," iri.valiant --eonUemnation of ruthless tyranny, if act all uttered, 'fcrrnatheir way in eddYing whispers, amoagstthe two 'knots:into:which the seven antagonists of Russiehad At last it'was resolved to: pat an end to and the meeting, , which never a.sseintled, arrayed themßelves. was adjourned: tine " Sic traftsit g10r47.", It appears life-present was only'the sequel to a ire - V - I°ns fanure of the same description, littlayough not inpreiiignal in its nothingness. In the first - instanep u kuly two indivi duals hid deemed the affairs of Twikey sffEciently impor tant to • demand their serious consideration ; and tiiere, also, the - press, ever vigilant in -watching over therpalfc interests, _bf its representatives, formed a moiety -df the meeting DOCK COMUITTEE.—The weepy- meeting-was lie Thursday, Mr. 'Charles Turner' in the chair. The'-liar bonr-masters'• Sub-Committee were authorised to ehh'.rge the office for regulating the . graing docks. It was stated that the cost Of The alterations w - mild be between £& and 270.J—A 'letter 'was read from - Me owners of the Tiger, claiming. compensation for some' injury which had been done to the -cargo of that vessel, 'by an accident *Lich occurred - to' her whilst in one -a the docks. The letter was referred - to , the solicitor, who - was directed to inform the .claimants- that the committee• 'disclaimed any lialtlaty in the matter.—A. letter was read from John S. de Wolf and Co., requesting that as it bad 'been reported that it was intention of the coma-lit-4e to lease one nft. -- Llte grating docks to the British and North American Steam packet Company, and their vessels were quite as large; the same - privilege -Might be granted - to them. The letter was referred to- the Harbour-mafters' Sub-Committee.-L -1Ir; 13afber suggested that it wotild be well to provide lirons on the other side of the water. There were. a .s -which could not -rret their work done les, they could helsla b eed so much higher the vessels wosid dry much sooner. Barber was -referred to the sur d to report to:a, future meeting on he practicability of elevating the gridirons on this side & the fiver.-1-communication was read from the Birken head Com Missioners, enclosing a memorial signed by 1451 individuals, drawing attention to the condition of the approaches to the landing-stage, With a view to their amendment. .The-chairman said the,ouly answer to the commissioners would be that the matter would be taken into consideration.---A letter was read from John Kennedy, great many Tel on this side;' l3 om the other side t stion of Mr veyor, who w master porter, stating- that he had an intervieiv with the Master Porters' -Sah 7 Committee,, when he directed their attention to the bye-law prohibiting himself and other master stevedores from acting as master porters to the same ship. The sub-committee did not *enter 'into the merits of the questiou,' but understood - that they had no objection - to the matter' Wing submitted--to the general committee. With this impression he respectfully re quested that they would con eider the point to which he referred, on the ground • that the repeal of that bye-law would be a great advantage to `ire port. The matter was -referred to the Master • Porters' Sub-Committoe.—A com munication was read from Mr. I. Abel Smith, (tf London, offering 59 acres of land, at - -Seacombe; for Aide to the committee, at the rate of 255. per-square yard. lie com mittee, after some discussion, declined to entertain the 'Another important matter which came before the committee was the erection of a 'landing-stage for. sea-1 P going steamers at the west side of the Prince's Doek, and the appropriaton of land intended. otherwise to be used for warehouses: An application had come from the Connell on the subject. After much discussion,:it was agreed-that the chairman, with Messrs, Shand and Lockett, should have an interview with the committee of the Town Council, git which - Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, was to be present. THE LATE MESSRS, HOLMES AND TIIE ISLE OF MA .V . BANK.-Mr. Avison, the executor named in the will, after , removing the specie from the island, has declined the trust, and the sumner-general, Mr. S. 'Harris, was ap pointed by the proper authorities administrator pendente lite, Since the appointment an inventory and appraise ment of the property on the island have been made by a jury in legal form, On Monday evening, Mr. Isaac Holmes, the surviving brother of the deceased, arrived on the island, and we understand he employed counsel after his arrival. As to the solvency or insolvency of the estate we are in no condition to know ; but, from present ap pearances, it is no wise singular that the public mind should labour under much anxiety. A large deficit of as sets would be most disastrous hi the Isle of Man. We learn that large sums brought in the chancery court were deposited in that bank; also, the noble charity for the re lief of the Kitterland sufferers. On Thursday last, Mr. Jackson, the manager of the Bank of Mona, obtained an order from the governor and council for an increase of the circulation of said institution, to the amount of several thousand pounds. Also, the council arranged with the said manager to cash the bank-notes of Mr. Holmes ; so that from yesterdayrthe :notes will be taken at par at the Bank of Mona. A public meeting of the depositors in Mr. Holmes's bank is called at the Wellington-hall, on this day (Tuesday). A few weeks ago, a rumour was in circulation that Mr. George William Dumbell was apply ing for a banking license to the governor and council, with the view of opening a private bank. Mr. Dumbell did actually make such an application, and on Thursday last the council were convened to consider it. The council refused the application, but we learn were disposed to open the case if Mr. Dumbell should associate with him other persons of character and property, such as the gover nor and council could approve.—Mona's Harald. We perceive that the stock-in-trade, herrings, houkhold fur niture, &c., of the late Mr. James Holmes, is advertised to be sold by auction in Douglas. The following is an esti mate of assets and liabilities of Messrs. Henry Holmes and Sons, but we cannot vouch for its accuracy : Property in the Isle of Man 4 ,25,000 Mortgazes ditto 9,0 0 Stock, furniture, plate, &c., ditto Property in Scotland Ditto in Liverpool 95,000 Cash and bills ditto Furniture, plate, &e. ditto ...... • Stock, herrings, Brfik ,•• • • 3,000 Liabilities here and in the Isle of Man.el9o,ooo It was rumoured here yesterday, that the affairs will be at once thrown into chancery.--Mercury of Friday. COVCM THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND fIENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. MASONIC BALL—The a the West Lancashire Instil vancement in life of child TICE REV. JOHN Church, in this town, has just ptibl of the " Criticisms," as will he s in another column FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.—AbOIIt 1 clay morning, seven men in a sr tors an ains, wt men into the water. A Birkenhead ste the time, the crew of which succeeded in r men, but the seventh was drowned. DRINKING POI I WAG Burnes, living in Blenheim-streez, of £1 to drink a glass of strong ale every nv, - an hour. He won the bet, but at the expiration of sixty minutes he was dead drunk, foaming at the mouth and in a dangerous state. He was conveyed to flu firmary, where the stomach pump was successfully and thence he was transferred to the Northern F where a little skill and attention restored him to b 1 NORTH WESTERN AND GREAT WESTE7 —There is a rumour that there is some gs peace being established between these comp efforts have been made to bring so desirab 1- It ' 'A that it` underto an event about. _t is saia „ AT. Charles Russell, the chain will resign the chair, and that the Hon. Mr. Wain° . likely to be the chairman of the' Great W THE WORKING OF SHORT TIME comm day last at Ashton, Stalybridge, Dukinfit Glossop. At Burnley the mills commenced rani on Monday, four days per week ; and it was res Wednesday, at a meeting of the manufacture- to commence there next Monday, workin half time. Some such course, it is also e: adopted at Bury. At Preston the masts to run their mills at the reduced hands offer ; but work will only be rt. yes, pr( meeting of the master will be resumed at W - - whole, the prospects „of a settl more favourable. — Manchester Co DEPARTURE OP True MAntr Sunday the second mail-ship for tl from this port, was towed down the on board about 1,900 tons of cargo, forty-two int passengers, many of whom were families, and a plement of cabin passengers, numbering twel' tralian colonies rmediate ull com- She had also on desk foti: hOrses, which out for the purpose of improving ' the b] Her mails were upwardi Of fifty tons, and consisted of 203 bags of newspapers and '25 bags of correspondence, the number of letters being upwards of 35,000, and 70,000 newspapers. She was left at . six, p.m., Seven miles dzit- side the Northwest Jiistshi by the owr under full sail INTORTANT TO "EXCURSION" RAILWAY TRAVELIRES. —ln the MancheSter County Court on Wednesday 'last, an Action was brOUght by a Mr. Whalley against the Di rectors of the London and North Western Railway, to re cover the value •df certain luggage lost by the plaintiff' during his journey from Birmingham to Manchester in one of Marcus's f•axcursion trains, in the month of October in laSt year, the purchase of an " excursion ticket" by the Tilaintitt; and the ldss of his luggage vliile upon .his JoUrney - overThe London and North Western:Railway - , was satisfactorily - proved ; but Mr. Etty,solicitor, of Liverpool, disputed the COmpany?s liability ; and in support of his view of the case produced a printed bill, announcing the lerras'Upon which Mr. Marcus undertook to convey pas sengers from place to place. The learneitjudg,-e, after pe rusing the bill, held that the Railway Company were not liable for property lost on their line 'belonging to pas sengerslby excursion trains; and a 'verdict accordingly passed for the defendants. _ _ SOMIEISTERIC RAILWAT COMPANT. — The following circular, signed by Mr. Beloe, of Briniswick-street, has beenissued:—" The present position of the Southeastern llallway Company demands the serious attention of the shareholders. It is above all things important that the direction should consist f men of `independent principles an'a high business character. At the next general meet ing three directors retire by'rotation ; and the board have fledged themselves not to 'inteifere in future elections. follows, therefore, that on thc•sthareholders themselves this task now devolves; and - a-committoe has been formed in Liverpool to receive 'from > shareholders suggestions as to the names of parties whom `they would recommend to 111 the vacancies. Should you'be able to promote in any way the object of the committee ' they will be obliged by such suggestions as you may offer them. At a future period the committee will - communicate to you the result of their deliberations, logtthe he names of the The gentlemen for whom they *ill request Liverpool committee 11 . also be ready to, _ _ _ other local committee having the same object in vie that may be formed either an London , Manchester, or elsewhere. The folloWinggentlemen have consented to act on the Liverpool committee : —Messrs. Charles Moore, George Maxwell, George 'Holt, Robert Higgin, Charlu B. Wilson, Wiliam Barry, James Caw, James H. Wilson, Robert Wilson, Wm. M'Crackan, James Jack, Wm. Bower, James Buchanan, Thomas M. Blythe, Wm. Max well, Joseph Brereton." _ _ -our proxy t With any LIVER2OOL TowriTovisrm.—At the monthly meeting, to-morrow, the followinv matters will be taken into con sideration :—Report of the Special Committee, appointed by the Councilor" the• - '9 . th of November last, to in Aire into the charges preferred against Mr. Councillor Bradley, and such resolutions thereon, as the Council may deem proper; and the appointment of an additional member to the Church Expenditure Committee, the Water Commit tee, and the Library mid Museum Committee, the ,appoint ment of the usual number of members on those corolla- tees having been postponed by the Council on the 9tlsult. until this report was submitted ; the proceedings of the Finance Committee,-comprising a resolution of the magis trates recommending that the salaries of two clerks in the office of the clerks to the - magistrates, be inereasel, namely, ➢ir. Jacob Walter, from £l3O to £l6O per annum, and the salary of Mr. Riehard Ellis, from £llO to £l4O per ammm ; and a recommendationthat the sum of £•!4 be paid out of the'surplus income for the improvement of Calile-street ; resolutions and reports .of, the Watch, Lighting, - Tiro Police, and Fire Prevention Committees ; resolutions 'and .directions of the Dock 'Committee ; resolutions and reports of the Improvement to" mmittee ; resolutions and reports of the Courts of Law and St. George's-hall Committee; resolutions and 'reports: of the Markets Committee ; re solutions and reports of the Education Committee; the proceedings .of the ..Gaol and House of Correction Committee, comprising recommendation to accept-the tender of the representatives of the late Mrs. Alderseffor supplying, the gam aridnridewells with bread,, oatmeal, and peas ; and ~.pf Mrs. Catherine Close for buteherg' meat ; proceecrows of the "Town-hall Establishment Com mittee and the'llealth' C6mmittee; resolutions and-re ports of the Gardens . Committee; resolutions and reports of the Church Expenditure Committee ; resolutions libid reports of the Observatory Committee ; resolutions and reports of the Water • Corr_thitfee ; the proceedings of the. Library and Museum Committee, comprising a -recom mendation to appoint Mr. Wm. Itoulton, superintendent, of the Lending Libraries. at the salary of £lOO • per annum ; resolutions . aril-reports of the Hackney Carriage and Licensing Comniittee ; resolutions and reports .of the Baths Committee; the Coroner's account, amounting to Eri 6s. 6d. ; the Mayor's -communications, comprising a letter froth Mr. M`Naghten requesting employment ; a letter from Sir R. *Murchison, chairman of the 'Benet Testimonial Fund, solkiting , oubscriptions ; a letter from the Chaplain of the Borough Gaol, requesting re vision of his stipend ; mernorkl from Mr. Jas. M`Donald, -requesting that some employment may be given him; a letter from the gentlemen : appointed by the British lisso elation for the Advancemento Science. to make arrange ments for holding flkeir . next meeting in Liverpodl,,and requeSting-the Council to grant the use of St. George's 'tfall, for the occasion; and aJetter from.the Chairman of the Shipwrecked Fishermen aull Mariners' Royal Be aAient Society, soliciting assis GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. It ;sox's GRA.NDSON, Philip Ward, has received 6 cadetstip from his Royal Highness Prince Albert. THE VENTILATING SKA.FT of the houses of parliament is to lac raised twelve feet higher. THE NEWCASTLE cholera fund , now amounts to above £6,000. ON Tri-ESDAY WET:It a poor woman died suddenly at Bristol of the effects of the fog acting.upon weak lungs. • THE QUEEN has presented a donation of two hundred 'and fifty guineas to the Edinburgh blind school. THE S'ArEiSH GOVERNMENT has decided on a vast system of railsvays, the execution of which will be - con— fided to an :English company. A CART Horau twenty-one hands high, and weighing: twenty-five cwt., was exhibited at Munster fair. At three years old he drew five tons. A WomAN, named Avery, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, for an assault on her hum- - band, and sentenced to hard labour for four , luonths, MONUMENT TO SIR ISAAC NEWTON.—The town of Grantham has raised £B,OOO for a monument -to Sir Isaac. Newton. MISS CALVERT, a young lady, has been committed to Carlisle gaol, by the justices of Peurith, on a ,charge of te*ng various articles from several shops. NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT has begun to.prose cute the Mormons, contrary to the wishes of the majority of the bishops and clergy. EABT FITEWILLIAM'S annual sale of fat stock took place at the farm at Wentworth Woodhouse, on Thurs day. The lidding was so spirited that in about half-an hour the whole were disposed ut MR. WALTER DE WINTON, of Maestri g h Castle, whose name leas the first on the list for the sheriffship of Rad norshire, is a minor ; but he wnl be of age before the " pricking" of the list of sheriffs. Ar Woolwien there are the large number of 28,000 ship and garrison guns arranged on the ground of the Arsenal, on the south side of the stores, and upwards of 4,000,000 cannon-balls and shells on the other. A SPECIMEN of the little Auk, a bird which abounds on the shores of Greenland and Spitzbergen, but which is seldom seen on the English coast, was caught at South Luffenham, Lincolnshire, a few days since. A NUMBER OF CROSSBILLB, birds whose presence is thought to foretoken a severe winter, were seen on the 18th ult., at Forthingham, in Lincolnshire, and four of them were captured. SOME OF THE RUSSIAN BREAD taken at Shefkatil has been handed about Constantinople, and is everywhere re. garded with astonishment. People wonder how it is pos sible for human beings to consume such repulsive material. THE YOUTHFUL EARL or KIETORE delivered a lecture last week to the Inverary Mutual Improvement Society, on the subject of self-culture. The noble earl's address, we are told, was highly admired, and was remarkable for the religious tone with w hi c h it was pervaded. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday morning the dead body of a man was found lying on the side of the Edinburgh mail road by Tweedshaws. No marks of violence were visible either on the road or the body. He appears to have been a travelling blacksmith, about 30 years of age. There was nothing in his pockets but a pair of spectacles and a tobacco pipe.—Dumfries Courier. THE •SMITHFIELD CATTLE STIONV.—PrinCe Albert is, as usual, an extensive competitor in the cattle and pig classes ; and Sir Harry Verney, Claydon-house, has an ox of Brobdignagian proportions; while some of the finest specimens of Earl Derby's remaining stock have been selected for competition, The judges made their awards yesterday. day wee SIR E. B. LYTTON Honorary President University, will delis* anuary who las. ssion was elected .ssociated Sociei ingural address THE EARL OP DERBY is sufferir of his old enemy, the gout We arc sects of this healt —Morniiiq Post. peen more se ,ble earl's ger MILLER having announced tisement him " with the intention of con solely to avoid being killed by him." FRANCES FARQUHARSON, once th West Indian, died from exposure ai on a holiday from th The night had been cold, an 4 dead in the Loughborough-n Ma. WILLIAM WEBB WARD, one South Staffordshire, and James Dav' shire .sessions, on a 6 Davis of 10s. 6cl. SAID PASII. any pr 'ere on Wednes: •ge of conspiring to d, fraud A the heir-apparent to the Pashalic of I an English nurse for the child of at, has engage one of the sons of 'brat 'ench nur ais childrer SEVERAL sepulchral urns, some glass bottles, lam ents, and other Roman relics have been reocnt] at [Colchester by the labourers employed TnE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. has, it is said. withdrawn the whole of his funds from the Bank of England, and closed his account with that establishment, and also with the Bank of France. The Bank of England had acted a his bankers since the failure of Messrs. Harman and Co Acre; I in 1846 AN EXCEEDINGLY PLASH MEMBER of the "swell mob" has been committed for trial by the Wolverhamp )f a lady whilst gistrates for picking the pocket travelling in a first-class railway Carrio*. who was " working the line," abstracted tl and returned the clasped purse to its place. LIMES AVE CEUVRG Liree sovereigns Poland residing in Paris c —For several years niebrated the revolu any counten done piivatelsr, and without -ernment On the present occasion the Poles that they my meet as publicly as they pleas, .. .. _ . . . and without any reserve as to the number present:. A MAN RoAsren.—A most horrible event took place on Monday, in fhe brickffelds belonging to Messrs. Lawfordand Kelly, at Kentish-town, London. A man named *Joseph and on examination p;rts of his body Wee literally roasted. The deceased, it is believed, went to the kiln for warmth, and lying down on it was speedily suffocated. RrGli i Baton), the widow Rush at Stanfield-hall, to dower out of the'proceeds of and _fines payable on the renewal of customary freeholds on her hisliand's estate,,was heard and allowed at the Vice-Chancellor's Court on Friday. It was stated that Stanfield-hall has been nnlet for two years, as no .ea upon to ACCIDENT, ET in -it. little before 1 ball in 1, for thi E. lately of St. Andrew's r3 - d a T Edition ;he 7th a LEST Edward xspicious event rimed aftel Lee of death dispute are murder her Aix.-O~ field at Henry VI nave bee , d in Au It was the French etlock on Ti to the Liverp worth-Western series of Imperial fetes wil in honour of th BRUTAL HUSBAND.—At the Central Crimit Wednesday_ Philin Grinnev. aged 36. a whe owed 'gnins 4 . - ; him fi id wounding his wife, Hannah Grinney, with intent The prisoner had in a fit of jealousy cut 's throat in three places. LABOURER, named Roberts, who was working i Duryard, near Exet( few days sinc gola ring, in which was set an uncut sapphire, rine. wh", )out 6thrts. bears an his ption in with the Department of Scie collect evidence as to the bi to which they colisider drawl); Lre about to be built in t houses whie] skirts of the town rrn MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCE conten _ eror of Austria (Francis Joseph) and tl the Err If an opulent RAILWAY aursday morning, a serious accident occurred iol morning m [1 train on tours°, at nine a.m., aid all seemed right until within distance of Berkhamstead station, when the axle of the engine broke, and the train was 'thrown across the rails of the up line. The guard, ',named Blarney, was killed on the spot, one lady was_ seriously injured, and several of the passengers were much bruised. While the train was lying across the rails, the 7.30 a.m. train from Birmingham came up, and before it could be brought to a stand it ran into the disabled mail 'train, by which one of the Birmingham passengers was much injured. The Liverpool train was detained upwaids of two hours. A GRAVING DOCK FOR GLYesGovv.--There remains one work for which no Act of Parliament is yet sought by the authorities. We hear nothing of a graving dock but the want of it. There is much inconvenience, much expense, and probably not a little detriment to the class of large vessels now frequenting our port;but as yet there is no active movement with a view to provide a remedy very week, notwithstanding our boasted ments, our noble ocean st river improve- clown to Greenock for the purpose of 'beingdocked and ex amined ! Are the Clyde Trustees asleep ?—Glasgow Citizen, AN INDEPENDENT LiIICIREIL-At a recent meeting of the Knowstone Agricultural Association, the servant of adged the winner Of a prize of s' servitud aer Said he wits i structed by his labourer, Thomas Baker, to s he had obtained an independency by his lab3ur on the farm, he would not receive the amount of the prize for his own benefit, but wished it to be placed In the hands of the clergymen of the adjoining parishes, for them to purchase some religious books by way of founding a library for the benefit of the poor. AN UNPROMISING OLD Lsrr. The Sunderland of the 1. exception, voted against t ge who were voters, wit he amendment o: Mr. Elliott in the Houghton contest of the present week. One of them, advantage by some high-hung contributor to the Gallery entering the polling place with Mr. Hopper, was about to in Suffolk-street. The curiosity expressed in literary and record her vote, when the Rev. Alfred Lee exclaimed, artistic circles .on this unexpected adornment of the fac `That old lady, Mrs. Shield, promised me to vote for the is great and general. _ We shall watch the movement amendment.' Bridling up, she responded, with a look of report progress- —perhaps 'call in an artist to depict the ' with and without macassar.— scorn, never gave a 'promise to any man in my life.' This intimatioltplvas followed by.roars orlaughter." FIRE BRICKS.—The Artisan contains some useful growth of three wee Illustrated Nev; A DARING AnvEsnyzE z —Oae of the most remarkabl remarks on the advantage of lining the baths and sides of fire-places with fire-brieks.:—" When a• lire goes out the coals at the •side of .the fire• are left unburnt, while the instances of t ite successful daring of a resolute will ha; come to our knowledge during the present week - in the shape of no less a feat than the prosecution of a sol;fn,,, centre is consumed. This arises from the -cooling powers of the iron at the sides, and hence arises the complaint that you must have a large fire or none at all. With fire -I)rick the whole of the fire, however small, will be kept ovuutry sea voyage to London, in a laden craft. The facts are as follows :—The billy-boy Kate, of Goole, of between five and six heels burtheu, was, about three weeks ago, desert ed in Hartlepool by her crew, after her cargo, about 6,000 dozens of glass bottles from the Middleton manufactory, was all safely stowed, and everything made ready for pro ceedidg to sea. Under these circumstances, the master, aptly named Admiral Harrison in no very good humour, as may be imagined, at the prospect of losing favourable wind and weather while seeking a crew —suddenly formed the extraordinary resolution to undertake the voyage alone; and, incredible as it may appear, he immediately adopted it. With the assistance of a companion, he got a single reef put in the mainsail of the vessel, got under weigh, • 'ght, an object of great - consideration sprir autumn ; and even after the fire is extinguished the fire brick lining will continue to •tliffuse warmth•for some time. A no less important advantage is, that less smoke is pro- ;dated." - TIIE EARL OF STAMFORD ASSAULTED BY POACMERS,— , On Tuesday the Earl of Stamford, while walking alone in the neighbourhood of his seat, Enville-hall, near Stour bridge, heard voices in one of his preserves, into which he iminekliately walked, and found three poachers, who mad off. His lordship nurs br the collar, but is-as immediately brought to the ground by a'heavy blow on the back of the head, which stunned him for a short time, of which the fellows availed them selves to get clear off. His lordship, on recovering him self, managed to get into the road again, but was -so dis abled from the effects of the blow, -that he was Obliged to go into a cottage, and send for a :carriage. to take him home. and then, without any other companion than a favourite dog, set out to sea. Eight days afterwards he employed a waterman at Gravesend to take him up the Thames, and rather surprised the fresh-water sailor by summoning his canine friend by a shrill whistle when the article in requi 31ms. WARNER, THE ACTRESS.—Mr. Robert •W: War ner, the'busband of Mrs. Warner, the actress, applied to the London Insolvent Debtors Court, on Saturday, for protection. In summing up the case, the commissioner said the -evLiolence proved how greatly she was respected. Her Majesty had subscribed to her relief, and had provided her with a carriage, and Miss Burdett Coutts, whose was found , to every charity, and Mr. Macread rendered her assistance. It did not a car to him tha there were any extravagant debts in 'the schedule, and there was every reason to believe that they would have been paid but for Mrs. Warner's illness. Ie would not, therefore, embitter her hours of suffering by refusinz teetion A day would, therefore, be nanied. -for the Anal Mrs. Warner's earnings in 1851, whilst in Ame rica, were £900; 1852, £500; and in the emir part of this year £230 THE CHOLERA :11T SCOTLAND.—Since our last one fatal case of cholera has 'keen reported from Arthur-street; the victim, a child about seven years of age, was carried off in ten hours. We have also heard of one or two cases oc curring in private practice, but these are not reported to the parochial authorities. In Dundee the disease con tinues on the decline ; up to Sunday night there had been 333 cases, and 167 deaths. Two cases were reported from Forfar on Tuesday and - Wednesday last. From the hosed of health returns we 'learn that during last week the fol lowing has been the state of .matters in Scotland :—ln Leith the cases approaching cholera were 2 ; cholera, 1; death, 1; deaths since commencement. 2. In Arbroath the cases approaching cholera were 2 ; cholera, 1; deaths since commencement, 14. In Dalmeny (South Queens ferry) there was 1 case approaching cholera ; cholera, 1 ; cases of cholera since the commencement, 3 ; deaths, 3. In Cupar-Fife 1 case of cholera. In Liff and Bervie the cases of cholera were 3 ; deaths. 3 ; cases of cholera since the commencement, 4; deaths, 4. In Glasgow the cases of cholera were 2 ; death, 1; deaths since the commence ment, 2. In Edinburgh the cases .of diarrhoea were 2 ; deaths from cholera since commencement, s. — Scotsman. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—The select committee on Parliamentary papers have made the &Cowing recommen dations to the House of Commons That a select com mittee of five members be appointed at the commencement of each session, of which two shall form a quorum ; and that to this committee all applications for Parliamentary papers, from free libraries, mechanics' institutions, or other public institutions established for literary purPoses,. be referred. 2. That o n th e rece i p t o f any suc h application the committee shall direct an inquiry into the character of the institution, the number of its members, the accom- modation it can afford for Parliamentary doe'nments and enabling the publie to consult them, a nd generally into any circumstances which, in the judgment of the com mittee, may afford a guarantee that the books presented shall be carefully preserved and rendered as accessible as possible to the public. 3. That with this information be fore them, the committee report what institutions are best entitled to receive the Parliamentary papers, and select such papers as they consider best adapted for distribution, regard being had to the particular interests of each locality, and that no more than one institution in the same town or district (unless under particular circumstances) be entitled to the privilege ; that on such report being agreed to by the House, the Printing Com mittee make arrangements as to the additional num ber of copies which may be required. 4. That the committee be empowered to forward the reports and papers selected for distribution, free of postage, to the several in stitutions, and to impose such conditions as in each parti cular case they may think fit, for their due preservation and for facility of public access to them. 5. That each volume so distributed bear a stamp, stating that it is to be preserved in the institution. 6. That an annual report of the proceedings of the committee be laid before the Jlouge. sition was " the Admiral's mate." We may ____ that neither the cargo nor the vessel was insured derland News. Id to this, Run- WARNING TO WEARERS OF THE MOITSTACHE.—A short time since, a young gentleman, belonging to the town of Denny, having just emerged from his teens, was particularly anxious about this insignia of manhood, and I vans had for three months assiduously cultivated the growth pe upon his upper lip. A dancing ball being in prospect ap- I c peared to him an excellent opportunity of making a display as bold making 1 e nonce assume a darker hue ; he hid, therefore, recourse to an acquaint ance, who had gone through a course of chemical studies, ex for a dye that would produce the required transformation. co He was recommended to try nitrate of silver to produce She was for this seas( and velvet possess a novelt Lo imagine anything prettier and more ie dress and "ne'glig6 handkerchiefs now ap ae most elegant—those which are placed in —are most beautifully embroidered in satin stitch and guipure, which produce the appearance of 0 1 magnificent lace d'Alene()); or Venise. tin, edged by tinted ivit , nd continued round th e b ac k so as to form a curtain, are , mely pretty ; no ornament on the front, which is 410 ,1 of a-^wn satin and velvet alternately ; between ..4.4,. vi tnebe oouttionnEs is placed a flat crossways bawl thme-quarters of an inch wide, of pink satin, trig the desired effect, and the bill night being near a hand, he instantly, set to work, and that same evening, before with a row of spots embroidered in white silk. Inside are going to bed, liberally anointed the region of the mouth little bunches of white and pink clematis with crape with the above-mentioned solution, expecting, no doubt, leaves, and small nurrabouts, the strings of pink satin on the morrow, to excite the envy and admiration of the embroidered on each edge with white silk spots.fair sex. Before dawn, however, he awakened with a sen- A very pretty dress bonnet may be composed entirely sation of pain, and the mirror disclosed the humiliating of white blond, and so small as scarcely to be distinguished fact that, instead of a luxuriant growth of beautiful black from a full-dress cap. On each side of the front is a noeud hair adorning his upper lip, the hair had entirely vanished, fo ed of barbes of blond, held by branches of small and the skin instead had assumed the desired hue of the roses, falling irregularly on the shoulder. hair mortified. By his new appearance he has since been s ma ll velvet jackets —so much worn at home, and to obliged to seclude himself from puhlic gaze; and should complete delni-neglige toilettes—are not at all likely ' not Rowland come to his aid, fears are entertained that he be abandoned this winter. has permanently denuded himself of this questionable ..................._ ornament on juvenile physiognomy.—Glasgow Chronicle. -.- Ii Cnunci PROTRACTED LAW.--The proceedings in the bankruptcy special meeti of Messrs. Chambers, bankers, o f Ne w B o nd-street and South i for Irish CI, naltou-street, London, which were commenced as far back Exeter-hall as 1825, were brought to a close by the final winding up sident of ti of the bankrupt's estate in the Court of Bankruptcy, on explain tb Tuesday. The firm stopped payment in 1824, and the estate was being wound up by trustees nominated by the credi tors, • b t o y r s ;r f r i . vi ch ien am a be d rs oc , ke o t n wasthe groundstruck, atnhadtthhee had d rm ndoectlearon t bankrupts. The validity of the bankruptcy was disputed mitted any act of bankruptcy; and a series of t r i a l s took place, in which all the fi rst legal talent of the d ay was engaged, to determine this a pp arentl y simple point ; these contests occupied the different courts for a period of ten years . At leng . th—" In the Court of Queen's Bench, in ' 1835, a compromise was effected, by which, i n . de I tion of £25,0 00 , Mr. Chambers admitted the co acto nin of r uptcy, but the validity of the bankruptcy wasbankra: still liable to be disputed by other parties, and --_ . _ ...lONS TO THE ROMANISTS.—A ile friends and supporters of the Society Missions to the Romanists was held at Thursday, the Duke of Manchester, pre ociety, in the chair ; the object being to sent important position of the m i ss i onary work the Romanists in Ireland, and the circum stances in which the society is placed. Amongst those on the platform were Lord Chohnondeley, Sir G. Pollock, Sir . P. Maitland, Hon. Capt. Maude, Colonel Alexander, Capt. Kelly, W. Gregson, Esq., P. F. O'Malley, Esq., J. Watt, Esq., J. A. Hankey, Esq., J. G. Shepperd, Esq., Ad m i ra l Ho" - Harcourt, Rev. A. Dallas, Rev. R. The Rev. A. Dallas moved the That recent events clearly show '" qt engaged in spreading the knowledge of tE " = Treland, together with the converts f eidn and others ;ni, and the inquiring. Romanists, ,t persecution, prompted by the Romanist Dr are exposed _ „__„„ ears atterwards. The various ji ll l ' t 6 . Z;ncery suits in which the different estates had been in o f t volved, and the judgments which had been obtained rece against Mr. Chambers, had then to lu• a ovil. unuer their in bsolutely necessary to call the attention to the subject, and especially to the nt down the exhibition of placard s and • - - in which reng.,— __-. with this view, the memorial after every I satectrheitsarmyeoetfisngtatheefofrorutedomteo D h e e pa r r lLaj e e n st t 3:'spri' junction was means had bee', ,zed to get them satisfied in the courts of 1 I the chairman, in the name of the friends and -suppt, _ common law. The other estates were thus set free, and some Chancery suits in whi c h they were also involved , of the Society for Irish Church Missions to the Romanists, having been successfully terminated, the estates were all in several of whose missions the persecution has been most intense." A memorial to the Secretary of State for the Home sold." After thirty years, therefore, the final dividends DePartment, based upon the resolution, and the facts co have been declared, amounting, with the previous ones, to 16s. in the pound on the joint estate of father and s on, tained in Mr. Dalla s ' s sp eec h was here read by the cbai , - 17s. 6d, on the separate estate of the father, and 2qs.on The motion was carried unanimously.—The Rev. thirtye,. Bickersteth proposed the next resolution :—" That the the separate estate of the son. The expenses of the years' litigation have been £37,700- The orig inal e progress of the missions of the Society for Irish Church. tors are nearly all dead, and none of the five original Missions to the Romanists has been such as calls for' assignees have lived to see the matter brought to a con gratitude to the Almighty, and justifies the hope that im elusion. - pOrtant. results, tending towards the reformation of Ireland, by its emancipation from Rontani sm, m i g ht 1- THE EARL OF A LDBOROVGII AND lordship's;expected, if sufficient means were ‘,,,,..4...,, An asto m u o n n cl n i g nl , :u d re f. b il y pd tt_i_is is m p i e ra e e x u t t r o a n c s t other : 1 his HOLLOY'SPILLS.-- M fr e: n iiClOe after every ranged, and against others a perpetual in- Anted by the Lord Chancellor .nect by letter, dated Villa Messina,legborn, Feb. 21, 1845.)—T0 Pro- tilt fessor Holloway.—Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your Pills by the very have effected a perfect cure of a disorder in my liver and dentl y movii stomach which all the most eminent o f the facult y at home and all over the Continent had not been a b le to effect ; nay, He entered 1 of the so , - not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad. —(Signed) Amononotron." These wonderful Fills will cure any disorder of the liver or stomach. nmittee to meet the demands for instruction made , neral spirit of inquiry at present so evi -"."'' #ll ‘' Rornanists in that country." highly interesting statement ended the operations of the greed to, and the meeting !solution separated, ken for t I in Blendarnel ire dogs liad iii; 1 years of age Lire. I Snnd !led John Beau who im- man S a square but too late i COMPLAINT AGAINST TILE REC Herald latel Counti I,Varren, the reeenq ;entlenaan wrote to and Lord Pal:nersto pings to whic! five times whip. ,ty to remit the remainder 1, and to reduce h six mouths NATIONAL EDITCATI, nprisonment of eighteen t of Mr. WI DRAWING As A BRANCH OF ioui the kingdom in connexion it modes now in one hour a week, or, considering vacations, & tO hours a year. 2. The process in detail by instruction can best be given. 3. The charac examples to be used, and some definition of the st which they should be used. THB 'Mr DI ,he town of Leicester Aised of t to a child lbout 'hich such some of !y ran ups ND RAILWAY ad neighbourhood durin; .—A dense fox _,„ occasioned a passenger and coal train on Wednesday The coal train left Syston for Leicester, whicl about four miles and a half distant, - Lutes before seven o'clock, and the up mail t ue at Syston five minutes before seven bout twenty shortly aft the proper time, and when about midway Aween ",yston and Leicester ran into the coal train. The dile was rendered impassable for a short time, and five of the passengers by the mail train were injured, but it is hoped that none of the cases will prove very serious. THE MALVEEN HILLS.—The sixteenth purchase of lilding land for distribution amongst the shareholders "he Conservative Land Society, has just been made at , t; Malvern, close to the picturesque church and par- between a panoramic view of the vale of erefors easy walk f nancl and the vv eish. mountains. The estate is an n the Wass of the Wyche, well known as the Malvern and Malvern Wells. West Malvern presents all tion of Great Malvern, with the additional ad , f having a westerly aspect, and of being conse quently protected from the cutting easterly winds. The Worcester and Hereford Railway, which is is progress, will have a station at the Wyche. GREAT SLAUGHTER OF CATS. — Great cominm- the attr for some time past prevailed amongst • the inhabitants of La Cit 6, and especially the elderly female portion of them, on account of the sudden and mysterious disappearance of having do duty en the anima rabbits and bares Es, for t he purpose of making them a service in which it seems often employed in Paris. But they vehemently protested their innocence. Complaints were made to the They succeeded in capturing they ar police, and watch was set witted, without hesitation, that it was' he who had killed the cats ; and said he had done it to sell the skins to hatters—it having been recently discovered that they are a large crowd gathered round him, and it was with diffi culty that he could be preserved from ill treatment.— Galignani. THE SPECTRE OF BENCITOINEACII.—A correspondent the Edikzburak Courant states that on the 21st ult. at 3,ooo'feet attitude , in pursuit of white hares, he had an opportunity of witnessing the phenomenon generally known as the " Spectre of the Brocken." The mist was driving in clouds over the ridge of the hill, and the sun shining brightly. At intervals, a beautiful double "fog bow" was formed in the mist. The inner bow appeared about 80 yards distant, and about 30 feet diameter ; the colours were bright, but not so bright as in the rainbow ; and occassionally his shadow was strongly and distinctly projected on tie misty clouds, and apparently at a greater distance than the prismatic arches. It required a certain density of mist to produce the shadow, as, when the mist was either too dense or too rare, he saw no image. The effect was very singular, as the "spectre" flitted in and out according to the state of the mist. As the ground fell very abiuptly below him, the inner bow was more than half a circle PROGRESS Or THE BEARD.—The moustache move ment has taken root among authors and artists. All the are edivai3 suited Tr .g favourably Ir. Samuel Phillips has eon 'lr. Owen Jones has fit to great advantage )ra razors to a friend ; anc Mr. D; Wyatt is designing a pair of mediaeval s ssors to keep-his beard and imperial in goal order. • If the epidemic rages, and beards come once more into fashion (thanks to Mr. Chorley and Mr. Albert Smith), we shall be curious to see what shaped beard the new editor of the Quarterly will assume, and how the President of the Royal Academy will cultivate his imperial and moustache. The hair on the upper lip of Shakspeare's bust, at Stratford, might form a model for some dramatic wri Eskers which \Tandy er for t e surrey k wears might SII7O. FOR DE( . -- .0-..-- of double lumpas, lii ground E3IBER, nt which are iretender , re of skill, maize, or sea-green, stoons, which of the dress e, thus pro arvals round In pns- in entirely met with great 4,er. It is called. '3 sts of a ric with h' he stuff, and pre-_ The carreau citeM wise of velvet pat l'Eyyptienne .e many -c Toured e is woven in 'Owing it as it with every tint of the rain- An entirely new aid to have been rer is in motion ed of Late, which. I taffetas, with II to the waist, the alternates thus :—the one at the bot of most brilliant design, either plaid, Die ; the next one brocaded in various le new colour, jaune Nankin, has d even to velvet, and t eveni4 abrieot and s a, still main- us its usurpation over every other plete without some article or Other of this nuance. ribbon is spotted with it for the hair; knots of this arc; emuronterea witn sliver to loop up ball dresses ; it even is permitted to encircle the face in dessous de cha peau, as well as the throat, in the mend galont, worn in narrow ribbon for evening costume. The cell, de chine— appears the most brilliant and becomin een ever yet invented—admirably suited to blond complexions, In coiffures de bal the fieurs diamente'es, an entirely novel effect of art, will produce a revolution in the art of sparent and light as crape, while they are brillian sent to the Empress, on the oceasio w n w of I of violets alone, but fresh and dewy fete, consisted s if just gathered in the dew hanging on the flowers, and weighing down the leaves with the most perfect imitation of nature. An entirely new tranasse, called a jupe de fleurs, has just been completed for the Queen of Spain. It is composed of roses and narcissus which descend in long spiral wreaths j from beneath a quilling, which encir c l es th e d ress b elow the waist, and fall to the very edge of the first jupe of tulle s A long t, n aiguilette with venerils is worn upon one shoulder; e tendrils reach to the elbow. The new shaped couronne very full bunch of mingled roses and narcissus on one side, and long tendrils on the other, is worn with this parure, the tendrils falling on the opposite Braganca, with Le aiguiletie. No variety has appeared as yet in the coiffures en cheveux. The bandeau Felix, the rouleau Leopold, still supersede all others. The hair is still turned back from the face, while not the slightest appearance of curl is visible, save now _ and then beneath the bonnets a lone repeniir may 1 scorned, to finish as it were the encii: c'zehead. One e is now dienzent afforded by the wreath across tht, of the great inconve'niens of this mode of coif-Fur „ vua.Vi I%earing rouge, in order to restore that life to the countenance which the removal of the destroys. All our lionnes are com pelled to adopt this mode ; moreover the Eastern method of dying the eyebrows and the inside of the eyelids has been found advantageous, in order to animate the eyes, anal 11710 is Cf•• 77 n _ „-- we novel expression beheld on the countenances of our fair Parisian belles at the theatre and promenade. Gloves, ala mousquetaire, are again adopted, with afermeture of caoutchouc to prevent them falling back over the hand. Some few pocket handkerchiefs, with deep fringe instead of lace, have appeared in high circles; but the experiment is still too fresh to allow of its being termed a decided fashion. Coloured shirts, with broad breast &Wings, have been eagerly adopted by our exquisites for morning costume. No waistcoat is worn with these new shirts, a la Bresilienne. Nankin colour, or sea green, are the colours preferred. A narrow border of a leaf pattern, either pink or white, runs along the edge of the frill, and is repeated round the collar and wrist . and possessing the comfort of wide loose sleeves (FIIO3I LA FOLLET.) Very few hoods are now worn on Talmas or Bournous .ey are replaced by a large sq9are , , , collar falling over th by a cord' or b: :ed corners in front : it' is filed atthe 'oad ribbon to match the trimming. cloth Talmas bordered with velvet of which is anntlior We have seen Mad palms, between eael and so pl d as to cross the velvet ones. There is also a woollen material called loutre, very heavy, and might be styled " double cloth," but warm and comfortable for travelling costumes. The trimming for this material is a broad black braid, with edges to match the colour of the lontre. Simple and pretty pelisses for young girls are made of drab cachemire, lined with a ,304,1 and marte Fiace .6 made t the Trim; velvet, deserves notice : avoiding plpits towards the bottom,- which so ill suit :mg, and .•e , t retaining sufficient fulness to profusion c cloth c Plain 131 b gain worn this winter, if We may ral beautiful dresses that have been made in ir and design with which they n )eniquOled As for the col green, or blue; called des objets d'art, nd is always either black. the two latter of quite di bei •ent shades of a bricht- last thirty y also, whic ml for feathe s, has regained its iventions. this season, has 'Hell will be the tr also ; for feather; he most recherch6 ornaments to,. s in feathers or marabouts abound in beauty almost to defy description. +he seine arc. liaux nese resenli been repnd p 1 ilette, neat del e of t mph have ball- ; tnree or rour rows or enner round the skirt of a r lampas or brocade have a . most elegant appear lunieat,htaes a l l a . nr i.o cas p e lae it e i d s be wo tw rn ee ag In black; the effect is adnnrable . upon a dress:of t • S s in at M i l ' r 0 gS let is so effec- to secure favour for it during this splayed in the flowe !het, woven (facing the riches . is another fantai iuto the shade brilliant col tom of the sk spotted, or in vain to d, id surrounds ti I gparkl d with "No toile ieason. Much tas tively inter Cnej a - ce 3caded in pure w wear 1