The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

TtESISAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1853. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. TITS A lved4 Y screw steam-ship sailed esm --..--- there• 1101ZTDRIP, brush- ma k er , i n Whit ec h ape l was on desFrida onnd de a d i n b ed. He had been ill for some few Previ a* ! . kt 14 Wlosif COLLIERS, to the number of 4,284, have toi ;rsed to k but are still on strik about 750 he rs at the r m' ines of Upholland, Bispham, e Walthew iT cl aN e gate, and Standish. Csse.—William Christie, remanded from Aoip . -- "".Y on a charge of stabbing a seaman, named John Nigs,raltn,..Tithebarn-street, on Sunday . afternoon, was again Oti r , "P on Thursday, and committed for trial. !nit AIISTRALIA.—The next mail for New South ode Victoria, South Australia, and Van Diemen's Land 1 40 1 4 esPatched from Liverpool by. the Matilda Watten -11 the 4th of December. ,s,assr.—At the Police-court, on Friday, Sarah Wil thir- °ld woman, and a 18,d, named James Allen, were ted with stealing 391bs. of copper nails from the San- Nst o d rav ing Dock, on Thursday. They were taken into st 4 3 7 with the stolen property in their possession. . Ne.),EZkIIL OF DERBY v. JOHN ROSSON, ESQ.—Thi s ,ting to a demand for a chief rent of 4s. Bd. claimed kttleotashiP in respect of Moor-hall, has been amicably 0 Y which the estate will be freed from payment Toy in future. kiNialvglLL INSTITUTE.—A library and reading-room has b si4hFutlied for the use of the industrial classes in N bse society already numbers upwards of 80 4tist:ll-er• The committee have addressed an appeal for FeT. le ,e in donations of books, pamphlets, &c. Nth e l_ A CCIDRNT —On Tuesday, an inquest was held 5p7. 7 1 of John Russell, eight years of age, son of Mr. ttea ot Pitt -street. On Saturday afternoon he had to,pilg the rails of St. Michael's churchyard, to get kieihe eh had lost, when' he fell backward, sts- T t °°lleussil:n of the brain, and died on Monday. ~tbw.... C RITTICTIIRAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ed - ed s ,, n esdaY at the Royal Institution—Mr. Verelst '"It 1 'nue sec ta (llr Boult) announced that the 131) 4F i sub d ie a e lco f° 7zi r m e° ,..,_ re P. e . trii. 7., wa in tion m for 400 persons, wOuld be a design fet a church in the style of 11- Etts Plans to be sent in by December 28. Chas. °n, of Halifax, read a paper on " Ventilation. I ste or Vas BANK.—The drafts of the Isle of k ee Sick (Messrs. Holmes and Co.) were refused accept cleao,"%• Wednesday by th e ir L on d on agen t s , f rom t h e °t one of the partners a few weeks a go h avin been ts,,,wed within the last day or two by that of the only "'Mr and it ' T. Wass bank of issue tinder local regulations, s qtl 11E authorised amount of note's was £lO,OOO. 1 B °CIETA. A.RMONICA..—The sixteenth dress concert It st society was given on Wednesday, at the Mechanics' nation, and was numerously attended. The concert, th e a 8 regards the selection of the music and the skill of De o l • at e r nlere was very creditable, and indicative of the qv P r °rt, ess ' being made by the society in the practice P. k ctal and instrumental 'music. sib4l., ACCIDENT TO AN ENGINEER.-011 Thursday 4 1 . 0 7:1ReSt was held before Mr. Statham, the deputy ee,"e,r, on the body of Robert Cruickshank, second engi te..• ~"! the steam-ship Minerva, between Liverpool and ,uoei'l• The ship was being towed out of the Nelson th %171 4 's °11 Saturda 'right, when deceased put his head 14 4 s e larboard -wheel, used for stopping and starting sas Theshead engineer asked him sharply what th e doing • and - almost immediately one of the handles Tt o6 - ' wheel ' caught the deceased on the forehead, and Vsi e(l d . When taken up he was insensible, Se,,,, - *°d flowed copiously from a wound on his fortlead. T' a 'S taken tithe Northern Hospital, but died on the way. swil t TB by WORKMEN.—On Monday a'pleasing , hier °f regard was paid to Mr. Francis Harrison,.l te. st/C of the North Shore Mills, by a few friends _and tosltinen formerly engaged in that extensive establish sll,l,,i It' essasisted of a silver snuff-box, and geld watch- Ltti b ;„,klr• Parker, who presided, in presenting the witti 1, 4 -Jai- gave a detailed account of their association 41)04-'4,r• Garrison and the North Shore Mills, and dwelt tete, ,ne ',1,-• ..indness and courtesies which they had ever !eeli z ;,'"rom their worthy cashier. Mr. Harrison, in a alteech, replied and expressed his gratitude for the fortliMble testimonial which he had just received, and ilp o „ge kind feeling evinced by the workmen towards him i4tilat and all other occasions. vrt s Fic.—On WedneSda an inrest 0 7 4 ,;-qd on Pauli the body iEr o r f James Gill, kno y, Rory at]mown as " ..2c: 1 10 had died from injuries received.in a prize-fight a slci;by, with F ran k Donnelly. The fight was for'£2o kitx Donnelly's seconds being "Nobby Claif . ke," z.,ewcastle Jack" attending upon Gill. It is described Ott es been a very severe 'one; it lasted thitty-five tv er es, and was d ec l are d to b e won : b y Gill, who, how ei: ° Presented anything but the appearance of . con , • His lower 11 a jaw, on the left -side, was fractured, light eye blackened: and his flea and face very much leerl and dis c ed. He died on. Sunday • morning. karY returnd verdict of " manslaughter a ga i ns t the partite bonnelly and his alders and 'abettors.' None of e yet in CUStOdy. -tAIL L OF DERBY OF THE EASTERN QU:E . STION.— to The following letter was received'in Manchester ; answer aneinvitation to attend the meeting of " Sympathy with t hi e the Corn Exchange on Wednesday Knowsley, Nov. 14, 1853. _ the 12th inst !ecovering a cknowledge the receipt of your letter of ut retret that the state Of my health—slow ) the last month ITa n s fr i„. °ll ° a severe attaek of illness, which for t„ehe tiders it iin os - 1,1 4 — "t esttreiy confined..meto my bed — propose poses e for rue to entertain the ideaof attending infor____, meeting on. 'Wednesday neat. far as lam tp e we(' as to the merits mit Ih e Eastern (question, right L.R:r s to me to be altoeether on the aide ofTurkey ; and I titsve that my opinions,' as to the utter futility of the pre iltipro e ke drWard by Rtesain in j ustification - of her acts of Oniaggression, are Shared by the great mass of m y en.--I am, sir, your obedient servant, DESIST. • Clayton, Esq. t4;viNrint CIRCUITS FOE TORICOHITIE .--ttaVD LANFA : '" -0 /1 Thursday the Judges . who have been app . oint f hold the Winter Urcult•of Assize' for counties o C - ' 4 and Lancaster, appointed the.dayaor opening the oOiissions at Y or k and Liverpool, viz. :—the Hon. Mr. tiZa Alderson an d the Hon. Mr. Baron-Mrtin, for Lan fit e'xed Mond a y, th e st h of Dec. at Liverpool; and IP "'con. Mr. Justice Coleridge and the Haze Mr. Justice tie l 4qtrean, for York, fixed Saturday, the dOth Decembe r 7. 1 e, at York. These assizes are confined to criminal bum 148;York and Lancaster are the only counties in which a the 'r Circuit is held, the necessity for the circuit being, I,4a9rnaous population in 'the numerous manufacturing thQ 1° each count the calendars for, which, up to the ce nt time h d will be greatly:increased before eavy, y, an Ys for opening the 'commissions. %is A.TION. —On Tuesday, the Rev. James P. ylrd, curate of North 'Shore, Birkdale, was presented ri A ' e raembers of his congregation .and friends with a ,Np i ,eontai n ' e about £4O, "as a small testimony of p(u,gh approbation of the fidelity with which he had 7 t i , ti e ;_ the duties as their monster and--pastor, the very o'e ci; i l') manner in which he had preached.and propagated Christ, and of his un- Vt,,ii-nies of the Gospel of Jesu s ls eon izeal in promoting and establishing the.schoo to the '^ with the district." Very great praise is due k,tfeutlein who has been preaching in this poor f?r about two years, haying. , had perform the eh gnt . 1 n a lar g e room , ( a c h urch very much Zietis,,2-Lip the neighbourhood,) the congregation consisting O.' dock labourers and persons of-that class, the a l -,'nn completely filled, and the schools now number I 41 , of 2® • 1 10. • Tows —Th e medical *officer reports t ile , t he ar or THE the borough was considerably below 1 11, it be ever since the month of I Ce d as eaths from all causes in the last four weeks t,tki;‘),.ls6 172 165 respectively, giving.; an average Llie", lo . ,, e rtakty of 166 against 193, the average of the Oc k l 7,,,t seers _ur weeks.. The mean mortality of the same ho e e i a e f wce wee g_ y five years was also .19,3, showing weekly in favour of the present year. blit i% sl. 4 . 4l olera continued to occur from time to time. L t' A t Ni ll- ,_"ue last four weeks there had been 30 fatal cases, ge t eeZabout one-half had been among the German and d,;',4.l4.rauts ...passing through the town. The deaths ',,‘ 4 e7.7' .l "ncea had4aeen from seven to eight feehl .e. pr y, being ~,e s s than in-the corresponding period t't 4 resii typhus there had been 30 m m ih r e tali four ty Vroria r eesAi d es , 10 ; scarlatina, 35; the ° t l atte diseaseshowi n g a tendency to increase. kh 4 04 r h da Henry Vaughan, loksT ars . y 1 If cr i b bed himself as a packer in the employment of 14_,N4' 4-11 1 and Co., ,Colquitt-street, charged a married biallied Isabella Higham, with robbing him-of a th e gold ring, and A vest piece. The prosecutor, Cktit i , coolest impudence, stated that he had taken a *` " room for the primmer, knowing at the time that .4 };e 4 Marri e d woman; after living with her a short f ound that she had pawned the articles named, f . t .an aggravation of the charge against hr, 4, l estf,'..nat her husband .bad " set upon hip, e an.e . assaulted him in otnd-road. rl 41 th e 4 ced that she had for same, time been fo llowed . 1 '5 4( 4 1 1 1 )k Prosecutor in the public street, and after in tfler to go and live with him, he put the watch in }t', t neck and the ring on her finger. She also sta ga t . was to have met him on. Saturday, after he left 6 4 4 (1 hi d , but her husband had taken her away, and as she eh fiLkeet him he brought the present charge against t(Zaet e ,lPresidin g magistrate at once dismissed the case, 6 - NeT. n lgit as - onenaost disgraceful 4o all the parties 't{kltt, • 0 ti c ? .. , 4 40 LODGING-HOUSE KEEPERS. T -At th 9 Police- IN hk .76„ ( lay' Thomas Shaw, and his wife Louisa, were stealing a quantity of wearing apparel . from t „a Griffiths, Nelson-street. The proseeutnx de h4otise in July 1852, the prisoners came to lodge at Nli k 4 s taling that they were recommended to her by n'sß, iney resided with her for upwards of twelve rk , "l l le La ran up a bill with her of £3B for board and 14:14 e s 4 i, g missed several articles of wearing ap 117itello°,11t vice ' 7.leh of December, she suspected a servant Ilit,Ntti.ST;•n. The lodgers left her after she had sheltered to. thi -- Year, and, when they had gone, she first gala Pay;„ en?, as they had behaved so dishonestly by `" D,t‘ug he r a f a rthi ng._ MOnday night' the 114,14 Z i a lercaine to her h o use quite drunk and asked ,L , te t then Mrs. Griffiths accused her of having tt . " l ek4 .° PeTtY and asked her, at least, to give up the D , Tuesday morning Louisa Shaw did give o f - ;Zets, and one of them proved to be for a l i ue property stolen, and pledged in the man's kNitztl stc, a dmitted that be had stolen it. 14 theseN .ro SrzAL.—At the Police-court, on Friday, 4 t i valr a l was sent to prison for three months, fE~kl t e t a k D i e ?ig to ind uce J o h n Fit zpa t r i c k, a s hop-boy 1 ., 3 of Messrs. Gee and Co., Temple-court, to r_o,in. the statement of the boy it appeared that ~p e aar e r h o went round buying old clothes, met him I v a 1 ,,,', 41 5e door, a few days ago, and told him that tte,"? t o It ? by which he could " increase his weekly tkhk whin lout Bps. per week." The boy eagerly asked tpe tt na, o p,. .P r isoner replied. " Why, get me six or `4l, j . 414 i t 'ea a day, and I'll make it all right. The ,ket Wt e :akes , ft , and why not you ?" He met the boy ; ea,hervards, when he was going messages for 1. 4 1 4t e the , c t une asking him when he was going to tr,lllllstan,,,Ta,eel." The bOy having communicated i kt e 4tl l : t'° his employers, it was resolved to set a At I,e Prisoner, detection, he boy had arranged to S i t h e ofa cer :T A and let him have the parcel of tea, and eihb4 ir 'l )Poin te c i ef!tt and Sullivan were put on the alert, w ar p„, tune, Percival made his appearance in lc ko e le.rti cri ci tl e t 61V: u o s f ei and the boy gave him a parcel co.n -0/1 2s who, , ea, Worth ns. The boy asked him "mqi, • *, and " Re had promised to give him, and he 11 4° was goin etlistod g off with the tea, when he THE WA n.—A requisition is in course of signature in Liverpool to the Mayor, John B. Lloyd, Esq., asking him to call a meeting to consider the propriety of urging upon the Government the necessity of efficient support to Turkey in its present struggle with the Northern autocrat. THE MANCHESTER ATHEN2EUM had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Wednesday afternoon. The fire in a large stove in the news-room had ignited the floor, but some boards having been torn up, the flames were discovered in time to check their progress. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT:- 4th Royal Lancashire (Light Infantry) Militia : Ensign T. B. Whitehead to be lieut., vice Phibbs, who retires.— The Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia : Second Lieut. J. Railton to be first lieut. • Second Lieut. W. G. Furnival to be first lieut.; Second Lieut. J. E. D. Campbell to be first lieut. MASONS' STRIKE IN THE ISLE OP MlN. — The masons of Ramsey have demanded an advance of 3s. weekly on their present wages, to commence on the Ist of January, 1854, thereby allowing time to their employers to finish their present contract work. Should the demand not be complied with by a guarantee to make the advance at the time required, we believe that an immediate strike is contemplated.—Mona's Herald. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER. — John Goodwin was charged on Wednesday, at the Police-court, by Mrs. Calvert, who keeps a toy-warehouse, in Bold-street, with stealing, on the 21st ult., a quantity of gold and silver, a dozen knives, some coral beads, and three pairs of bracelets, in all valued at £7, from her premises. He had been out of the way since the robbery until his apprehension on Tuesday. Remanded, to give the police an opportunity to find some of the property. SEARCHING SERVANTS' Boxics. — ln a ease heard on Tuesday, at the County Court, in which a defendant, sum moned by his domestic servant, had refused to allow her to take her box on quitting his employment, his Honour declared emphatically that a master had no more right to search a servant's box than a servant had to ransack his desk, unless, indeed, there were strong grounds for a suspicion of felony, in which ease, what he did was at his own risk. BODY OF A CHILD Fonn - n.—On Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, police-constable Hassett, on duty in Church-street, Everton, found the body of a newly-born female child, which was lying in the grave-yard of St. George's Church, wrapped in white cloth. Mr. George Kemp, surgeon, was of opinion that the child had been born alive, but that death had been caused by suffocation, from pressure upon the mouth, the result of accident or violence. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sanday, last week, Mr. Saville Roundell, a gentleman far 'advanced in years, died sud denly at his house, in Bedford-street South. The deceased, who was an unmarried 'man, was somewhat singular in his manners, bid very temperate, and of regular habits. On the servant girl, as usual, taking up his shaving water, at eight o'clock on Sanday morning, he made no answer, and, his door being locked, the inmates of the house 'be came alarmed, and a police-officer was called in. The deceased was fouled dead in bed, death having resulted from serous apoplexy. CHANGE RINGING.—On Wednesday week, the Liver pool college youths celebratedtheir fifty-third anniversary, at the Bottr's Head, Drury-lane, the venerable 'change ringer, Mr. W. Evans, in the chair. There were:present, Messrs. Churchwardens Hutchison and Came with Mr. Clarke,thelate churchwarden, and Mr. John Hand, who, fifty-threeyears ago, conducted the first peal ever rung in Liverpool. Mr. Mayor, another veteran change ringer, and several friends and admirers of the art,' iv ere present. During the evening several tunes and courses were rung on thehand bells, and glees followed eachloast. A GOUNTERFEIT BABY.—Daring the -last few cold nights, a woman has been begging in OXThrd-street, Man chester, apparently with a little child, will muffled up in 'hertcloak ; and as she was very importunate, and annoyed many decent people, a policeman:took her to the police station, and it was there found 'that the baby was made of shavings, wrapped up with rags, into something like an infantile form. She was taken before the magistrates at the city police-court ; and as she assured the bench that she had several real children in the town, and would imme diately go back to Liverpodl with them, she was dis charged.—Manchester Examiner. Mn. GEORGE WITHERS, formeily treasurer to the dock trust, died on Wednesday morning, after a lingering illness of several months, at the housed his son, Mr. R. Withers, he Uplands, West Derby. ;Degassed held the office of dock treasurer for a period of nearly twenty years, having been appointed in April,lB33. In September or October last year he resigned his situation, owing to his advanced age and declining state , of health. On his retirement the Dock Committeeoffered'hins the choice of a sum of money, to be paid over immediately, or a superannuation allow ance of £2OO per annumrMr. Withers chose the latter, and he has therefore onlybeen in the enjoyment of his pension for a period of -about twelve months. He was 71 years of age. STEALING a £2O No'rn.—At the Police-court, on Wed nesday, Johanna 'Russell, servant with Mr. Terence M`Camley, of Trueman-street, was charged with stealing a £2O Bank 'of England mote. Six weeks ago the note was stolen from alaeked drawer, by some person who had taken out the drawer above,. and abstracted the note by thrusting the hand at - the back of the drawer. Nothing further was hear' cifit until Tuesday evening, when the prisoner took a £2onote to the house of Mr. Congrieffe, publican, Trueman‘street, in payment of 7s. 2g., which she owed him. sMr:Xcengriefre said he could not.change it then, but 'if she .would come in the morning he would endeavour to do so. 'lnformation was given to the peilice, and she was taken' into custody, Mr. reamley said, as he was no scholar he-could not swear to the note; but he had receivedit from a' gentleman, who, he thought, would be able to identify it. Remanded, in order that this ad ditional link in thoevidenee might be given. BLACKMUYIN COMVPI3)IiTION.—The government of the town of Blackburn has passsed entirely into the'hands of the Radical 'faction. It was the wont of this (faction' to decry the , monopoly Of power which they falsely attributed to the Conservatives. But monopoly is only wrong,-when it is not in the hands of the " Liberals." We confess that we never ,willingly apPly the term which we 'have just quoted to the Radical . party, for a more thoroughly Wide ral set never breathed the air of heaven. This* self-styled "Liberal" party-claims to itself the sole right :of admi nistering our local affaire—municipal as well as paeotbial. It does not signify that considerably more than.one-;half of the public rates are-paid by Conservatives:; 'the latter must nat have any voicowhatever in the government ofthe town. It does not signify that Conservatives notoriously pay more than one-half the gross amount of wages paid in Blackburn : they must not even presume to ail( the suffrages-of their own work-people. It does not signify that mere than one-half-of the people of Blackburm,iree members of the Church of England: they must content themselves with a Town Council composed (excluding the Aldermen,) of a majority of Romanists and Dissenters--a majority -Which will, ere long, be still further angmented. All this is very exclusive and one-sided ; but it is quite in keeping with the principles of modern " lal,teralism:"— Blackburn. Standard. CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A POLIOR.OPPIOBR.— Police-officer 68 (M`Grane) was on Wednesday .charged by officer 329 with furious driving. The informant statod that he was on duty in Great George-street on Sunday, the 6th instant, when he saw the defendant in a white chapel, driving at the rate of 12 or 13 mlies an hour. In his defence, M`Grane said that he and Southwell (a brother officer) were going to take a jaunt to Prescot, after they had come off duty on the evening in question, and that he was not driving at a greater speed than four or five miles an hour. The charge, he said, had been in stigated by a malicious feeling en the part of the officer who had laid the information. He then called witnesses to prove the easy pace at which the horse was going, amongst whom was Inspector Campbell, who said that M`Grane was not going at a greater speed than six or seven miles an hour. He (the inspector) had noticed the officers going down the street, and, he remarked to the officer who had ince laid the information that they were " cutting it fat." It seems that the,efficer, who did not appear to be on the most friendly terms with M`Grane, had thought that this remark would justify him in bring ing the charge. the inspector explained, however, that he only meant that they were. making a gay appearance. Mr. Mansfield saidile could see no reason-why the charge had been brought, for it appeared to him that M`Grane had not been furiously driving, and that ,it was a gross mistake on the part of 329. Captain Greig,.who had been called into court to hear the case, said, as it : was very de sirable that there should be no dissension amongst the officers, he should remove 329 to the northern,division. RuNcome VHSTRY MEETING, — A meeting Ras held in the National School-room, in Runcorn, on Thursday, which meeting was called by the following notice :—"‘Notice is hereby given, that the inhabitants of the township of Run corn, in the county of Chester, will assemble in vestry, at the Parish Church, in Runcorn aforesaid, on Thursday, the 17th day of November instant, at the hour of 'twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of receiving and consider leg the wish of John Johnson, Esq., which will be then and there submitted to them, to stop up as wholly ramie cessary a certain footpath or highway leading from a cer tain style in a road or way called the Greenway, in Run corn aforesaid, across a field belonging to Geo. Orred, Esq„ and another field belonging to the said John Johnson, Esq ; , and ending at certain steps leading down into a road or way called the Holloway, also in Runcorn aforesaid, the said footpath or highway being of the length of 792 yards, or thereallouts, and of the average breadth of four feet, or thereabouts, and situate in Runcorn aforesaid." The Rev. John Bar lay, M.A., vicar, presided. The various clauses in acts of parliament relating to the matter in hand were read to the meeting. Mr. John Johnson then stated that, in consideration of the public giving up the footpath in question, and in lieu thereof, he would thoroughly repair the road called the Holloway, leading from Runcorn to Higher Runcorn—that he would make it , good road ; also widen it in some parts, as well as take off several cor ners in the road, which would shorten the distance forty yards. The alteration, he said, would remove one of the greatest nuisances they had in or about Runeoen, which all must confess the Holloway was at present. Re would do all this at his own expense, but he wished it to be tho roughly understood that he would be the last person in the world to take a privilege from a working man—nay, if he had to walk twenty yards further he would not take it. By making this alteration, lie (Mr. Johnson) would lose a rental of £7 a year; and if any working man can prove that he will suffer in the slightest degree by the alteration, he would at once give it up.—lt was proposed by Mr. James Carsley, and seconded by Mr. Thomas Pritchard, " That the proposition made by John Johnson, Esq., be accepted ; and that leave be given him to stop up the footpath described in the notice."—An objection was then made to Mr. Thomas Pritchard, as not being a rate payer in the township of Runcorn : the motion was after wards seconded by Mr, John Basnett.—An amendment was moved by Mr. Shaw Brown, and seconded by M r . John Bailey, " That this meeting be adjourned until to morrow evening, at six o'clock, in order to afford the working classes an opportunity of giving their opinions and vote on the occasion?! This amendment was after wards withdrawn to make room for the following amend ment, which was proposed by Mr. Jonathan Potter and seconded by Mr. Mather, "That this meeting be ad journed until Mr. Johnson's proposition be laid before the Runcorn Improvement Commissioners." A division took place, when it appeared that there were—for the amend ment, 41; original motion, 54 ; majority, 13. A poll was instantly demanded by Mr. Simpson, seconded by Mr. Shaw Brown, and the Vicar adjourned the meeting to the Town-hall, in Runcorn, on Monday morning. A vote of thanks to the Vicar was moved by Mr. Whiteway, and seconded by Mr, Joseph Rigby, (a,' his kind conduct in the chair. ;5 • R ~i ~SE~ ~~ N. 5 ; 0 . has . 3 tter n to ° N I o or - g . t for f infic n-of tAr tb arY "0' tt-leer' evi d,e of a P!/.1. a o li lal °e d tt r e c whic h an 05 P re 0 11 h e ,e ci° vOuA" )rt of evi t I I lect le elPr!,, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TILE ATLANTIC, United States mail steam-ship, Captain West, sailed at half-past ten o'clock:on Wednesday, with a full cargo, for New York ; and, at the same time, the screw steam-ship Andes, with a large and valuable cargo, for Halifax and Boston. LAW AND PIIGILISM.—A fine of £2 and costs was im posed by the magistrates, on Tuesday, upon Mr. John Yates, sen., a solicitor of this7town, for an assault com mitted by him on Mr. Walter Robert Crouch, a surgeon to theNorthernHospital. The dispute between the parties arose from the refusal of Mr. Yates to pay the fee of a guinea, which Mr. Crouch claimed on the part of a me dical friend of his, for evidence given in a case in which Mr. Yates was concerned. THE PRESTON MASTER COTTON-SPINNERS BESEIGED AT BLACKBURN.—The strike at Blackburn, it would appear, is not yet at an end ; and the turn-outs, it seems, are receiving countenance and aid by physical-force-men from Preston. On Wednesday afternoon a mob of opera tives surrounded the Bull Hotel, in Blackburn, in the belief that many of the Preston employers were in the house. These they threatened with summary vengeance if they could lay hands on them, in the meantime threaten ing to burn the hotel. Several of the Preston manufac turers, who were in the house at the time, were forced to escape by the back way, and the mob only dispersed after six of their number had been permitted to search every room 'in the house, and satisfy themselves that none whom they regarded as obnoxious were in the house,—a lawless free dom entirely opposed to every maxim of English law, and highly daugerous to public safety. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—Mr. J. Harrison presided at the usual meeting of this board, on Wednesday, at the Workhouse. The other members present were the Rev. W. Badnall, and Messrs. Allpass Hayes, M`Gee, Lunt, Craig, Mountfield, Abrahams, Carter, G.Harrison, Roskell, Wensley, Molyneux, Horsfall, Shaw, Jeffries, and Catterall. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be £216 6s. 9d. Orders were given that application should be made to the overseers of Everton and Thornton, re quiring them to pay the balance due from them to the board by Tuesday next; the respective amounts due born them being, Everton 5.420 18. 2d., and Thornton £4 Os. 2d. The wages of John Taylor, tailor, and Isaac Mullock, shoemaker, at the Workhouse, were ordered to be 255. a week respectively, and Messrs. John Getty atid Thomas Brereton accepted as sureties for Messrs. Hood and Scour field, contractors for alterations in the hospital. The tender of Mr. Shaw, of London-road, for looks,was accepted, and Mr. Stephens, medical officer, requested to attend the next meeting of the board, with reference to the case of Mary Clare. DENSE FOG AT MANCHESTER.-011 Thursday night Manchester and Salford was visited by a fog so dense as to be absolutely alarming. It appears to have come on about half-past seven o'clock, and to have continued until half-past ten. In the vicinity of the canals, and of the rivers Irwell and Medlock, it was extraordinarily dense ; and at the Bridgewater Via(lll4, and at the Crescent, in Salford, it was found necessary to lead the horses in the omnibuses, as from the middle of the streets the gaslights at the sides could not be seen, and there was the greatest danger of the vehicles running upon the footpaths. One of our reporters states, that in proceeding to a lecture delivered that evening in =tare Town-hall, Salford, he found much difficulty in finding the square in which the build ing is situate, and that lie actually got upon the steps at the entrance before ho could make out whether the Ilarge room of the hall was 'lighted up or not. The large light in the centre of the square assumed the appearuneeef a flickering lurid something overhead ; and the common lamp-posts could not be distinguished a yard from them. We have not heard of any accidents occurring during the continuance of the fog, though it seems wonderful that such is the case.—Manchester Courier. DOCK Cosestirrat.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. A recom mendation's read from the sub-committee of works to let 1,443 square yards of land at the north side of the canal lock; fronting Lightbody-street, to Meesrs. Brandreth and Co.,'coltfur manufacturers, at ls. 6d.' per square yard per annuna,*for a term of five years. After 'some conver sation the recommendation was agreed'te.—The surveyor received-the authority of the committeatollet the Clarence dock dry after Sunday, the 27th instant, Ifor the purpose of icleaneing it.—The sub-committee reported that the terms• of the apprenticeships of Chas.rEdevard Shackleton, JolniiE. Leyland, Edward Bowring, -and Peter Campbell had expired, and their conduct 'having `been satisfactory, the flub-committee recommended 'that the secretary be authorised to put an engrossment en Itlheir indentures to that effect. Agreed to.—The sub-committee recommended 'that Messrs. Leyland and Bowring, who have been for .some time acting as landing-cleths,lie confirmed in their appointments, at salaries of £Bonlear ; and that Camp 'hell and Alexander Gordon he appointed to the office of landing-clerks, at the same Imlay. They further recant 'mended that Messrs. Oldfield, .Itinnersley, and Williams 'be appointed as additional landing-clerks, at the same - salary. Agreed to.—Mr. Langsdale complained that :a man named Kean had beentpassed, through Mr. Cowan =being prejudiced against him. Along conversation ensued, but ultimately the appointments of the sub-committee -were confirmed.—The reeignation of Mr. Goldman, one of 'the landing-clerks, was accepted, and the appointment of 'three additional landing-clerks was ordered.—An applica • tien from the men on the laliiiing-stage for an increase - in 'their salaries, which amount to 20s. per week, was refused. —On the recommendation of the Harbour-masters' Sub committee, the fog bell was •ordered to be rung at intervals •df two minutes, when required, for the safety of • the ;•steamers arriving at the .quay.—lt was ordered that in future the established firmsin the town should be allowed 'the use of the large tranese(for fifteen tons or upwards) on receipt of the signature of a clerk, and without requiring the deposit of a sovereign, as formerly. WARRINGTON DISPENSARY BALL.—The annual ball' :in aid of the funds of the'Warrington Dispensary, took . • #lace in the Assembly-roam, Lion Hotel, Warrington, on "Tuesday. The assembly, 'owing to a variety of causes, was not so numerous as on former occasions, but it em- . braced members of the most distinguished families in the district, and the company presented a most brillianteap pearance. The following were amongst the number present :—Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., Sir Humphrey de Trafford, Augustus de Trafford, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Cutaiffe, Mr. and MrS. , Breoke, Major and Mrs. Brooke, ' Captain and Mrs. Robert Parker, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. John Antrobus, Captain Rowley, Mr. France, (77th Regt,) Hon. Gilbert Stapylton and lady, W. G. Walmeley, Esq.; Mrs. and Miss Tempest, Hon. A. Lascelles, Mrs. Laseelles, • Sir Philip Grey Geaton, Mrs. and Miss Geaton, J. J. Blackburne, Esq., and lady, Miss Blackburne, Miss E, Blackburne, Miss F. Blackburne, Captain Wombwell, Mr. . Wilbraham Mr. E. Wilbraham, Colonel Blackburne, Mr. F. Corbett, Miss Corbett, Mr. G. Shakerley, Mrs. and Miss Dora Shakerley, Mr. Hannan, Mr. Bali and Mr. Scott, (34th Regt.,) Lieut. MostyneOwen, E. H. Grey, Esq., A. i Potts, Esq., John Sharp, Esq., Mr. and Lady Adelaide de Trafford, the Misses Alderson, Alderman Perrin (ex- Mayor), and the Misses Perrin, S. B. Chadwick, Esq., and ' Miss Whiteway, Jas. Matson, Esq., and party, Rev. Eaton and Miss Eaton, Miss Robinson Appleton (Widnes); John Litton, Esq., Alderman Bierpoint and lady, Mrs. and Miss Gaskell (Birchdale), John Broadhurst, Esq., Chas. Broadhurst, Esq., Mr. John Haddock, the Misses Haddock, George Arkingstall, Esq., Dr. Kendrick and lady, Mr. C. White, Alderman White, Mr. .and Miss Churton, Mr. Spinks, Mr. Al. H. Seed and lady, Miss E. Green, Mr. lohn Crosfield, Mr. S. M. Webster, :Mr. S. Reynolds, Miss 'Thorpe, the Mayor, (P. Rylands,' , Eeq.,) Miss Wraf Thos. -Giddes, Esq.., and lady, Win. Niebolson, Esq., lady, and malty, Jas. Nicholson, Esq., and wady, T. F. Lawe, Esq., , Jas. Stanton, Esq., Miss Stanton, Henry Stanton, Esq., and lady. --The refreshment rooms, under the superin tendence of Mrs. Thorpe, of the ,hotel, were thrown open shortly before twelve o'clock, and fully sustained the repu tation of the hostess. Horabin's quadrille band was attendance. DESTRUCTWE EIRE NEAR BoorvE.—On the night of Thursday last a firehroke out in the-fleur-mill in Bootle , lane, occupied by Mr. Thomas Bollard„,p.nd known in the neighbourhood as Bollard's MilL The mill was a very extensive one, grinding by eleven pairs, of stones, driven partly;by wind and partly by steam power, the windwill portieneonsisting of a lofty tower nine stories in height, closely ad4oining to which was an extensive granary five stories high, and at the north-east side of this was the steam-engine and boiler-house, and on the farther side was an..additional granary and stables; the whole occupy img part . a a field. At about a quarter :before eight o'clock smoke was observed issuing from one of the win dows on the fourth or fifth floor of the circular tower, when an alarm of fire was immediately given,,,and mes sengers were despatched to Liverpool for assistance. With the least possible delay, Mr. Hewitt and ithe fire brigade, and .the agents and :superintendents of ~ the fire insuranee offices and their men, were on the spot; but, before their arrival, the fire - hadattained such ascemieney as to defy all efforts to extipgglsh it. Exertions were, therefore, in the first instance, .directed to saving .some valuable horses, which were in the stables, and in doing this the assistants were happily successful, as well as iii saving some pigs. About nine o'clock the fire had, reached its greatest force, and was ,i)urning with terrific fury. At this time the four upper stories of the mill tower, together with the machinery ov its top, including the sails, presented a dense and glowing mass of raging flame, ever and anon bursting out with increased vigour ,and volume, as the timber and other combustible matters on the different floors successively gave way, the fiery mass being greatly augmented by the gallery and stairs which externally surrounded the tower, and also by flames from-the large granary first referred to. Long after every vestige of combustible matter had been consumed in the four orfire upper floors of the tower, the ponderous arms of the huge sails continued poised on the summit of the building, swaying in such a manner as to convey an idea of imminent peril to the under buildings, and those work ' ing beside them : at length, the supports, gradually weakened, gave way, and the massive arms, drawn back wards by the weight of the tail-wheel and its connecting machinery, fell over, and rested securely across the roof less wall of the tower. Shortly after this, the tail-wheel , and some of its fastenings fell to the ground with a crash, thus removing every immediate source. of danger, and allowing free scope for the exertions of those who were labouring for the safety of the remaining property. Shortly before eleven o'clock the fire had nearly exhausted itself, and became gradually extinct. Soon after the fire broke out, Captain Greig, the head constable, was on the spot, and rendered valuable assistance by his advice and directions to the police, who exerted themselves most vigorously on the occasion. There were about thirty police-officers present, headed by Superintendent Ride and two inspectors. Mr. Duncan, the engineer to the water works, also rendered valuable aid. Mr. A. Stone and Mr. Warburton, of the Norwich Union Fire Office, and several other gentlemen connected with fire insurance companies, were present. Mr. Coutes, of the Industrial School, had the boys belonging to that establishment out with their hose, but it not being of sufficient length they were unable to render any assistance. A great portion of the flour had been removed from the building, and un principled parties were carrying it off. Mr. Warburton, agent of the Norwich Fire Insurance Company, informed Mr. Coutes of the circumstance, when he immediately set the boys to carry it inside the gates of the school. The damage will be only partially covered by insurance ; in the Norwich Union office to the extent of £3,000, and about £2,000 in the Phceniz. Nothing is at present known as to the origin of the conflagration. The mill was burnt down about twenty-three years ago, and at that time it belonged to Mr. J. Shaw. We have heard that it is not intended to refit that portion of the motive power which is , dependent on the wind for its action ; but that the four , upper stories of the tower are to be taken down, awl the whole of the machinery to be adapted to steam-power. DEATH IN THE BOROUGH GAOL.—On Tuesday Mary Irving, a prisoner under sentence of eighteen months' imprisonment, for felony, died of pulmonary consumption. THE SHIPWRIGHTS AND THEIR APPRENTICES.—On Wednesday, Gray, Martin, and Watmough, apprentices to Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., shipbuilders, appeared to answer for refusing to work. Mr. Cato said that on the Bth of this month a great number of apprentices 50 or 60 of them—assembled at the yard gate, having discon tinned working. He asked them the reason, and they said it was because Mr. Audley, one of the partners, had discharged one of the apprentices who had refused to be bound. They said they would not allow him (Mr. Cato) to bind his apprentices, as it was contrary to the regula tions of their society. He replied that he would see who was master then, for he would have no apprentices in his yard who were not bound. Since that time they had ab sented themselves from their work. Mr. Booth said the defendants deserved to be severely punished, and sent them to prison for 14 days. THE RESERVOIR AT BURY.—In the Court of Ex chequer on Thursday, in the cases Mucklow v. Whitehead, and Openshaw v. Whitehead, Mr. Gray appeared to show cause against a rule obtained for the purpose of obtaining an order to the Master to review his taxation. The actions arose out of circumstances connected with the Bury reser voir, and the same attorney had acted for both plaintiffs, there being but one defendant. The Master, on taxation, had divided the charge for " drawing brief," which was ls. per folio, between the two plaintiffs, and allowed for two copies. The learned counsel contended that this was the proper course to be adopted, seeing that the circumstances in both eases were alike, and that one brief was only a copy of the other. The question was an important one, and had not yet been settled.—The Chief Baron said it re minded him of the Baltic risks some years ago, in which there had been twelve actions against one defendant, the same attorney appearing for all the plaintiffs. Could it be supposed that he could fairly charge for drawing twelve briefs, each of which was precisely the same ? He thought not.—The Court would consult the other judges before they gave judgment on so important a question. ALLEGED CONFESSION OF MIIRDER.—A paragraph has been making a round of the newspapers to the effect, that a young man, named Thomas Jarrett, residing in Smithdown-lane, Edg-e-hill, Liverpool, surrendered him self at the Sack•ville-place Station-house, in Dublin, and said that he had shot a young man, named Thomas Wil liams, also residing near the Edge-hill Station. We have been requested'to state the following, which are, we under stand, the facts of the case :—On Wednesday week, the young man, larrett, a mere youth, went over to Dublin on a pleasure excursion, and on the following day, while walking -about the city , he felt fatigued, and entered an eating-house, where he had some refreshment, and also some drink. He recollects two or three men being resent while he was drinking, and, also, of maidenly feel mg a giddiness come over him, when he rushed into the street. Beyond this he remembers nothing, for from that moment he lost all recollection of what took place, and 'remained unconscious up till'Saturday se'nuight, although attended by two medical gentlemen. On recovering his senses he gave the address of his relatives, some of whom went to Dublin for .blitt, - • and, .as he was immediately given up to them by the Dublin authorities, by whom he had been detained for salty, he was hrought home. No murder, such as alleged, has been-committed. FAGGOT VOTES DOR NORTH LINCASHIRE. —ln the Court of Common fleas, on Thursday, the case of Moor house and others v. Gilbertfion, was heard. This was Sis appeal from the'deasion of the revising barrister of North Lancashire. The appellants were the owners of undivided shares in freehold property in 4 ) reston. A portion alibis property was het underagreetaent that the tenant should pay 40s. a year for it to the 'landlords, on the terms that they shoula pay the poor-rates, water-rate, and locaYboard of health rate. The revising - barrister held that the annual value did not amount to `4es. a year, but that the reatan nual value was 405., minor the rates. On this decision a numbeed votes now depended, and the joint 'owners ap pealed from it. The counsel for the appellants contended that the revising barrister was wrong : that n clear yearly value of 40s. give the vote, from which the public rates and taxes' were not tolie deemed to be charged. The Lord Chid Justice.—What would the tenant have paid, if he had .to pay his 'own rates ? He would have paid, less the rates. The value; then, taking the rental paid as the value, is under 405., and the landlord has not 40s. -a year to dis pead. 'Mr. James contended he had; for, 'though he paid the tenant's. rotes, he had the money to dispend in so doing. The Lord Chief Justice... That might be a good argument agianst complaints of agricultural distress. “ Whitt de yen let your land for F" Oh, only . 15s. an acre," siva the complaining landlord. The answer would 'be, " That means 20s. with the poor-rates." That would lie another fallacy on behalf of the agriculturists—the higher the poor-rates, the more they would get for 'their rent. The Court were of opinion that the tenant's' rates, being paid by the landlord, must be deducted. All the landlord got was 40s. for the land and for air agreement to pay the rates, which was the same thing as thoughhe had agreed to pay for the tenant's beer. He did not receive 40s. a year for his land. The revising barrister '.had no very difficult task in deciding on this question; and that moderately difficult task he had performed very well, and had tome to a right conclusion. Judgment fiar the re spondents, with costs. MIL BRADLEY AND THE 'SELECT VESTRY.—At a recent meeting of the parochial finance - committee, the following resolution was paseed Mr. Bradley having called the attention of the-committee to the following statement, reported to haveheen made by Mr. Hodson, in a speech delivered by him -at a meeting of the Town Council ; resolved, that the.iturchwardens be requested to convene a meeting of the general board as early as practicable, for the purpose of considering 'whether any and what steps should 'be taken by the' board with re ference to the foregoing Statement.' , In pursuance of this resolution, a special meeting of the -Select Vestry was Iheld on Tuesday, in the Parish-offices at Brownlow-hill. The Rev. Rector Campbell -presided, and the ether mem tens were Messrs. Came, 'Hutchison, Gardner, Shaw, Blain, Hand, Mellor, Denton, Bradley, Moss, Hughes, 'Witty, Crawford, and Savage. The resolution of the - finance committee havinitheen read, Mr.. Bradley stated that he wished to put himself right-with the board, on public grounds, inasmuch .es Mr. Hodson had charged him, in his public capacity, with using his influence at elections. He thought 'that the charge was one which, in a certain sense, involved the character of'the board, and he thought it was incumbent on them to form a sub ;'committee to inquire into the allegations. The - Chairman gave it as his opinion that `the charge was of so vague a -character that it was almost- impossible for the board to take notice of it—that .it specified nothing, and that, if 'the board were to take up an inquiry of that nature, it ought to be upon some specific charge. He thought Mr. Bradley should apply to Mr:llodson for the particulars of the charge against him, andthat then the board -would be in a position to take the matter up, if he felt that his character was affected by it. Mr. Came and Mr. Hutchison "both expressed similar 'views. Mr. Moss said that he -viewed the matter in the sameelight that Mr. Bradley had done, and that Mr. -Hodson's- charge would reflect upon the board if they did not make an inquiry into it. He thought the case of Mr. Bradley and the attack on the 'reverend chairman were not at ail parallel, inasmuch as the remarks made by Mr. 'Gladstone were merely advanced as an opinion —an opinion in- Which he (Mr. Moss):-en tirely agreed. A general conversation followed as to-the course which the vestry Should <take ; and Mr. Denton moved, seconded by Mr. Carne, "'That no question, affect ing -this board, or any member thereof, being at present : der ; followinthis g meeting, resolved that ;it be now adjourned sine. die." More conversation mowed; and, eventually, was unanimously :earned :--" Certain obser vations having been made by Mr. 'Hodson at the last coupail meeting, which are believed ,by Mr. Bradley to affect his character as a member .cf the select vestry, resolved that this meeting cannot entertain the question in its present form." The vestrythen adjourned. Sourirpour TOWN-HAIL.--The Judge of the Liverpool County Court gave judgment, on Tuesday, in the case of Mr. Stanley. He said, "This was an-action heard at the last eitting of the court, and it was brought to recover the amount •of certain work done by the plaintiff in and about the erection of the town-hall and police-offices in Southport, .under the following eircumetaeces :--By the Southport Improvement Act the defendants were elected a body corporate, and were authorised -to make the erec tions above-mentioned; and by see. 43 they. were autho rised to enter info the necessary contracts, - but it was provided that every such contract should -be in writing, and under the common seal of the corporation. On the 18th of June, 1852, by articles of agreement the defend ants entered into:a ...contract with the plaintiff' for the erection of the town-hall, police-offices, &c. And the plaintiff agreed -thereby to complete such works,. and to find all the materials and labour, and execute the works according the drawings and specifications prepared by Mr. Withnell, and signed by the chair man of the improvement committee. The articles of agreement were under the common seal -of the corporation, and the specification signed by the chair man, and identified by the signature of the plaintiff, -was also proved. Whilst the Wilding was in progress the defendants resolved to make use of a new warming and ventilating process, and contracted with Mr. Leigh, -an ironmonger, to heat and ventilate the sessions board room, cells, &c., in the town-114 for the sum of £B6. The adoption of this apparatus involved certain alterations from and additions to the original plan and specification. The plaintiff performed the extra work ; but no written instructions were given for such alterations and addi tions. The action was brought to „recover the expense attending these alterations and additions, and no ques tion was raised as to the amount. But the defendants objected, firstly, in fact, that the contract for these alterations and additions was made not with them, but with Mr. Leigh. On this point, however, lam clearly of opinion on the facts proved, that the contract for these extras was with the defendants ; and I should have no difficulty in saying that the defendants were liable, if there was nothing in the special contract or the general law to prevent the plaintiff recovering in this action. The defendants objected, secondly, that by the terms of the special contract, the plaintiff could not recover ; and a clause in the specification was relied on by the learned council for the defendants. That clause provided that, if the commissioners should be desirous that any alterations or additions should be made, and should give to the contractor written instructions to that effect, the con tractor should execute the building so varied, and the value of such alterations and additions should be added to the cost price. But the . contractor should iii no case be entitled to any payment .in respect of alterations or additions unless such written instructions should be given. The plaintiff's advocate objected that that contract did not come within the meaning of the word " specification " referred to in the articles of agreement But I can have no doubt, after reading that document, that the parties intended the whole of it to be incorporated by reference in the articles. It commences by the term, 'A Specifica tion,' and each page is signed both by the plaintiff and the chairman of the commissioners. I therefore think that, in accordance with the doctrine laid down in Morgan v. Morgan 9 Bingham, the written instructions were a condi tion precedent to the recovery for the extra work, and such written instructions not having been given, I can come to no other conclusion than that the plaintiff cannot recover. Indeed, if the written contract had not been so precise, this being the case of a corporation, there might have been difficulty in saying the plaintiff could recover. But it is unnecessary to enter into this point. I therefore direct a non-suit to be entered." The learned judge subse quently added, addressing Mr, Johnson, "Of course, Mr, Johnson, you will understand that this decision is given upon that 1)944 of law, and not upon any question of fact." GENERAL INTELLIGENCE INCENDIARISM.—SeveraI cases have lately occurred in Devonshire of a somewhat extensive character. The Sun calls the Times " England's notorious and brazen weathercock." THE OLDEST VrssaL in the French fleet is the Ocean. She was launched in November, 1790, and is consequently 63 years old. Her last thorough repair took place in 1836. AN INFORMATION has been filed by the Attorney- General against the Archbishop of York, in his character ' as visitor to a charity at Hemsworth, in Yorkshire. How Is IT USED ?—The Lancet states that in 1840 only 5501b5. of the poisonous and bitter drug, nux vomica, were imported, while in 1852 nearly as many tons reached our market.—Daily Paper. THE POULTRY MANIA,—A cock has been sold within this year for £lOO, and twenty-two fowls have realized by auction £420. A pair of Toulouse geese have fetched £5O, and ducks proportionate prices. A MEETING or EDITORS, authors, publishers, and printers, was held at Philadelphia, on the 19th of October, to deliberate upon the ways of raising money to erect a monument over the grave of Benjamin Franklin. ANOTHER VACANCY ON THE SCOTTISH BENCH.—Lord Fullerton, Judge of the Court of Session, has resigned. The vacancy, it is said, will be filled up by the appoint ment of Mr. Hercules Robertson. "IT will be recorded," says the Gateshead Observer, "among the memorabilia of the epidemic of 1853. that the three months within which it occurred yielded but four cases and four prisoners for Newcastle quarter ses sions." THE POPVLATION or BRITAIN, it is calculated, has de creased during the summer. In the quarter ending Sep tember 30th, 87,467 emigrants sailed from the ports of the 'United Kingdom ; of these 63,600 sailed from Liver pool. - LORD RECTORSHIP OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.--011 Tuesday last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton was re-elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in opposition to Mr. Alfred Tennyson, who was brought for ward by the Radical party. BRITISH ARTISANS IN RUSSIA,—A gentleman holding A situation in the Russian dockyard at Cronstadt, who has st arrived at Portsmouth, states that the whole of the British artisans in that and other goverMental establish ments in Russia, of whom there are a large number, have been discharged. THE TIMBER TRADE has so rapidly increased in Van Diemen's Land that orders have been sent to England for as many as fifty sawmills. Cutting and splitting, says the local Colonist, is a mode more remunerative than gold mining. The average of the weekly earnings of diggers bears no comparison with an equal number of our Huon sawyers. This is a well authenticated fact. THE BOMBAY MAIL-PACKET SERVICE.—We are en abled to announce 'that the terms of a contract for a mail service between Bombay: and Aden are agreed to between the Government and the Peninsular and Oriental COM pany. The payment "for this line has been fixed at the same "rale, viz., 29. M. per mile, that the company reeeiVe for the other branches of their mail contract between this country, India, China, and Australia.—Sdandard. 'GREAT , PorrurnYe EXHIBITION AT DERBY.—The first annual exhibition of poultry, for Derbyshire and the Mid land Counties, was held on Wednesday, in the Comity Hall, Derby, which was fitted up in double tiers of pens for the purpose. The buff and cinnamon •Cochin Chinas, of which there were no fewer than ninety-six pens. formed, with the Dorkings, Spanish, and geld and silver Hamburg fowl, the chief features of the exhibition. The 'company was numerous and brilliant, and great interett•seemed to be excited by the show. MADLrB. SOPHIE CRIIVEIGIA has signed an'engagement with tho Opera for two yearsmt a salary of-f 54,000 sterling a year. She is to choose her own parts, to:play only twice a week, and to have four months' vacation each year. In case she is called upon to sing three filmes a week, the extra:night is to be paid 160, A separate engagement is entered into for two months of her eonii, during the uni versal exhibition of 1856, at the rate of £l,OOO per month, so that the salary for the second year will, in fact, be £6;ooo.—Galignani. COST OF A PICKPOCKET TO •THE PUBLIC.—The Rev. Mr. Clay, the Chaplain Of the Preston House of Correc tion, estimates the loss caused - to - the public by fifteen pickpockets, whose careers he has 'traced, including the value of the property stolen, expenses of prosecution, and maintenance in gaol, 'at '226,500. that is to say, the country has been at an expense of £1,766 for each of these worthies : a sum, one tithe of Which, if judiciously applied at the proper time, would probably have sufficed to make them useful members of society, COLLISION .ON THE GREAT .NORTHERN RAILWAY -- On WednesdiV morning, avert' dangerous collision occu.red on this railway, about five miles south from Doncaster. The axle of a goods truck having broke while the train was in motion, the truok was thrown across the line of rails. Almost at the same instant, the express train from London dashed into the dislocated train, at full speed. Its engine -was capsized, and three of the passenger car riages were thrown off the line. Great alarm was neces sarily excited, but fortunately no life was lost, nor was any very serious injury sustained. A PARISIAN CELEBRITY.—One of the celebrities Of the public balls of Paris was buried on Tuesday, having -been carried to the grave from her hotel in the Rue Caumartin. Mademoiselle Olympe, employed as a boot-binder, about two years ago, never missed a ball at Asnieres or 14111iMe's, and at the former place she-so captivated a German baron that he married her. He died about eight months ago, leavi4 her from 30,000 f. to 40,000 f. a year. After his death 'she became melancholy, and her health declined. She went .out on Sunday to drive in the Bois de Boulogne, and, on the return of the carriage to the hotel, the foot: man, on letting down the steps, found that his mistress did not alight. She was lying dead on the seat. She had only reached her 22nd year.—Galignani's Messenger. DARING BURGLARY.—The family of Mr. Young, South street, Peckham, all went .to church on Sunday night week; leaving only a servant girl in the house. A gentle manly dressed young man called, inquired for Mr. Young, and, being told he was out, expressed a wish tos.write a note to him. The servant .girl, who was alone in the house, hesitating at this, he seized her by the throat and carried her into the parlour; threatening to cut her throat if she made an outcry. He then let in two men, who bound the girl hand and foot. They made her tell where the plate and other property, to a large amount, were de posited, which they succeeded in carrying off. an the return of the family they were unable to get into the house, and a ladder having been procured; the servant was found thrust into a cupboard. CHOLERA'S HIDING-PLACES. —Notwithstanding the sharp look-out which has been kept for breaches of the lodging-house regulations, a considerable number of the Irish who burrow about the • east end of the town have contrived to elude the vigilance of the police • for some time. On Monday last the keepers of ten of these houses were brought before the magistrates, and fined in sums varying from five to twenty shillings, which, in every in stance, was paid. They were all Irish, and brought for ward every sort of excuse for the state in which their premises had been found ; but the lucrative returns of their vocation would have been :the most honest reason they could adduce for crowding seven, eight, or ten human beings into the space which should 'have been allotted to three or four. From a calculationanade by the clerk, and not objected.to by one of the defendants, it was plainly shown that for two rooms, each about the size of a sentry box, not less than one guinea per week was drawn ! One of these holes had not even a window, and yet two beds were stuck into it. In many of the •beds four sleepers were found, "ail lying," as the officer •said, "head and tail," and in other cases "shakedowns," and beds were in the same apartment, filled with both sexes and all ages.— Sunderland Herald. LORD BYRON'S ESTATE...-110BHORtg,47. BLAND.—This was a suit to administer the estate of Lord Byron, and it came before the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, on Wed nesday, upon further directions. The question argued was whether the coats of the incumbrancers (seventeen in number) ought to come out of the residuary estate, or out of certain accumulations of income. A second point arose out of a passage froma,a letter written by .Lord Byron to Mr. Leigh Hunt, in reference to a legacy coming to him from Mr. Percy B. -Shelley. This passage was asfollows —" I sinew you long before Mr. S. knew either you or me, and you,and one or two more of his friends are the only ones whom I can at all 'reflect upon as men whose ac quaintance was honourable and agreeable. I have one thing more to state, which is, that from this moment :I must decline the office of acting as his executor in any respect, also all other connection with his family or any of its branches, now or hereafter. There was something about a legacy of £2,000 which he had left me. This, of course, I decline, and the more so that I hear that his will is admitted valid, and I state ,this distinctly that, in ease of anything happening to me, my heirs may be instructed not to claim if.—Yours ever truly, N. B." It was doubtful whether Lord Byron's executors, to whose knowledge this letter had come within a comparatively recent period only, were justified in net receiving the legacy therein men tioned. The argument was not concluded when his honour rose.—lt was continued on the following day, when the Vice-chancellor directed certain inquiries relative to the legacy left to his lordship by the will of Mr. Percy B. ;Shelley, and respecting the costs of the carious encum brancers on the shares of the appointees of Mr. Leigh, the residuary legatee. RaVELATIONS OF LoNDQ/c CITY EXPEND.ITURR.—The following items of information were given before the City Corporation Commission on Tuesday, by Mr. J. H. Elliott, a member of the Court of Common Council :—The City Sewer Commissioners are a separate body. They are, to some extent, at present, subordinate to the Metropolitan Commissioners. The area of the city is not above a square mile. Our sewers amount to about fifty miles. Our paving is unrivalled throughout the world, and the gni missioners sit upon the spot, and are readily accessible. In the metropolis each of the police-courts cost £2,000 a year, but our two police-courts, with unpaid magistrates, cost £2,600 a year each, which would be ample to provide for the payment of two police magistrates. It appears, from a recent return, that the corporation has 151 officers, commencing with the recorder, whose gross salaries amount to £46,000, or an average of £3OO a year each officer. The expenditure of the city in the year 1852, for municipal purposes alone, amounted to about ss. in the pound upon the whole rental of the city, reckoning the rental at £1,000,000 per annum ; or, in other words, it amounted to a rate of £l7 per h ouse. About £146,000 of that sum was derived from [the city tolls, and various sources of city taxation, and about £120,000 from rates and direct taxation. In 1852 the paving, lighting, sewers , and police in Marylebone amounted to 2s. 3d. in the pound, arid the rates in the city for the same purpose s were a trifle more th an 2 s . 3d. i n the pound. It is the custom of the corporation, whenever a tax is becoming unpopular, to make it fast by act of parliament , and t o devote the proceeds to some good purpose. Thus, th e sheriff's fines are now devoted to the establishment of a Freeman's Orphan School. The coal-tax of ls. ld. per ton yields pretty nearly £200,000 a year, but the corpora tion has not the control and expenditure of that large sum of money. The corporation only retains for its own use about as much as is yielded by a fourpenny tax out of th e is. id. The rest goes, I believe, under the control of the Woods and Forests, for improvements beyond the city. In answer to the question, Are you aware of any public improvement which has ,been promoted by the corpora tion ? •Mr. Elliott said : I am not aware of any great public improvement that has ever been suggested or carried out by the corporation of its own accord. In fact, of any great comprehensive scheme of public im provement they appear to be incapable. The only new street of any importariCe 474yp undertaken is that of New Cannon-street. THE EARL OF SEAFIELD WaS, on Wednesday, elected a Scottish repre sen t a ti ve p eer , i n th e room o f L or d Saltoun, deceased. THE RODERICK Dnu has arrived in the Clyde from Port Philip, whence she sailed the 11th of August, with 450 ounces of gold, valued at £l,BOO. GENERAL POST -OFFICE : ROYAL COMMlSSlON.—Com missioners will be appointed in a few days to inquire into the general state of the Post-office, and also to take evi dence with the view of establishing a uniform rate of _ oceanic postage. A VETERAN DIPLOMATIST.—A letter from Copenhagen of the 7th says :—" Sir Henry Watkin Williams Wynn, who, since 1817, that is, for thirty- seven years, h as b een Minister Plenipotentiary of England at the Court of Denmark, has, on his own demand, been recalled, and in tends into retire into private life." THANKSGIVING.—WedneSday was set apart as one of solemn thanksgiving in Neweastle for its deliverance from cholera. It was very generally observed, and services were held in the various churches and places of worship in the town. The past two weeks of dry frosty weather has materially improved the public health of the district, and, with the exception of one or two of the Smith Dur ham villages, it seems nearly clear of this fearful malady. MURDER THREE YEARS AGO.—On Tuesday evening a man named Edward Macdonald, who had escaped justice three years ago, having been charged with a murder in Airdrie, was put on board the Glasgow steamer at Belfast, in. Custody of one of the Airdrie police officers. He had been lost sight of until within the last few weeks, when he was traced to Dundalk, and arrested there. The identi fication was complete. Trot SPANISH Jounickr.B state that the French aronaut, M. Arban, who made an ascent from Barcelona more than two years ago, and who was believed to have fallen into the sea, and to have been drowned, has made his appearance again. An Alicant letter says that his balloon went over to Africa, where he was seized and made a slave, and that after he had continued in slavery for two years, he effected his escape. SUICIDE OP A SURGEON BY PRUSSIC AClD. — Another suicide of a medical man by prussic acid is reported. Mr. Francis Champneys, surgeon, No. 112, London-wall, was found by his landlady's daughter dead in bed, on Monday morning. He had taken a quantity of the strongest prus sic acid, one drop of which in the eye of a dog would be sufficient to destroy its life. He had never been known to be depressed in spirits. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned at the inquest. SCIENTIFIC USES OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— The Royal Observatory at Brussels has just been placed in electric communication with the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, for the purpose of facilitating the determination in 'a direct manner of the difference of longitude between the two establishments. This operation is one of extreme delicacy as well as of great importance to geodesy. The electric communication is made in such a manner that every oscillation of the pendulum at Brussels will be re presented with accuracy at Greenwich, and vice versa.— Daily News. DOVERING.—In the course of an application made at the Guildhall by a bok 41 waiters, who considered them selves insufficiently paid for their attendance at the Lord Mayor's banquet, it tame out, that among other causes of complaint which they had against the purveyor of the civic feast, was that of having been kept in a state of painful sobriety by the practice of " Dovering." Sir Peter Laurie inquired what they meant, and received the following explandtion Why, sir, the half-bottles are used to fill up Others, which are sent up to the table again as unopened bdtfies • and this is what we call Dovering.' " This has been'contr adicted. SUNDAY TffiADlNG.—The kaior of Wisbeach has ad dressed a letter to the employers of labour in the neigh.' bourhood,in which he relates his own praiseworthy exer tions and:partial success in inducing the tradespeople of the town:to give up Sunday trading, and solicit their co operation.% putting an end to it altogether. He was met by the tradesmen, he says, in a spirit of kindness ; and they admitted, with hardly an exception, that they should be glaa'to discontinue trading on the Sunday ; and stated as the thief obstacle to their taking such a course, that the libourers could not purchase their goods until that day, in consequence of not receiving their wages until too late on the Saturday evening before. MATRIMONIAL.—RecentIy, at Rugely, in this county, a worthy couple appeared before the altar, at the parish Church, to take each other for " better for worse," when a rival fair one presented herself, asserted her superior claim 1.0 the bridegroom, and expressed her determination to prevent the interesting proceedings taking place unless she was substituted for the female about to be made a wife. A " scene" ensued, in the course of which the " feminines" freely abused each other ; the favoured one eventually requested to be informed of the ground on which her rival founded the justice of her claim to the hand of her bethrothed, and was made acquainted with the fact, in no very choice words, that the discarded beauty was in expectation of a second edition of her faithless lover. This she considered a full and reasonable satisfac tion for her interference ; but the expectant bride silenced her opponent by declaring that she was in a similar situa tion. The clergyman and clerk vainly endeavoured to persuade' the objector to leave the sacred edifice, and as their advice fell unheeded, she was forcibly ejected, and the marriage was duly celebrated. As the disappointed woman was being removed from the church, she exclaimed with great earnestness, " Never mind, she won't live long, and I shall have him after all,"—a hope indeed " forlorn." —Wolverhampton Herald. MELANCHOLY STORY.—A female vocalist named Fisher lately committed suicide at Leeds. Inquiry into the case shows that the deluded young woman was induced to wait upon a professed sorceress some months back, to test her powers of looking into futurity. The deceased was then informed that a gentleman would present her with a bunch of flowers, and that soon after he would make her his wife. It so happened that after a concert at which she soon afterwards sang, a bouquet of flowers was presented to the deceased, which, though a very common act of kindness towards a favourite female vocalist, no doubt at once fixed in her mind a firm belief in the fortune-teller's pre diction. Miss Fisher again waited upon her, and was told that she must burn a certain quantity of spirits at midnight, for a stated number of nights, after which her future husband would be shown to her, and further re velations of coming events would be made to her ; but was at the same time assured that the gentleman was very rich, and that she would ride in her carriage before three months had passed. She was further told that her lover would come for her in his own carriage. The wild and fallacious hopes excited by these pretended predictions, being of course eventually blighted, the succeeding bitter mortification and disappointment, together with the em barrasment consequent upon the expensive preparations for the anticipated marriage, were amply sufficient to destroy the balance of a credulous and sanguine mind. WATERLOO LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The second annual general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held yesterday at the offices of the society, No. 355, Strand, for the purpose of receiving the report, and upon other business ; Mr. J. Bishop in the chair. Mr. T. G. Williams read the report, which stated that the new business transacted by the corporation during the past year has exceeded that of the former year by upwards of 100 per cent, the number of policies issued being 400, assuring the sum of £142,304, and producing the annual income of £4,787, making in all 603 policies granted to this date, assuring the sum of £214,263, and producing an annual revenue of £7,162. The average amount assured under each policy is £355 6s. 7d., the annual premium for each being £ll 17s. 4d. This company has therefore secured to itself, in less than two years, a large income, amounting to upwards of £7,000, irrespectively of that derivable from investments. During the past year £19,000 has been invested, which makes the amount upwards of £25,000. The report, after noticing that the claims during the year had only amounted to £6OO, concluded by declaring a dividend of six per cent, free of income tax. Thexhairman moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. A. F. Jackson, and carried unani mously. The retiring directors and auditors having been re-elected, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated—Morning Chronicle. AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—On Thursday, Henry Dobbs, a-waiter, belonging to Newcastle, a respectable looking young man, was brought before the Tynemouth borough magistrates, charged with shooting, with intent to kill, a female of the name of Margaret Musgrove Beau mont, a domestic in the Commercial Hotel, in North Shields. It appeared that Dobbs was engaged to be mar ried to the young woman, and she had written him a letter asking him toaDome down to Shields on Sunday. With 'this he had complied. Some words, however, had taken Place between them when they met, and she had left him about half-past six in the evening in bad temper. Dobbs, called at the hotel -during the course of the evening, and found her in the kitchen with another young man. They had treated him very improperly, and Beaumont had torn the letter she had written him out of his hand, and burnt it. Dobbs left Shields very much exasperated, and next morning bought a pistol and some powder and shot in Newcastle, -and came down to Shields next day with the purpose of destroying Beaumont if she remained shy with him. Upon his going into the kitchen she treated him with disdain, and he immediately pulled a loaded pistol from his breast, and deliberately fired it at her. She for tunately, was stooping at the tune, and the charge grazed the back part of her head and set fire to her cap. Dobbs was immediately secured, and uponheing searched a quan tity of powder, shot, and percussion zaps was found upon him. He made no secret of what his intentions had been, and was committed for trial. RESPONSIBILITIES OF LONDON SHERIFFHOOD: FINING RECUSANTS.—At the City Corporation Commission, on Tuesday, in answer to the question what is the reason that persons pay the fine in order to avoid serving as sheriff? Sir I. Patteson replied : A general desire to sever a o n n i ef o elf ex from city offices, and a dread of the trouble and ances which it occasions. I cannot say w hat the peases are, not having served. I cannot dere!? if s epends very much but I believe that the election of the plan to 3-9 u, upon persons who are obtaining the sub induce their friends d es'heriffs are often the same to become sheriffs. The shrievalty, and who, for d t e h i s a i t e ro r r_ uss l eo n rf, to one another's hands. My friend play very much memberLu for Norwich, was nominated, anti persons for a number o fy lii -ears, and it is clear that_they Mr. Peto, the sheriff in 1849 or 1850, altogether without his but he pleaded • 1 Privi ege of k el n e o c w ted wge a which the Corporation was very unwillingly Parliament, compelled to admit. and consent, My father was elected, and paid the fine. My brother also was nominated, but, fortunately but upon election it is for himself, was never elected. The fine, if paid theimme doZ4tilehtlin e to finesbeant ed amounted to payth xx di 6 7 6lo, e 0 1 . y oo u l, po nwt t i i iiii n ech o y mi ena,ras na l t sB i ta r t; eda i n s the expenses of an entertainment to George the Fourth, also wish hI tokndolloitotahitteungtoiofuthtoattilebuaptpirtopwrias. the King of Prussia, and th e E mperor of Russia, after s t o h e st war.a t e . ation of these funds. Up to the year 1830 those fines were paid over to the general funds of the city, but on the 10th of December of that y ear the Court ofCommon Council resolved that in future all sheriffs' fines should form a fund in the hands of the chamberlain, to accumu late at interest, to be applicable, under the authority of the Corporation, in aid of objects of public improvement or utility, or of a charitable nature, within the city. This has always appeared to me to be putting a plausible face upon the extortions they practised. But so little concerned were they in the matter that, though they levied a fine from Sir C. Price, in 1835, it was not appropriated to any fund until after a return on the subject was moved for in Parliament in 1848. I can only express a hope that, if the livery are to continue to exercise these powers, there will be some description of appeal provided for gentlemen who are improperly clected to these offices, I ALI has died. A Pu NURSERY for young inrinff the day has be :upiea liartin superintendei Gladstone, an A COLUMN Vicount ler ladies r pedestal of Carrara marl Peace, six about to be erected in the garde sear Berlin. LETTERS FROM TREBIZOND ment s paying his attentions to a Tur al, who, proving faithless to tt i - shot -- I;il;i — tht:ough the head Is under the Mrs. Wm. E. Pied on a .I.llptOr Ranch, is AsdEim k, who lady, bought of ;reement between Mr. Baring rußsdii' SALIsi Wall, ta General two, the rapt numbers were majority, 167, HER MATE s were !ontest, - when the -On Tuesday, application Bail Court, to aseer _-binents against Mr. Lumley had priority. -_ course of the proceedin g s , it appeared that Mr. Gye, o f th e R oyal Ital i an Opera, had taken the theatre, and advanced £5,000, with the intention of opening it. The dispute among the creditors has so far prevented him. __ - LONDON AND NORTIIWESTEEN RAlLWAY.—Parliamen tary notices of this company state that they propose to go to Parliament for powers to purchase, or lease, the Hay don-square branch of the London and Biackwall Railway, to provide hotel accommodation at Euston Station, for provision as to Wolverhampton Station, and for additional' station accommodation and land at Birmingham, Harrow;. and Cottingham. BURTON BITTER BEER.—At the Court of Queen's. Bench, ou Monday, a rule nisi was granted to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Frederick Ibbotson Jervis, the master of a commercial' school at Repton, for the publication of libellous verses reflecting upon Henry Allsop, the brew most serious charges, and among the with the crime of murder. SIR HENRY WITICIN WILLIAMS WYNN, who since 1817, that is, for thirty-six years, has been Minister Pleni potentiary- of England at the Court of Denmark, has, on his own demand, been recalled, and intends: to retire to private life. Having dined with the King on the sth, the next day the venerable diplomatist was accompanied to the port by the Prince of Denmark, the Landgrave of Hesse, all the diplomatic body, and a great number of dis tinguished personages. POTATO TRADE.—The traffic in potatoes continues very brisk, and immense quantities are transmitted daily along the Scottish Midland, Central, and Caledonian Railways, to Glasgow, Liverpo o l, L on d on, Bi rm i ng h am, &c. 01; Tuesday there were nearly 200 carts with potatoes from_ the Highlands, and on coming to town, they formed a con tinuous line from Dunkeld turnpike to thebarracks, nearly the distance of a mile. The Highland potatoes, which were of excellent quality, met with a ready sale at from 10s. to 21s. per boll.—Perthshire Courier. Tui3 MAYOR OF SALISBURY.—A Roman Catholic has been selected for this office. A correspondent states, that the Dean, the Master of the Cathedral School, the Rector of the parish, one of the Priest-Vicars, and'a Lay-Vicar, gave plumpers for this gentleman, in opposition to two staunch Protestants, who were candidates. This event has given rise to strong feelings among the Churchmen of the m Pkiee entron [ivil ed Mayor.—ED. L. S.] e a r b e ov m e ns ha t ve be no a p m ow 7 e ta r mistake vote lnth i is n , t as h e t h e l e e c Pe ti rls on 'ens of ABSCONDING OFFICIAL.—Mr. Henry Bunny, Cle r k to the Town, to the Board of Justices, the Commis sioners of Taxes, and the Local Board of Health, in Newbury, has absconded, being, it is said, a large defaulter. It had been whispered in the town for some time past that his affairs were in an em barrassed state, and a day or two ago it transpired that he had engaged a shepherd and a bailiff to proceed with him to New Zealand. The creditors were instantly alert, but the clerk was gone. They found his wife and children on board a vessel about to sail for New Zealand, but no traces were discovered of the defaulter himself. He is supposed, however, to be on board in female's clothes. WESLEYANMISSIONARTSOCIETY.—Mr. Samuel Wilkes, of Wolverhampton, in the year 1852 subscribed one guinea per day to the Wesleyan Missionary Society. At the com mencement of the current year he raised the subscription to seven guineas daily, and at a recent meeting Mr. W. H. Rule s one of the speakers, read a note, of which the fol lowing is a copy :—" My dear sir,—Your humble servant, Samuel Wilkes, a poor Wesleyan, purposes, with God's blessing, to give to the great missionary cause, for the year 1854, £18,779 55., and he trusts that the triune God will enable him to perform this covenant." A MIGIITY ORGAN.—Some interesti ng exper i ments have recently been made at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, with respect to the power required by an organ to fill the building, and a report has been presented to the directors on the subject. As the central transept alone covers a larger area than is occupied by the cathedral at York, some idea of the vast size and power of an instrument which should be heard in all parts of the building may be formed. The committee report that the area required for the instrument would not be less than 5,400 feet, the depth of the organ 50 feet, and its altitude from the . ground 140 feet. The cost will not be less than £25,000, and its construction would extend over a period of three years. imputing to him rest Charging him GROSS OUTRAGE IN I CHURCIL—A most wanton and unjustifiable outrage has been perpetrated on a Protestant church, at Warmsworth, between two and three miles from Doncaster. The occurrence took place some time during the night of Wednesday last, and those who com mitted it commenced their attack on the building by first throwing stones at the windows from the outside, a number of which they broke. They then proceeded to force open the church doors, as is indicated by footmarks about the place, but, not succeeding, they went to a window on the north side of the church, broke the glass, tore away the lead from the squares, and removed the casement, by which they were enabled to creep through. Having thus obtained an entrance, they pulled down the communion rails and demolished the stone font. Nothing but the base of the font remains to indicate that one stood there. The velvet cushion on the top of the pulpit and the one on the clerk's reading desk, as well as a great number of the cushions and hassocks in the pews, were cut and torn, and the stuffings strewed about the church and grave yard. Some woodwork near the communion table was also pulled down and broken. The stone near the same place is also pulled up. A number of the books belonging to the congregation, have been torn and otherwise damaged and thrown about the church. Several loose seats used by the poorer class of the congregation were broken and piled one over another. After they had broken or damaged everything they could come in contact with in the sacred edifice, they proceeded to remove the lid or topstone of a tomb, which they rolled over in the churchyard, and left it there. It is not possible at present to estimate the amount of damage done to the church property, but it must be considerable. It is pretty evident that the object of the depredators was to gratify some private feeling of revenge, and not to plunder, for, although there is a blue cloth missing, there were articles of value in the church which could have been taken away without much difficulty. The present is not the first time that the property or the church has been damaged, but not to such a serious extent. The Rev. C. E. Thomas. the incumbent, who is much respected by his parishioners, is instituting vigorous measures for the apprehension, if possible, of the depre dators, but the fellows have shown so much tact and dexterity in the execution of their work that we fear the authorities will have great difficulty in bringing them to justice. A reward will be offered for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders. 7 CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—Some interesting facts were communicated at a public meeting in the Town-hall, Brighton, on Wednesday, by Messrs. Lewis, Morgan and i Gruneisen, the solicitor, surveyor, and secretary of the Conservative Land Society, in explanation of the mode o f . allotment of the Round I'M Park Estate, the fi rs t port i on of which, consisting of 123 lots, will be allotted on the 24th instant. It was stated by the surveyor that there would be in all upwards of 350 lots on this estate ; but such was the increase of the population (nearly 20,000 in the last ten years, against 6,000 in the preceding ten years,) that buildings had actually extended to the very foot of the Round Hill, and the re can b e no doubt that owing to the yearly increasing popularity of this watering-place every available place within the precincts of the town would be built upon. At the time of taking the census there were actually 283 houses in progress of erection. The Round Hill Park will comprise a crescent of the boldest sweep in Brighton, and a terrace, fronting the old Shoreham road, from Lewis. Frontages on this estate,. it man y frontages in other parts 0 :. t ow n, and surrounding country —A was intimated, at the rate of £2 per .n I f e oo e t s , ta w t o e td is d n at v a al co , In n ! the town, at the Public Hall, in Richmond on siderable 7 e sa le tf v f l or t ur i b on uilti , m o d f ines a gt n l o e rt p ll c n e. aspect, and commanding • Esq., chairman of the Middlesex magistrates, Friday, r ie v ed i ta e i y w n ,g. o v,t f ,),: t i h c the l s a e c a e , • count Ranelagh in the chair, supported' by R il : N P . °w F o n w ai l l e ' r , Esq., banker, of the firm of Dimsdale and Co., Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., the Rev. Dr. 1 Wor thington,e: E. Lewi s , E sq ., t h e sol i citor, W. Cribb, Esq., the e Esq., surveyor, and C. L. G rune i sen , E sq ., the secretary. The principal item of int eres t an d dis cussion was the magnifi cen t purc h ase of the St. Margaret ' s Estate, from the Earl o f Kil morey , f or distribution amongst G. ivi(gan the members of the society. It was explained that this • property, comprising an area of 74 acres of land, is, owing to its admirable adaptation for laying out, the entourage being perfectly free from any kind of interference ill the plans of the surveyor, most valuable f *th or e erection of villas and houses of the best class. The river frontage extends upwards of 1,900 feet, the road frontage exceeds 2,000 feet, and the Windsor loop line of the South Western railway, bounds the property on the west. The view from the estate comprehends Richmond-bridge, the hill and park, Kew gardens, the windings of the Thames, the beautiful sit at the bend of the river by Sion House, the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, Twickenham mea dows, the ferry at Isleworth, and the elegant villas on the banks of the river. .. 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