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&on a s tailWaYt satisfied engine- .ly 1,800 1 for £27,2 42 !,237 for counted k of last LY AND )itratore ration of )rth ana nal, bas irs bale zzette. )0 acres, las been tion, by ugh and 00 tons it is be !ss than )f an3al vay pro three to is sup ; will go nd that Le legis- ge haye [nab the der that open fi?r iy. V% e r late in nay yet i Capel- , epath's rnns the ffording tekinga the dif for the so fat re all hi , at Wes , change Western ; . roup of date the and the ngstoke lisbury ter, at a wall and 1 less an er cent. for ex" ith the nd from mediate ocks at and for iistriet. vas de ,ooo. by 1 by the e loco- March, 3 mean h is elc mnel IS ing novr works, . The ie cora d place• entered the ne d Glas : of that mime ) e Edio as per' Jan. 2; 1846. LOCAL NEWS. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—On Sunday week, Jane Osborne, a woman who resided with her husband, in Dan lie-street, died from what was stated by the s ur g eon to be er ysipelas. It appeared that on the 9th instant the de ceased and her husband, Henry S. Osborne, had a quar rel, and some blows were struck. On this being known, Osborne was taken into custody, and a post mortem exa- Mination made of the body of the deceased, when certain appearances were discovered leading to the conclusion that death—the immediate cause of which was erysipelas— bad been produced by violence. A verdict of man- Sl aughter was returned against Osborne, and he was corn- Mitted for trial. SELECT VESTRY. On Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell presided. Mr. Hart, with reference to the pay ment of the chaplain's stipend, read a letter he bad re ceived from the poor-law commissioners. On referring to the provisions of the 34th clause of the local act, in conjunction with the interpretation clause (the 64th), the c ommissioners concur in the opinion of the select vestry, that the select vestry are exclusively empowered to regu late the salary of the chaplain. The chairman facetiously remarked upon this letter, that it showed the amazing Power of the church. Mr. William Harper, relieving omffiacresrh,aiwi w as as ordered to be dismissed, and Mr. Thomas appointed in his room. A letter was read from the poor-law commissioners, approving of the ap- Pointment of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner as master and mis tress of the infant-school. In a second letter the com missoners expressed the gratification they felt at hearing of the zeal of the vaccinators of Liverpool, and their re gret that the profession should have had opposition to encounter on the part of the poorer classes. The chair plan read a letter from Mr. James Eckersley, the super intendent registrar, saying, that if some office were not provided for him on or before the Bth proximo, the vestry would have to pay at the rate of -CIO a month for the office he at present occupied. After a brief discussion, uPon the motion of Mr. Bright, seconded by Mr. Whitby, the following resolution, drawn up by Mr. Lowndes, was adopted ;—`• That the superintendant-registrar be in formed that it is the intention of the select vestry to erect at the Workhouse, in Brownlow-hill, a suitable building for register offices as soon as they can do so, &c." TO XTETH-PARK.—On Wednesday, a meeting of the ratepayers of this township was held relative to the Town Council and Commissioners of Paving and Sewerage hav ing each given notice of their intention to apply to Podia tient to rescind the Toxteth-park Paving and Sewerage Act, and to determine upon the propriety of prosecuting , a r n application to Parliament to obtain distinct powers for oxteth-park. Mr. Alexander Ryan, the chairman, stated that a copy of the bill for which they proposed to go to Parliament had been drawn up, and it embraced the best Provisions of Lord Lincoln's bill.—Mr. R. Harbord t hought there might be an abundant supply of water if the Itanagement was in the hands of the Corporation, and Th "ggested that a consultation should be held with the Tow n - clerk and the parliamentary committee of the Cor toration._Mr. Appleby thought nothing would be gained Y a coalition with the Corporation, and contrasted the im mensity of the seweraging of Liverpool with that of Ma nchester.—Mr. l'law supported and Mr. Sheppard ° PPosed, such an amalgamation.—Dr. Harbord hoped they „ Mo uld not be brought under the provisions of Lord Li ncoln's bill ; that they would consider well before they rate of 4d. in the pound ; and supported the suggestion of conferring with the Council.—Mr. Stewart moved a lot ion to th e esect, that the commissioners be requested Make application to Pailiament for distinct powers.— M r moved as an amendment, that the trust of ;10xteth park be united with the Coporation.—Dr. Ilar nord seconded the amendment; and after an irregular con versation the original motion was carried by three to tne,••-•-•It was then resolved that a rate of 4d. in the pound be levied for expenses in going to Parliament. "TEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At the weekly -- Tuesday, mee ting on a letter was read, from the Secretary ~c P ublic Works, making a call on the union of the sum 41 .9 125., being in payment of interest on money ad tvanced,. by Government for the building of the Union o rkhouse viz., £163 14s. 11d., and towards a liquida -4m of the principal sum yet owing, (4093,) an instalment 2255 17s. ld. This call is to be in by the 9th of next tann—From an answer received from the Vicar of waalt o th. n, it appeared that there is a portion of ground in `isWalton churchy ar d w h er e • poor pen ons having a legal ettletnent within the parish may be buried.—A letter was , r !ad from the Poor-Law Commissioners, stating that kY did not see how they could give any assistance to • ,C• Watson, w h o com pl a ined of the decisive steps ta - by the ov erseers o f T ox t e th-p ar k, o n ass umi ng pos session of the books, and dismissing him from his office b o ,„ f P". ate-Book Clerk.—A new arrangementfor the dis '"nsing of out door relief to the poor in the Union was sttbmitted by the Poor-Law Commissioners. The scheme Proposes a division of the Union into three districts, to is ac h of which shall be assigned a relieving officer • and it Proposed that the twenty-three townships ;hall be c lassed a s f o ll ows : —Fi rs t Di s trict—Toxteth-pa r k, ‘ Childwall, Garston, and Wavertree.—Second Dis trict_, West Derby, Everton, Kirkdale, and Bootle. — District—Fazakerley, Kirkby, Walton, Aintree, Great and Little Crosby, Ince Blundell, Litherland,, Lunt, Netherton, Orrell and Ford, Sephton, Tl:ornton, and Croxteth-park.—The variation on this scheme, ten dered by the Commissioners for the choice of the guard lens, consists merely in the removal of Bootle from the second into the third district ; and a transposition of Fa- Zakerly, Kirkby, and Walton, i n t o th e second. THE GYMNASIUM IN TARLTON-STREET.—The gym nastic season, at this place of healthful, elegant, and in. vigorating exercise, was commenced on Saturday afternoon; meeting of the pupils of the talented and active instructor, Mr. W. G. Creagh, and their friends, having been invited on the occasion. The attendance was numerous and highly r espectable, and the feats of strength and agility performed by the pupils were far beyond our previous ex pectations, favourable as they were to this principle— revived, and improved, we presume, from the athletic fames of th e s t ur d y R omans o f o ld . M r. C reag h h as, we i !arn, upwards of one hunched and fifty gentlemen under " 15 physical tuition. A great number of them were in attendance, and surprized the visitors by their extraordi 11rY Performances, which embraced every variety in exer ises of strength calculated to develope the utmost extent of Muscular p ower and activity, and consequently of im -Iproving the constitution and endurance of the human ems f i i ra trae in all who pa r u took b them. We cannot, within the I, ita to sa a paragraph, enter into details, and it must suffice Y, of that leaping over elevated horizontal poles and ia'shions, even higher than the heads of the performers ; a scaling ropes hung from the ceiling ; in swinging, in PParently perilous positions, up to the lofty ceiling with soitit a i d in balancing ; and in various feats in which great ii rri gt ' i and aptitude of the limbs were required, his pu h!'s as themselves in a manner highly creditable to 1,i7 4 2 as a teacher, and to themselves as emulators to excel. nf .' fancy, and we believe we are in the right, that many 4t,hese now muscular young gentlemen joined the esta a„_isatrient in delicate and precarious health, and that not a of them of short stature have, like their agile master, p e ` c p °4l , e little Herculeses. His own performances were 1 0 ,., -111 ,iatly elegant and easy. We were induced to remain ti beyond our intended time, and never did the convic is Yout c ome upon s ore stnly, that whesome xercise r bey - and alt the m drugs r i o n the pharrnac ol opceia. e If the ' >ti n of England be thus trained generally, we need have f 0 f ear of the " rumours of wars" that are floating about ; lic„Pe man will be w orth two or three of the ordinary h o never find out of what powerful stuff, if well by r t Z e d tIP they are made of; and we should be enabled, t 6 Prowess and activity of our men, to cope with, and e i o 'rob to their hearts content, any and all of our pugna- V fo es, be they Yankees or who they may. bo:', IG HWAY BOARD.—The usual weekly meeting of this aC r Was held on Th urs d a y. Upon the proceedings of the ast meeting being read, Mr. Higgins took an objee 13n to the framing of the latter part of the resolution f: ° Posed by Mr. Denton, with reference to the letter the Parliam t. C •ttee and the power apparently er, ary ommi , a e lv r e e n .. , them of negociating for the purchase. He consi n t the business was exceedingly irregular, the motion Deg having been read after it was taken down by Mr. n tl e• A wa rm discussion ensued, in which Messrs. d rPnce, Higgins, Proctor, Tinne, Cooper, Denton, pro walthew, ook part. Daring the discussion, it was afte Pos ed and seconded that each gentleman should here write down his resolution, and submit it to the e 0 44.4)411 .—Mr. Denton moved, and Mr. Brancker se that th e p rocee di ngs o f l as t wee k b e con fi rme d. eo „' l ar• Higgins moved an amendment, which was se res7d.h.V Mr. J. Lawrence, that the latter part of the talon referred to be rescinded, because it was not p o aq to the meeting, nor was it intended to give such be aver t o the Parliamentary Commi ttee.—Upon the vote for taken, there appeared ei g ht f or th e mo ti on an d SUE rthe amendment. For the amendment—Messrs. Guy- Gladstone, Tinne, Lawrence, Higgins, and Kilshaw. Cothe motion—Messrs. Brancker, Morris, Copeland, Walthew, Proctor, Kaye, and Denton. Messr : q. h`,,adstone and Guyton, two of the directors of the Li `rliool and Harrington Water Works, voting in the mi. la l l it Y• On ent er i ng upon th e procee di ngs re l at i ve t o th e a , e atle W a t er W orks, Mr. Proctor moved that the re ,7 t era Withd raw, on the ground that it would be a breach eiacalfidenee on the pa r t o f th e b oar d t o ma k e th e finan tes statement known. Upon a show of hands the motion Do _, carried. During the absence of the reporters, a re prrot_yvas read, signed by Messrs. Brancker, Cooper, and 11 00 7,°r, relative to the negociations entered into with the The te Water Company for the sale of their Works. ][.B4 PPanY asked £200,000 ; they were offered cre as ; which they rejected ; the offer •was then in to £186,000, which was accepted. The purchase h oo p' to be p a id i n i nstalments, by the commissioners ' th e re S, at five, t en , an d fif teen years, unre d eema bl e i n Der „ ea u time, and bearing interest at the rate of £4 10s. 81st ( 3 t * The works to be taken as they s t an d on the etober, 1846. This report was adopted ; an la,-iutitinent, moved by M r . Ti nne , an d secon d e d b y Mr the co to the e ff ect t h at the report be referred back to th e vi,' : utt nittee, and th at the subject be postponed, ;with th e ata er of furnishing the requisite evidence relating to W4 ter it? and condition of he works, the quantity of the ha v i n l iKelY to be afforded, and the mode of obtaining it, Mr lost by six to ten. a not o ,.nl ti9g, of St. Paul's, who has obtained so great e ffects le With the public for his Cough . Lozenges—the ° rgaria, " w hich, in curing disorders of the pulmonary testi roo _ e Yuly astonishing, and to which we can bear . speculatiy ison .now beginning to reap the benefit of his o f e lntrodueing them. We are given to under is a, that there is such a demand for these Lozenges, it I::wb firstdiffic ult y he can keep pace with it : some of t s h u o p u: l e y s who were at one time contented in Kadin g for their dozen boxes, now require almost as their country orders. Need we say wit op t One word ! If any of our readers are afflicted hti P cough, w hether rece n t or o f l ong standing, let them ta t !' recourse to these L ozenges a t once, and we will van to a ssert they will thank us for our timely advice. — 'lion Merchant, January 21, 1846. CORRESPONDENCE. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlA,—Permit me, very shortly, to reply to " Specta tor's" observations on the Rev. Mr. Ewbank's address. 1. Dr. Cox is not an embodiment of the Alliance. Supposing that what Dr. Cox said was contrary to the declared resolution of amendment, to which Mr. Ewbank alludes, what then ? Must every society be judged by a speech from one of its members ? 2. But did Dr. Cox say, that in conscientiously oppos ing the system of the Church of England, he would feel bound to use all uncharitable and unscriptural bitterness, and misrepresentation, and unfairness? Did he engage, in short, to pse, in speaking of the Church of England, such languale as that employed by Mr. Campbell, who has not joined the Alliance? Certainly not. Let Dr. Cox conduct his arguments against the Church of Eng land with temper and fairness : let him speak what he be lieves to be the truth, in love; and there is no honest and truth-loving churchman who will not be willing to enrol him amongst the number of his friends. Are the ser vants of Christ to keep themselves apart from each other, and not to join for united conflict with sin and the devil, because they cannot agree on such a question as the union of church and state ? 3. But does " Spectator" expect that every member of the Evangelical Alliance will be perfect at once ? I dare say that " Spectator" is a good man and a real Christian. I dare say that he has confessed:his past sins to God, and resolved to amend for the future. But will " Spectator" never sin again ? Nay, may there not be some things really wrong, which worthy " Spectator" does not yet see to be wrong, and which, therefore, he is not yet prepared to give up? Let Dr. Cox be judged as kindly and fairly as " Spectator" would judge himself, and then the doc tor's sincere humiliation may be quite consistent with the doctor's sincere determination to oppose what he believee to be wrong in the Church of England. For these three reasons, or any one of them, I think that "Spectator" is quite wrong, and the Rev. Mr. Ew bank quite right. Allow me, sir, to say, as a member of the Church of England, that I have so good an opinion of my church, as not to be afraid of anything which may be said against her by Dr. Cox. True, she has serious abuses within her pale. I cordially join with Dr. Cox in de nouncing them. Let the vile be taken away, and let the precious remain.—l am, sir, your very obedient servant, A SOUND CHURCHMAN. [Without siding with either of our correspondents, it is only fair to observe that the observations of " Spectator" s by no means implied that " Dr. Cox is an embodiment of the Alliance." On the contrary, " Spectator" expressly said The principle laid down by Dr. Cox was ratified by the Conference, and has since been adopted generally by the members of the Alliance. It is officially announced by the London Branch of the Provisional Committee."] TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Many parties have blamed the Rev. H. M`Neile and those other evangelical clergymen who have refused to join the proposed Evangelical Alliance. But, I think, Mr. M`Neile's reasons for not doing so ought to satisfy every unprejudiced mind. I have felt confident all along, since the thing was first proposed, that it was utterly im possible for Churchmen ;to co-operate with Dissenters— men who have such deadly hostility to our Established Church, and who labour and pray for its overthrow. And I am now more than ever confirmed in this opinion, from reading an article in a small periodical, just published, called The Christian's Penny Magazine. It is a dis senting publication, under the sanction of the Congrega tional Union of England and Wales, and may therefore be regarded as expressing the sentiments of Congrega tionalists generally. Will you allow me, sir, to give a few extracts from the publication in question, in ordet that those clergymen and laymen who have joined the Alliance may see what " The Congregational Union," think of them and their church. The article from which I am about to quote, is headed, Why I dare not conform to the Church of England," and then follows eight reasons for nonconformity ; and such a tissue of falsehood and misrepresentation I never read in my life. But, sir, you and your readers shall judge. The first reason commences thus : " Because it is not a proper Scriptural Church, but a political system, instituted by worldly men for worldly ends, and is altogether a worldly body." This is a fair commencement, you will say, Mr. Editor; but to pro ceed, " The Church of England is a society formed by act of parliament, and made up of all sorts of people. The ministers, or priests, as they are profanely called, are very few of them faithful men ; Puseyism, or Popery, in place of the pure Word of God, is preached in many of the buildings, ignorantly called churches ; while a rite, simi lar to the Lord's Supper, which Papists and Churchmen call the Sacrament, and try to persuade men ( oh, awful delusion !) it will, if properly given and taken, save the soul, is offered to people the most wicked, therefore it cannot be a true church, &c." Again, " But that it is no church, I prove, secondly, from the Bible." This is in consistent with what is stated before, " It is not a proper Scriptural Church ; " b u t now "I t i s no church', at all. " But let us have the proof from the Bible. Christ says, ' My kingdom is not of this world ;' but the Church of England plainly is." The article then proceeds to give reasons for saving that the Church of Eng land is " no church," and, amongst other hard things, says, " The parsons trade for livings as dealers in a mar ket, and keep, or exchange, or sell the souls of a parish like worldly goods." Hear that ye good, charitable clergymen, who have joined the Alliance ! Further— " Luxurious lords and foxhunting squires, as ignorant of real religion as the heathen, oftentimes put, for companion ship in sin, men of like mind and habits with themselves into a parish pulpit, to blind by their teaching anfl deprave by their example the poor slaves of their spiritual power." I had marked several other extracts, which I thought of giving, but lest I should take up too much room in your valuable paper I will only cull out a sentence or two, so that your readers may judge pretty nearly of the tone of the remainder of the article. Hear the following—" A. trifling and religious mummery and an irreligious for malism, and not a worship of Him, who is a spirit, &c." " It teaches the awful untruth that its ministers can save souls by baptism. This is solemnly avowed before God. when a babe is christened, as people pagan!) , term it." " It exceeds the sin of Korab, Dathan, and Abiram, whom God destroyed in anger." " This church makes its mi nisters assume to be God, for in the rite of confirmation and ordination its lord bishop (poor sinning mitred mortal) pretends to give the Holy Ghost." There is a great deal more of this kind, of what I cannot but call blasphemous misrepresentation ; but enough, surely, sir, to open the eyes of the clergy of our church, who have been induced to give their countenance to the proposed Evangelical Alliance ; and to justify the conduct of those who have stood aloof from it. I am, Sir, yours truly, CANDOUR. January 19, 1846. IMPROVEMENT OF THE TOWN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. perceive, with regret, from the tenor of Mr. G. H. Lawrence's remarks, as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Council, that we are not to expect a very extensive improvement of the town for some years hence. I cannot see the propriety (from a niggardly economy) of deferring for an indefinite period, an object urgently required, and of paramount importance to the community at large, for which the public voice is now being raised in a tone which cannot be misunderstood. I presume that since the Municipal Reform Act became lawlthe hands of our Common Council are not quiet tied up, so as to be unable to proceed with measures of great public utility. If so, the sooner we return to our former position the better. Surely a wealthy body, similar to our corporation, might raise half a million sterling in a case of emergency, to be applied in widening and rebuild ing many of the miserable courts, &c., with which Liverpool unfortunately abounds. No pecuniary con sideration should be an impediment to the amelioration of the wretchedness of a large portion of our townsmen living in abject poverty, bereft of the means that would render their humble abodes attractive, by not having better and more comfortable habitations provided. Let it be borne in mind that the money there expended for the promotion of the health and convenience of our popu lation would revert to the coffers of our Council in an in creased ratio from the enhanced nature of the residue of land, and a variety of combined circumstances brought about and put into operation from the improved aspect of the locality where so desirable a change has taken place. Should the plan I have suggested he acted upon, it would suffice for carrying out many very indispensible improvements ; to wit, salt water swimming baths, with private hot, cold, and vapour baths attached ; likewise public parks and cemetries; taking down and rebuilding old delapidated cottages and other tenements, upon the most improved principle for health and ventilation; as also widening narrow crooked streets and alleys. Ido not intend that the sum borrowed should be laid out in a twelvemonth, but be disposable or taken up on interest for the purposes aforesaid, at the y rate of £4O or £50,000 annually for the space of ten years, having it thereby at command when any favourable opportunity for compassing .1 points in question can be embraced. 6th January, 1846. A BURGESS. P.S.—I omitted to state that a complete metamorphose might be effected, provided a vigorous effort were made to remove the stigma from Liverpool—from being a most unhealthy town, it might become a pleasant, healthy resi dence, if a well concocted plan of improvement were carried out. This is now essential. The Dock Trustees seem determined to make the port first-rate (probably in the world), by affording extra accommodation to shipping ; it therefore behoves the civic authorities to use corres ponding exertion as to internal arrangements, on a scale commensurate with the wants and wishes of the inhabi tants. An exhibition of anti-fire-proof cement took place at Manchester, on Tuesday, in the presence of the Mayor, &c. It was successful. The Guardian says :—One of its most remarkable properties is, that of its being the most extraordinary non-conductor of heat we have seen. It is elastic also, capable of great expansion and contrac tion ; and, in short, seems to possess a more extensive combination of good qualities as a fire protector, an adhe sive cement, and an artificial stone or marble, than any substance with which we are acquainted. In calling the attention of our readers to the excellence of Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, we cannot forbear the pleasure of stating that we fully agree with our contem poraries, when they ask us the cause of our public streets being so clear of persons suffering from asthma, influenza, coughs, colds, hoarseness, shortness of breath, and other affections of the chest and lungs ; we have no hesitation in stating it must be owing to the excellence and efficacy of Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam ; we recommend it with confidence for the above distressing complaints, as an un failing remedy, giving immediate relief, and a cure will i most assuredly follow the use of t.—See adv. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 19. REGISTRATION APPEALS-SPLITTING FREEHOLDERS TO CONFER FRANCHISE. RAWLINS, APPELLANT; BREMNER, RESPONDENT. This was an appeal from the division of the revising barrister of the southern division of the county of Lan caster, and it appeared from the case stated, that James Peck and his four brothers claimed to vote in respect of one-fifth share each in a certain house situate in Prospect place, Liverpool. The barrister had rejected the claim of all the five parties. These parties, it seemed, being ambitious to gain the franchise for the county, applied to several persons influ entially to convey them, as tenants-in-common, a tene meat for this purpose. At length Watson Peck, their father, by deed dated the 18th of January, 1845, con vexed to them the estate in question, in consideration of_ £4B ; it did not appear whether that sum was the full amount of consideration, or whether each of the brothers paid that sum ; it was clear, however, that the parties en tered into possession, and received the rent of £l2 per annum, and that the property in the estate actually passed. It was admitted that the object of the father and sons in the sale and purchase of the property was to con fer and obtain votes, and the point was, whether this in tention invalidated the purchase and avoided the right to vote. Lord Chief Justice Tindal.—The Court will consider this case with the others upon the same subject. NEWTON, APPELLLANT V. HARGREAVES, RESPONDENT. Another appeal, as to the right of splitting votes, from the northern division of the county of Chester. One Robert Hargreaves being seized in fee of certain lands, proposed to his two sons to confer upon them the power of voting for the county ; a deed of gift was prepared, whereby, in consideration of natural love and affection, two closes of pasture land were conveyed to the claimants for their lives as tenants in common ; the deed of gift re mained in the hands of the solicitor who prepared it until a few days before the revision court was held, the claim ants depastnrcd their cattle by the consent of the grantee upon the land, and it was admitted that the conveyance was made partly for the purpose of conferring the fran chise, and partly as a provision for the claimants. The revising barrister negatived fraud, and decided the case did not come within the 7th and Bth of William 111., c. 25, and therefore retained the names. Lord Chief Justice Tindal.—This case will be consi dered also with others upon the same point. HEYLAND, APPELLANT, V. BREMNER, RESPONDENT. This was the last case in the list involving the same point as to the right of splitting freeholds, and was from the southern division of the county of Lancaster. Certain members of a society at Manchester, called the Anti-monopolist Association, purchased a qualification for the county of Lancaster, at a fair marketable value. Each received the amount of rent sufficient to qualify him as a voter; the solicitor of the vender knew of the object for which the property was purchased ; the vender him self knew nothing about it one way or the other. The revising barrister was of opinion that the case came within the 7th and Sth of Wm. IV. cap. 2:5, and that the convey ance was void, being made for the purpose of multiplying votes, and therefore rejected the names. Lord Chief Justice Tindal. --The barrister came to a wrong conclusion ; the decision must be reversed. Judgment reversed accordingly. At the Rolls Court, on Wednesday, the injunction ob tained by Mr. Cooper to restrain Mr. James Battersby from selling or otherwise parting with certain shares of stock standing in his name in the books of the Birming ham and Liverpool Grand Junction Canal Company, was dissolved. In the Court of Common Pleas on Thursday week, in an appeal from Scarborough, against the decision of Mr. Temple, the barrister, the Court decided that the ❑ame of a Mr. Flounders had been rightly expunged, because he had not inserted the number of his house in the list of claimants. This the Court held as necessary for complete and ready identification. The rumour is revived thacLord Lyndhurst is about to resign, and that Mr. Pembei ton Leigh has resisted most earnest solicitations from the Premier to succeed to the Woolsack : and that, in consequence, the following ar rangements are contemplated—Sir Edward Sudgen to be Lord Chancellor, and Sir Frederic Thesiger to be Lord Chancellor of Ireland. _ _ A commission, of which Mr. B. Hawes is chairman, is now engaged in a revision of the laws relating to bank ruptcy and insolvency. They are expected to complete their report by the end of this month, and shortly after wards propose to call a public meeting of merchants and traders, at which its recommendations are to be discussed. The report will subsequently be laid before parliament— most probably in the course of the present session. LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEEMEN.—In the Court of Exchequer, on Tuesday an action was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson, in which a printer sought to recover £172. 10s. 6d., the amount of his bill for blank scrip and other articles in printing and stationery, sup. plied to the Irish West Coast Railway Company. A res pectable gentleman, named Burdett. one of the provisional committeemen was sued, and the Judge and the bar all agreed that he was liable for so much of this bill as had been incurred after he joined the undertaking. When a verdict had been returned for the plaintiff, Mr. Baron Alderson remarked,—" It is of no use to read a lesson to some men; they will run their heads into a halter —the world will go on as it likes. However, it is to be hoped that this case will do good in some respects, for it will let people who have gone on to provisional committees know what foolishness they have been guilty of. One of the auxiliary improvements at the London Post office, is an engine of 12-horse power, by which the bags and men are raised and lowered from and to the upper story. The Halifax Guardian says that ,the Leeds and West Riding Bank has had its drafts dishonoured by the Lon don agents. On Friday the bank was crowded with per sons getting its notes changed. All the rats and other vermin caught on the farm of the Rev. A. Huxtable, at Sutton Waldron, are thrown into sulphuric acid, by which' they are soon converted into manure as valuable as bone dust. A large pond, situate between Rhymney and Treciegar, broke through the sides, and, in its impetuous career, drowned an aged woman, and swept away two frail cot. tages. _ A valet of George Hudson, E5q.,111.P., named Adams, a night or two back. in a state of intoxication, fell over a bannister, at the Burlington Hotel, London, and was killed. The Morning Post states that Lord Farnham was to have seconded the address in the House of Lords, but after hearing the royal speech read at the Duke of 'Wel lington's, he withdrew his consent. On Wednesday week, a soldier, of the 92nd Regiment, being rather in liquor, attempted to escape for the night from Edinburgh Castle. He got on the wall at the Argyle rampart, was immediltely precipitated over the precipice, 200 feet in height, and killed on the spot. The Presbyterian Review states that the Jesuits have published an edition of " The Wandering Jew" in English, expunged of all the terrific exposures of Jesuit ism contained in the original edition ;—a very Jesuit-like act. It perhaps may not be generally known that the new First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Ellenborough, was once a midshipman in the navy, having commenced his career in her Majesty's frigate L'Aigle, when she was commanded by Captain Wolfe. CURIOUS COINCIDENCE : QUITE A TRAGIC AFFAIR. —On Wednesday week, at the Marylebone Police Court, Macready was brought up for disorderly conduct, and im mediately after that case was disposed of, Kean was charged with being a deserter, and was committed. On Tuesday night, part of the steeple of the church lately erected at Redhill, near Reigate, was blown down. The stones, &c. fell through the roof and shivered many of the seats to splinters. It is uncertain whether the church will be again fit for service. PERVERTS.—The Rev. J. B. Morris, fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, has joined the Romish Church. This makes forty from Oxford. J. B. Walford, Esq., under gtaduate of St. John's, Cambridge, has also joined that church... This makes fourteen from Cambridge. TWELFTH CAKES:—CAUTION.—The Derby Reporter of Friday, contains a long account of an inquest held on the body of Sarah Ellen Woollatt, a girl four years of age, whose death had been caused by her having eaten some of the ornamental part of a twelfth cake. We understand that an increase in the army, to the extent of 6000 men, will be proposed in parliament. It is said that the Duke of Wellington was anxious to add 10,000 men to our military force, but that his Grace's opinion was overruled in the Cabinet.—Poll. The Medical Times mentions a case of hanging, in which Dr. Noyce restored the patient by effusion of cold water after respiration had ceased, the heart's action con tinuing, though feebly. Respiration was completely re stored, and venesection produced consciousness. A grave-digger lost his life at St. Thomas's burial ground, Birmingham, last week, owing to a quantity of earth having fallen upon him and entombed him at the bottom of a grave, 15 feet deep, which he had been dig ging. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. •-•-• On Wednesday week, Mr. Clark, of the firm of Clark, Plummer. and Co., flax • dressers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was killed by a fall from his horse. The deceased was nearly 70 years of age, and highly respected. A rumour gains ground that the Queen' proposed to Lord John Russell that the rank and dignity of King Consort should be conferred on Prince Albert, and that Lord John held out no hope of accomplishing the mea sure. SUBSTITUTE FOR A MACINTOSH.—On Thursday, at the Borough Court, Manchester, a drunken tin-plate worker, who was charged with disorderly conduct on the previous night, said he had been to Bury, and had certainly taken a drop, but it was to keep the rain out. On Tuesday an `•immense" meeting in favour of the abolition of the Corn Laws was held in Norwich. Mr. Cobden attended, and Mr. Wodehouse, the county mem ber, in vain proposed an amendment in behalf of protec tion. ADVANTAGE OF SMOKING.—An inveterate smoker in the neigbourhood of Matlock, was told by his medical at tendant, a few evenings ago, that tobacco would be the means of shortening his days, to which he replied, " Well, never mind, it has afforded me the means of lengthening many of my nights."—Derbyshire Advertiser. A REMINISCENCE OF GUY FAWKES.—On Thursday morning, according to custom, about two hours before her Majesty's arrival to open parliament, the cellars under the House of Lords underwent a strict search by the Lord Chamberlain, the Usher of the Black Rod, and Captain Kincaid, with a detachment of the Yeoman Guard. Mr. Harrison Ainsworth has resumed the editorship of Ainsworth's Magazine, which he was understood to have relinquished some months ago, when he entered upon the editorship of Colborn's New Monthly. Both these pe riodicals are now under Mr. Ainsworth's literary ma nagement. Some commotion has been occasioned in the whig po litical circles, through the indiscretion of one of its mem bers, in revealing the contents of a letter, meant to be strictly confidential. Two distinguished members are in volved in this charge, and a coldness, on the part of their friends, has been the result.—Daily News. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone entertained at din ner, on Tuesday, the Bishop of Jamaica, Mr. Alexander Wood, of the Emigration-office, Mr. Stevens, of the Co lonial-office, and other gentlemen connected pith that department, Mr. Bonham, late of the Ordnance, Dr. Phillimore, and others. One of the Ojibbeway Indians (the bird of the tempest) died at Brussels the other day, of the small-pox, and an other (the king of the bitterns) is dangerously ill. The former was baptised by a Roman Catholic clergyman a few hours before his death. The other Indians are still at Ghent. _ . . _ slr. Kirby, the owner of Lanercost, is desirous to take a bet of £6OO to £4OO that his (Lanercost's) produce wins the Doncaster St. Leger, in 1847, against the produce of any other horse in England ; or an even bet of £5OO, his prOduce against that of any other untried horse for the same race. At Monmouth, on Saturday, Mr. Lapham, a sporting gentleman, was charged with stealing one of his own horses, which, left with Mr. Newman, had been sold by auction by that gentleman to pay expenses. The magis trates decided that as Mr. Newman was not a licensed dealer, he had no right to dispose of the animal, and dis missed the charge. SMUGGLED MALT.—On Friday last a large quantity of malt was discovered in an unentered house, by Mathry, an excise officer, of Solva, Pembrokeshire. The maltster is, we understand, a young woman, who is on the eve of being married, and the malt was intended to be converted into vow da, on her bridal day. Perhaps it was only a peck or two. The Quebec Gazelle records the loss, at- Cape Chat, of two outward-bound vessels, one of them supposed to be the barque Montreal, Captain Douglas, which sailed hence on the morning of the 28th November, with the loss of her crew and passengers. Several of the bodies have been washed on shore, among them a woman and a child. POACHING AFFRAY.—On Saturday night a battle took place between Bridger and Cadd, two of the Duke of Buckingham's gamekeepers, and some poachers at Hills don. The keepers heard firing near " Preston Bushes" and came up to three poachers. An affray ensued in which both Bridger and Cadd were knocked down and desperately cut and wounded. The poachers escaped. A few days since, as Mr. Sheppard, governor of Wake field I - louse of Correction, was walking along the lane leading to the prison, some person behind a wall fired a pistol close at his head. Mr. Sheppard's hat was blown off, and the ball entered about an inch and a half above the head. £2OO reward has been offered for the miscre ants apprehension. A Spanish Tom Thumb has arrived at Cork. The I vessel which was conveying him to London put in there from stress of weather, and the miniature man is ex i _ected to exhibit himself in the " beautiful city." He is about the height of an ordinary man's top-boot—is of mature age, very intelligent, and has a strong propensity for stirring the fire. A tree has been cut down at Rammerseales, for the purpose of being converted into sleepers for the Caledo num Railway, of whi ch the following are the dimensions : Circumference at root. where cut off, 11 feet 2 inches; diameter at widest part, 3 feet 9 inches ; height, 90 feet ; con tents of timber. 106 feet. The rings of growth num bered 87 ; so its age may be estimated at about a century. It has been remarked whenever a severe winter is about to take place, that the ants bury themselves very deep in the earth. Last winter, which was very severe, these in sects were found at the depth of two reet below the sur face of the earth, while this year they were only two inches under ground. The same with the bees; last long winter they had stopped every avenue to their hives. This sea son the entrance to them is scarcely closed. Sift ROBERT'S TACT.—A Manchester contemporary says that Mr. Colquhoun was prepared with an amend ment to the address, and as soon as Mr. Beckett Denison, the seconder of the address, had sat down, he rose with his amendment in his hand, evidently prepared to move it. At the same moment, however, Sir Robert Peel, with admirable tact, presented himself to the house ; and being called upon by the speaker, commenced his speech. THE " PRESIDENT" STEAMER.—SOme Spanish fishing boats lately picked up a bottle at sea, containing some pa pers; but the following fragments , which have been pub lished in the Madrid Gazette, are all that could be made of them Ship President, We are blocked upon Tre.. and ...... we cant live much 'time . What time ! Kind friend will acquaint our.. We are dying of hun ger lam fainting. Hif. ..... " THE WEARDALE MINERS.—A numerous meeting was held on the 9th instant, in a field adjoining St. John's Chapel, when the deputation appointed to wait upon Mr. Sopwith made their report, which gave great satisfaction to the miners. It is expected that £2 per month subsist ence-money will be allowed at the next' binding, and that each miner will be allowed to earn 15s. per week, exclusive of charges for blacksmith, powder, and candles.—Gales head Observer. The magistrates at Whitehaven have decided in a case which lately came before them at the public office, that if the captain of a vessel should not, on his arrival in port, or within a reasonable time thereafter, give notice to a seaman who had been contracted to assist in putting out ballast, that he is not to remain in the vessel, such sea man has a right to claim the wages to which he would have been entitled if he had assisted in putting out the ballast, although he may not have performed that part of the contract. MUNIFICENT DONATIONS.—Thomas Clapham, Esq., of Stackhouse, near Settle, who died last Friday, has left £lO,OOO to the Leeds Infirmary, £lO,OOO to the Wilber force Blind Asylum at York, £5,000 to Harrogate Bath Hospital, and £5,000 to the Clergy Orphans' Fund, be sides smaller charitable bequests. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Wednesday morning the Holyhead mail was compelled to turn back near Pen maen Mawr, to Conway to wait for better weather. The wind came with such power for a mile round the rocks, as to turn the four horses and the coach completely round. Another attempt was made to proceed by- taking away the leaders but all was fruitless. After reaching Conway again the wind fell, so as to allow of turning out at six o'clock, occasioning a delay of four hours. FATAL AFFRAY--A dreadful encounter took place on Wednesday morning, on the grounds of the Earl of Mor ley, at Saltram, near Plymouth, between a party of poachers, ten in number, and his lordship's gamekeepers. An unfortunate keepers named Cottell, pursued them for some time, when one of the poachers levelled his gun, fired, and the keeper dropped down and immediately ex pired. A man named Reed, a sawyer, of Plymouth, has been captured as being one of the party, and is now un dergoing an examination before the magistrates. A few days ago, a registrar of births, deaths, and mar riages, proceeded to the residence of one of his neigh hours, not one hundred miles from Sunderland, for the purpose of registering a birth, and on enquiring of the mother the day and date of the child's admission to that enlightened portion of her Majesty's dominions, received the following characteristic reply :—" Deed, Mr. H—, I neither know the day of the week nor the day of the month, but the bairn was born the day after Roger Lums den's pig was killed !" At the Stafford sessions, last week, the chairman was about to discharge a boy accused of stealing when the bov, in reply to the magistrates, stated that he had no father, and, in a flood of tears, said that his parent had been transported for seven years. On this a voice was heard—" I'm his father," and a decently dressed mecha nic stepped forward, and was rejoiced to claim bis son. The father had returned from transportation, and he and his son were made known to each other in this romantic manner. The two left the court together, the father say ing he had employment for his son. FORGING STAMPS.-At the Lambeth police-office, on Friday, Edward Watkins, an aged and plain man in ap pearance, and who is reputed to be worth £lO,OOO, his wife and son were charged with being concerned in the sale of forged bill and receipt stamps. The prisoners have been engaged in so doing for a length of time, and out of 933 stamps found in their two shops 791 were forgeries. The prisoners were remanded, but the elder prisoner being seriously ill, the magistrate said he would accept bail for him to the amount of £4,000. Another man, named Hancock, from whom the prisoners obtained the forgeries, was remanded on a charge of forging the stamps. _ ANCIENT LETTER.—At a meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society last week, the President (J. B. Yates, Esq.) handed round an interesting letter, address.. ed by King Charles I, then a prisoner in the isle of Wight, to the Governor of Newfoundland- reccommend ing to his good offices Lady Hopkins, t wife of Sir William Hopkins, one of his staunch ad erents. By whom the body of it was written is rather tn. et tain, but the concluding part, and the signature, are t. undoubt ed autograph of the unfortunate monarch, pet Jed a few weeks previous to his execution. The original was found a mass of contemporary papers in Mr. Yates's library, relating to the times of the Commonwealth. DEATH FROM DESTITUTION.—An inquest was held on Monday, at Westbury, Salop, on the body of Jane Med licott, 53 years of age. The husband of the deceased, stated that he was a schoolmaster, and had-"five children ; his wife always had had bad health since he had known her, she was rather flighty, but quite harmless; she had fallen away a good deal lately, and used to complain of being ungry ; witness himself has been three or four days with out anything to eat, and has often been without anything in the house except a few potatoes which they had begged ; he never applied to the parish for• relief ; be thinks his wife died of starvation; witness has nothing to live upon now but what same neighbours give him, and.will be ob liged to go to the parish. SCENE IN PARLIAMENT.— The House presented a curious sight while Sir Robert Peel was speaking. Every fresh sentence brought a round of applause from his oppo nents—the Treasury benches were mute and silent. A faint cheer was attempted when the Premier stated that Lord Stanley had persisted in thinking the supply of corn in the country abundant, and the potato crop a plentiful one. notwithstanding all the evidence that had been sub mitted to ministers; but it was such a cheer, so faint, so ill-sustained, that we really felt sorry for them. As argu ment followed argument from the Premier's lips, every one of which demolished some pet theory which bad been risked at protection meetings by a noble chairman or a stray duke, the silence became deep snd more deep.— Morning Chronicle. THE LONDON POSTOFFICE.—In the principal (or se cretary's) office there are 64 officers, in the mail-coach office 43, in the solicitor's office 4, accountant-general's office 31, money-order office 170, inland and foreign office 645. The inspector of letter carriers' office, which is an adjunct to the inland office, contains an inspector, 7 as sistant-inspectors, 147 sub-sorters; ship-letter office 8, dead and returned letter office 21, London district office about 600. In the sorting offices there are 2 presidents, 4 vice ditto, 2 window men, 14 clerks of divisions, 12 first assorters, 12 second ditto, 10 sorters, 31 sub-sorters, an inspector, 2 assistant-inspectors, 8 junior inspectors, 16 stampers, and about 500 letter carriers, giving a grand total of 1600 persons appointed in the London offices alone, independently of the various " receivers" and other paid officers. The annual meeting of the proprietors of the St. Katha rine's Dock Company, London, was held on Tuesday. The following is the statistical return of the business done for the last three years, ending with December, re spectively :—The tonnage entered in 1843 was 106,72 G ; in 1844, 101,355 ; and in 1845, 119,917—being an increase last year of 10,562 tons over the year preceding. The goods delivered in 1843 were 105,935 ; in 1844, 105,233 ; and in 1845; 117,200, being an increase in the last over the preceding year of 11,967. Goods remaining in 1843, 69,293 ; in 1844, 65,415 ; and in 1845, 60,126—being less la , t year than 1844 by 5289.t0n5. The decrease of the stock remaining in dock is attributed very reasonably to the unprecedentedly large deliveries produced by the alte ration in• the duties by the Premier's new tariff. The usual dividend was declmed. POOR-LAW CRUELTY.—Since we adverted a day or two age to the alleged murder of an infant by its mother, who had been sent away from the union workhouse without any covering for her offspring, we have discovered that this inhuman practice is a very common one. We have received an extract from the Worcestershire Chronicle, which we publish in another column, detailing the parti culars of a charge against a mother for attempting to murder her child by exposing it in a field entirely naked and uncovered. In this case, as in the one on which we lately commented, the mother had been suffered to leave the workhouse without any clothes of her own for her child, and without any being allowed her by the union. After carrying it for some distance, she seems to have abandoned it ; and, though we cannot tiefind her inhu manity, we are still more at a loss to palliate the conduct of those whose barbarity set her an example of cruelty which, at the worst, she did but imitate. The suggesters of her crime were the guardians, who taught her practi cally that the life of her infant was not worth caring for. THE DAILY NEWS.—We have received the numbers of this journal since its commencement on Wednesday. It is a thick and thin supporter of the League, and devotes much of its space to railway matters. It resembles very much in its general appearance the Times and Herald, and its only new feature consists of " Travelling Letters, written on the road," by Charles Dickens. It is the ge neral opinion that the new candidate for public favour has not come up to the expectation formed of it. An Edin burgh paper says that it starts with a capital 'of £lOO,OOO, which has been subscribed in four sums of £25,000. Mr. Grote, the London banker, and Mr. Jackson, of Birken head, the great railway proprietor, are two of the subscri bers. Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, 'the proprietors of Punch, subscribe another fourth. The great feature of interest will be Mr. Dickens's contributions. It is said that he is to receive £2.000 a-year, anz is to bring out his works in the columns of the paper, which will adopt the fashion of the French feuilleton. (a department devoted to light literature.) He begins with " Letters from Italy" : (he spent last winter in Italy.) Among the politicO writers Mr. Fonblanque and his literary coadjutor in the Examiner, Mr. Foster, are mentioned. Mr. Dudley Costello is to superintend the foreign department. OPERATION OF THE TARIFF OF 1842.—1 n explaining the circumstances which had brought him to advocate free trade, Sir Robert Peel, in his speech on Thursday night, remarked : •' In 1844 there were imported 2,800 oxen and cows, and in eleven months of the year 1845 there were not less than 15,000 imported, showing a very great' increase. Have prices in this country been affected either in a cot--' responding degree or in any by this large importation ? Iu 1844 the contract price for the victualling stores in the navy for salt beef was £3 18s. 2d. ; the contract price en tered into for the navy in December, 1845, was, I regret to say, £6 Bs. Bd. The salt pork that was contracted for in 1841 was £3 15s. 10d. a tierce, and in 1845 it was £6 12s. The contract price for fresh beef for the navy in 1844 was £1 1-Is. 9d. ; the contract priCe in 1845 was £2 2s. 2d. Now, all this increase in price was attended with increased importation ; one prophecy, if I recollect rightly, was, that there would be an importation into this country of 3,500,000 pigs, and that the price of salt pork would be immensely reduced. There was no article last year that caused so much alarm as lard. In 1810 there were 97 cwt. of foreign lard imported into this country. In 1842 the duty was reduced from 83. to 2s. a cwt., and there were then imported 48,312 cwt. ; in 1844, 76,000 cwt. were imported and in 1845 the, importation had reached above 80,000ewt. And what has been the price of domestic lard at Belfast during that period ? In 1844 it was 48s. a cwt. ; in 1845 it was 675.; and in January of thejpresent year, notwithstanding the increase caused by this importation, the price has risen from 48s. in 1844. to 625. Another article of great importance was that of wool. We proposed in 1844 that the duty on foreign wool should be altogether done away with, and we were again met with the argument that wool would suffer from the reduction But here again there has been a wholly dif ferent result. In 1842 there were 45,880.0001 b. of foreign wool imported ; in 18 , f4 there were 65,079,0001 b.; and in ten months of the last year it amounted to 65,216,0001 b., —all in consequence of the reduction of the duty. Now, what has been the price of wool ? In 1842 the price of South Down wool was Hid. per pound ; long wool was ]od. per polled. In 1843 South Down wool was 111 d.; in 1844 it was Is. 2d. ; long wool was also ls. 2d. ; and in December, 1845, eighteen months after the reduction, the price of South Down wool rode to Is. 44d. per pound, and the price of common wool was Is. 2d. per pound. Such has been the effect of those reductions that were made in 1842 and 1844, and which were regarded as a protection to domestic industry. The Sun states that immediately after Sir Robert Peel's announcement of his plans, Lord Delawar, the Lord Chamberlain • the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of th e St o l e to Prince Alb ert; and Lord Arthur Lennox, will retire from the government. The Earl of Essex, in consequence of the present un certain state of his health, has been forced to decline the offer tendered to him by Sir Robert Peel of the Lord Lieutenancy of the county of Hertford, vacant by the demise of the Earl of Verulam. MODEST !—Mr. Ward the Member for Sheffield, gave on Thursday what he calls the annual account of his Stewardship in the House of Commons, at the conchLsion of which Mr. Biggs, who seems to have been rather dis satisfied, proposed that the government should lend to the labouring population a sum of £20,000,000, in order to afford them opportunities for finding employment on the soil, the government to borrow the money, at four per cent., the people to pay them for it at the rate of five per cent.—A moderate proposition, truly, but where is the money to come from in the first instance? AMUSING INCIDENT.—In the House of Commons, on Thursday night, some amusement was created during Mr. Disraeli's speech, by an allusion, which seems to have been imperfectly heard, if heard at all, in the gallery, as it is not contained in any report that we have met with. The hon. gentleman, in alluding to the mover and seconder of the address, said that Sir Robert Peel had prevailed upon the rival roses of York and Lancaster to stand bail for him. As it happened that Lord Francis Egerton wore a very conspicuous white waistcoat, whilst Mr. Beckett Denison was attired in the scarlet uniform of a deputy lieu tenant of the county of York, the point of the allusion was very generally felt, and created much laughter. RIVAL SHOWMEN,—At Huddersfield, last week, Wombwell and Hilton pitched their tents opposite each other. Each party paraded an elephant, and proceeded throa,h Queen-street to Wombwell's, where they halted, fronting each other in defiance, the lady on Wombwell's, elephant holding up a young lion by way of bravado. This was soon replied to by her opponent producing a leopard, which, with seeming fondness, he nursed in her lap, and was greeted with equal plaudits as her rival in quadrupedal celebrity. The belligerents then retired to their respective camps, followed by thousands of specta tors; and, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, we learn that their success was pretty good, especially to wards evening. AUGMENTATION OF THE ROYAL Aterreeartv.—Appli cation was made some time ago for an increase of the Royal Regiment of Artillery to the extent of 22 men to each company, and it has been decided that an increase will take place to the extent of 10 men to each company. There are 72 companies of Royal Artillery at home and on foreign stations, consequently the number of men to be added to the regiment will be 720. With the exception of Lisburn, Ireland, where Lieutenant Clerk has obtained 26 recruits ready to be sent to head-quarters, the recruiting in other parts,:especially in Scotland, is very unsuccessful, and it is the general opinion of those acquainted with that branch of the service, that the only effective plan to insure fine young men to enter the service is to grant a pension of Is. per day after 21 years' service, as in that case there would be no difficulty whatever. NEW STEAM-ENGINE.—At the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Arnaud Seguier read a notice of a new steam-engine, the invention of M.M. Isoard and Mer cier. After describing the construction of this engine, M. Seguier says,—lt differs from all that has hitherto been invented, not only in its construction, but also by the special manner in which the steam is employed. In stead of being conveyed from the great generator to the motive apparatus, and undergoing on the way, or at the moment when its action is required, all the losses due to the diminution of volume by the causes of the cooling process, the steam is maintained in a very elevated tem perature in the generating tube, and the relators of the heated surfaces and of hot water injected are calculated in such a way that the heat does not escape by the orifice until it has acquired an increase of temperature which permits it to act at once as steam and dilated gas, ORGANISED SYSTEM OF FALSE CHARACTERS TO SERVANTS.—Edward Evans was charged on Friday, at one of the metropolitan police-offices, with having ob tained the situation of butler to Sir J. South, of the Observatory, Kensington, by means of a false character. In the course of inquiry pursued by the police, informa tion was obtained of a regular system of selling false characters to servants, by means of which persons of in different character were frequently enabled to obtain ad vantageous situations. It was ascertained that the prin cipal personage in this fraudulent proceeding was a woman living in Guilford -street, who assumed the names of Guest, Lady Cotterell, Mrs. Colonel Fraser, and a variety of other names and titles. The police have ascertained that upwards of 100 servants, male and female, have, through the agency of this woman, obtained situations on the strength of false characters. The prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine of £2O, or suffer three months' imprisonment. FREE TRADE BASHFULNESS.—There are a good many anonymous contributors - to the League's Quarter of a Million Fnud. How is it that men will give their money but will not lend their names to this fund ? It is clearly no case for adopting a retirine. modesty. The very es sence of the affair is demonstration, an imposing array of men and money ; and the latter without the former would be like a regiment of empty uniforms. The ordi nary motives that may induce the contributor to some benevolent purpose, to conceal his name, are all out of place here. Neither is it reasonable to suppose that men who can afford to give their £25, £2O. or £lO, are such slaves to circumstances as not to dare to avow their free and independent opinions. Is it that they are men who have so rapidly grown rich in spite of protection as to feel the inconsistency of proclaiming it, and to be as bashful of their property as uncertificated bankrupts ? THE WEST RIDING.—Mr. Ferrand, M.P., has ad dressed an energetic letter to the electors of the West Ri ding, pledging himself to appear on the hustings at the no- mination, and propose the Hon. Edwin Lascelles (Lord Harewood's son) as a candidate in opposition to Lord Morpeth. In additien, Mr. Archer Gurney, Rock Vale, Devon, has addressed the electors of the Riding, offering himself as a candidate for the honour of repreeenting them, He presents himself as one who " both in English and foreign publications has consistently advocated the principles of Alison and Sismondi, as a protectionist," and who is resolved in every way he can to secure remu nerative prices to every class of productors. Mr. Gurney, moreover, declares that Lord Ashley's Short Hour Bill has his most decided concurrence. Mr. Gurney intimates his determination to withdraw should Mr. Lascelles, or any other local candidate, present himself. The writ for the election has been issued, and the nomination is ex pected to take place next Monday. ATTACK ON THE ARISTOCRACY. -At Manchester, Mr. Bright went a step farthe r t owar d s t h e " beginning of the end," as may be seen from the following extract of his speech :—" Why of all the harsh words and all the arguments you could bring against the reasonableness or unreasonableness of maintaining our aristocracy, nothing could be more damning than the fact that the aristocracy are at issue with twenty millions of people on the vital and important question as to whether these people should be allowed to feed themselves. There are people who have ulterior objects. It would be a pitiable condition the people would be reduced to if they were all at one mark—if some were not moving on faster than others: but I may tell the Duke of Richmond and his co-la bourers in the cause of monopoly that they themselves are holding out the most pressing invitations men can hold out for the great mass of the people to go on with that which we have begun, and to wrest from them the power they have exercised to the great injury, or, I would say, to the ruin of many thousands of the people of Great Britain:" A LETTER TRAP.—On Thursday evening last a gen tleman of Gloucester having put a paper into the hole of the box at the post-office, was surprised to find that it would not descend into the basket. He pushed, and pushed again, and still it stuck fast, and therefore be went round to the door to notify the circumstance. The post office clerks, equally surprised as the applicant, naturally turnei to the box itself for an explanation of it, when they discovered an " artful dodge," which„ had it been successful, would have seriously damaged the credit of the establishment, by cheating a large number of persons of their letters and papers. A silk bag had been let down into the aperture, bullets being placed in each corner to distend it, and it was secured to the mouth of the aperture by hooks of wire. The bag was nearly full of letters and papers which had been dropped into the hole, and this was the reason that the paper through which the discovery was made would not descend. Probably the practice of this trick would account for many of the post-office losses. Unfortunately, the trap was not left until the thief came to remove the bag and the spoil, and therefore be is quite unknown. Glouteelershire Chronicle. SUICIDES.—On Tuesday morning week, in London, Mr. James Ede, aged 68, who, for the last thirty years, has been a suitor in Chancery for property valued at £lOO,OOO, having an execution served upon him for a small debt, went up stairs and deliberately cut his own throat.—On Friday an inquest was held in London, on .Mary Day, aged 26, a domestic servant, who, being falsely accused to her mistress, of having been the worse for liquor, was so much affected, that she destroyed her self with oxalic acid.—At Preston, Mary Hulme, an un married woman, thirty years of age, drowned herself in a lodge of water at the Victoria Mills. The deceased, who had an illegitimate child some years ago, was again preg nant, had been in a low state for severt:l weeks, and was apprehensive of being sent to the workhouse. On con fessing her situation to her mother, she said, 4‘ Do not say any more about it ; shall make myself away; it will all end in the cburch-yard."—On Friday, Mr. Lovridge, publican, London, was found hanging from a bed-post in his own room, and quite dead.—Captain Burrell, late of the 55th Foot. committed suicide on Eaturday week, in his own house, London, by shooting himself with a pistol, in consequence of heavy losses by railway speculations. THE PREMIER'S EXPLANATION. - We confess we should like to see the Premier undertaking an explanation or a confession somewhat more retrospective than that on which he spent his heart and his strength on Thursday evening. He has served four Sovereigns, and, enjoying the personal confidence of three, for nearly twenty years he has been the leader of a powerful—and for his sake we will suppose—a patriotic and intelligent party. Yet, strange to say, his apology recognizes no longer a term than the last three years of this period. It might be sup posed that four years since was the date of his first intro duction to his Conservative friends. It is only the last act of these four years that in his opinion requires defence. He is now doing right. He appeals to the experience of the last three years, and its legitimate effect on his jadg ment 1 he appeals to posterity ; he appeals to everything but the past, and does not show how it is that a man who for so many years possessed so great a mastery over mind and over matter in this country, should have brought men and things into such a state as to entail at last so abrupt a transition, and so great a violence to the weaker minds, or the lesser souls of his party. Sir Robe rt Peel says be is right now, but he does not bring out into quite su ffi cient relief the obvious inference that be has hitherto been most grievously wrong.—Tinees. GENERAL MISCELLANY. The Lords of the Treasury have refused to make Fleet wood a packet station for Belfast. The Duke of Sutherland has contributed £3OO to the South Staffordshire Hospital. Sir James Graham, the Times says, is to withdraw his medical bills. The duty upon the importation of foreign wheat last week advanced to 16s. per quarter. The Rev. Mr. Newman was making a short sojourn at Stonyharst last week. A man at Huddersfield died of hydrophobia last week. He was bitten five weeks since on the thumb by a dog. It is said that Government intend to propose this ses sion the abolition of the Scottish University tests. The Messrs. Darby, Coalbrooke-dale, have given £2,000 to the League Fund. The article on " Parliamentary Privilege," in the Edinburgh Review, is by Lord Denman. Lord John Manners has given notice that he will to morrow move for leave to bring in a bill for amending the bequests' act. On Friday, at Bow-street Police-office, a surgeon, named Cobb, was committed to Newgate on a charge of bigamy. . _ . A vessel last week discharged a cargo of iron'at New port, Monmouthshire, from France. This is like sending coals to Newcastle. Without an order of council the militia cannot be called out till the 10th of October, and it is highly improbable that it will be called out at all.—Glasgow Examiner. As a proof of the mildness of the season a jargonell pear tree was in full bloom on Sunday last, in the garden of Mr. R. Richardson. Bridge-end, Elland, Bradford. It was stated at a meeting of magistrates for the county of Norfolk the other day, that fifteen incendiary fires had taken place in the county during the last three months. A Goon CDANGE.—The committee of the Wakefield Church Institution have taken the room in Crown-court, formerly occupied as a Socialist Hall. There is at present in the garden of William Moore, at West Lavington, Wilts, a sparrow's nest with four eggs, upon which the hen bird is sitting. The vessels in the Wet Dock at Leith are lying three and four tier deep at present, which speaks well for busi ness, and is rather unusual at this early season of the year. Mrs. Partis, founder of " Partis College," near Bath, for the widows and daughters of clergymen," and for other gentlewomen." has just expired. A new literary publication, to be called The Literary Herald, comes forth next month. Its avowed object is to introduce and encourage unknown authors. The total number of militia regiments in the United Kingdom is 127, of which 61 belong to England, 14 to Wales, 14 to Scotland, and 38 to Irelaed. Persons at Leeds throwing orange peel on the footpaths are to be taken up by the police and are liable to a fine of 405., under the local improvement act - . The Glasgow Constitutional asks, " is Lord John Rus sell, the new-made citizen, bound, like all other burgesses of Glasgow, " to grind his corn in the town's mills"? IDENTICAL.-1n the Quebec shipping-list for the 10th of December, we find the following :—" Sir Robert Peel in the mud, but supposed to be safe." A servant woman in London, on Monday week, burst a varicose vein, and although the aperture was not larger than would admit a pea, she bled to death. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned, at Han. ley against Sarah Bowyer, for having starved to death her 1 illegitimate child. Mr. Isaac Cohen has left £15,000 to the various chari ties in the metropolis; £3OOO to the Jewish school, and £3OOO to the synagogue to which he immediately belonged. DISTRESSING Sc ICIDE.—Mr. Evans, smith and bell hanger, of Newport. Monmouthshire, a very intelligent tradesman, destroyed himself on Saturday by firing a loaded pistol at his temple. Verdict, insanity. It is said that Mr. Bright will offer himself as a candi date for Wolverhampton, on the dissolution of parliament, to replace Mr. Villiers, who is to stand for South Lanca shire. Mr. Miles, of Freeleigh Court Farm, near Tiverton, a few days ago, was charged with wilfully pushing Mr. Butt, of Telbury, into the river near French Weir, with intent to drown him. John White, retailer of beer at Chatham, was last week convicted in the penalty of £lO, a mixture of sugar and salt, which is sometimes used for adulterating beer, having been found on his premises. A public meeting was held in Birmingham, on Tuesday evening, " to petition Parliament against the proposal to call out the militia, and in favour of introducing an arbi tration clause in our treaties with foreign powers." The Hon. James Stuart Wortley has been appointed Judge Advocate. A vacancy therefore ensues in the re presentation of Bute. In all probability, however, the hon. gentleman will be re-elected without opposition. On Monday, a labourer, who bad been previously ob served desponding, threw himself down on the Great Western line on the approach of an engine, which passed over him, and killed him instantly. The other day, as a flock of pigeons flew over the house of a gentleman in Locharran, he shot one of the birds. It dropped down the chimney into a pot of soup which hung over the fire !—lnverness Courier. In consequence of the non-publication of the state of the pole at Carmarthen, on the next day but one after the last municipal election, as required by the act, Justice Patteson has, on application, decided that there must be a new election.