The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS. --- --- , CITY OF D UBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—At the --kt _ hal f - Yearly meeting of this company, held on Saturday week, a dividend of 30s. was declared, being at the rate of Per cent. per annum. ,iA. DEPUTATION consisting of Mr. Chars Turner, 'P, with M r . D. Rowland (secretary to the Liverpool Pilot c ommissioners), and Mr. John Shepherd (master n l3l.l °t), had an i n t erv i ew w i th t h e Ri g h t H on. E . C ar d we ll -11 „, Tuesday, at the Board of Trade. " 1 E FIRST EXHIBITION of the Liverpool Floral and Rorticultural Society will take place at the Botanic Gar ,,ens, on Thursday next. Should the weather p `, 4 ast the exhibition is expected to be the finestthat has Ever Yet been held. h n 9EATH BY D ROWNING .-0 a Tuesd a y morn i ng , th e - "" s 'Y of a young man named Robert Wilkinson, a clerk at orth the Wapping Railway-station, was found lying at th e n end of the Heskisson pier, where it appeared to bare been left by the receding tide. The deceased left ~1 .d. 5 employ at noon on the previous day, and did no t, as nal; retu rn i n t h e a f ternoon. An i nquest was held, ""° a verdict of " Found drowned" was returned. .SAPTAIN NYE AND HIS CREW.—The British Ministe r !4'l,Vashington has received from the home government foPole handsome presents for Captain Nye, his mate, and teof eir the cre w o f the. steam-ship Pacific, as t es ti mon i a l s e the humane servtces in rescuing those who were on 13° ard the wrecked British barque Jesse Stephens. e The present to Captain Nye is a gold medal. bearing a portrait Her Majesty, and a gold watch. The mate and the six ailors will each receive £lO. , 8111 P LAUNCH AT GnneNocx.—On Wednesday, the valintlet, splendid new iron yacht-ship, was launched at Greenock. In this - fine vessel great strength of build ped great beauty of form area happily combined. She was - t ,slgned and built by e srs. Denny and Rankin of ;vambarten. Her length over all is IS3 feet 4 inches; pbreadth of b eam, 30 feet; depth of hold, 19 feet; tonnage er new measurement, 693 tons ; per old measurement, fB3 ton.. S he is fastened with double rivets, eight to the loofotii It is c on fi dently anticipated that she will prove one be te i fastest ve ssels that e ver l e f t t h e Cl y d e. Sh e i s to fitted n the most elegant and expensive manner, and will then be brought for Port P _srs. the' she iround to London to s l a dpassengers pool, and Meg s owned by Mr. J. Smith, of . LiZer- London. George and Arthur Herring, of CHAMBE R OF letters COMMERCE.—I the meeting last omme week, were read from the Bristol C Chamber of rce, !il,ll Pos tal Communic a ti on with Australia ; referred to the .r Dalai Committee. From Mr. James Wilson, M.P., Pa'a Others, on customs refor m ; referred t o th e C us t oms Hill Co From Mr. J. Kennedy, of Belfast, Mr. er, of Leith, and others, on commercial law. From the Hull Chamber of Commerce, on the Russia com o n r - r eYig; n r . e o f ffi er c r e e , ify d no t t at i h n e g special committee. From the that orders had been sent by the p razili an government t o th e pres id en t o f th e p r ovince of , ara, to cause the quaran ti ne on vesse l s arr i v i ng f rom tat t ea , It ilY Ports, an d f urn i s h e d w i t h c l ean bill s o f h ea l t h , t o disco ntinued. From th e B oar d o f Trade, closeintimatingthe Cust om house at Buenos Ayres, which had been andt Permitting only th e i m p or t a ti on o f ar ti c l es o f war f° °d, was a ga i n opene d for a l l the purposes o f ec lamer ea . a Sll ttww or 'I'HE DOCK LABOURERS.—On Tuesday, ttneeting of dock labourers was held at the Concert-hall, 01(33.rd elson-street, Mr. P. Gregory in the chair. The ofiweet,Tis. stated by the chairman, was to obtain an advance 0 „;_ 1 5:ts. :Clr. Andrea , Hart said there was a difference of north er atnengst the members of the society of the on°rthern division of the town as to whether the wages toe llt tt ' b e 45., 4s. 6d., or ss. He called upon the Th e e tin ß - to "fix upon the figure. (Loud cries of " 4s. 6d.") ILbe,,ProPosition was as follows .—" That we, the dock lag e -re " of Liverpool, considering the many disadvan 10g:the:der which we labour, feel justified in calling pa rp a general meeting of our fellow-workmen for the obt ain "t of d eliberating on the best means calculated to dperocis7ezaerZesss of our grievances ; and we therefore le ga l e _ "r u nalterable resolution never to relax our tint of d u ai n ly til the rights of labour are made more the - zni r° o '" Resolutions were proposed that 4s. 6d. be be ch etd sa.rrged for labour, and that eightpence an hour i night work between - the hours of six, p.m. one a •To, or eight shillings for the night, allowing z h,_ hour for supper. It was ultimately agreed, on a tl,`,.'"ri of hands, that 4s. 6d. be the daily remuneration for z`ne, ::irthern district, and eight shillings for night work; t . i..'..tl n at a notice be placarded throughout the town, in aa`,"2,tni . g that a strike for the fulfilment of the above ""el tions would be commenced on the following Monday. ex ROY AL. .11tEnsur YACHT CIA B.—The club intend t o l Vlog £2OO on prizes. There are to be two separate sle the first on the 4th June, confined to the mem mittsYachts, under thirty-five tons, and above thirty-five ;, for two prizes of £25 and £4O in value. The il e° . _ all, on the 15th July, for a magnificent prize challenge ti,,P,_°sloloo value, open to be-sailed for by all royal yacht Cession ' 4 f the world ; the prize to be won two years in sue criiise by the -same owner and yacht. The opening 10)11resenre i c l i l take pace on the.-2-Ist instant. The Queen has to the club a cup of £lOO value, to be sailed for T uesday, the 19th July, the d a y f o ll ow i ng t h a t alre ady announc e d for the Challenge Cup of £lO6, give n b y the club. It has also been proposed to enter Into a subscription to raise sufficient funds to extend to a regular regatta, and have a numbe r of race sfor the local boats of 'the port,-fishermen and trial-boats, races for the boatmen who ply on the river ts . , and h . row . ing and so make the most of the occasion of thTra t g el' g eer igs i , gift of'" Her Majesty's Elate." There arelfitfinaimfi - t the Birkenhead Dock :—Schooners : Ariel, 11€ ou t t n i s n commodore Littledale; Mavis, 146, G. C. .Arbuth o cot, Esq ; Louisa, 129, S. R . Graves, Esq. Cutters :-Sea ird, 7)3, Hon. Seta I.lrPrri s y ; Jilt, 19. H . Bridson, Esc. ; e, 15, H. P. - Rigge, Esq. ; Ranger, 12, R. M. Grinnell, Esq. The latter arrived on the 15th ult. from 33eautnaris and Kingstown, having made an extraor din4ry run, P RACk6 AT A Guess DINNER.—The Northern and Midland Counties Chess Association having held-their on Friday and Satur • ,rs t - annual meeting at 'Manchester lia/ Week, dined together at the c lose of their proceed- pas on th e l atter d ay . I n respon ding to the toast of The ' - Stran g ers ' " - Sir 'George Stephen, of Live r po ol, allude* to the challenges which were continually . p assin g sm.- h„ "'g Players, and on behalf of Mr. Staunton, a r nls axpon which that gentleman would c a e d oubt riemed ...19 1 e 'world, in order - that he might clear up a he biatch had been cast -upon his claim to be reckoned the e et Player in Eut ope. 'They were that the stakes x s l h so - or - -w-a0 each if the player resided abroad, and . __ n pia), at -the choice of the party, if he resided in . E g ,,and-; the play to take .place at a private hotel, in the Leoce of three friends of esch player only. A gentle aped a - challenge given to him in Bell's Life lately ? Lpe.b.. Sta nnton, without giving any reasons, proceeded to i - --'''' of e Challenge made in Bell's Life and refused, and o' u nt l er lba st t a- foreign er in the room (Herr Lowenthal, it was : l o i n tem nod) manliness - to rth a challenge which Herr 'Harrwitz wad not- the a r h a rs 2 11 ° ptible that it was worse than a refusal. 'On left the ro om. Rarwitz rose in-a state of great excitement and obno't Coa tatirrar,,—The usual meeting of the Dock t ... ,Inroittee was held on 'Thursday , Mr. Charles Turner th , . nh. o i r. With reference to the proposed purchase of Vene Birkenhead Docks, the Chairman repeated the -state nt made at the last -meeting, Eut he intimated that b„arno.Goldsrnid had not agreed to take two-and-a-half r tent. for the first ten years on Is sum.—Mr. Royd . en ;b„_gßested that the Dock -Surveyor, in connection with er co mpetent party, should value the works, an to be de on their valuation, and an end thus be put this the matter.--Mr. Robertson Gladstone moved that tirispolrnittee declines to accede to the terms stated by t o „ e fteph Bailey as excessive, and having no referenc b a .‘o value of - the property upon which those terms wer e th*".--.After a desultory conversation it was decided that N I , Chair man should convey this resolution, verbally, to effam. j. Il aileY• A motion, made-by M r . Li tt l e d ale, to the fu rth e r - that th e committee were rea d y to receive any ir;,, offers •from SirJ. Bailey and Baron Goldsmid, th at negatived by a majority of 9 to B.—Mr. Barber moved directions be given to the officials to furnish all infor 411ation ~, asked for•by every member appertaining to that 1 0 - , s ' a rtment of the trust of which he was a.member.—A n , - ", s e end desultory discussion followed, having reference fat Partictilarly to the opinion given by the . S I his V e ill t n 4 ,..at no member of -the board could act in in o tv ini tta 17 o P :eitY, but only in his place in committee. Th th — quetioned, ancLit was contended by several . e me p m w he en rs 4 , at informatiou ought to be given ' by the o ffi cials .t h was .2e3' were requited to do so :; in opposition to this i . ere gtled that, as a matter of courtesy, when nlePlb -.Poked 0 the various de traents for information it was l ia nallV granted, and t hat the right to enforce it might -llt_roduce a system of 1' spionage and produce other serious _lfi_culties. 'Ultimately, an amendment was submitted 7::.4.7.1.-ir. Gladstone, to the -effect that the officials furnish Ite....patiron verbally, in connection with the trust, to any M r 7 3 l. fr ,e_eeirin g it. The amendment was seconded by pea 747 0 . 1„ rd, on the votes being taken, there ap gave the eastin: f .'„,... a n seven against it. Th e c h a i rman was negatived.- -"''''' "I opposition, and the umendment HEALTH Coaturr.„m meeting,Meeti Mr. Langsdafe7--ti?o Thursday, at -the usual dr he ed rep thate chairman' presided, The continued good, ro ortal ‘l t 'e health of the-town still average of the season. During the lower -than the the parish were 142, and in the 0-43 week the deaths in z ot-townships 4-7, The Mortality from diseases of the class was lower than it had been in any week of thYezectic at 43 in the the total deaths having been only g ae eding three years, Drevious week. Of those 10 were fror I n from scarlatina, 2 l l o oping-cough, 3 years), from 4 from Irotn small-pox. (aged seven r w e t i l:croup, 1 oions vaccination. Diseases of the lungs 1 ho ur pre inption) citninished mortality, the deaths (including s o caused a bei ng 58, a smaller number than in any week" months preceding. A communication from th the six constable re pre sented that a number of I,_ ,h ogsheads e head and 'Jags of bones were recently landed from the Wexford reamer on the quay of the Clarence Dock, at an earl t our of the morning, and allowed to remain during the mire Itthe-.ay, to the great annoyance of the passengers and to having business there. After some conversation Zetthe Matter was referred to the Dock Committee, several tt!al.nbers expressing themselves strongly at the t not any i n t er f erence which might put a stop altogeti me her ilertN the Importation of bones. —Sewers were ordered in humberland-street. Park.road, and North-street.— tonadnoxiipplication being made for a sewer near Breck constr .. Newlands showed the necessity existing for the 1.,_, .uction of th e . proposed outlet sewer for Everton and ',",'!itdale ; and at lii suggestion it was resolved to convene ',t week a meeting of the landowners It was also to:geatated that Lord Sefton would be seen in riference to the t sewer between Smithdown-lane and Wavertree patl---Upper William-street was adopted.—Mr. Glad -1;44 complained of the breaking up of the Pavement in uale-street by the Gas Company, which has bee n in pro tess fo r the last fortnight. They had actually that feetcut off the communication between North John teeet and Dale street.—lt was stated by Mr. Newlands il'List it had been agreed to proceed at once with the paving l D ale -street. He stated also that he had furnished to striate es Company and the Water Committee a list of the which would have to be paved this year, and had to itleSted that th ey should work simultaneously. I ieshire, Dean and iouse.—St• ignation of Liverpool; likes held rdens arid on day, the i TuescleYr 7ednesdaio h ; and a t sday), the )12 o'clock, 11, at three rs. D the Arch, Chaptaloa town. acy of $. feadingtl ;ton. no' Dunkirk;. takpatriciq wrattinti Sasse:G *acy of , St. Jotirt'd Greenock: aton, wit' eominsteri June, lo t mbers of AebratiOg trainill ~ by SI signineo eremonSs n, Nort h Ir. Wm• Isecratei formal/ nd since twenty' )f Peter' . Georg° lerlicatea le Moor , ;o suPPII 'zich had am Re ll' as been the pro• ce in 00 ::ted tho late bil he Rey': who sob S E .- 41 C held 0 0 Rev. the ;emelt° lergY o f ed respec• general I in r o ' tynnog mon a!, place fib h arm' . I at Sta r Arch.. ng the ,on income thence werThee ie archan t collec - Paurgl an nua• the re -2190th ,nal Silas 's ' su e Rev. with 'raver. Ited tO of St• esteeo )ure is of MI 4-26 , whose Let are 1, and of the [esers• rs and e and with a r the fay& and ,uallf giveo ding , PPre' iara°, ies 0 1 took wag .c 1 to )c) to hiss —lt ybi, and Oa ng" pre , )r is one in'. our e is re a the ) uld thee the :ess, box oats top. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1833. THOS. RODICK, Esq., of Gateacre, and John Rosson, Esq., of Moor-hall, hare been appointed deputy-lieu tenants of the county. ROBBERY.--On Saturday, at noon, two men entered the house of Mr. Newing, at Fairfield, and stole a gold watch, chain, and seal, value £2O. PIPING BULLFINCHES.—Those who delight in culti vated nature should pay a visit to Mr. Trieschmann, in Cases-street, who has a great variety of these extraordi nary birds. THOMAS LOWNDES, of 60, Bispham-street, was, on Saturday morning, found dead in a court in Wright street, where he had been placed to keep watch over an empty sewer, HERR STAUDIGL.—It will be seen by an announce ment in our advertising columns that this renowned basso will appear this evening at the Philharmonic-ball, where a: ,, rand selection of music will be performed, including the " Finale to Loreley," by Mendelssohn. THE CHINESE Jusx.—On Saturday, the Chinese war junk Keying, which attracted so much attention on the Thames during the three years it was exhibited there, arrived in the Mersey in tow of the steam-tug Shannon, which had brought her all the way from the metropolis. As she passed the stage she looked like the wreck of a ship which had sustained considerable damage by fire. The masts are formed of one piece of teak, and are very heavy, the mainmast alone weighing seventeen tons. She was moored off Rock Ferry, where she will rlmain for exhibition. A FLEET or STEAMERS.—There is now lying in the Coburg Dock a larger fleet of steamers than ever before floated on so small a given space. These are the Arabia, Niagara, America, Alps, Melita, Balbec, Teneriffe, British Queen, and Margaret ; in all nine steamers, five of which are first-class screw-boats, and four large transatlantic paddle-ships. They form part of Messrs. Maclver and Co.'s unrivalled fleet of steam-ships, and are worth at least half-a-million sterling. The port of Southampton could not show so many steamers altogether as are collected in the Coburg Dock belonging to one company. MAIL PACKETS TO ArSTRALIA.—The Post. office autho rities have given notice that provision will be made for the conveyance of mails to Australia early in the months of June, August, October, and December of the present year respectively ; and due notice will be given of the days ap pointed for the departure of such mails. In the alternate months of May, July, September, and November, mails for Australia will continue to be forwarded by the route of Singapore, according to the present arrangements, on the 4th of the month rid Southampton, and on the Bth rid Marseilles.. Postmasters will, for the present. send to London all letters and newspapers addressed to Australia. . . THE LIVERPOOL CHESS CLUE, taking advantage of the attendance at the late great chess gathering in Manchester, were favoured on Monday, last week, with a visit from the 'English champion, Mr. Howard Staunton, and Henren Horwitz and Lowenthal. Mr. H. Harden, president, and Mr. T. L. - Morecroft, -secretary of the Rock Ferry Chess Club, were present by invitation, besides whom there was a large attendance of members. Play com menced early in the evening, when Messrs. Staunton, Horwitz, and Lowenthal, each engaged in a contest with three opponents in consultation, and giving the odds of the pawn and two moves. Mr. Staunton succeeded in winning his game; but those of the two foreigners were not finished, supper time having arrived before it teas possible to conclude. The proceedings were terminated with a supper, presided cver by the president of the club, Mr. G. C. Seuwwabe. TRANSATLANTIC STEAII-SRIPS.—Tho British and North American Mail steam-ship Europa,'Capt. Shannon, took her departure hence, for Boston, on Saturday, at one, p.m., with 145 passengers and a fair cargo, besides the usual mails on board.—On Tuesday, shortly before mid night, the _united States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain Luce, arrived in the Mersey, after z . very quick passage, with mails and passengers. She left New York on the 30th ult. On Tuesday, at midnight,The screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Captain Leitch, arrived in the river, with 50 passengers and 41'7,000 in specie. She left Philadelphia on the 23rd ult.—On Wednesday night, the British and North American screw steam-ship Alps, Capt. Wickman, arrived in the Mersey from New York, from which port she sailed on the 28th ult., with a large cargo, but no passengers or spetie. WATERLOO...- On Wednesday, a numerous meeting' took place in the National School-room attached to Christ Chr.rch, Waterloo. The chair was occupied by the in cumbent, the Rev. J. Jones, M.A., rural dean, who deli vered a highly interesting address, stating the great pleasure it gave him to see the evident interest attached to that the first missionary meeting in Waterloo, and inti mating that he hoped to renew such a beginning as that he then witnessed. The Rev. W. Rawson, incumbent of Seaforth, then addressed the meeting, and was followed by the Rev. P. Percival, a missionary from India,-7. - ho gave highly interesting eccounts of his labours in India and Ceylon, showing the state of civilization, literature, character, and dialects ; the difficulty of the missionary in his attempts with the wealthier classes to spread that knowledge which alone is sufficient to make them wise unto salvation. The meeting separated about 20 minutes to ten. SALE OF A CHI :RM.—On Friday, at the Clarendon rooms, Mr. Winstanley offered for sale by public auction, the church of St. John the Evangelist, in Hope-street. This church, which has for many years been used as a Church of England, was originally founded by the cele brated Aikin ; and it has a local history worthy of being written. The pulpit was at one time the scene•of a con. flict between two opposing ministers, the circumstances of which are recorded in the police annals. Mr. Winstanley having read the conditions of sale, put up the property at £1,200, and stated that in 1842 the late possessor had given £3,000 for it. The present one was a widow, living far from Liverpool, and that was the reason it was sold. The church is licensed by the bishop of the diocese, and held on lease for seventy-five years (of which fifty-eight will be unexpired in June, 1853), from the Corporation of Liverpool, a: a peppercorn rent. It is let at £125 to a yearly tenant, whose tenancy will be determined in November. It will accommodate nearly , 200 persons. There is no restriction in the lease from the Corporation that the building should be continued as a church, nor against its being converted into a place of worship for any religious sect. A considerable number of persons were present ; but the only bid, after the upset price, was one from Mr. R. A. Mccfie, sugar refiner. He bid £lO above that, and then Mr. Winstanley declared the reserved price to be £1,500, one-half of its original cost. No other bid being made, the attempted sale came to a close; but Mr. Macfie, under private arrangement, agreed-ft give £1,500 for the property, which has consequently passed into his hands. WEST DERRY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the weekly meeting, Mr. Harrison presided. From the go vernor's report it appeared that there were 675 paupers in the workhouse. -A letter was read from Mr. Latham, one of the relieving-officers for Toxteth-park, soliciting com pensation for extra duties he had performed during the illness of Mr. Tomkins, l a te re li ev i ng o ffi cer . A mo ti on to give him £5 was lost by a large majority.=-Mr. Gough, the governor of the workhouse, intimated to the board that a lady was in attendance who wished to adopt a pauper boy. She had fixed upon one whose mother was dead and his father was abroad. A deputation was appointed to have an interview with her before the request could be complied with.—The law-clerk read a letter from Mr. M'Govern, enclosing a copy of account for lawyers' ex penses, &c., amounting to £lB Is. sd. (on account of the recent inquiry into the charge of breach of contract,) which he hoped the hoard would pay him. -No serious notice was taken of- the communication.—The visiting committee recommended that Mr. Olney should be ap pointed assistant to the governor of the workhouse. at his present salary; and that a bookkeeper be appointed, with a salary of £4O a year and rations. The committee also recommended that the salary of the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Moore, be increased from £l2O to £lBO a year. One proposition was that Mr: Olney should shave the.paupers, which would be a saving of £4O a year. After some dis cussion the report was adopted. SHOCKING SCICIDE.—On Wednesday night, a-yeeng lady committed suicide •under circumstances which have -created a painful sensation. The deceased, Fanny'Crosby, .was daughter of the proprietor of an extensive drapery establishment in Fishergate, Preston, and was about 21 years of age. She was a clever and accomplished girl, and excessive study is believed to have affected her intellect. She has latterly- been in the habit of putting •hpr- feet in water several times a-day, apparently with the view of relieving her head, of which she frequently com plained. About s i x o'clock on Wednesday eveni n g she left home, attired for a walk. At about half-past eighta young man named Holliday Aces proceeding along the bank of ,the Ribble (a favourite promenade close to the town). when he observed a woman, which proved to be Miss- Crosby, sitting on some stones which projected into' the river, with her legs in the water. Some other persons came up, „and Holliday directed -their attention to the singular position of the deceased, and they all went towards her. A woman who was passing exclaimed, " Let's go down to see what she's about." Imme diately upon this the deceased plunged into the water, which is of considerable depth at that spot, and was carried away by the strength of the stream. Half an hour elapsed before the body was recovered, by which time life was extinct.. The deceased had her boots on when first seen with her feet in-the water, but had taken f)11 her mantle, bonnet, and veil. .On Thursday an inquest .was held over the body by Mr. Myers, when the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." CONSPIRAXY AND FORGERY.—At the Police-office, on Friday, Mathew Mudd, boardinghouse-keeper, was charged with conspiring with another person, named John Brown, to defraud the North and South Wales Bank of £3OO, by means of a forged signature to a deposit note. In September, 1852, William Simpson came from Australia and deposited £3OO with the North and :South Wales Bank, for which he received a deposit note. As an additional security he also signed his name in a book kept for that purpose at the bank. About the 23d he married the present Mrs. Simpson, and shortly afterwiFda went to sea, leaving the deposit-note in her possession, with instructions to use it if in want of money. About five weeks since John Brown alias Crown, took lodgings near Mrs. Simpson, and claimed acquaintance on the ground of being an old friend of her husband's. They soon became very friendly, and on Friday week went to the bank together to draw the sum of £2O; but, as the bank was closed, she left the note in his possession until the the following morning. On the Saturday he went to the bank to get the note cashed, but, a material difference in the signature exciting their suspicion, payment was re fused. He again obtained possession of the note, and on Wednesday appeared again at the bank, this time with the prisoner Mudd, who stated that he knew the person present to be William Simpson. However, as Mudd was personally unknowu to them, as a further precaution they required his references, when he named three very respectable tradesmen. O n making inquiries the charac ter of Mudd appeared sat!sfsctory, and on his represen tation the money was paid to Brown, w h o s i gne d t h e W i receipt Wm. Simpson. It s supposed, in making this charge, that Mudd knew Brown was not Simpson, as he had lodged with him in Hull four years since, and he had received £lO for making this representation, and one of the £5O notes paid to Brown was found in the prisoner's possession. Mr. Mansfield stated that at present the case was involved in some mystery, and, under the cir cumstances, he should remand the pris oner f or seven days, in the meantime admitting him to bail in his own recognisances of £lOO and two sureties of £lOO each. Since thiiinvestigationl3rown hap been captured in London. THE TENERIFFE, a new screw steamer belonging to Messrs. M'lver, arrived in the river on Friday, from Glasgow. She is intended for the Mediterranean trade. A DRUNKEN JURYMAN.—During the progress of a case at the coroner's office, on Tuesday, it was discovered that one of the jurymen was drunk. He was turned out of the box. CHARLES CROWTHER, the driver of a lorry at Man chester, has been committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes, for the manslaughter of William Swann, seven years of age. THE STEAMER OCEAN, belonging to the Cork Steam Company, has been purchased by the Chester and Holy. bead Railway Company. to ply between Dublin and Holy head, for the conveyance of cattle and heavy goods. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.-4 requisition to his worship the Mayor, to call a general town meeting to consider of the necessity of instituting improvements, is lying at the Exchange Newsroom. A SESSION for the transfer of publicans' licenses was held in the old Nisi Prius Court on Thursday last. Mr. John Holmes presided ; and there were also on the bench Mr. J. H. Turner, Mr. Stitt, and others. The business done was unimportant. LIVERPOOL HOMOIOPATHIC DISPENSARY.—During the last year 2,670 patients have been admitted as against 2,624 of the former year ; and the prescriptions dis pensed have been 13,088 for the last year, as against 12,904 for 1852. The receipts for the last year amounted to £132 9s. 6d., and the balance now in hand is £2l 4s. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SoctErsr.—Dr.Sheridan Mus pratt has been admitted a member of this body, and is, we understand, a competitor for the £lOOO prize, offered by the Royal Society, for the discovery of a manure equal to guano, and to cost £5 per ton. Mr. Littledale, of Lis card Farm, has received some of Dr. Muspratt's compost, to be tried against guano on turnips. THE MILITIA.--11c whole of the five regiments of Lancashire Militia will meet for training on Monday next. The Ist Regiment at Lancaster, under the command of Colonel Clifton ; the 2d at Liverpool, under the command of Sir T. G. Hesketh, Birt. ; the 31 at Preston, under the command of Colonel Patten, M.P. ; the 4th at War rington, under the command of Colonel Blackburne ; and the sth at Burnley, under the command of Colonel Towneley, M.P. THE ELECTRIC LlGHT.—During the week Mr. Staite's electric light has been exhibited front the new tower lately erected on the Prince's Pier, and, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, it has been viewed nightly by crowds of spectators, though all the arrangements for its perfect display are not yet completed. The apparatus of Mr. Stevenson, the engineer of the Scottish lighthouses, for the diffusion of the light over a quadrant of a circle, will shortly be added. LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—On Wednesday, about thirty gentlemen dined together at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-street, on the occasion of a presentation being made by the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Asso ciation to the members of the Literary and Dramatic Society, as an acknowledgment of their generous services in giving their annual performance, on the 25th of last month, in aid of the funds for building the asylum and schools of the association ; and on the occasion, also, of the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. H. Loraine, of the Theatre Royal, by whom the amateurs were assisted in their efforts. Mr. John Allinson, president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, occupied the chair. CASE OF SEOCTING.—On Monday, a lad, named John Morgan, was taken into custody for shooting a gentleman in Williamson-square. The lad is employed in a shooting gallery, and was sent to a neighbouring gallery for two rifles, which had been placed there for safety. He was returning with them across the square, when he said to another boy who accompanied him, " Could not I knock that hen over ?" at the same time pointing one of the guns at the hen and pulling the trigger. The rifle was loaded and went off, the ball entering the thigh of a gen tleman who was walking along Marble-street. The gen tleman injured, Mr. Edward Simpson, of Grinfield-street, Edge-bill, was conveyed home and attended by Dr. Wil son, who succeeded in extracting the ball. On Tuesday the boy was discharged, the only object in giving him into custody being to show to the magistrates the desirability of some steps being taken for the safety of the public. JrYEcILE DELINQUENCY.—On Tuesday, at a meeting of the magistrates of the borough, a petition to the House of Commons was agreed to, on the subject of juvenile delinquency. The petition states that the petitioners have long painfully felt the entire inefficiency of their present powers to check the increase of juvenile delinquency ; and they therefore pray for an act to enable magistrates to commit to a reformatory institution, sanctioned and inspected by Government, children between the ages of eight and sixteen, belonging to - the following classes :—" Ist, Children convicted before a magistrate of felony•; 2ndly, Vagrants who are outcasts from home, owing to the cruelty of one or both parents ; 3rdly, Vagrants, being outcasts, whose parents arc dead, or not to be found ; 4thly, Vagrant children, whose parents are unable to restrain them, and request their admission. That such delinquents, or vagrant children, be committed to remain a certain time upon pt-cbation, not to extend beyond the age of twenty-one years, and whenever practicable shall be placed out to some employ ment. All such committals to be reported to the Secre tary of State within seve❑ days. That such committal shall not remove the liability for the child's maintenance from the quarters where it has previously existed, namely, the parents., if to be found ; the parish, in case of orphans: and that means of enforcement and collection, similar to those now found effectual in cases of affiliation, be pro vided." The petition further states that "The Ship owners' Association of Liverpool, by a unanimous resolu tion, have expressed themselves willing to - receive boys recommended from such a reformatory school, if established in a hulk on the river. And in the cessation of Irish immigration, and in the extensive emigration now going on, such schools would probably soon be found to be very valuable, as furnishing a supply of sailors and labourers in additionto theimportance of their more immediate object." COURT OF PASSAGE--YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. JAMES, Q.C., Assessor.) The court opened at nine o'clock, before gr. Edward James, Q.C., the assessor, when there appeared upon the cause list 29 cases, eight of which were withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, and the first defended case which was tried was that of _ MELLOR AND CO. V. JOHN BATH.—This was a dis puted account between the defendant, a publican, and Messrs. Mellor and Co., distillers, of this town. Mr. Blair appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. John Butterfield, clerk to the plaintiffs, stated that they had supplied the defendant with spirits for a number of years, and on the 3rd of September, 1851, Mr. Bath told the witness that he had taken a house (the Globe Inn) in Simpson-street, and he wished to know if Messrs. Mellor would pay the duty on a hogshead of rum in bond, and supply the house in Simpson -street. This they agreed to do on . Mr. Bath gua ran t ee i ng th e d u t y an d interest. He received an order for £5O worth of goods for the house in Simpson-street, which were delivered. Spirits were supplied to the house in Simpson-street until the 17th February last, when it was transferred to a Mr. Wilkinson. Mr. Aspinall, for the defendant, cross-exa mined the witness, who admitted that Mr. Bath informed him that he had taken the house in Simpson-street for his son Frank and Mr. Gates, (who were also in partner ship as omnibus proprietors,) but that he received all orders for the Simpson-street house at the house in War wick-street. Mr. Gates was called, and stated that when the house in Simpson-street was taken by himself and Mr. Francis Bath, Mr. John Bath joined them in a note to Mr. Anderton (the prop r i e t or o f th e h ou s e ) for £3OO, the amount given . for goodwill. The house was managed by an assistant, named Price, who re gularly took the receipts to Mr. John Bath, at the house in Warwick-street. Francis Bath left a power of attorney with his father, and this was acted upon when the license was transferred to Mr. Wilkinson. —The main question in dispute appeared to be, whether Mr. John Bath was liable for the amount of goods sup plied by Messrs. Mellor to the house in Simpson-street.— Mr. Aspinall addressed the jury for the defendant, ob serving that, as the house in Warwick-street was the terminus of the omnibuses. the payments were regularly made at that house by Messrs. Francis Bath and Gates for the house in Simpson-street, which was under the care of Price, a servant ; but Mr. John Bath was not liable for the amount owing on that account. Messrs. Mellor were perfectly aware of these circumstances, and the father had never made himself responsible to them for payment of the goods supplied to the house of his son in Simpson-street.—Mr. John Bath, the defendant, was examined, and stated that previous to the house being taken in Simpson-street, he called upon Messrs. Mellor, and asked if they would advance £3OO for the goodwill, and supply the house with spirits ; but they refused to advance the £3OO. Mr. Bath afterwards became jointly liable, with his son and Mr. Gates, to Mr. Anderton, the landlord, for the £3OO. He never told Butterfield that he would be responsible for the goods supplied to the house in Simpson-street. Mr. Francis Bath has now gone to Australia ; but left a power of attorney with his father before he went there, under authority of which the house was transferred to Mr. Wilkinson.—Miss Louisa Bath was called to corroborate her father's testimony, as was also her sister, Miss Emma Bath ; and Mr. Wilkin son, the present tenant of the Simpson-street house, was also called for the same purpose. The license was in the name of Francis Bath before it was transferred to Wil kinson.—The learned assessor, in summing up the case told the jury that the two questions for their conside ration were, first, whether any partnership existed be tween the defendant and Messrs. Bath and Gates ; and, secondly, whether he had ever rendered himself respon sible for the goods supplied to the house in Simpson street.—The jury retired for a short time, and returned a verdict for the plaintiffs ; damages, £79 10s. 2d. LIABILITY OF PROJECTED PUBLIC COMPANIES. POOLE v. ELLIOTT AND OTHERS.—Mr. Tindal Atkin son stated that the plaintiff in this case was Mr. 'William Poole, law stationer, and the defendants were Messrs. Elliott and others ; and the action was for £94 175. for work end labour done. The parties were sued as trustees of a certain projected company, called the " Atlas Marine Insurance Company." and it appeared that the plaintiff was consulted by the defendants upon the subject, in March, 1852, when it was agreed to start the above com pany, which, like many other similar speculations, had not realised the golden expectations of its projectors. Mr. Poole had been engaged at a certain salary, and he had been appointed to proceed to London on two occasions to transact the business of the society, for the expenses of which, and his salary, the present action was brought. — Mr. Poole, the plaintiff, was called, and stated that he was engaged for a salary of £l3O a year, as secretary and manager. He received directions from the chairman and directors of the Company, and proceeded to London to establish a separate board, as the Phoenix Society was then acting for them. He went to London in October, and remained till the end of December last. Had a long correspondence with the manager and directors—about forty letters. He came from London, and attended a meeting of the directors at which there was a deal of uproar, and he was dismissed ; but was subsequently re-ap pointed and again sent to London by Mr. Ritson, solicitor to the company. He received £5, on account of £lO, on that occasion, for.his week's expenses. He went and re mained in London till yesterday. Vas not dismissed, nor had he sent in his resignation. On the first occasion of his going to 'London he charged two guineas per week, which would not cover his personal expenses. On the 233 of January last a balance was due to him of £59 Ss. 2d., and for his subsequent services he charged com mercial traveller's expenses, a guinea a day. Mr. Simon, for the defendants, cross-examined the plaintiff, who stated that he was preector of the company. He was not told to remain only .a week in London on the last occa sion, nor was he told that £lO must cover all expenses. No arrangement had been made with him to receive 30s. a week for his personal expenses in London on the first occasion, and £3 for railway fare. Could not say whether the projected company was a losing affair, but had put down his own name for fifty shares. The learned as sessor heard some arguments from Mr. Atkinson, for the plaintiff, and Mr. Simon, for the defendants, upon several items of the bill, at the conclusion of which, he suggested that it would be much better for any-gentleman to take the accounts, and ascertain what was the fair balance be tween the parties. Mr. Atkinson ultimately agreed to take a verdict for the plaintiff, by consent, damages £2O Os. dd. ASSAULT AND BATTERY.—SUMNEP. AND WIFE a. GREEN.—Mr. Atkinson stated that, in this case, Miles Sumner and Catherine, his wife, were plaintiffs, and Jane Green was the defendant. The defendant was sister-in law to Mr. Miller, a railway contractor, of this town, who owned several houses, and Mrs. Green collected his rents. On the morning of Monday, the 14th of June last, a dispute occurred between the plaintiff and defendant, who thenweredengesi:gwhbhoicuhrs,anasnwderMedrst.eGthreeenpeetic namec alled ef oneof her Flora, and another quiet animal named Turk, and set them upon Mrs. Sumner; at the same time she broke Mrs. Surnnet's arm, by striking her with a broom-stick. It was for the surgeon's expenses and other losses occasioned by this ill-usage that the present action was brought. s o h f e ,I C iv h e a d rle e s ea ß r o t h e er t t h s e , p w e a rt s ies t , he i n n by-street. She saw Mrs. Sumner liG t h er are wifent n's door, and some words occurred gl‘cFaelali Fanny n e e 's-terrace, s s a e o t d e r b r se a : \ T e a : e t r s e s ; d . between them, when Mrs. Green called Turk and Flora to "worry the bitch," and struck Mrs. Sumner with a knotted stick. Mrs. Sumner .said " Did you send for me to use me in this way ?" Mrs. Green then threw a broomstick at her. The only cause for this outrage was Mrs. Sumner's neglecting to tell Mrs. Green's nephew to go to his aunt's to dinner on the previous Sunday. Mrs. Sumner had a child in her arms when she was assaulted. Mr. Blair, for the defendant, cross-examined the witness, who denied that Mrs. Sumner wanted Mrs. Green to fight, nor did she resent the blow struck by Mrs. Green.—Catherine Sumner, the plaintiff, was called, and said that .Mrs. Green's nephew lodged with her, and general!: rent to dine with his aunt on -Sun days. On the morning in question Mrs. Sumner went across, having been sent for by Mrs. Green, who asked her why she did not tell her nephew to come to dinner on Sundey. Mrs. Sumner said she delivered the message to him, upon which Mrs. ,Green flew in a pas sion, called her dogs Turk and Flora, and told them to " worry the bitch," and struck her in the arm with a stick. She gave no other provocation. Had been attended by Mr. Evan Thomas, who set her arm, and had a woman seven weeks to do her work.---A son of Mrs. Roberts was called, who swore to the assault. Mrs. Green was often " agate" with the neiehbours.—Mr. Evan Thomas, who has had much experience in setting bones, deposed that he set the bone in Mrs. Sumner's arm. The large bone of the arm was fractured, and there was considerable swelling, which must have been attended with great pain. —The case was adjourned until nine o'clock this (Theaday)moruing, and the court rose at five. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—At the meeting last week, a dividend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 2 per cent., was declared, and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. THE HOUSE OF LORDS has ordered a return showing the " fees" paid in the County Courts. In summonses to recover £6,777,372, the fees alone paid by the suitors amounted to no less than £1,206,901. LORD SHAFTESBUry has laid on the table of the House of Lords, a bill to amend the Chimney Sweeper's Act. Persons under 16 are not to use the trade of a chimney sweeper under a penalty of £lO. The law has been evaded in this respect. MR. WILLIAM ODELL, a master plumber, was en gaged superintending some works in the House of Lords, on Monday, when he suddenly fell down. He was instantly conveyed in an insensible state to the West minster Hospital, where he shortly expired. EXCHEQUER BONDS.—Notice has been given that all Exchequer Bonds, whether dated in June or March, may be converted into Exchequer Bonds bearing 21 per cent. interest from the Bth of June neat, until the Ist. of Sep tember, 1864 ; and 2 per cent. thereafter until September, 1694, upon application being made before the 25th inst. A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT occurred at Corsham, on Thursday morning, by which three men have been momentarily deprived of life. It appears that they were at work, with several others, in the extensive stone quarries of Messrs. Randell and Saunders, when a large bed of stone gave, way, and killed them on the spot. Two DONKEYS.—We are informed, upon good au. thority, that on Wednesday, the 27th ult., a duel took place between Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Bernal Osborne, the member for Middlesex, the origin of the meeting being the speech which the hon. baronet delivered upon the Jew Bill. The ball from Mr. Osborne's weapon passed through his antagonist's coat sleeve, and the affair hapily terminated without bloodshed.—Essex Herald. IN THE EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, On Tuesday, Lord Campbell delivered judgment upon the writ of error from the Court of Exchequer, in the case of " Salomons v. Miller." He said that, as the act of Parliament required that no person is to be allowed to take the oath of abjura tion who could not or would not say that he did so " upon the true faith of a Christian," he entertained no doubt upon the point. They had nothing to do with what the law ought to be, but were sitting there to declare the lass% The judgment of the court below must be affirmed. COMMITTAL OF A MAGISTRATE.--Dr. Banks, of Louth, magistrate and consulting physician, was commit ted for trial on Tuesday last, at Spilsby sessions, for an assault with intent to commit a rape. The injured girl, aged 16, daughter of Mr. Lockwood, of Tetford, at the time the offence was committed was alone with the doctor, in his consulting-room, having been taken thither by her mother, for professional treatment of a delicate nature, though the ailment is said to have been merely imaginary. She had been under his treatment about a year. The accused drove to the petty sessions court in his carriage. He declined, through his counsel, to make any defence or statement, but stated that he wished for a thorough in vestigation. Bail to the extent of £lOOO was taken, and the complainant's father was bound over to prosecute. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The sixth public drawing for rights of choice amongst the uncompleted shareholders took place on Saturday, at the offices, Nor folk-street, Strand, London, in presence of Viscount Ranelagh, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. Fector Lawrie, Mr. Cribb, and other members of the executive committee and society. Fifty-four rights were drawn in the following counties :—Middlesex, Surrey, Herefordshire, Yorkshire, Essex, Kent, Gloucester, and Herts. Twenty-five shares were added to the list by seniority. It was announced from the chair that the society had progressed and was progressing in a way unequalled by any other society of a similar nature ; that some additional purchases of estates will shortly be made, and that the next drawing will take place in the third week in June, at the Freemason's Tavern, on the occasion of the third quarterly meeting of the society. IMPORTANT DECISION IN AN INSURANCE CASE.— GLEN V. WEST OF ENGLAND INSURANCE COMPANY.— This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover £BOO on a fire policy. The plaintiff had his premises. in Mason-street, Hull, burnt down on the 3rd of last May. The company admitt e d th e l oss , b ut t h ey objected paying. on account of a small steam-engine being tried on the premises for about two hours, on the day preceding the fire. Judgment was given in Liverpool for the plaintiff ; was afterwards carried by defendants into the Exchequer Court, where it was tried by Lord Chief Baron Pollock and a special jury ; and a verdict was given there for the plaintiff for the £BOO claimed, and £3O interest, with leave for the defendants to move the court above, to enter a verdict for the defendants, upon the ground that the temporary erection of the steam-engine was a breach of the policy. Tile defendants again moved the court above, and the argument came on on the 26th of April, 1853, before the Barons of the Exchequer, when judgment was deferred. On Saturday week the judges gave their ver dict for the defendants, with leave for the plaintiff to file a bill of exceptions, which, we understand, he has done. ASSAULT ON THE EDITOR OF THE " TIMES."—On Saturday, at the Guildhall, London, Thos. Andrew Evans, a dealer in curiosities, was charged with assaulting Mr. Delane, a barrister, in Sergeants'-inn. Mr. Delane was leaving his office, in Sergeants'-inn, when the defendant ran up to him, and, producing a heavy, short-handled whip, which he had concealed in an umbrella, struck him with it twice across the face. He used a deal of incohe rent language, accusing Mr. Delane of bribing Lord Den man, of ruining him, (the defendant.) and also of having retained possession of the " Nelson" sword. The prose cutor defended himself with his stick until a policeman appeared, when he gave the defendant in charge. In answer to the defendant's solicitor, Mr. Delane said he had never seen the " Nelson" sword. In the course of the examination, the defendant, turning abruptly to Mr. Delane, said, " Are you not aware that I have memoria lized the authorities at Greenwich Hospital as to the authenticity of the Nelson' sword ?" Mr. Delane " I know nothing about it." Alderman Farebrother "Of course not. How can Mr. Delane know what you have done ?" The defendant: " I beg your pardon, sir, Mr. Delane knows everything." He was convicted in the penalty of .£2, in default of paying which he was commit ted for two months. He was also ordered to find bail to keep the peace. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S WILL.—In consequence of the determination of the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, and the Speaker of the House of Commons to renounce the executorship of the late Duke of Wellington's will. letters of administration have been granted by the Prerogative Court to the present duke. The will seems to have been written under very peculiar circumstances, upwards of thirty-five years ago, and with that promptitude and decision which marked almost every act of his grace's life, but at the same time displays evident traces of the agitation under which it was drawn up. The will is dated February 17, 1818, and was written in Paris by the Duke himself, who accounts for that circumstance in the following remark, which forms the preamble:—" An attempt having been made to assassinate me on the night of the 10th inst. (Feb. 10, 1818), which may be repeated with success, and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs, and there being no professional person in Paris to whom I can entrust the task of drawing my will, I now draw it myself in my own handwriting." His grace directs that an annuity of £l,OOO shall be paid to his second son, Lord Charles Wellesley, who, however, has the option of claiming a sum of £20,000 as an equivalent.. Apsley-house and the furniture therein, money invested in the funds, and Exchequer-bills, are thus to be disposed of :—" The money is directed to be laid out in the purchase of an estate, which, together with Apsley-house and its con tents, are given to the present duke for life, with remainder over to his issue, and, in default of issue, to Lord Charles Wellesley and his issue, in like manner. In case of death of both (the present Duke and Lord Charles Wellesley) without heirs male, the property passes over to the descendants of the brothers of the late duke. Certain personal estate, which his grace designates as ' money given to me by the nation,' or any estates which may be purchased with such money, are directed to pass under trusts similar to those of the foregoing property ; Apsley-house first going to the children of the duke, and on their deaths, leaving no issue, to the children of his brothers." The wording of the will is very involved ; and the residue, which, owing to the lapse of time, must have greatly accumulated, is undisposed of. SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.—On Wednesday morning the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., appeared at the Marlborough street Police-court to prefer a charge against William Wilson, a commercial traveller, " of following and annoy ing him, and also attempting to extort money by threaten ing to charge him with immoral conduct." According to the right hon. gentleman's statement, he was walking with a young woman below Coventry-street and Oxenden- - - street, at a little before twelve o'clock on Tuesday ri igit, when Wilson came up and began to use words which he .could not well understand, upon which the girl expressed alarm, took hold of his left arm, and he consoled her with assurances that nothing should occur to her. Hav ing told him where she lived, he accompanied her home wards, end as they were proceeding on their way the prisoner addressed him by name, saying he would expose him. Mr. Gladstone took leave of his fair protege at the door of a house in King-street, Soho, the prisoner being close at hand. He then walked on, turning first one way and then another, in the hopes of getting free from the prisoner, but the man kept up to him, saying that he admired his public character much, had long observed him., but now he must expose him in the Morn ing Herald and thus annoy the whole Conservative party. Mr. Gladstone continued his statement as follows : " With these threats he mingled a statement that he did not wish to do me any harm, and that if I would make it right with him, or give him a government appointment at Somerset House, or elsewhere, his lips should be closed. In answer to this—being, I fear, angry—l charged him with being a liar, and I used more than once the expression that he should not have from me either a sixpence or a situation, and that if he did not leave me I must appeal to the police for protection. The prisoner stated he would not do that, and that he would give me in charge of the police. He then said- that he would be contented if I would allow him to write me a letter, to which I answered, ' Sir, do exactly as you please,' re peating my former wo r d s a b ou t no t g i v i ng him either a sixpence or a situation. I told him that any act of mine I had no wish to conceal, and that he was not justified in imputing to me the intention on which he had founded his claim—an intention which, being upon my oath, I most solemnly deny." At length Mr. Gladstone encountered a policeman, and by his advice he went to a police station and gave the pri soner in charge. The prisoner afterwards stated to the in spector on duty that he did not care what was the res ul t of his misconduct, even if it were transportation, so long as his name was associated with so great a man as Alr. Gladstone. He admitted to the magistrate atthe he was examined, that he was very before whom much excited time he met with Mr. Gladstone, and that he was sorry he had beer's so rash. He was remanded until order that full inquiries might be made into his character. The Times of Thursday gives, on authority, a short expo. sition of the circumstances under t w a ti a c o h ure A t l i r e ..Gl H adstone was found engaged in an apparen t _ Covent p _ dr in en whoGarden,whenwa s earnestly begged un fortunate woman addressed. hi While he , was walking on, listen ing attention to her story. ing with his accustomed benevolence to her appeal b ecam e apparently alarmed at the approach of the woman prisoner, and clung to 111 r. Gladston e f or protection. The scene then ensue d which we have already endeavoured be was again brou g ht and to describe. On Friday up, committed for trial. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. The adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Wed nesday., Mr. 3. H. Turner, in the absence of the mayor, presiding, _ Mr. Ir - . B. LLOYD read an extract from a letter which he had received from Mr. Mackenzie, M.P., defending himself from the accusations made by Mr. Gladstone at the last meeting :--" My answer (said Mr. Mackenzie) to Mr. Gladstone's attack on me is simply this, that I never ceased trying to make Mr. Walpole appoint the ma gistrates in the town-clerk's list, but I could not succeed. It is not true that I neglected to return the papers which Mr. Walpole sent into the Treasury to me, as I carried them into the Home-office with my own hands, and Mr. Walpole on no occasion wrote to me for them. On the day after the division on the budget that caused Lord Derby's resignation, I went to Mr. Walpole, and earnestly entreated him to appoint the Liverpool ma gistrates while he had yet the power. He said it was too late; that his resignation was made; but he added—' t have puall the paper,: in a box, with a strong expression of my opinion, which will be found by my-successor, who ever he may be, and:l hope he will carry out my inten tions.' borne time ago I received a letter, in my Lord Palmerston's name (written by a clerk, and not signed by him), asking me to restore some papers relative to the appointment of Liverpool magistrates, supposed to be in my possession. Knowing I had no'such papers, I applied to Mr. Walpole to know what it meant. He stated that he would search his papers, and see if he had brought them away with him. Eefore I received an answer from Mr. Walpole to enable me to reply to Lord Palmerston, the appointment of the new magistrates was made public, having been obviously determined without any reference to, or conneion with, - the letter to me. This is the plain truth, and I leave the inhabitants of ,Liverpool to determine where the culpable negligence is- to be found, of which I have been accused." The Council then proceeded to the regular business ; but, at a subsequent part of the proceedings, a letter hav ing been read from the Home-office acknowledging the receipt of resolutions of the Council, in reference to the recent appointment of additicnal magistrates for the bo rough, Mr. GLADSTONE, who was not present when Mr. Lloyd read the letter of Mr. Mackenzie, informed the Council that he should not let the matter rest where it was, but should lose no time in taking the necessary steps to substantiate the whole statement which he had made last week. peretwhr ee e :teasannum passed.n tuhminutesme salary b. el o ai f rriTyg t h h ode e fi r minutesrrile e l ter a . r d k j e i t o s vial a in.e n d. d wovx ,Ed e u l c fur a to t i i on o ns£ C lolf o o m t ht m oe i z t G t l e as e oo s l A watch rate of id. 191-200ths having been sanctioned, Committee were also adopted, a according recommendation t ot to a n i d n :lug orders. Mr. T. D. Anderson was appointed a member -of the committee. • The portion of the proceedings of fthe committee not included in the confirmation of the last week was read, ,embracing a report as to sailways crossing highways on the level, and a recommendation to increase the wages of various workmen employed ,in the borough engineer's department. The-report as to railways contained the results of observations made by Messrs. Langsdale, ;Johnson, and Moss, who had been commissioned to visit and inspect various towns. They were of opinion that level crossings on streets and towns, however carefully worked, would be attended by no small degree of inconvenience-; but that, nevertheless, the importance of railway traffic warranted the sanction of such crossings in certain localities in our own town, two men being appointed to stand at each gate rthe recommen dations and day,'these men being u nder the contralti of the minutes Council, were confirmed, b together trhaeiiw"r with 4cunPaniese--The dations of the committee. The proceedings of the Water Committee embraced a recommendation (the consideration of which was post poned from the last Council) toincrease the wages of the superintendent of engines and other servants. The other recommendation was to accept the offer of Messrs. Case and Morris, of land adjoining Audley. street, as a site for the Evertor reservoir, and also the tender of Messrs. A. and G. Holme, for the construction of the reservoir and works connected therewith on that site. After some conversation, the proceedings were confirmed. Mr. PICTON, after reading the minutes of the Library and Museum Committee, said that the average attendance at the institution was pretty much the same week by week, because they had now got as far as they could with their present accommodation. The number of readers per day was about 440. The numbers attending the Museum had averaged, since the opening, 1,500 or 1,600 per day. Th e accommodation for books and readers was now becoming so extremely deficient that the committee had been seriously considering what steps should be taken to in crease it ; and he hoped that before many weeks they would be in a condition to come before the Council with a report on the subject, and propose something for their adoption. The proceedings were then confirmed, as were those also of the Hackney Carriage and Baths Committee, the recommendation in the former to increase the wages of Inspectors Thursby and Johnston from 31s. 6d. to 335. per week being directed to remain over, according t o standing orders. The Coroner's account, amounting t o £2l 55., was passed. The minutes of the Gardens Committee were confirmed, as were those of the Church Expenditure Committee, Mr. HARMOOD BANNER intimating that there were now placed at the disposal of the poor of the district 300 free seats in st. George's Church. GENERAL NEWS. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH is to be laid down today between the Italian Opera, the Houses of Parliament, and all the telegraph-stations. Mas. STOWE is receiving the homage of Duchesses and Cabinet Ministers with a simplicity which disarms the witticiems that may have been provoked by her tour in the north. She exhibits herself for the sake of the cause she advocates, but without reluctance or the affectation of it—liking it apparently. and not ashamed of liking it. There is a touch of American character in this. Across the water it is the right and duty of a distinguished per son to be stared at, complimented in public, and followed by admiring crowds—a duty which he owes to society, an acknowledgment which society owes to him, Hence an ovation from which an Englishwoman of taste and refine ment would shrink, an American authoress takes quite quietly, without tieing deficient in refinement or taste. — Guardian. CITY CENTRAL TERMlNllS.—Yesterday week a very numerous and influential deputation, accompanied by the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Members for the City of London, and several of the representatives for the Metropolitan Boroughs, waited upon Lord Palmerston, at the Home Office, to solicit the co-operation of Govern ment in carrying out the above scheme. The objects of the deputation having been explained, Lord Palmerston said he was led by personal feeling as well as official duty to promote a measure possessing the advantages which had been so forcibly suggested. He was aware of the in convenience which was sought to be remedied, but he must reserve to himself a discretion to consider any ob jections that might be brought against the scheme. As far as he was informed, the plan deserved all the support Government and Parliament could give it. TERMINABLE ANN UITIES.—A parliamentary paper re specting the terminable annuities has been issued. It appears that on annuities for lives the capital transferred and cancelled, including stock purchased with money, from the Ist September, 1808, to the sth of January, 1833, was £28,328,656 7s. ld. ; long annuities trans ferred and cancelled, £24,620 ; the annuities granted, £2,603,819 12s. 6d. ; and the annuities ceased, £1,545,308 10s. On annuities of terms of years, the capital stock, Sze., from the same period, was £10,661,791; the long annuities, transferred and cancelled £141,269 145.; the annuities, £1,701,427 10s.; and the annuities ceased, £802,608 15s. In addition, the exchequer bills purchased and cancelled in the year ending the sth January, 1831, on account of annuities for lives, amounted to £144,415 Os. 4d. ; and on account of the annuities for /he term csf years, £934,500. 3 SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock p.m. EBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The notice for paying off the June Exchequer Bills, or renewing them at ld. per day, did not transpire during the course of business on Monday, and they remained without fluctuation, at 2s. to 6s. premium.—The conver sion of Consols and reduced amounts of new stocks ac cepted yesterday :—£3 10s. per Cents., £17,633 19s. 6d. ; £2 10s. per Cents., £26,200 17s. fid. ; Exchequer Bonds, £7OO. Totals applied for up to yesterday, £54,708 Three and a Half per Cents. ; £1,219,657 Two and a Half per Cents. Land £4,200 Exchequer Bonds. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, MARCH 3. Gold advanced to 775., and exchange on London to par, so that shipments of coin from England may be now expected wholly to terminate. A lump of gold is said to have been discovered about two miles from Ballarat, weighing 134110 c. Boz. The general state of the colony seems favourable. At Sydney business was exceedingly active and money plentiful. The emigration to Melbourne had been c,on tinuously heavy, and some cases of death from exhaustion. and destitution are said to have occurred. Total arrivals in December, 11,699 ; January, 8,101. An expectation that some part of the overflow would find its way to Western Australia is mentioned, and in Can Diemen's Land, even at the beginning of February, landed pro perty at Launceston sold at an advance of 400 per cent. upon current prices of a few weeks previously. The Melbourne steamer arrived at Melbourne on the 4th of. February. The finder of the nugget of 1341b5. left in the Sarah Sands on the 10th of February. BRAZIL AND RIO] LA PLATAI MAILS.—The Royal Mail steam-ship Severn arrived at Southampton, this Tuesday morning, with the above mails. PARIS, MONDAY.—At the Bourse all the funds expe rienced a decline. Threes closed 81i, Four and a Half - per Cents. 104 10. MADRID, MAY 11. Cabinet not yet complete. Threes 44Q. ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 6.—Nay . igation was ex- pected to open in a day or two. English purchases of tallow and other produce prevented Exchange from be- coming more favourable for England, Quotation was 38d. to 380. At Riga, on the 10th, weather fine and warm. LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.—TH is DAY NOON QUOTATIONS. THE FUNDS.—Consols for Money, 1001 1 ; Three and a Quarter per Cents., 1021 k; Mexican, 27k. RAILWAY SHARES.—Caledonian, 70k 1 ; Great North ern, 892 ; Great Western, 91k ; Lancashire and York shire, 80i ; Leeds Northern, 16k ; Midland Stock, 75* k ; South Eastern and Dover, 75 ; York, Newcastle, and. Berwick, 71 ; York and North Midland, 63 -1 *- 4. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—This DAY. :COON' QUOTATIONS. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 8O; ; London and North Western, New Eighths, pm. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Chester and Holyhead, 24 ; Caledonians, 354 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, SO4- ; North Western, 8 7-16 ; York and North Midland, 311 2; Crystal Palace, 31 pm. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Last week, £3,850 18s. Id. Corresponding week last year, £5,336 4s. 71d. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Highland Marc, from New Orleans; Scio, from Rio Grande, both at Gravesend, 16th inst. Invincible, from Liverpool at Cadiz, sth May. Emilie, from ditto at Christiana, Bth May. Harriet Stewart, from ditto at Pillau, 10th May. Comorn, from ditto at Swinemunde, 12th May. Johanna, from ditto at Texel, 12th May. Leontine, from ditto at Nantes, 13th May. Enriqueta, from ditto at Vigo, 7th May. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET,—Tins DAY. The arrivals of English and Irish produce into this port since Tuesday last are trivial. From America, the north and south of Europe, and Egypt, however, we have to note a good supply of Wheat; from the former and ports in the Mediterranean, a few moderate imports of Barley, Beans, and Maize, and from the United States and Trieste 13,386 barrels and 1,727 sacks of Flour. There was a good attendance of country buyers at this morning's market, and a fair demand for Wheat at the prices of Friday last. Flour was held for more money, owing to the advices from America, but holders did not succeed in obtaining the advance. There was a good demand for the few parcels of Indian Corn on hand. Oats and Oatmeal were easier to buy. In other articles no alteration. A LADY'S DILEMMA.—In looking over the " Corre spondence" of some of our more fashionable papers, it will be perceived that most of the " Answers" relate to complaints on the part of the fairer half of creation, re specting the ravages which atmospheric influence makes with the complexion. In lieu of bloom and beauty they expatiate on a long train of personal disfigurations in the shape of pimples, tan, freckles, &c.—eruptive horrors, all And what is a lady to do in this dilemma; She has her bane : where is she to look for her antidote ? Why, it is "before her" in Rowlands' Kalydor—a mild, soothing extirpator of all impurities of the siiin ; prepared from the choicest exotics of a balsamic nature ; utterly free from mineral substances ; harmless in its components ; grateful in its effects, It neutralizes atmospheric extremes, and promotes the healthy action of the microscopic vessels ; L and thus— ( "Adds to beauty all the charms of health I"—See advt. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS have performed a most extraordinary cure of an inflammation in the side. Extract of a letter from Mr. F. Arnott, of Breahouse, Lothian-road, Edinburgh, dated 29th April, 1851 :—" To Professor Holloway,—Sir,—For more than twenty years my wife suffered severely from an inflammation in the side, for which she was blistered and bled repeatedly, and applied other remedies, but without any good effect. It was then resolved that your Pills and Ointment should have a trial, and after using them for about three weeks a cure was established. Four years have since elapsed, but there has been no recurrence of her complaint." FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.—" For upwards of nine years, (writes Mr. Thomas Province, of Winchmore I Hill, Middlesex,) I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion ; but a friend having in duced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now in form you that a few doses gave me great relief ; and dur ing that long period of time. I have taken them in pre ference to any other medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it." In any case where an aperient medicine is required, they need only be tried to be universally adopted. Sold by all medicine vendors, Price Is. ltd. per box. See the name of " Thomas Prout, 29, Strand, London," on the government stamp. STRANGE DELUSION. —AI the Bow-street Police office, London, a few days ago, a tall, gentlemanly looking man, who described himself as a Major Bond, of the 2d Life-guards, and wore moustaches, was charged with stealing part of a meat pie from the larder of the Union Club, Trafalgar-square. It appeared, from the statement of his brother, that he was a clerk in the Bank of England, and had been on leave of absence for the last month, chiefly on account of his state of mind. One of the delusions under which he laboured was that he had discovered an extraordinary kind of fish sauce. When taken to the police-station he produced a bottle of sauce, which he stated was his own invention. and for which he was endeavouring to get an order at the club. He stated that the pie was his own, and continued eating it, so that a very small portion of the stolen property remained for identification. On Mr. Henry telling him that he would remand him for a few days, to make enquiries about his Mends, the prisoner demanded the remainder of his pie, an d £5 for the damage done to his coat by the lamp cleaner at the club, in taking him into custody. BARBAROUS MURDER.—OnSunday morning last week, a brutal murder was committed at the Rectory-house at Bacton, a secluded village, about six miles from Stow market, Suffolk. The Rectory-house is in the occupation of the Rev. Mr. Barker, upwards of eighty years of age. The establishment consisted of a housekeeper, named Maria Steggall, upwards of seventy years of age. and a housemaid. Mr. Barker left his residence about half past ten to proceed to church, and was shortly after followed by his housemaid, leaving the housekeeper at home in her usual good health. The tev. gentleman after service returned home, but not finding his house keeper in the hall, called out loudly for her by name ; re ceiving no answer, he went into the kitchen, where he saw her lying in a pool of blood. Mr. Barker shrieking out, " Oh, Susan, Susan, your mistress is murdered 1" brought the housemaid to the kitchen, who was so alarmed that she ran out of the house. Her cries brought three countrymen to her assistance, who discovered that although the skull of the housekeeper had been broken in three places, she still breathed. Her clothes were much disordered, showing evidently that she had struggled with her murderer, and she died in about an hour after she, was discovered. No other reason can be given for the murder than the hope of plunder, for three sovereigns and five shillings, as well as some things of trifling value, had been abstracted from the box belonfing to the housemaid, which stood in her bedroom upstairs. Other articles of property are also missing. EXCELLENCE.—We always take an interest in the every production of excellence in the several departments success of the arts and manufactures of this coun hu tr sa y rw , thi a ci n ice ; of skill and industry merits a notice at our hands. Since the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851, the spirit of tee n y ears , e u a b r l s i c inquiry into present occasion, thesefrmomattteimrsehtoastrmeceTaeddvearnt toim spuect requires that we, b e in g brought u n der thirteen verynotice. favoura bly o Itu a i : n for th t e he last to speak of one as are worthy of bly known to ourselves, and which we are ' w oi h ir ic i i i i it h e a n s ti b o e n e , n o , sensible gives perfect satisfaction to all classes of the community. When our readers understand that we allude to the Glenfield Patent Starch, we rea dily concur in our a re sure they will Statements in regard to this cele brated starch, it s peculiar qualities have met with an t almost unive rsa l acknowled gment. This being k certain disreputable partie s , they have commence d o t w o n se?l to the publi c a base imitation of it ; but we are gratified to observe from the London papers that Mr. Wotherspoon, the manufacturer of the Glenfield Patent Starch, has ob tained injunctions in the Court of Chancery against those parties, which in all probability will put an end to the fraud. The Glenfield Patent Starch cannot be too strongly recommended, and every lady who wishes to have her laces and other fine articles of dress beautifully and elegantly finished, and gentlemen who prefer having finely and comfortably dressed shirts, will do well to see that their laundresses make use of this excellent starch. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the other members of the Royal Family, hare the finest of their goods finished with it. Such is the declaration of the latiaarts . . = royal household, as stated in her testimoillgsko ... ~ t. taxer. We notice that it is sold by a ifb*W" IR ''''. 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