The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

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A DEPUTATION from Manchester and Bradford, on the subject of the soap duties, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday last. d4 THE 3' STORM was so violent at Warrington on Wednes , that the circus of Madame Pabelle was torn from top to bottom Itcrowded at the time ; but no one was , was F arringto n MEMBERS OF THE M ECHANICS ' I NSTITUTE a t vt,arrington have presented Mr. Joseph Edmondson w ith a h an d some silver watch, as a testimony of their eSteem on his leaving town. TH OMAS GREGORY, Warrington, has been committed Ktrkdale gaol for three months, in default of pay d in ist g a Bac of £3O, incurred by his prosecution of illicit il lation. _, A SUBSCRIPTION has been opened for the widows and ewnildren of those belonging to the steamer Queen Victoria, 11 0 lost their lives when that unfortunate vessel was wrecked. PLUNDERING.—Tt has been estimated that in Maccles to eld the l arge silk manufacturers are annually plundered the amount of £15,000, and those of Manchester to the " t ent of £20,000, by persons in their employ. A. AcroN, a clerk, in the employ of Sir B. Hey fored and Co., bankers, of Manchester, was brought be ing the magistrates, on Thursday, charged with obtain tag frotn that firm £3OO by means of a forged order. One 450 had been recovered. The accused was remanded. ITAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.—There are now on the Post- P l ace shippi ng list the names of 15 vessels for Sidney, 13 tor Port Philip, 10 for Adelaide, 9 for Van Dieman'ilAnd, 8 for Melbourne, and 4 for Geelong, by all of which mails are to be forwarded. ON FRIDAY, a large meeting of operative coopers was held at the Vine Tavern in Pitt-street—Mr. Davis, the society's President, in the chair. The wages of Coopers tow are 2Gs. per week, and the object of the meeting was to secure 30s. or some other amount according with the demand for labour. ACCIDENT AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE. — Durinz the Performance of the pantomime at this theatre, on Wed tesday evening, the clever little daughter of Mr. Appleby, clown at the Theatre-Royal, was severely burned, her muslin dress having become ignited while she stood by one of the " wings." She now lies in a precarious state. AMONGST THE PARLIAMENTARY BILLS read a second time and ordered to be committed, on Monday, were the Liverpaol Borough Court; Liverpool, Crosby, and South- Port Railway ; London and Northwestern Railway, (Shrewsbury to Newton ;) St. Helens Canal and Rail- Way ; and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. BRICKLAYERS are hold a meeting to-night. •t Is stilted that no strike is I contemplated, but an appeal Cabo be made for further support to a benefit society es tablished amongst the operatives of the trade, and which is, at the same time, a trades'-union. There are on an 2 e rage, abo u t 700 b r i c kl ayers i n Li verpool, b ut scarcely o of these are yet in connexion with the society. None, THE SCULPTOR, has now added another 1: 1 ° 14 13h to his list, in a bust statue of the Duke of Wel- Ineton, just completed—invaluable, if from no other env on, from its presenting him in his latest " aspect as ho 2.9." As an earnest of what the artist may accomplish, rtstically, in his bust of Sir Robert Peel, intended for George's-ball, our local interests may rest satisfied. a 3l l.rt• HENRY JONES, the young man who was last week several to bail ou the charge of having embezzled of tirial sums of money which he had received on account azze proprietors of the United Gas Company, in whose ic e he held the situation of a collector, had been dis appretd' i T he gas company did not think prop(r to investigationaga.ll!t after instituting the most viailant in his el* + • A. CUR ATE „ recommends, from personal experience, the foll ow i ng " I • r eceipt for the cure of broken chilblains : , pint of sweet oil, 3 oz. of Venice turpentine, Db. of %s lard, 3 oz. of bees' wax. Put into a pipkin, and on o s ,l_ e w . fire. Stir with a wooden spoon till the wax is dis iatttv fin e d the ingr,dients simmer. It will be fit for use P s re A ad edi but the longer it is kept the better it is. very thin on a linen rag." th e 1.11( RUFFIT'S LETTER.—A letter passed through the P, ° ,s,t-offi . ce at Over Darwen, the other day, bearing „ Mowing elaborate address : the P a id . This is for t a ","as as tha kone Sally Ruffit what use 2 liv E Hallifas ena lies he Darren we Gabus Gepsun he Bridge-streete. _Ke bore, spede." The stamp was placed upside down on fl s e lap „of the envelope, where the impression of the seal usually made. —Blackburn Standard. ,1 1 c°n sequence of the very long passages which vessels i . ve had th i s season in crossing the Atlantic, great Rock ilytY IT O both ships nnd men were experienced in New on •-,ewarultimo, mands of 200 y of them from vessels are saiLondon a d to havean been Li er e thei3th t"l- At Ne w O r l eans , a lso, a great scarcity of seamen ~, - , r e ported, and it wa s impossible to obtain a crew for Liverpool at any rate. ONt OF THE S MALLEST S TEAMERS ever b u ilt arr i ve d titrebo at , on M on d ay l ast, ca ll e d the A l p h a. Sh e i s a screw °oat, and was built by Mr. Martin, in a _joiner and cabinet maker's shop, at Bideford, on the south-west coast ; from ..,Whom s h e h as b een purc h ase d b y t h e Li verpool Steam-tug Company, to ply as a tender to their large steamers. The dimensions of t his little craft are :--48 feet in length, by 7 feet 8 inches beam, and her size is eatimated at about 20 tons. Her stylish apaearance—on a small scale—has attracted considerable attention. Tee LATE Mr. THOMAS Mu NCASTEII.—The Lancaster Guardian, in noticing the death of our late townsman, 181 975---" Deceased was a native of IliVerston, and served tits apprentiship to the printing and bookbinding business With the late Mr. Soulby. Having subsequently removed to Liverpool, Mr. Muncaster succeeded, in the course of fa few years, as a bookseller, in realising a very handsome ortune, upon whi c h he retired some seven or eight and in enty years ago. The deceased has several near relatives thverston, and his property, estimated at £lO,OOO, has been left chiefly amongst them." MIL RUSSELL'S CONCERTS, during the week, have O.een well attended b y parties anxious to secure the prize tteket for a free passage to Australia. The prize on Mon -13,a7 night was won by Mr. William 'Hastings, hoot and floemaker ; on Tuesday night, by Mr. William Johnson, iOn., foreman at the Albert Dock Warehouses ; on Wed teasitaY, by Mr. Willi am T. L acey, tailor •, on Thursday, a s Vir- P. Lunt, jou rne y man baker; and on Friday, by - "ss Ann Jane Glover aged seven years. Mr. Russell, !'revious to the drawing, announcedahat he purposes to 7tarn ore to Liverpool, when h e w ill aga i n g i ve f i ve tickets ra for Passages to Australia. A M E ETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCH.EO - was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. th e rVst in the chair.—A communication was read from t P olytechnic So c i e ty, i nv i t i ng t h e i r attendance at cer -4°ll In eetings.—M r . Boult communicated the decision of council in relation to the students' designs.—Mr. F. 1310:kard exhibited and explained several designs prepared for a stained-glass window.—The two papers of re! e vening were then read,—one being from Mr. R. D. discovered n " Description of an ancient pillar inisrvered in taking down the old parish church at Leeds, e uti B3 , B2l The other was " Notes upon Cologne and its leural2a i --- l-.IVERPOOL IN THE SCOTTISH ACADEMY.—In an ~ecount of th e R o y a l Scottish Academy, the Dumfries rald says-,:—" Darnley and the Conspirators," deter kininz the murder of Rizzi°. by W. L. Windus, of Liverpool, is a kindred wori, highly studied, generally Pure in dr,iwing, and an excellent colour; admirable is the Countenance of Rutliven, whose fierce passions are Been through the gathering shadow of death, and also that of the ruffian who directs the signature of Darnley. The Murderers are seated around a table ; the King -consort is about to affix his name to the deed, for which the rest are anxiously expectant ; and a black hound lies in front, suggestive of their sleeping ferocity. , POSTAL REPOR3l.—arrangements, whi c h h ave long been in progress, are now completed for effecting an i mportant acceleration of the day mail to Manchester Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen, and the Liverpool, towns. :On the Ist of March and thence forward, this mail will reach Manchester about two hours earlier than at present, and Aberdeen about three hours earlier. The chief delay in making this very acceptable improvement has been caused by the necessity for erect tilg at m any of the stations an apparatus for receiving the o lgs without the train stopping, so as to admit of the use 1,, the exp ress tra i ns. A similar improvement on the '4idland line will, it is understood, follow shortly. °UT-DOOR RELIEF V. , l* LIVERPOOL.—In the , w , eek '"riding the 12th of February last, th ere were L,..,45 eki of out-door r e li e f t o th e unsettled poor in Liverpool, 112111 rnen, 2,27t1 women, and 2.442 children, or a t o t a l :ber of 5,144 persons. .0f Irish poor, sick or irre- AcNille in consequence of the Five Years Residence i ik . ten or _,iere were in the same week 1,130 cases met by Of q - „' Q 0 men, 986 women, and 1,917 children, or a total Sick,_,o,Zo2. Of other non -settled poor, irremoveable and there were 612 cases, 126 men, 557 women, and 825 • • ren 'r o ji 4 total of I,soBpersons.Casuals 685, con sisting 0. ..... men 52n persons. Th . 1$ gives .'women, 812 children ; total, 1,656 thousand five hundredrand total of nearly eleven and a ten persons relieved in the week ; and to these £446w, bestowed of the value of 3, labourersA l 3,. , lid in money, and bread ince then the frost, Which deprives so man of work, set in, and Las cause d a frightful increase in the number of applicants. s THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. CU a r chi t ects e =.—This beaUtifßl specimen of ecclesiastical architecture, which stands in the fields between Breck-road and the We s t berby Workhouse, is rapidly approaching completion, lasnd is expected to be ready for opening about the lat of laid-y- The foundation stone, may be remembered was eby the lord bishop of the it diocese on the 4th of 'May st,year, so that when finished it will have occupied about ilreive months in erection. St. Chrysostom's, which is n every respect a truly noble structure, is of the Gothic decorated period, is a r ch known as the early English or orthodoxly- cruciform, and consists of anave (clerestory), bvcit.l.l..aisles, transept, .chancel, and chancel aisles. The build aisles, is of the bluish-gray Upholland stone . so much used in all the churches recently erected . in this neigh_ & e ,) of d, with facings (the doorways, 'e.) of Bath atone. windows, quoins, THE MORMON DELUSION.—On Wednesday, the ship ;3!ltlternational sailed from the Stanley Dock with upwards on four hundred believers in the book of Mormon oard, proceeding to the City of the Salt Lake, via New O i l .ea ns. faith I t t l l l °4 , as, with one or two exceptions, were those of ~,,a second class cabin also. Many of the men were me )7'l°l6, but still more were evidently from the agricultu al districts, as they wore their smock-frocks—some being Yet soiled with the labours of the field. All were orderly gpea quiet in their demeanour. The second-cabin passen ers are principally respectable artisans ; they are all, for 'ale bloat part, from England and Scotland, some from ~,,,s, and only three or four from Liverpool. As soon "''' tat , ship had sailed, the Mormon disciples were to pro eeacl to the election of a president, under whose control ti l wetter' not taken cognigance of by the ship's authori- LT! would be placed, He will be implicitly obeyed ; and In, in his turn, a.ppoint optidns Of fi fty and captains of wil la Nerve under him' JOHN REDFERN, a joiner, working on board the ship Bloomer, in the Brainley-Moore Dock, fell into the hold on Wednesday, and was mortally injured. THE Waterford Chronicle states that on Friday nearly 400 emigrants lett that city for Liverpool, to take shipping for America. THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION of the children educated at the old-established Welsh charity schools in Russell street will take place to-day. THE MAYOR will g ive a grand banquet at the Town hall on Thursday. The directors of the London and North-Western and other railway companies have been invited THE FOLLOWING NOTICE, which had much the appear ance of a hoax, might have been seen on Friday on the shutters of certain premises in the Roscoe-arcade :—This shop will be opened after the frost." WARNING.—On Tuesday morning a boy about fifteen years old was crushed between a gig and a cart at the corner of North John-street. He is now recovering at the Northern Hospital. RAW GIN.—W. Buchanan, a porter in the employ of of Rankin, Gilmour, and Co.. died on Wednesday morn ing last from drinking a large quantity of raw gin the pre vious day. A RUNAWAY APPRENTICE, John Young, who bad decamped from his master, Mr. S. L. Samuel, watch manufacturer, on several occasions, has been brought back from Dublin and sent to jail for a month. A DuELIN " Boy," named Patrick Segrifre, notorious for his attachment to shirt-stealing, has been sent to gaol for a month, for stealing a shirt from the shop door of Mr. John Dyke, draper, Tithebarn-street. THE FLOURISHING TOWN OF ST. HELEN'S, which was formerly in the parish of Prescot, has been constituted a parish, independent of Present. All opiscopalian mar riages within the parish boundary must be solemnised at St. Mary's Church. MONA'S QUEEN, a splendid new steamer, built for the Isle of Man line, anchored off Ramsey at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning last, having passed the Clough lighthouse, six miles from Greenock, at five minutes past ten the previous evening. WHO BUY VALENTINES ?-It is estimated by a certain stationer, that out of every twenty-one valentines sold, twenty are bought by the " fair sex ;" the other, usually by some " fast gent," is in most cases a caricature, in tended for another " gent" equally " fast." - - A NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday evening week, as Mr. Oil ivant, silversmith, of Ex change•street, Manchester, was counting the money in his cash-box, a man entered the shop and ran away with a fistfull of notes worth £1,500 ! His foot slipped, and he dropped £1,300 of the money, but got clean off with £2OO. KNOCK-DOWN ROBBERY.—At nine o'clock. on Monday morning, two men entered the shop of Mr. Samuel, Waterloo-road, knocked down the servant girl with a life-preserver, and ran off with the cash-box, which fortunately did not contain anything of value. The girl was taken to the Northern Hospital. TETE FINE ARTS.—We understand that John Pember ton Heywood, Esq., has purchased the elegant statue of the " Industrious Girl," by Signor Fontana. She wears a wreath of flowers of the cotton plant, and is engaged in winding a bobbin. This elegant statue attracted great at tention at the late exhibition of the Liverpool Academy. JEWISH LADIES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The fourth annual meeting was held on Sunday week, at the Synagogue chambers, Hardman-street; Mrs. Hart, lady president, in the chair. The receipts for the year were £66. There had been expended, in relief to twelve cases of confinement, £l5. THE FRIENDS OF TOWN MISSIONS will be gratified to learn that the gratuitous services of several gentlemen, chiefly from Liverpool, have been engaged in aid of the Prescot Scripture-reader Fund. A course of lectures, to be delivered in the school-room of Plumb's-house, were to commence last night with one by the Rev. J. England, M.A., on " Terrestrial Phenomena." DETENTION OF LETTERS BY A POST-OFFCE CARRIER. —Jeremiah Browne, a letter-carrier, was brought up yesterday week, and again on the day following, at the Police-office, for the above offence. The prisoner, who stated that the non-delivery arose from fatigue and illness, was remanded fora week. ON Thursday week, a very young child, belonging to Thomas Owen. of Haydock, gamekeeper of Thomas B. Leah, Esq., of Golborne-park, got near the kennel of a savage yard dog. The animal sprang on the child, bit its ear off, and made several severe wounds on different parts of its body. The , dog was immediately shot. A MURDERER APPREUENDED IN LIVERPOOL.-011 Wednesday Henry M'Erlam was apprehended in this town, on a charge of shooting Patrick M'Carron, on the 13th of July, 1847, at Toom, county Antrim. After the commission of the offence, the prisoner escaped to America. He returned to Treland, to see his friends, and was about returning to the United States, on board the steam-ship City of Glasgow, when he was apprehended. IS A Kiss AN ASSAULT?—On Thursday Wm. Hamil ton, a porter at the Lime-street Railway Station, was brought up at the Police office, charged with having walked into the house of a Mrs. Griffiths, in Sandon street, ascended the stairs to that lady's bedroom, where he found her asleep, and, having kissed her gently on the cheek, decamped. lite defendant pleaded that he had gone to the house to search for a man named Griffiths, who was employed on the line. Mr. Wybergh said the charge was for an assault, but he hardly thought that a kiss, such as described, came within the term " assault." It was more a case of trespass, and as such the prisoner was liable to an action.—Discharged. THE YACHT SWAN, Harper, master, (which excited so much attention while fitting out in the Georee's Dock,) belonging to our townsmen, Messrs. Moss, Butler, and Co., sailed on Saturday week, for Melbourne. She is only 36 tons and will carry about 60 tons over and above all her water and other stores. She takes out a crew of five men only. She was built for the Right Hon. the Earl of Mountcashel, by White, of Waterford, and was one of the fleet of the Royal Western Yacht Club, where she distinguished herself by winning several cups. Since she left, a good deal of interest has been caused by the sailing of another yacht, the Corsair, Captain Kreft, from Southampton, on Monday week, for the same port; but she is a vessel double the size of the Swan. DOCK COMMITTEE.-At the weekly meeting, on Thurs day, Mr. Shand in the chair, the subcommittee of works submitted a plan for the extension on the east quay of the Iluqkisson Dock of shed accommodation for the American mail steamers. Referred to the committee to carry out.— An application from Brown, Shipley, and Co., for fires in certain dock nuts, was granted so far as regarded the steamer docks.—Some appointments to subordinate situa tions at the Albert Dock were confirmed ; also the fol lowing scale of wages to be paid to apprentices :—First year, (weekly,) Bs. ; second, 10s. ; third, 13s. ; fourth, 16s. ; fifth. 19s.—An application from the gatekeepers of the Queen's and Sandon Graving Docks, for an advance of wages, was refused. DR. WI€EMAN IN LIVERPOOL.—A report got abroad that " his eminence" would preach on Thursday morning at Copperas-hill Chapel, and from an early hour the streets in the vicinity were crowded. The chapel was speedily filled ; but the "cardinal" neither officiated! nor preached. At the conclusion of mass, it was announced from the altar that the laity were to retire. With the exception of scarlet coif and stockings "his eminence" did not wear any of the cardinal insignia, being merely attired in his archi-epimpal costume. It is stated that the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, the Roman Catholic Bishop in this district, is in a bad state of health ; and this, together with his ad vanced years, has prevented an active discharge of the duties of his office. To remedy this, the appointment of a coadjutor bishop to assist Dr. Brown has been resolved upon, and Dr. 'Wiseman attended to preside over the chapter (said to he the first since the reformation). It is reported that the Rev. Dr. Roskell is to be the new prelate; but the result cannot be known until the proceedings have been confirmed by the pope. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting on Wednesday, the number of paupers in the workhouse was stated to be 744.—A letter was read from the poor-law board sanctioning the salaries which the guardians pro posed to pay the medical officers of the union. A com munication was read from the poor-law board respecting a letter which that body had received from Henry Johnson, one of the medical officers of the union, and requesting the guardians to furnish them with some observations on the matter. Mr. Johnson complained that the guardians had not paid him a sum of £2 for a midwifery case, in which extra services were alleged to have been rendered.—Mr. Roskell contended that Mr. Johnson was fully entitled to the £2, and made a proposition that that sum be paid, which was seconded, put to the vote and lost. The clerk was instructed to inform the poor-law board that the guar dians deemed the sum of 10s., the usual fee, quite sufficient. Mr. Shaw moved that the following gentlemen form the labour-test committee :—Messrs. Sutton,: Thomas Birch, Bolshaw, Abrahams, Jeffreys, and Molyneux.—Mr. Heyes, as an amendment, proposed that Messrs. Miller, Harrison, Shaw, Kirkus, James Birch, and Heyes, form the commit tee. The motion of Mr. Shaw was carried. 'Mr. Harrison moved that Mr. Downes, the taskmaster, make a weekly return to the labour-test committee of the labour, &c., performed by the paupers. Mr. Kirkus gave notice that he would move that the salary of Mr. John Whitehead, assistant overseer of West Derby, be increased to £l5O per annum. GCIZTLEMEN.—There is no article of dress a gentleman is so particular in regarding as his shirt, which, if imper fectly dressed, is more annoying than any other part of his apparel. in order to obviate this, every gentleman should see that his Laundress uses only the GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, " used in the Royal Laundry," which far sur passes any other for giving a fine CLEAR ELASTIC FINISH. The Glenfield Patent Starch has long been the principal Starch used in this country, and it has never been equalled by any other for its fine ELASTICITY, CLEARNESS, and b eautiful Gloss. The benefits of using this Starch are the uniformity of its stiffness, and at the same time pos sessing an elasti c ity w hi c h yi e ld s w ith th e mo ti on o f th e _wearer, th ere b y preventing the shirt front from go i ng out ° Ca r s l e t s itv6riablY position and the coll ar f ro m lyi ng o v e r , whi c h is the when other kinds of Starch are used. The Glenfield Starcl has also the important quality of being the uninfluenced b I 3 , dampness of climate or lapse of time. This STARCH Washing Mayoress SOLELY used in the Royal Laundry; the Laundri es 0 e most of the Nobility ; the LaundryW of ltianysortess.of London ; a nd by m os t of the Public all o utpns in London and the provincial towns ; fro m whore we have seen very flattering tes timonials in favour of the Glenfield Patent Starch. On the recommend a ti on confilence in urging of these au th oz iti e s, w e h ave ever y satisfaction, to Bing you, fo r you r own com f or t and Tcyour Laundress to use no other, at least, in so far as your information, any he r dressing is concerned. For Patent Starch may be obtained to state that the Glenfield Shopkeepers in town and ;rill of all, or nearly all, the vicinity, who will also give a list of part of the Testimonial s are I)ooarveehaebe e o e v e to alludedesh for the t h I e t will be necessary in making Glenfield Patent Starch, and se . e that the Manufac turer's name, R. Wotherspoon, is printed or? each packet ; This without which, none is genuine. catlitioonffisenn inferior ecessery as certain parties are endeavouring t o article with a colourable imitation of the labeloft genuine. However, some of these partie s have already e been stopped, by the order of the Lord Chancellor, but it may yet be as well to see that the m a k er ,. nam e, ' R. Wotberopocur, is printed on each label. MR. WILLIAM Ilirwuri, of Liverpool, has been ad mitted a member of the Rcyal College of Surgeons. The Preston Chronicle complains of the defective postal arrangements between thattown and Liverpool and Man chester. MORMONISM.—The avertge atteadance on Sundays at the Mormonite meeting horse in Liverpool, we regret to state, is estimated at 500. MANY of our readers will be glad to perceive by our advertising celumns, that fir. Featly, the Soper of our northern metropolis, is abort to introduce the continental system into his new restaurant. IVAN SEVEN ANDREA MILFORD. Gent., has received the commission as Ensign is the Ist legiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia, signed by the Lord-Lieute nant of the County Palatine of Lancaster. THE Dumfries Courier states. that the fine estate of Fairgirth, in the Stewartrs of Kirkcudbright, has been purchased by private bargain, by 'William llilton, Esq., Manchester, for the sum of £22,000 , THE REV. HUGH STOWELL BROWN has handed over to Mr. Thomas Orford the sum of a 16s. 6d., the pro fits of his lecture on the state of relgious freedom on the continent, delivered in aid of the eidows and orphans of the sufferers by the explosion of the brig Lily. THE KNIFE.—Oa Monday morning, about three o'clock, a man named Murphy war attacked by two men and two women in Waterloo-road. They demanded drink from him. stabbed him witl a knife in the back and on the head, and afterwards rolbed him of is. sd. CHURCH Mrsstoss.—The Rev. !kb-. Ryle whose tracts have had such extensive circulation. and Rev. F. Close of Cheltenham, with Revds. Messrs. Cooper and Fox vvPll be the Deputations for the Church Missionary Society in Liverpool at the ensuing anniversary on the last Sunday in April next. A LITHOGRAPHED FAC-SIMILE of the coffin-plate on Nelson's coffin has been presented to the free library by Mr. G. S. Russell. of North John-street. By the style of the engraving, &c., it affords a singular testimony to the wonderful progress made in the decorative arts in the space of less than fifty years, A SUBSCRIPTION has b&n opened on behalf of the family of the late Captain t. Church, commander of the Queen Victoria. The deceased had been in the employ of the City of Dublin Stean-packet Company for upwards of 28 years. The compary have headed the list with the donation of £lOO. The subscription list lies at the Ex change News-room. LIVERPOOL CAMBRIA, SOCIETY.—The members and friends intend celebratirg their 46th anniversary on St. David's Day (to-day). Itis the intention of the members to present their surgeon, ; Nicholas Marsh, Esq., Mount pleasant, with a bandsorie service of plate. DOMINO ANTONIO, a Spanish sailor, was charged on Friday, at the Police-coact, with having broken into the chest of a fellow-seamar, and stolen a quantity of apparel and some money therefrom. The offence was committed while the vessel was lyim at Bristol, whither the prisoner was accordingly sent tobe dealt with by the authorities there. A CANNIBAL AT HOME !—John Isherwood was charged, at the St. H:len's sessions, on Tuesday, with biting off part of the lose of Joseph Wood, at Sutton, and also with biting the finger of Sarah Wood, and assaulting James Wo)d. Joseph Wood was unable to attend, and his casewas adjourned. The prisoner was fined in each of the otter cases, or in default four months' imprisonment. COMPLIMENTARY DINNER.--On the evening of Friday a party of gentlemendined at the Brunswick Hotel, (Mr. Whiteman's,) on theoccasion of six young officers enter ing the Excise. Mr. Mitchell, supervisor of the first district, occupied tie chair; and Mr. Chadwick, import surveyor, officiated as vice-chairman. The viands and wines were of the most recherche description, and the proceedings were characterised by much good feeling and harmony. THE THIRD ORDINARY MEETING of the Warrington and Altringham Jtnction Railway Company was held at the Clarendon-roons on Tuesday last, C. Holland, Esq., in the chair. The directors confidently rely on the line being c'impleted aid ready for traffic before the next half yearly meeting. "he directors intend to make a further call, payable in A 7 ril next, after which the company will be in a position :o take up money on loan. The report was adopted. SINGULAR CASE.—An emigrant ship from Liverpool lately put into Bommaris under these circumstances:— After it had saied, the ship was boarded by a steam vessel, and forty-two additional passengers put in. The captain remonstrated with the parties concerned, on the ground of want cf accommodation for such a number, but with no effect. Lie therefore made for Beaumaris, and the broker who had shipped the surplus number was served with two summonses to appear before the magis trates, when he vas fined in two penalties of £5O and £3O. " HEAVY Mitra.L."—At the Police-office, on Friday, James ArCarth, marine-store dealer, in Harrison-street, was charged witri being in possession of a quantity of sheet lead and a brass preserving pan, knowing them to have been stolen ;and Margeret Raney, an elderly woman, with being concerned in the robbery. The magistrate com mitted M'Carthy for one month, and ordered his license to be revoked. The woman, who was discharged, is known among ler confreres by the appropriate title of " Scrap Nelly," and it would appear that the thief was one " Patty Joyce," who was not forthcoming. STEAM -BOAT CASES.—Messrs. Colborn and Pritchard, owners of the New Brighton steamers, were charged, at the Police-office, on Thursday, with allowing the steamer James Atherton to carry passengers, not having the li cense on board at the time. Fined Is., and is. costs. — James and Alec. Bremner, owners of the steam-tug Modern Athens, were charged with allowing her to carry passengers, she not being licensed for the same. Fined 405., and 4s. 6d. costs ; and John Hughes, master of the vessel at the time, ls., and Is. costs. CONVERTS FROM POPERY.—Three persons publicly abjured the errors of Popery on Sunday evening last, at the church of St. James', Latchford, 'Warrington, and were received into communion with the Church of Eng land, by the Rev. J. W. Wright, incumbent. An excel lent sermon was preached on the occasion by the Rev. J. W. Harden, vicar of Condover, Salop, when £9 wes collected for the Society for Irish Church Missions. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—On Wednesday after ternoon, the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, sailed from the Mersey with the usual United States and Canadian mails, 36 passengers, and a large and valuably cargo on hoard. Amongst the passengers was the Padre Gavazzi. At an early hour on Wednesday morn ing, the British and North American Royal Mail Steam ship Africa, Captain Harrison, arrived in the Merser, with advices from New York to the 9th instant, and mails and passengers. The British and North American Com pany's screw-steamer Andes, Captain Hutchings, arrived here a little before ten o'cicek on Tuesday night, on her first return voyage from New York. The Cambria, hence for Boston, was passed on Monday morning. The Andes brought no passengers, but a large miscellaneous cargo. ASYLUM FOR ORPHAN Bovs.—The annual meeting of the supporters was held on Wednesday, in the Claren don-rooms. the Mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., in the chair. Mr. J. M. Banner read the report. Forty-two boys have to this time been admitted ; about £4,400 has been received, and when the Asylum is ready for occupa tion it is hoped that the whole of the £6,000 required for its completion will be in the treasurer's hands.—Mr. Bibby. the treasurer, read the statement of accounts. After an expenditure of £474 Ns. 11d., a balance re mained of £5B 7s. 7d. The Rev. Rector Campbell, Mr. H. Banner, and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting. It was announced that the Mayor had given the unsoli cited donation of £5O. Loss OF THREE EMIGRANT SHlPS.—During the last week, Lloyd's have been apprised of the total loss of three emigrant ships, while on the outward-bound passage to Australia, with nearly 1000 passengers on board, the whole of whom escaped, with the exception of two or three persons. The names of the vessels are, the Sir Powell Buxton, from London, bound to Port Philip ; the Eglinton, also from the Thames ; and another vessel, reported to be the Australian Express, from Liverpool. The loss of the Eglinton took place on the night of the Bth of September, about 30 miles northward of Free mantle (on the coast of Australia). Two passengers and the boatswain met with a watery grave. The other vessel, the Australian Express, was wrecked also on the Austra lian coast, 200 miles southward of the Heads, near Syd ney; all were saved. THE LAW or SHIPPING NOTES.—On Wedneaday Mr. Owen appeared at the Police-office, on behalf of Joseph Spradlow, to claim from Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, the owners of the brig Lily, payment for an advance note which he had discounted for a seaman who sailed in that vessel. Mr. Aspinall, for the defendant, admitted that the seama❑ had sailed, but he said the vessel was wrecked before the ten days after which the note was made payable Lad expired, and he contended that the note was not pay able unless the seaman was earning wages at the time of the presentation of the note by the discounter. Mr. Mansfield said he had had a discussion with the judge of the County Court respecting the interpretation of the act, and they had agreed it would be better to refer the matter to the Board of Trade, and get the opinion of the law officers of the Crown on the subject. He had communi cated with Mr. Cardwell, and he would postpone his de cision on this cese until he received an answer. GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—The anniversary of this society was celebrated on Thursday evening, by a dinner at the Royal Hotel, Dale-street, and was honoured by the pre sence of Samuel Holme, Esq., mayor. Mr. J. H. Smith presided, and the vice-chairmen were Mr. Hugh H. Gib son and Mr. M'Millan. Amongst the gentlemen at the principal table were Mr. Alderman Parker, Mr. Alked, Mr. Councillor Thomson, Mr. Councillor Woodruff, Mr. Evans, solicitor to the society, and Mr. E. Roberts. There were also present, Messrs. Richard Bissington, vice-president of the Leeds and West Riding Society for the Protection of Trade, and Mr. Johnson, secretary of that society. The report stated that during the past year the sub-committee have issued 40,523 circulars, containing the names of upwards of 1,000 persons against whose fraudulent practices it was necessary to caution the members. IMPROVED ANCHORS. — The report of the Anchor Com mittee has at length been issued, and as it embraces many matters of importance connected with the Royal navy and commercial marine, we give the list of those inventors who supplied anchors to be tested, in compliance with the circular of the Admiralty, in the order of merit as they stand in the report :—Trotnlan' first; Rodgers, second ; Mitcheson, third ; Lenox, fourth ; Honiball, fifth ; Aylen, sixth; Admiralty, seventh ; 'macs, Stb. It was eug. gested to the committee during the trials, that, from their superior holding properties, anchors on Porter's principle were fully equal, for all general purposes, to much larger anchors on common plans • and as this appeared to the committee to be a quest ion of vast importance to the shipping interests, they felt justified in so far deviating from their original design, as to subject Trotman's anchor (which proved to have greater bolding powers than Honi ball's or Porter's) to trials with anchors on the Admiralty plan, of the respective weights of 30, 35, and 40 cwt., (stock included,) on the parade ground, and of 31 cwt. on the beach. The results, as shown in the appendices of the reports, left no doubt in the mind of the committee, that, in regard to holding power, with a steady equable strain, Trotman's anchors are fully equal to Admiralty whorls 'Vat least 24 per emit. greater weight. - •• - THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1853. GENERAL NEWS. MR. PHILLIPS, a solicitor at Southampton, of imbe cile mind, who has been missing from his friends some time, has at length been found in an out-house at Drox ford, in Hampshire, about 16 miles from Southampton, perishing from cold, hunger, and distress of mind. OYSTERS IN PARIS.—It appears, from statistical re turns, that during the year 1851 there were consumed in Paris 1,070,926 f. worth of oysters, which, at the average of 2f. 30c. the hundred, would show nearly seventy mil lions to be annually eaten in the French capital. A DIGGING MACHINE has recently been patented. It is simple in construction, goes deeper than the plough by several inches, covering from two to three times its breadth, and reducing the land to a tilth equal to several ploughings and harrowings—in fact to trenching. It is equally effective in breaking up land for railway and other public works. TROOPS IN THE COLONIES.—From a parliamentary return of the troops stationed in the colonies, it appears that in 1851 there were 1608 officers, 2076 sergeants and drummers, and 34,558 rank and file employed in the colo nies ; and that, on the Ist of April last, 1076 officers, 2735 sergeants and drummers, and 35,530 rank and file, were so employed. BOAT-RACE.—On Monday, a scullers' match, for £25 a side, took place between two noted boatmen, Cook of Oxford, and Ault of Manchester. The distance was a mile and a quarter, from Oxford to Iffley, which was com pleted by Cook in ten minutes, when he came in easily fifty yards ahead of his opponent. THE GERMAN FLEET.—When the German fleet was in course of formation, the Grand Duke of Oldenburg presented a silver punch bowl, in the shape of a bomb, to the officers' mess of the vessel bearing his name. Since the sale of the fleet the bowl has been returned to his royal highness, who has announced that it shall be pre served, in order that it be re-given to some ship when ever the Germen fleet shall be revived. A HOARD IN A WORKHOUSE.—One of the nurses attached to St. Giles's Infirmary died rather suddenly a few days since, and on searching her clothes the sum of £l3 10s. in gold was found. How she accumulated a sum so large is a mystery, as no salary is attached to the situa tion, the nurses being selected for their cleanliness and other qualifications from the inmates of the workhouse. To DAESS A HAM.—Bayonne is celebrated for its hams. I accordingly had one dressed under my own inspection ; and, as a considerable degree of science is required in dressing a ham, I publish my receipt. Boil it in hock, a quarter of an hour each pound ; then put it in an oven, and bake it another quarter of an hour to the same weight ; and I'll venture to say the epicures will acknowledge that nothing can be more delicious.—Lord Blaney. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday, a most singular accident happened at Monk Bretton Church. On the wife of Mr. Thomas Wandsworth, who was the first com municant, kneeling down, the floor beneath her gave way, and she suddenly disappeared. Assistance, however, was instantly rendered, by putting a ladder down the hole, and the lady was found at the depth of eight feet uninjured. The accident was occasioned by a dry rot having taken place in the timber that supported the raised floor, there not having been any ventilation beneath it. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—A man named Witham, who was suffering from an attack of delirium tremens, was taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, on Mon day week, and was left alone for a short time. He availed himself of the importunity to break a pane of glass ; and with one of the fragments of glass he began to cut his throat, which he wounded so severely, before the surgeons arrived to stop him, that he still remains in a very dangerous condition. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. The eligible estate at Wood-green, Tottenham, has just been pur chased for allotment among the members of this society. The property is situated mid-way between and near two stations on the Great Northern Railroad, and is at an easy distance from Enfield, Edmonton, Hornsey, Hollo way, &c. The society has now five estates—two in East Surrey, at Putney, and three in Middlesex, at Ealing, Hounslow, and Tottenham. EXAMINATION OF LAW STUDENTS.—The examiners of solicitors and attorneys have determined upon in creasing the rigour of their examination, by requiring next Michaelmas term satisfactory answers in convey ancing, as well as common law and equity. The answers in regard to bankruptcy and criminal law, and proceed ings before magistrates, will still be taken into considera tion in summing up the merit of the general examination as heretofore. MANCHESTER AND Music.—" A Shareholder in the Concert-hall" writes a letter to thalanchester Courier of Saturday, arguing with great warmth. that the cotton metropolis is not a musical town. He remarks :--'• To go no further back than last week, ask Mr. Thomas what he thinks of the support which Manchester gives to music. A band as good, if not better than Jullien's, playing night after night to an empty room, because Mr. Thomas did not depend upon humbug but trusted to the fictitious character for musical taste which Man chester enjoys." A ROYAL BALL.—On Fridayweek, aball was given by de sire of Prince Albert to thedornestics of Buckingham Palace, numbering about 300, on the occasion of the opening of the new servants' ball at that establishment. A band of the Life Guards was engaged for the occasion. Her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, together with many of the ladies and gentlemen connected with the household, honoured the company with their presence, and many of the latter joined in the merry throng. Refreshments of the best kind were provided for the occasion, and the party did not break up till a late hour. A Mosr DARING BURGLARY has been committed:at Macclesfield by five robbers, who, with masks on their faces, entered the premises of Mr. J. Dean, on Sunday, at seven o'clock in the evening, Mr. Dean was absent at the time, but two friends paying a casual visit to his wife, were with her bound to chairs, under threats of being shot, whilst the robbers secured a bag with upwards Of £2OO in specie, and some deeds belonging to a loan society, of which Mr. Dean was secretary. The thieves appeared well acquainted with the premises, and addressed each of their three prisoners by name, but at present no clue has been found. THE REY. J. FLAMANK, Senior Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, who had been residing with Dr. Rigg, a homoeopathic surgeon of Northampton, has died of poison. Yfr. Flamank had been deranged in his mind, and though his health had improved, he was still subject to attacks of mania. One day he was found dead ; and from the evidence at the inquest there could be no doubt that he had swallowed prussic acid. How he obtained the poison is not known, and whether he drank the acid to destroy himself, is equally a matter of conjecture ; though Dr. Rigg had deemed it necessary to be watchful that Mr. Flamank should not obtain ready means of suicide. LIBERTY OE THE PRESS.—On Monday, in the Queen's Bench, Mr, Andrews, solicitor, sued the Morning Herald for reporting a trial, in which Mr. Andrews was plaintiff, giving an introduction to explain the proceedings, which reflected on the plaintiff. Lord Campbell pointed out the legality of a fair report, and left it to the jury to say whether the introductory notice took it out of that cate gory. They immediately returned a verdict of not guilty, and the Lord Chief Justice said they were perfectly right ; lie took a great interest in the respectability of the press, and he must say that the reports which were given of law proceedings were in general perfectly impartial. It was not right to mix up comments with reports. If the mat ters reported seemed to require comment, the com men t s should appear, not with the report, but in another part of the paper. SINGULAR FACT.—It is a very remarkable fact in the history of the United States, that. none of the great names among the American elected presidents bad children. No one who was ever re-elected has had a son. Washington had no children ; lie held office eight years. John Adams had children ; he was not re-elected. Jefferson had no children; he was re-elected, and held office eight years. Madison had no children ; held the presidency eight years. Monroe had no son ; held ,office eight years. John Quincy Adams bad sons ; he was not re-elected. Jackson had no children ; he was re-elected. Van Buren had children ? not re-elected. Harrison died; Polk had no children; Taylor died ; and now, among the childless, is the next elected president after Taylor, President Pierce, made sc by the recent accident at Andover. ERICSSON'S CALORIC ENGINE.-At the meeting, last week, of the Institution of Civil Engineers. the renewed discussion took place on Mr. B. Cheverton's Paper, " On the use of Heated Air as a motive power." The construc tion of Ericsson's engine, and the application of the Re generator were first described, and it was then argued, that the action of the regenerator almost amounted, theo retically, to the creation of force, and that it was not of the utility that had been presumed. From the best ac counts, it appeared that various practical diffimities ex isted, in the application of heated air as a motive power, and from calculations which were entered into, it was shewn, that the mean pressure of the air in the working cylinder being 4-1,1b5., the engines making eleven strokes per minute, a total power was developed, which, after making a proper deduction for friction and waste, did not exceed 208 H.P. with the cumbrous machinery which was described ; it was then contended that with such a fine model of a ship and under the circumstances of the ex periments, a greater speed than seven miles an hour ought to have been attained, with a less expenditure of fuel, and that therefore, at present, the Caloric Engine could not be practically regarded as a successful innovation. Further investigations were entered into of the theory of the Air Engine, and the general result appeared to exhibit so much distrust of the accounts already received, of the working of the caloric ship, that it was suggested, that the further discussion of the subject should be adjourned for a few weeks. STATISTICS OF DRUNKENNESS. A parliamentary paper has been published, showing the number of persons taken into custody for drunkenness and disorderly conduct by the metropolitan police force, with similar returns relating to the cities of London, Edinburgh and Glasgow. In 1831, when the metropolitan population amounted to 1,515,585, there were 31,353 persons arrested for drunken ness, and 10,383 for disorderly conduct ; of the drunkards, 11,605 were women, and 19,748 were men; among the persons who conducted themselves in a disorderly manner there were 7,287 women and 3,096 men. In 1841, when the population had increased to 2,068,107, the numbers of the same offences were still enormous, the total for drunkenness being 15,006, and for disorderly conduct 15,810 ; there were among these totals 5,123 female drunkards and 9,883 males, and among the disorderly there were 7,913 women and 7,897 men. In the same year the city police took up 2,313 persons for drunkenness and 802 persons for disorderly conduct among a popula tion, as shown by the census returns, of 123,563 persons. In 1851, when the population of the metropolitan dis tricts had increased to 2,399,004, the total number of persons arrested for drunkenness had decreased to 10,668, 6,207 of whom were men and 4,461 women, and the total of disorderly persons arrested was 6,131, 2,556 of whom were men and 3,762 were women. In London the numbers were in 1851—drunkards arrested, 280; dis orderly persons arrested, 681. Edinburgh, with 140,000 inhabitants in 1841, shows 4,824 arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct in that year, and in 1851, when the population was 166,000, the arrests were only 2,79 3 , while Glasgow, with 333,65 1 , iehabitAnts,in 1851, had in that year - 10,012 areas for the - lin:au Mentioned above. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, FHB. 22 Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill. The legal profession in Scotland approved of the extension of the provisions of the act of 1851, by which parties to suits were examinable as witnesses. DIVORCE. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, in which he stated that the commissioners appointed to consider the law of divorce had recommended that a regular tribunal should be established to take cognizance of allegations on the part of the husband against the wife, the bill was read a second time, and their lordships adjourned. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, The Chancery Suitors Further Relief Bill, being one of six legal bills introduced by Lord St. Leonards, was read a second time, and after some discussion between (the law lords, all the six bills were referred to a select com mittee. THE BURMESE WAR. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGR moved for the production of a letter written in 1829 by the Directors of the East 'lndia Company to the Governor-General, giving instruc tions as to the line of operations to be pursued in any future war with Ava. He then commented on the line of operations pursued in the present war, which had been anything but successful or satisfactory.—The Earl of ABERDEEN had no objection to produce the letter, though a despatch written 25 years ago on such a subject could scarcely be considered as anything else than an historical curiosity. The government had the greatest confidence in the discretion of the Governor-General, and, as he had expressed himself satisfied with the progress of the war, and had determined to annex Peru after mature delibera tion, the government were disposed to acquiesce in the opinion expressed by the late government.—The Earl of DERBY defended the line of operations pursued against Ava. and read a memorandum written by the late Duke of Wellington, to prove that the war could not have been averted ; that the operations proposed were judicious ; that they had been carried on with great gallantry and success; and that in justice both to the Peguese and ourselves we were bound not to stop short of the annexa tion of that province.—The papers were then ordered, and their lordships adjourned. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Somepetitions having been presented, Lord BROU G AM, after some remarks upon the system of bribery at elections, expressed a hope that by the operation of the late act, which enabled the parties themselves to be examined before election committees, it would have the effect of greatiy curtailing, if not altogether preventing, the abo minable system. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA The Earl of ELL ENBOROUG II inquired whether her Ma jesty's government intended to propose any measure for the future government of India during the present ses sion. The noble earl also presented a petition from the Madras Native Association and others for redress of griev ances in connection with the expiration of the East India Company's Charter. The principal grievance complained of was excessive taxation. They prayed for the construc tion of certain public works, and for a better system of education. They further complained of the want of a pro per system of irrigation, and the extreme badness of the public roads, which tended to impoverish the country, and to mar the industrious efforts of the inhabitants. — After some remarks by the Duke of Argyle in reference to education in India, and by Lord Campbell upon the administration of justice in the Indian empire, the Earl of ABERDEEN said that it was intended to bring in a bill during the present session relative to the Indian Govern ment, but at present he could not enter into details. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, FEB. 22. Mr. Phillimore took the oaths and his seat for Tavistock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The second reading of Her Majesty's Theatre Associa tion Bill was opposed by Mr. CARDWELL, on the ground that it involved the principle of limited liability, and upon a division, the second reading was negatived by a large majority. LANCASTER ELECTION. The minutes of evidence taken before the Lancaster Election Committee were ordered to be printed ; and it was also ordered that no new writ be issued until Monday, April 4. EXCHEQUER BILLS. In reply to a question by' Mr. Masterman, with refer ence to a statement that the Bank of England had been aware of the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce the interest on Exchequer bills some time before the reduction was publicly known, of which the Bank had taken advantage to effect the sale of those securities at the higher rate of interest, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER stated that the reduction had not been determined until Tuesday, the 15th of this month ; and that he had not consulted the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank upon the subject until the afternoon of Saturday, the 12th. Sir H. HALFORD obtained leave to bring in a bill to secure the payment of wages without stoppages. CUSTOMS REPORM Mr. lIORSFALL asked when it was the intention of the government to bring forward the subject of a reform of the Board of Customs.—The CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER. said he was not in a position at present to state whether any measures which the government might take for the improvement of the Customs' department and machinery would require legislative interposition. The whole subject was under the consideration of the Treasury. RONITSH PRELATES Mr. I. BUTT asked the Home Secretary whether, since his accession to office, any instructions had been issued to the authorities at Dublin Castle with regard to the award ing of rank and precedence to the Romanist bishops in Ireland.—Lord PALMERSTON.—No instructions havebeen sent on that subject. (Laughter.) MAY NOOTH COLLEGE Mr. SrooNr.n, moved that the house resolve itself into a committee to consider the act Bth and 9th Victoria, chap. 25, " for the better government of the College at Maynooth," and also the last Maynooth Act, with a view to the repeal of those clauses which provide money grants to the said college. He shortly referred to the grounds he had offered for his former motion on this subject, ob serving that be had been met on that occasion by personal abuse and the imputation of sinister motives ; but not by a denial of the truth of his statements as to the system of education pursued at Maynooth and the books used there, which took away the necessity for further inquiry ; and he now asked the house to do its duty to the country, the Sovereign, and itself.—Mr. SCHOLEFIELD moved, as an amendment, to extend the consideration of the committee to "all enactments now in force, whereby the revenue of the state is charged in aid of any ecclesiastical or religious purposes whatsoever, with a view to the repeal of such enactments." If his amendment should be negatived, he should vote against the original motion, which was based upon a narrow sectarian ground.—Sir W. CLAY seconded the amendment.—After some further discussion, in which several members took part, the debate was adjourned. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. Mr. C. TURNER presented a petition from the letter carriers of Liverpool, complaining of the order of the the Postmaster-General prohibiting Christmas boxes. Mr. BrtErkrimunGE presented a petition . from Mr. Wm. Parker, surgeon, of Birkenhead, praying a commission to inquire into the physical uses of the elements of our atmosphere. COUNTY RATES. Mr. M. GIBSON having moved the second reading of the County Rates and Expenditure Bill, said he merely asked the house now to sanction the principle of the measure.— Lord PALMERSTON, on the part of the government, ac knowledged the importance of the suject, which involved matters of national consideration—police, treatment of prisoners, and care of lunatic asylums—and was, more over, connected with the personal feelings of the unpaid magistracy. The expediency of introducing the repre sentative principle into the control of county expenditure, he considered, had been conceded, and acquiescing in the bill so far as that principle was concerned, he should offer no opposition to the second reading.—After some discus sion, in which the details of the bill were strongly ob jected to, it was read a second time, and was ordered to be committed pro forma on Friday, in order that it might be adapted to the views of the government. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE ADJOURNED DEBATE.—Mr. FA GA N opposed the amend ment as well as the original motion, and denied the relevancy of the charges brought against the Romish priests for their alleged conduct at the late elec tions in Ireland, which, if true, had nothing to do with Maynooth, or with its system of education.—Lord STANLEY, thouzh he deprecated the agitation of this question, was unwilling that the debate should close without the expression of an opinion by a member of the late government upon the motion. to which he could not give his support. Briefly tracing the history of the May nooth grant, he observed that the intention of Sir R. Peel was that the settlement of 1845 should be perma nent and unconditional, and that it would be impossible now to replace the question in the same position as that in which it stood prior to 1845. Had the motion been for inquiry, he should have supported it, for parliament had a right to see whether the money had been appro priated to the purposes for which it was granted.—Mr. LUCAS was opposed to both the amendment and the ori ginal resolution. The former was as objectionable to those who shared his religious opinions as the latter ; he considered it, indeed, the same in a different shape, and dictated by the same feeling of religious bigotry. The question was not whether Maynooth was a good college or not, but whether the Romish religion was such as not to be entitled to any endowment whatever.—Mr. DRust ➢SOND exposed the dangerous doctrines of the Jesuits, which were now, for the first time, he said, authorised by the Romish Church, observing that he wished to treat this not as a regular question, but as a question of a con spiracy of these men against the rights of manki::.l.—An attempt was made to adjourn the debate, which failed, and the house divided upon the question whether the words in the original motion proposed by the amendment to be left out should be retained, which was negatived by 194 to 164. This destroyed the vitality of Mr. Spnoner's motion ; but it being six o'clock the amendment could not be put, so that the main question remains to be dis posed of, and was subsequently fixed for to-morrow (Wed nesday). _ _ . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. Mr. C. TURNER presented a petition from schoolmas ters and teachers of Liverpool, praying that the right of representation in Parliament may be granted to the gra duates of the University of London. BLACKBURN ELECTION. Mr. DEEDES reported from: he committee that Mr. W. Eccles was not duly elected to serve in the present Par liament for the borough of Blackburn, and that the last election of that borough, so far as regarded the said Mr. Eccles, was a void election, on the ground of bribery. AUSTRALIAN MAILS. In answer to a question respecting the intention of the government to enforce the due and more punctual per. formance of the existing contract for the conveyance of mails to Australia cis the Cape of Good Hope, —Sir i o J. GRAHAM was sorry to say, that the performa nce the c ontract on the part of the mail contrac tors had not been as punctual as the good of the public service required, and that it was the intention of the govern ment to enforce, if necessary, by penalties, a punctual performance of. the contract. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. In reply to , a question, the.Cumiczuca of. the Ex. cassvan said the goverment had come to the decision that the public interests would be best consulted by allowing chicory to be sold in a state of mixture with coffee, provided it was so described in labels attached thereto. THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE. Mr. CAYLEY asked Lord John Russell whether it was true he had resigned the seals of the foreign office, and, if he had, whether he held any office under the crown to which a salary was attached.—Lord JonN RUSSELL re plied he had resigned the seals of the foreign office, and her Majesty had been pleased to appoint the Earl of Carendon to that office. lie had no hesitation in saying that he held no office now under the crown to which a salary was attached.—Mr. CAYLEY thereupon gave notice that upon an early day he should move a resolution to the effect that it was expedient that a salary be attached to the office of leader of the House of Commons. NEWRY ELECTION. Mr. LASCELLES reported from the committee appointed to inquire into the Newry election, that Mr. Kirk had been duly elected. TRANSPORTATION OF CONVICTS. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON drew attention to the state of the Australian colonies, and to the question of trans portation. He explained the reasons whi c h i n d uce d the late government to promise the Australian colonies that transportation to Van Diemen's Land sbou'd cease, and he trusted that the present government would, at the earliest possible moment, state what their views were on the subject of secondary punishment. —Mr. FREDERICK PEEL said the present government was prepared to follow up the intentions of the late in;nistry on the subject of crown lards. It was intended to cease transportation to Australia, and parliament would be called upon to provide some other secondary punishment.—After a few remarks from other members, the papers relating to the subject were ordered to be laid upon the table. ADMISSION OF JEWS Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the house go into committee to take into consideration certain civil disabi litities affecting the Jews. What he proposed was so far to complete the edifice of religious liberty as to allow the Jewish subjects of Her Majesty the same rights and pri vileges of British subjects as were at present enjoyed by Protestant dissenters and Roman Catholics. An error in faith, he contended, was no ground for debarring men from serving the crown and sitting in parliament. It was said that the Jews were a separate nation ; but they were not aliens, and therefore were British subjects by the force of the proposition. Then it was alleged that they were meant to be divided from all other nations ; but it was not for us to carry out the decrees of the Almighty. —Sir R. 'INGLIS opposed the motion. He did not consi der the Jew, who regarded our Saviour as an impostor, a fit person to legislate for Christian people in a Christian country.—Sir R. PEEL did not consider the admission of Jews into parliament was at all a question of religions liberty. He was in favour of the' removal of all disabili ties affecting Protestants or Roman Catholics, but he would never countenance the admission of Jews into par liament, and the opening to them of all the high offices of the state.—The motion was opposed by Mr. Napier, Mr. Wigram, and Colonel Sibthorpe ; and supported by Lord Monck, Lord Drumlanrig, Mr. Digby Seymour, and Mr. Maurice O'Connell. Upon a division the motion was carried by 237 to 207. The house then resolved itself into committee, when a resolution in favour of a bill for the admission of Jews into parliament was agreed to. IRISH TENANT RIGHT The motion of Sir J. Young, for a select committee on several bills relating to the law of landlord and tenant (Ireland), gave rise to considerable discussion, and the motion was ultimately adjourned. FRIDAY, February 25 Mr. Cogan took the oaths and his seat for Kildare. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that the Government xould on Monday take the Ordnance Estimates, and the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill on Friday. THE BRITISH ARMY On going into committee of supply, Colonel NORTH, in reference to certain speeches of Mr. Cobden and others, complained that the British army received too little gra titude from those whose property they are so often called upon to protect, namely, the manufacturers of the north of England.—Mr. RICH suggested a gradual increase to the reserve force of pensioner battalions, without detri ment to the militia and regular forces. He commended Lord Hardinge for having called out the pensioners, who in round numbers might be said to amount to 70,000 men ; and of these about 30,000 were able-bodied. He would suggest to the Secretary at War the desirability of allow ing small pensions after a period of short enlistment, and by that means young men of twenty-eight or thirty years of age would have something to go on with, and enable them to pursue the trade to which they had been brought up before they entered the army ; at the same time, he did not object to giving full pensions to those veterans who had fulfilled their full period of service.—Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said the prevailing practice in the army was that persons who had enlisted for a limited period, even when the termination of that period arrived, were desirous of remaining in the army, the commanding officers of regiments were very reluctant to take three times ten years' men, and the soldiers having during that period familiarised themselves with the army, were reluctant to leave the service. The subject, however, was one which engaged the attention of the government. THE BURMESE WAR Sir H. WILLOUGHBY moved for an address for extracts of communications in reference to the Burmese war.— Sir CHARLES WOOD said that everything that was pos sible had been done to avert the war, but without success, and Commodore Lambert had delayed taking hostile steps until the insults of the Court of Ava had become intolerable. The papers asked for would be produced.— Mr. HumE expressed his concurrence in the necessity of further information being afforded on the subject.—Sir J. W. HOGG defended the course pursued by the govern ment and the court of directors in reference to this war.— The motion was then agreed to. THE ARMY ESTIMATES Mr. S. HERBERT proposed the Army Estimates for the ensuing year, in which he said he should not ask an increase of men beyond the number previously announced, although there would be some slight argumentation owing to the return of men from service in India, and an increase for pay, &.c., of about £17,000. In the public department there was an addition of £5,500, arising from the great increase of business which had recently taken place in the War-office. He proposed to increase the rewards to sergeants for good conduct, by an annual grant of £2,000. These were the principal beads of increase upon the Estimates previously announced. Much benefit had been found to result from the libraries which had recently been established in the various regiments. The soldiers evinced considerable eagerness to avail themselves of the books thus placed at their dis posal, and the number of volumes thus accumulated was no less than 117,000. The same good results had arisen from the institution of regimental schools. It was also satisfactory to hear that mortality in the army had greatly decreased during the past year. The condition of the soldiers, owing to the improved habits of the men them selves, would, be hoped. be equally satisfactory. He con. eluded by moving that 102,283 men be the number for the ensuing year, exclusive of the troops belonging to the East India Company.—Mr. HUME disapproved of the proposed increase of the number of men, for which he contended no cause had been shown. He recommended rather an increased police force, and the maintenance of an efficient navy.—Colonel SIBTHORP, in expressing his approval of the estimates, said that in the event of war, the members of the Peace Society would be glad enough to avail themselves of the protection of the military when they found their mills in danger. The vote was then agreed to. VOLUNTREB. CORPS. Lord PALMERSTON said he thought that the formation of volunteer corps ought to be postponed till next year, so that the militia might be properly organized.—Mr. Haase contended that volunteer corps should be formed as a means of saving the expense which would be incurred by the organization of the militia.—Sir GEORGE PECHELL said that as fares Kent and Sussex were concerned, the two counties most liable to invasion, the formation of volunteer corps was desirable, as there was no probability that a militia would be raised in those counties.—Lord PALMERSTON observed that the defence of the counties referred to would be provided for.—The several money votes having been agreed to, the House returned—Upon the Metropolitan Improvements Bill being proposed for second reading, several Members objected to the Bill upon the ground of its extreme obscurity, but on a division the motion was carried by 104 to The House adjourned at a quarter past 11 o'clock New LOAN.—The accounts from Frankfort state that a new Prussian loan for =8°5,000,000 (X 730,000,) was ex pected shortly to be contracted. RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.—The following have been de clared during the week :—Midland, 41 per cent. ; Eastern Counties, Gs. per share ; Yurk and North Midland, 3 per cent. ; York, Newcastle, and Barwick, 3 per cent. ; East Lancashire. 3 per cent. ; Great Nor thorn 21 per cent. AUSTRALIAN PACKETS.—The General Screw COM sany's steamer Hellespont, sailed yesterday from London for Australia, with 40,000 in specie, 200 tons of cargo at £l2 per ton, and about seven passengers. In consequence of the return of the Australian, the Hellespont will call at Plymouth. THE AUSTRALIAN, Mail steam-ship, which left Ply mouth on Thursday with mails for the Cape. Sydney, &c. put back at six. p.m., on Friday. She had got about 60 miles from the Eddystone, when it was discovered that she was making water fast, which increased to such an extent as to put out the pot wing fire. There were then 4ft. 6in• of water in her engine-room, which no effort with the whole of the pumps could reduce. These at last became choked, so that the pump on deck was the only one that could be worked. At three, a.m., t h e ca ptain resolved to bear up for Plymouth, where she had to go into dock, which will detain her some days. In bearing to in the Channel she shipped a heavy sea, ca rrying away her port life-boat. It is said also that she leaks forward, and that there was at one time three inches of water in the fore cabin. DESERTING THE MILITIA.-011 Monday week, at th e petty sessions at Bury, Denis Ashworth, shoemaker, Roch dale, an d Ellis Bon charged en, weaver, Bl ac kb urn, were with ' having enlisted in the 4th King's Own Regiment, being at the time enrolled in the 3d Lancashire Militia 50 d, pleading guilty, it was at first determined to send them to prison for a month , but as they e x p re ssed a s t r ong desire to rem a i n i n the. regiment, paying back the bounty they had rec e i ve d on entering the militia, it was ultimately ' agreed that they s hould be remanded until an opportunity was afforded to make satisfactory arrange ments with th e m ili tary authorities. • GENERA L S IR H ARRY SMITH, as C omman der -in-timer of the western district, has been inspecting the garrison al Portsmouth ; at the conclusion Sir Harry addressed the men to the following effect : --"Soldiers,—Hitherto I have not had the opportunity of having any of you under my orders; but 1 am happy now to take the command of this district. I start on the broad basis of a feeling of love for the soldier ; and as long as you serve under my orders, and do your duty as soldiers should do, you will always find me your true friend—but, mind, I will have the duty done, and done effectually ; no slatternly dockyard guards m ind. People talk of the French coming—but let them come ; I know enough of the British soldier to say, if they do come, we shall give them enough of it. Our duty is to support and maintain the character of the country, anditti tins feeling let us mow.give three right-good heart - facers for the Queen."