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Yr" COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS do hereby give Notice, that they are willing to receive LOANS OF MONEY, on the Security of the Bonds of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of 10s. per centum per annum interest, for periods of either Three, Five, or Seven Years. All offers to be addressed to GEORGE V. TAN TON, Esq., Treasurer of the I,iverpool Docks, Dock-office, Liverpool. —By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, February 10, 1653. LOANS OF MONEY. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. THE CO RPORATION OF LIVERPOOL are prepared to receive LOANS OF MONEY, For Periods of Three, Five, or Seven Years, at 10r. per Cent. per Annum. _ _ . . Interest payable on the ist j of January and Ist July in every Year. The Security is the " Liverpool Water Account," composed of the Rents, Rates, and Charges for the supply of Water within the Borough of Liverpool and the Neighbourhood for Domestic, Trading, Manufacturing, and other purposes, and for Shipping, THE BOROUGH FUND BEING AN ADDITIONAL OR COLLATERAL SECURITY FOR THE INTEREST, AND THE LANDS, TENEMENTS, HEREDITAMENTS, AND ESTATE OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE PRINCIPAL. Applications to be made to CAPES Asx LIN, Esq., Treasurer, Public -offices, 2, Cornwallis-street; or to the TOWN-CLERK, Town-hall, Liverpool; from either of whom further particulars laay be obtained. By order, WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. Town-hall, 22nd January, 1553. MONEY LENT on PLATE, WATCHES, JEWEL LERY, SILKS, VELVETS, WOOLLENS, and every description of Manchester and Leeds Goods,at Half the Pawn brokers' Rate of Interest. Apply at 66, Seel-street, two doorsfrom Back Colquitt-street Private House TO CORRESPONDENTS " AN EARNEST CHURCHMAN."—His letter on long sermons is too long for our srace this week, but it shall appear in our next number. "ST. SIMON'S CHURCH." —A correspondent complains of the notice for closing this church on Wednesday there is an addition to the present number of worshippers, which is 95. Surely a place of worship will not be closed to so many g VERITAS."-1. Mr. Mackenzie voted for Mr. Spooner's mo tion on the Mavnooth question, by pairing in favour of it.- 2. A mail is made up for Sydney this day by the Marco Polo. 3. According to the declaration of the sapient Chancellor of the Exchequer, chicory may be sold mixed with ccffee if the mixture is labelled so. " D. B. ,, —We would willingly have obliged him, but we cannot depart from our rule of not publishing poetry which peared in a local newspaper. "A LOVER OF TRUTH ."—His letter has been postpone next week, owing to the pressure on our space. " Ern RA."—We have been unavoidably compelled to postpone the insertion of his third letter on familiar subjects. .d until tibetpooi :"-tatibatTif TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1853 THE JEW BILL IT would appeal. that every attempt of Lord JOHN RussuLL to thrust his Jew colleague into Parlia meat; is b ecom i ng l ess hopeful of success, as in his , ts t endeavour he only succeeded in the pre liminary step of getting the bill introduced by the small majority of 236 to 207. We are compelled to admit, that so long as Roman. fists, Socinians, and Infidels, are admitted into the House of Commons, there must be less contamina tion from the addition of a Jew to the list; but, at the same time, it must be remembered, that the measure now proposed is not only a virtual but an avowed repudiation of the Christian character of the Legislature. It is not necessary to utter a syllable against the social character and even the moral worth of the Jews, as such ; but they pride them selves on the denial of the Saviour of mankind, and would thereby be placed in an anomalous position, in being called upon to legislate for a country, the constitution of which is especially based upon its recognition of Christianity. No honest Jew could desire to be so placed, for he must either deny his own creed, or prove an enemy to the State ; and nothing has yet been shown to justify, or call for such an alteration. As for the argument of his being deprived of the rights of citizenship, it is pue4le, and altogether untenable. He claims no other country than the land from which he was banishes by a Higher Power, and considers himself everywhere else but an alien. His distinction as a Jew is not oda/ in religion but in family, owning no allegiance bir, temporarily during his sojourn ; and, by his own showing, has no claim whatever to the privilege which Lord JOHN RUSSELL is SO anxious to confer upon Nil% ROTHSCHILD, for con siderations with which we ac P not acquainted. Nor is his exclusion from Parliament a peculiar hard ship; for it belongs equally to the Clergy, to the Judges, to Government, contractors, to femtles, to aliens, however long their residence here, ant to all persons who do not possess an income of £3OO a-year ; so that in this respect the plea is d no value whatever. We do not believe that word JOHN RUSSELL was ever sincere in bringing for— ward this measure, and it is to be hoped that the smallness of the majority at its first stage is signfi,- cant of its ultimate defeat. THE SIX-MILE BRIDGE AFFAIR. THE conduct of the Irish ATTORNEY-GENERAL with reference to the affair at Six-mile-Bridge isl deserving of the severest reprehension, and we ares glad to see that it is to be brought before the atten tion of Parliament, who will not perform their manifest duty unless they institute a searching inquiry into his conduct on this occasion. There must certainly be little encouragement for British troops to do their duty, when the effect of their r es i stance to a seditious mob, led on by priestly firebra n d s, i s to subject them to a trial on the charge of wilful murder, promoted by the Law Officer of the Crown. In the case of the soldiers who protected the voters at Ennis, on their way to exercise their rights, and who were so violently assaultod that they were compelled to fire in self-defence, a coro ner's jury of Irishmen returned a verdict of wilful murder, which an English Court of Law would have instantly quashed. Not so, however, in Ire land, where they were not only subject to have the finding on the inquisition pressed to trial, but the ATTORNEY-GENERAL preferred bills of indictment for the same offence; and though, after a charge from the Judge, in which his bias towards the rioters was palpably evident, the Grand Jury had the courage and patriotism to ignore the bills yet the AT TORNEY-GENERAL persisted in having the men arraigned on the inquisition, and then took credit to hims e lf f or not preferring any evidence against them, lie was particular in pointing out that he had acted altogether on his own responsibility. But what must be the moral effect of such proceed ings on the part of the acknowledged representative of the governm ent ? It must be clear to the dullest of Irish comprehensions, that encouragement, is given, as far as can be dared to b rutal t v n i e o u le , n o c n e and i n timidation, practised under Romish influence and that even HER MAJESTY'S s o ldi ers, and a ;worn justice of the peace, are liable to b e •.1 the hazard of their lives, for performing their manifest duty, even when driven to the extremity o f acting in self-defence. Nor is this the whole of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S offence, for he has made the acquittal of the soldiers by the Grand Jury a pretext for withdrawing the prosecution of the Romish Priests, who were notoriously the instiga tors of the riot, and were criminally liable for the consequences. He has thereby betrayed the animus of the whole proceeding, and left no reason to doubt that in his hands the offences of Romanists are permitted to pass with impunity, while those whose duty is to preserve the peace have to suffer for their fidelity. It is sowing the wind, and for which one day they must reap the whirlwind, But, in the meantime, the country suffers, and the dis graceful scenes, through which alone the Romish Brigade were able to make such a show of parlia mentary strength, receive the virtual sanction of the ruling powers. It is well known that the Ministry have failed in their endeavours to buy more than the three Irish members to whom they gave places, and this extraordinary conduct, on the part of the Irish ATTORNEY-GENERAL, may be a bid for the votes of the remainder. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1853. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES. THE Bill introduced by the LORD CHANCELLOR, for the general registration of the title deeds of real property, was read a second time in the House of Lords on Thursday, after a lengthened and ani mated discussion. The object of this measure is to establish a general registration for the whole of England, on a plan almost similar to that which has prevailed some time in the Counties of - York and Middlesex, and which has also been practised in Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies. The Bill was opposed by Lord ST. LEONARD'S, 011 the grounds chiefly of its inefficiency and alleged great expense; but as Lord CAMPBELL, who entered warmly into its defence, asserted that all the ob jections to it might be obviated in Committee, it was allowed to pass the second reading. We are aware that the opinions of so able a lawyer as Lord ST. LEONARD'S, especially on the subject of real property, are entitled to great weight ; but, on the other hand, the difficulties attending the transfer of land, arising from the great expense in the investi gation of titles, are so formidable, that there is a natural anxiety to surmount them, if possible. It is one of the most serious imposts upon the landed property of this country that the costs of con veyance operate in many instances as a complete bar to its transfer, where the value is small; and though the proposed registration may not operate to render a defective title good, it will have that effect in course of time, by securing existing titles from accumulation of defects. By the registration of every future transfer, the process will be con siderably simplified ; and though there are neces sarily defects in every system of human institution, if the proposed registration does but help to remove some of them, it will be an improvement on the present system. The opposition of the late LORD CHANCELLOR was backed by a petition from the Committee of the Provincial Law Association,—a course by no means to be wondered at, if the effect of the measure will be to diminish the cost of con- The public have here, however, an antagonist interest, and it is to be hopel that the Bill will receive such modifications in Committee as will remove most of the serious objections which have been raised to its passing. veyances THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. THE meagre list of paltry measures which has been made to serve as the programme of Ministerial policy has had the effect which we anticipated, and the time of the Commons of England is nightly wasted in profitless and wordy discussions on the crotchets of obscure members. This was the case on Tuesday, when Mr. COLLIER, a barrister of humble reputation, and of no pretensions to occupy the place of a Legislator, indulged in a long harangue on a subject on which he had no expe rience; and, having retailed all the popular errors in that direction, moved for a Select Committee to pave the way for the abolition of the Ecclesiastical Courts. The Crown lawyers—of whom the SOLI TOR•GENERAL, at least, has some pretensions to legal experience—had not the moral courage to de nounce the motion as a mere vulgar clap-trap, but urged its withdrawal upon an indefinite promise to do something at some future time; and it was left to Dr. PHILLIMORE—tO whom an Election Com mittee had just given a seat for Tavistock—to ex pose the worthlessness of the attack. We do not express any opinion as to the merits of the Courts of Ecclesiastical Judicature, nor the necessity of their reform, which may be much needed, but whatever may be their present state, and however strong the necessity for their reform, it can only be effected by such able hands as have already im proved the Courts of Chancery and the Criminal Courts. To entrust so important a work to a tenth-rate junior barrister, whose only experience has been gained in Assize Courts and Petty Ses sions, would be to make the remedy worse than the disetse, and to throw discredit on that gradual amelioration of judicial proceedings which has been so prudently commenced, and so successfully per severed in. Fortunately for the cause of justice, the motion was a failure, and we may therefore anti cipate that in due time the abuses complained of will receive proper attention from those whose posi tion and experience qualify them for the important task. The curse of modern legislation is that system of tinkering which is the distinguishing characteristic of Liberalism, and every discourage ment should be given to its continuance. It was the resort of a weak Administration, which, having no principle nor unity of design, made every impor tant measure an open question, and, however it may suit the views of the Coalition Cabinet to pursue the same unworthy course, it is the duty of the Conservative Opposition to interpose a firm resistance. THE NEW EPISCOPAL APPOINTMENT. STATE OE THE CHURCH. THE nomination of the Rev. JOHN JACKSON, Rector of St. James's, Westminster, to the Bishop- ic of Lincoln, rendered vacant by the death of Dr lAYE, appears to have given general satisfaction The selection of Mr. JACKSON is the more gratify kg, as his clerical life has been devoted to the pestoral duties of an important and populous metro poltan parish, and he is favourably known to the puKic by the publication of several sermons of a purely practical character, altogether free from con troversial discussion, or that dogmatic assertion on disputed points which has tended to make parties in the Church. We are not aware to which member of the Cabinet is owing the selection, but it is far more creditable and likely to prove beneficial to the true interests of the Church than the conduct pur sued by Lord JOHN RUSSELL when Dr. HAISsI , . DEN was tyrannically thrust into a Bishopric, despite the protests of those who gravely objected to his orthodoxy. We do not assert for an instant that there was any ground for the objections which were raised; bat considering the nature of them, the formal manner in which they were put, and the position of those who made them, they were at the least entitled to enquiry and refutation. Whereas the conduct of the PREMIER on that occasion was the assertion of the right on his part to appoint to so responsible an office without the slightest re ference to the qualification of the individual selected. It was a bad precedent; and for the alditional reason that his nominee was believed to entertain extreme views on theological questions—a quality by no means desirable in a Bishop ; the more so, as it is well known that extreme views in any direction tend to destroy that peace and unity which it should be the anxious endeavour of every member of the Church to maintain in its fullest efficiency. In the present exercise of episcopal patronage the Ministry appear to have steered clear of this error ; Chur c h a a long as the new Prelate is known only as the zealous promoter of every good work, and the faithful head of th a t p or ti o n of the Christian entrusted to his superintendence, his a ppointment will be considered a set-off to the many short- e ml: res ine lignists o p f art th o a f t th C e a i b r in d e u t ty % . vho have so well performed t • with reference positiontot appears to be divided h e twoof great the parties Church in nf which England, sh e sveieriwouhseraapsprtehheenwsiitoiss'has naturally excited much in the minds of those who and keeper of Holy Writ, and the especial instrument of the evangelisation of mankind. It is a subject on which we feel loath to comment in the columns of a newspaper ; but in recent times it has been brought so prominently under public discussion, as literally to force itself upon our attention. We cannot conceal from ourselye§ the lamentable fact that, while the Church in her formularies and her articles lays down a simple rule of faith, based upon the Holy Scrip tures and the practice of the primitive church, there are zealous clergymen, of undoubted ability and unsuspected integrity, who take opposite views on what some would consider minor points ; and in the exuberance of their zeal make little or no allowance for the opinions of others. It will be found that in many of these controversies much of the difference arises from giving a varied interpre tation to the same word, which, if understood by both parties in the same sense, would render both of one mind. It is, we are sure, the anxious desire of many that the Church should be at unity within herself ; and this is a consummation the more devoutly to be wished, as she will require all her strength to combat her enemies from without. She has Romanism on the one hand, with all the insidious arts of superstition fostered by gaudy ceremonial; and on the other hand, she has the monster of Infidelity and the varied phases of lati tudinarian heresy. With her own simple rule of faith, the Holy Scriptures for her guide, and her services, magnificent in their beauty and simplicity, she requires but the union of all her members to realise the promise of her being founded on a rock. She has but to be true to herself to withstand the shock of a world in arms against her ; and we have hazarded these few remarks in the hope that the appointment to the see of Lincoln is an earnest of better times ; that those who have hitherto avowed extreme opinions, wil!, in Christian charity, accord something to the convictions of those who may have conscientiously differed from them ; and that all will cordially unite in furtherance of the one great object which has hitherto made the Reformed Church the pride and the blessing of Christian England. • CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of guod faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. LONG SERMONS. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—How does your correspondent " Ephra" get over the notorious fact, that (with very few exceptions on either side) the long preachers in this town have large congregations, and the short preachers comparatively small ones ? This may be no proof that sermons ought to be long; but it seems to mili ate rather strongly against the notion which " Ephra" enter a ins, of long sermons being generally disliked.—l am, Sir, A CONSTANT READER. THE LIVERPOOL ELECTION PETITION. DURING the last few days some little excitement has been created, owing to a number of individuals in the town having been served with Speaker's warrants to give evidence before a committee as to certain alleged illegal practices at the last election for this borough. The cir cumstance has been eagerly seized hold of by our Radical contemporaries, with a kind of " Didn't I tell you so" air. Nevertheless, we shall adhere to our former opinion, until there is something more definite, as Liverpool is not among the places for which committees are provided, though several have been appointed for more than a month beforehand. To charge a man with bribery who had above 1,200 votes to spare, is something new in electioneering matters ; but in the present temper of election committees there is no telling what testimony they may choose toadmit as proof. In the meantime, it is shrewdly suspected that the affair of the Speaker's warrants is intended more by way of inducing a compromise than with any serious intention of prosecuting the petition. In either case it must be a failure ; and we caution our Conservative friends against giving any credence to the reports so industriously circulated. FREE ON BOARD. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stu, —For the edification and information of those who, like Mr. Bigham, do not quite understand this term in mercantile affairs, and may some day be misled, I have ventured to ad dress you respecting it. being in the habit of constantly buying and selling goods for export, with the stipulation f.o.b. The seller pays all charges, including the dues, and the buyer has nothing to pay but the amount of the invoice. Where the dues are to be at the charge of the buyer, but the goods to be delivered at the vessel, the customary term is free alongside. Mr. Thomson was, therefore, quite right, as the customs' entry ought to have been passed by the seller or the broker, as they agreed. —I am, Sir, yours, respectfully, A BROKER. LONG SERMONS. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sia,—l was very glad to see a letter on the above subject in your last. It is very extraordinary that complaints of the kind have not reached you before, seeing that they are everywhere heard amongst the laity. Most of us enjoy the confessions, the prayers, the praises, and the thanksgivings, in all their variety, of our sublime ser sei vices—in themselves not unreasonably nor wearisomely long, but that there should be added a discourse varying from three-quarters of an hour to an hour long, and occasionally even longer than this, is a cause of universal dissatisfaction. The long confinement engenders in the minds of children a hatred to church, from the restraint imposed upon them to their great discomfort (from which it is impossible they can receive any benefit)—and drives many of mature age away from church altogether. You will no doubt have seen Mr. Caine's statistical statement of attendance at our several places of worship, and lamented over the comparatively small number, even of churchmen, who attend church. This state ment I do not believe to be correct, nor nearly so, but still there is some truth in it. lam persuaded that the chief cause of this scanty attendance is the long sermons which custom obliges those who attend to worship to remain to hear. Of my own knowledge, there are many young persons—not influenced by religion—who will not go to church on account of the extreme length of the sermons, and who might—if more judgment had been displayed in this matter—have been made zealous labourers in the vineyard. John Wesley recommended his preachers to " let their discourses on ordinary occasions not exceed 20 minutes, and in no instance the half hour." He knew human nature. Added to what we may call the religious part of the question, there is the physical part. It is impossi ble to conceive the vast amount of injury done by the atmos phere of the badly-ventilated churches of all large towns and their suburbs. People sit there for hours inhaling poison— in haling, in fact, each other's exhalations.' To have a window or a ventilator open during the six months of the twelve never enters their head ; yet the symptoms that they are receiving injury is eviJent to any person at all acquainted with the phy sical phases of the human frame. A sense of lassitude—of weari ness, of oppression at the chest is apparent, which is followed (es pecially in ladies and young persons) by a relaxed state of the system, laying them open to bronchitis and every febrile ailment that may be endemic in the neighbourhood. Ido believe, Sir, that thousands are carried off yearly by the injury received from the poisonous atmosphere of our churches, which is injurious in proportion to the length of the time of confinement in it. I would, therefore, most earnestly commend these things to the consideration of our clergy. We do not seek any shorten ingneceosfsiotuyrobf e h a a u y t i i n fu g l t s o er s v it ic n e e s a , r b l u y t o w n e e dhoouarskatfotebretrheelieevnedjoyomf enjoyment of these services has well nigh exhausted the energies of our frame, and especially in such an atmosphere as defective or no ventilation leaves our churches filled with during the colder months of the year. I am, Sir, yours, &c., AN EARNEST CHURCHMAN. THE ROSCOE CENTENARY. On the near approach of the popular ovation to the memory of our greatest townsman, the most ardent anticipations of success are indulged. All the tickets for the breakfast at the Philharmonic-hall bad been se cured yesterday. It is confidently expected that Sir Ed ward Bulwer Lytton will honour the occasion with his presence. The Earl of Sefton and the Lord Bishop of Chester will be present. An anthem, composed by Roscoe himself, has been discovered, and this will be performed, On the company assembling, by Mr. Sudlow and a staff of musicians. After breakfast the proceedings will open by an address from Lord Sefton ; and then an address will be delivered by one of the literati present, in reference to the literary labours of Roscoo, his personal qualities, and distinguished philanthropy. A. sentiment will be given, to which a member of Mr. Roscoe's family will respond. Other addresses will succeed, and the company will break up shortly after one o'clock. The opening of the Free Public Museum in Slater street will be an event of great interest. No more com plete collection exists in Europe than the one to which we are indebted to the Earl of Derby. In the centre of the largest of the four apartments, we may remark, is the model of Liverpool, which was exhibited at the Crystal Palace. The Museum opened, there will be a gathering of the old friends of Roscoe, esteemed and venerable gentlemen, w ho had the pleasure of his acquaintance, at the Royal Institution, and they will be joined by the members of the various learned societies, when Mr. J. B. Yates, on behalf of Mr. Sandbach, the president of the institution, will deliver an address. The soiree given by the Mayor this evening will, it is expected, be a brilliant affair. More than 1,000 guests have been invited. His worship was, of course, unable to ex t e nd his hospitality on this occasion to all! who think they have a right to his consideration. One of the Mayor's angry correspondents, when told by his worship that the rooms would only hold a certain number, replied with terrible facetiousness that they would hold twice the num ber, if he would only invite thinner people ! The follow ing will be the order of the arrangements at the soiree : NINE O'CLOCK The reception, promenade, and examination of the specimens of art and science in the drawing-rooms and small ballroom. Tea, coffee, and ices in the,centre room. HALF-PAST NINE O'CLOCK. Music, by a few members of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, who have kindly volunteered their assistance, under the direction of NV. Sudlow, Esq. PART I. MADRIGAL.... " Who shall win my lady fair." Purcell. Miss Stott, Miss Sharpe, Messrs. Hand, Haswell, Graham, _H. Sudlow, Lloyd, and Armstrong, FOUR-PART SONO " I know a maiden." Messrs. Hand, Haswell, Graham, H. Sudlow, Lloyd, and Armstrong. "The Skylark." Miss *tat Ilatton SoLo—Piano-forte.. Selection from the " Leider ohne Worte." Mr. Toms. [3lendelesokn. TEN O'CLOCK. Promenade, and examination of the specimen and microscope tables, at which the following gentiemen will attend to give information — Illustrated Books.. Mr. Picton and Mr. Fernihough. Miscellaneous Zoology and Botany.. Dr. Dickenson and Mr. T. C. Archer. Local Antiquities.. Dr. Hume and Mr. Mayer. . . Rare Manuscripts and Books of Art.. JosephßrookiYates, Esq Original Letters of Roscoe, and Articles of Vert, .. Mr. Boardman, (whose property they are.) Architectural and Mechinical Models, 'and kereciscopes.. Mr. H. P. Homer and Mr. Newlands. Microscopes.. Drs. Inman and J. B. Edwards, and Messrs, Byerly and Cauty. HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK. MUSIC-PART 11. MADRIGAL " O'er desert plains" Waelrent Miss Stott, Miss Sharpe, Messrs. Hand, H. Sudlow, Graham, Haswell, Lloyd, and Armstrong. SoLo—Violin . . "Tremolo". Mr. Thomas, De Beriot, FOUR-PART SONO .. "The Nightingale" Mendelssohn, Miss Stott, Miss Sharpe, Messrs. H. Sudlow and Armstrong. SONG "Oh, listen, dearest lady" Balfe. Mr, Armstrong. GLEE "The Squirrel" (words bj , Roscoe).. Sir G. Smart Messrs Hand, Graham, H. Sudlow, and Armstrong Mr. Toms will preside at the Piano-forte. At Eleven o'clock the Refreshment-room will be opened, It is understood that the gentleman appointed to deliver the leading address will read it, in compliance with the wishes of the principal members of the committee. They think that in that way it will be more formal and official than any speech could be, however eloquently composed and rhetorically uttered. To commemorate the occasion, a beautiful bronze bust of Roscoe, said to be faithful by those best able to judge, has been published by Mr. Flower, of Bold-street. A Collection of Roscoe's Poems, a sketch of his birth-place, his well-known poem of " The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast," and a medal, bearing an excellent likeness of the historian, have also been issued. Mr. Harold Herdman, son of Mr. W. G. Herdman, artist, of this town, has prepared models, it is said, of the birth. place, residence, and the place where our celebrated townsman, Roscoe, died. by the order of the Mayor, to be exhibited at the soiree. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA has appointed Joseph Boyce, Esq., J.P., his consul for Dublin. SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Sunday, Ebenezer Powell, tailor, residing in Botanic-terrace, took suddenly ill, and expired in a few moments.—John Carmichael, clothier, died suddenly, of apoplexy, at his house, No. 4, Great Crosshall-street, yesterday morning about three o'clock. BOY BURNED TO DEATH.—John Clifton, a boy four years of age, residing with his parents at No. 11, Aston street, Park, died on Saturday, from the effect of some burns which he accidentally received a few days before. The poor little fellow had endured great agony ere death closed his sufferings. CHILD FOUND IN A CIGAR BOX.—About 11 o'clock on the forenoon of Sunday last, the attention of the police-constable on duty in that neighbourhood VMS drawn to the burial ground of St. Patrick's Chapel, Tox teth Park, where a boy named William Kane had acci dently discovered the body of a child in a cigar box. It was immediately conveyed to the dead house, and an in quest will, we believe, be held to-day. The child 18 Sup pond; from eppearanceh to have been etill•born. OLD ENGLISH SONG AND STORY. Many thanks are due to those gentlemen under whom the course of Friday evening lectures at the Collegiate Institution are arranged, for the opportunity they have afforded the public of learning much that is valuable and interesting on the home subject of Old England's songs and stories ; for the two are inseparably linked to gether in our native literature. Where the rising gene ration compose a large portion of the audience, it is espe cially necessary that themes so essentially national should meet with due attention ; if we desire to preserve in our land that generous patriotism which has stamped its im press on the English mind, and the extinction of which, if ever accomplished by the cold-blooded utilitarians who have sprung up in our day, must bring sadness and sorrow in its train. On Friday evening last, Mr. George Barker, of London, a composer of some note, delivered the first of two lec tures, at the Collegiate Institution, on " Our British School of Song." In a pleasant exordium, he descanted on the pleasures and advantages of music. As a healthy exercise, of which the most eminent medical men had ex pressed their enthusiastic approval ; as an agreeable mode of, at once, keeping the respiratory organs in order, and providing a fertile source of amusement ; and as an enno bler of man, in all his relations,—to God, and his fellow creatures. The lecturer enforced its practice and cultivation as a necessity. The music of the coun try, he felt assured, gave a vivid and generally correct reflection of the people. Thus, in Italian music there was a warmth and earnestness which we sought for in vain among the profound, but less passionate Germans; Spain, in her romances, still retained her attachment to fashion and beauty ; while England, in the simplicity of her ballads and songs—and in her rich glees and madrigals—presents a faithful type of her frank and free-hearted people. Less fitted for moving masses of people than the French or German, the songs of England were more appropriate to the drawing-room and the study. That music was worthy of study, was evident from the fact that Frederick the Great, one of the greatest statesmen, had composed one hundred and thirteen pieces ; that Henry the Fourth, the first Pro testant King of France, was devoted to music; that Luther ranked music next to the highest purpose of life ; and that Alfred the Great excelled in music as well as in knowledge, having founded the chair at Oxford now so worthily held by Sir Henry Bishop, the distinguished composer. Mr. Barker closed his exordium with quota tions from Addison and Shakspere, and then proceeded to illustrate at length his brief and pithy observations in a series of songs, embracing " The Dream," " The Emigrant," and a quaint ditty from one of the most fanciful poets who flourished in the brilliant age of the Vestal Queen. As for one of the songs included in the first part, " Stars ! stars ! beautiful stars," the com position appeared to us puerile and inappropriate. Indeed, though well executed, it bore a marked resemblance to the cry of a buy-a-broom girl, or some such classic melody borrowed from the streets. There is a lofty solemnity in those denizens of the great "Roof of the world," which both poet and composer have evidently never felt. Worthier of the theme are the lines of a local bard, unfortunately little known : Glory fountains, ever flowing!— Chalices of gorgeous light ! Crystal glebes, with morning glowing, Glittering round the dome of night ! Flames celestial I—fires eternal!— Blazing opals of the skies ! Flashing in the spheres supernal, Lighted by your burning eyes. Orbs the future years inurning— Stalactites of Space's cave— Lamps around the Eternal burning. Warming worlds without a grave! Myriad colour'd systems !—brightening Heights whereto thought cannot rise, Plumbing with your pauseless lightning Depths where even distance dies! The second part of Mr. Barker's " Evening" consisted of a glowing description of the scenes and character of Sher wood Forest. Hundreds had passed along the highway which led through that forest without dreaming for a moment of the charmed world which lay at such a little distance from them—with all its wealth of scenic beauty and endearing association. Sherwood, in his opinion, was worth travelling a hundred miles to see, and when once seen could never be forgotten. He alluded, en passant, to its connexion with the bards of modern as well as ancient days, recognising in it the birthplace and home of such sweet singers as the Howitts, Hall, Bailey the author of " Festus," and many more whose names will live endeared to time. He then, in a succession of songs, neatly interwoven with anecdote and commentary, brought out in bold relief the various noted actors who, once on a time, created no ordinary sensation on the stage of Sherwood Forest, including, of course, Robin Hood, Little John, and Friar Tuck. He expressed his adhe rence to the idea that the bold outlaw was a " yeoman." according to the expression of the old poem, and not the Earl of Huntingdon, as was now so commonly believed. Several encores were given in the course of the evening, and to the bill of fare Mr. Barker kindly added a really ex cellent song, borrowed almost literally from the lips of Topsy, the quaint little heathen introduced to public notice by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. The audience separated at the conclusion of this clever little melody, which we do not hesitate to pronounce one of Mr. Barker's happiest hits, evidently well pleased with the truly English entertainment. THE RECENT GALES.-FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE In the Standard of last week, we gave an account of the disastrous loss of the barque Irene, on Saturday night, opposite the Coburg-dock, when ten persons out of the twenty one on board were drowned. The bodies of Richard Whitburn and William Reece, seamen belonging to the Irene, were found on Sunday morning, and the in quest was opened on Tuesday last, before P. F. Curry, Esq., the borough coroner. In consequence of rumours being afloat tending to implicate the crew of the steam tug Uncle Sam (which had the Irene in tow) for not rendering efficient assistance to the persons who clung to the wreck, a special jury was summoned. Mr. Watkins, the owner of the Uncle Sam, attended to watch the case on behalf of the crew of that vessel, who had gone to sea on Monday morning. The witnesses called were Hugh Reed, master mariner; Griffiths Hughes, the pilot in charge of the Irene ; William Madren, carpenter ; W. Jones, second mate ; and Jas. Williams, one of the crew. These witnesses deposed that the Uncle Sam made some efforts to get near the Irene after she struck, and she also sent a small boat towards them ; but they conceived that the ex ertions of the crew of the steamer were not well directed, and that they were much to blame for their negligence. Mr. Reed particularly stated that there would have been no danger of the steamer running under the stern of the Irene, and thereby saving all hands. The inquest was adjourned until Thursday. when Sir George Stephen appeared to conduct the case for the parties alleged to have been culpable in the matter. The following wit nesses were called—Captain Melville, of the Uncle Sam ; John Newton, the captain of the steamer Queen ; and one of the persons rescued from the wreck by the boat of the Powerful ; John Lancaster Dowd, the mate of the steamer Queen ; Charles Melville, engineer of the Uncle Sam ; and William Shore and Thomas Kelly, seamen on board the Uncle Sam. These witnesses testified that every possible exertion had been rendered by the Uncle Sam and the Queen after the accident took place. Capt. Newton, who had gone on board the Irene immediately previous to her upsetting, was very explicit. The captain of the Uncle Sam, he said, had done everything in his power, under the circumstances, to approach the wreck, and save those that were clinging to it. The case was adjourned to yesterday (Monday). The adjourned inquest was resumed yesterday morning, at half-past 11 o'clock. Mark Melville, the master of the Uncle Sam, was the first witness called. He deposed that there was a necessity to break the hawser connecting the vessel with the tug, and he gave orders to break it. They were at the extreme length of the hawser, and the reason of necessity was, that he saw there was great dan ger when the vessel was going down. It would have caused a great deal of damage, supposing that they bad not cast off the hawser. He did not think it cord have been used as a means of saving the crew. They enild not with safety to their own ship have increased their power. Robert Anderson, assistant-engineer of the Uncle Sam, recapitulated the evidence of previous witnesses, corrobo rating the statement that a line was thrown by William Shaw, a sailor on board the tug. By a jury man.—He did not see the line leave his hand, but took it for granted that he did so. Everything was done, he affirmed, by the crew of the Uncle Sam to save the lives of the people on the wreck that could have deposed e done.—William Baldock, mate on board the tug , " to the strain on the hawser having been such that s necessary to cast it off, as they were placedi n greatdan ger.i They did their utmost towsaiviciatathe cre w sva o r f d t s l , ie cs l p re ta n i e n , anitthey could do no more of the Powerful, steam-tug, dep the windward of the wreck , he or osed t de! hat when he came to lowered. He ordered thre e bo y s into but believed d four went. They were the means of rescuing the survivors from the wreck. It m i g ht be attended with ri sk ; but, hearing the peo ple scream, they did not hesitate to make tmhieghatttehmaype s l ac kened a littleduring the previous two h Ours. After they had got the survivors on board they perceived the Uncle Sam. She might have been alongside of them, an d they not see her ; because their attenti on was exclu sively occupiedwd th rescu with rescued e rescuing the dro wn i ng peop l e. Wh en survivors, and had time to look t ey round, they saw the Uncle Sam. He heard no hail from on board the Uncle Sam pre • musty to their saving the people. She might have made a hail, without those on board the Powerful perceiving it. The coroner inquired the names of the four men with which witness, however, said he was unacquainted. The coronet intimated that be willed to be futniPhed EXTRAORDINARY TEST OF ANCHORS. THERE are few inventions of more importance to our marine greatness than that of an Anchor of perfect construction, both in form and material ; and it is therefore the more gratifying to notice the many recent improvements in this implement, and the praiseworthy regard for the safety of our mercantile marine, as shown by the Admiralty in the severe tests to which the diffe rent anchors submitted to competition were exposed. We gave last week the final result of the Admiralty trials, by which it appeared that the palm was awarded to the anchor known as TROTMAN'S, which are manufactured by Messrs. H. WOOD and Co., of Liverpool, and of the Dee Ironworks, Chester. It will be remembered that a gene ral trial of the anchors of all nations took place last year, and at that time it wasprovedthatTnoTm AN'simprovement of PORTER'S patent anchor, as manufactured by Messrs. Woon,was fully forty percent.superior, in the most valuable qualities, to the Admiralty and other anchors which were tested at these trials. The tremendous hurricane which swept over the Mersey on Saturday, the 26th ult., afforded, however, an unexpected but at the same time most valuable additional testimony to the superiority of these anchors. The trial was no longer the steady artificia strain to which the Admiralty had subjected the various anchors, but the rude blast of the hurricane and the heavy swell of the mighty waves which had to be with stood. The anchor was put to its real use ; it was tested by the bona fide process to guard against which it was designed; and the real advantage was apparent when the storm had done its work, and left many a wreck to tell the tale of its fury and the danger of inefficient anchors. One of the most striking illustrations was afforded by the Constitution, of New York. a ship of 1,600 tons, which, with anchors and cables of Woon's manufacture, safely rode out the gale under the most trying circumstances. In offering a testimonial to the great merit of the anchor, which had done him such good service, Captain JOHN BRITTON says, in a letter to Messrs. HENRY WOOD and Co..— _ _ _ " My ship the Constitution, of New York, 1,600 tons register, with cables and anchors of your make, safely rode out in the Mersey the great gale of Saturday last (Feb. 26th). " A perfect hurricame blowing at the time, with the tide running ten knots an hour, two ships—the Atlas, of Baltimore, 850 tons, and the Anna Rich, of Beston, 750 tons register—were driven from their anchorage, broad side upon the Constitution ; and the three ships being so locked together for about half an hour, your cables and anchors were thus submitted to an enormous strain, which, 1 am happy to say, they perfectly resisted. " It affords me pleasure to certify this circumstance as a testimony due to the superior quality of your manu facture." One of the most trying tests of the capabilities of an anchor is the sudden strain when checking a vessel just launched, and in this respect the following letter will prove amply satisfactory.:-- " Liverpool, 7th March, 1853. "Messrs. Henry Wood:and Co. "Gentlemen, —At the launch lately of the Maha Runee, upwards of 1100 tons register, built by Messrs. Piele, Scott, and Co., of Workington, we had a capital opportunity of testing the properties of Trotman's Patent Anchors, and are so highly pleased with the result that we beg to return our thanks to you for having induced us to take these patent anchors in preference to common. They thoroughly:checked the course of the ship, and were found more deeply imbedded in the ground than when first placed. Hitherto, in launching vessels there with common anchors, the latter invariably jumped out of the ground, at imminent risk of damage to the ship. "Your cables also we are highly pleased with, as they sustained, without breaking, the enormous strain of check ing the vessel. " We remain, Gentlemen, yours most respectfully, (Signed) " BUSHDY and EDWARDS, owners. " P.S.—The patent anchors are about thirty per cent. lighter than the weights required by Lloyd's for common anchors." Another striking illustration of the advantage of these anchors was affirded in the instance of the large American packet-ship New World, which at the time of the hurri cane had only one anchor down, and that one TROTMAN'S patent, supplied by Mes3rs. WOOD and Co., but fully 20 cwt. lighter than a common anchor would have been re quired by LLOYD'S regulations. Yet she rode out the storm in perfect safety, while many a goodly ship, which had not such anchors to rely upon, were driven ashore, and met with other casualties. It is almost impossible to over-estimate the importance of an invention the efficacy of which has been established by such signal proofs. It has not only stood the severest tests when thrown open to unrestricted .competition with the best anchors by other makers, but in the gale to which we have referred it was the means of saving much valuable property at a time when other vessels not so well armed were suffering by the fury of the blast. All that was wanted by the shipping interest was an anchor, the properties of which had been well tried and proved, and as this result has now been afforded in the case of Tnor- MAN'S patent, shipowners will be culpable who do not avail themselves of the advantage thus afforded, and we shall hear less frequently of ships driving from their an chorage. There can be no doubt that the Admiralty will avail themselves of this valuable invention, and it has even been suggested that underwriters should insist on their being taken to sea before admitting a ship to be fully seaworthy. AFFECTING STORY OF A FEMALE EMI GRANT AT BIRKENHEAD. A few days ago, a poor woman, named Elizabeth Smith, with her child, arrived from London at Birkenhead, en route to the Antipodes, whither she was going to join her husband. It appeared that her husband was transported to Western Australia four yea rs a g o, an d through his good conduct and attentio n he had recentl y obtained a ticket of leave, and the g overnment immedia tely con sented to his sending for h is wife, offerin g to pay half her passage money. A few days ago she received orders from government to proceed to Birkenhead to embark, but being unprovided with necessaries, she applied to Mr. Day, the vestry• clerk of St. George's, Lon don, who forthwith waited with her upon Mr. A'Beckett, at the Southwark Police-office, having ascertained that the parish authorities could not assist her. The amiable police mag istrate, Mr. A'Beck e tt, a ft er t h oroug hly investigating her case, handed ove r su ffi c i ent money to purchase the necessaries from the poor-boa, which enabled the poor , deserving woman to j oi n her hus band in a foreign land ;.but still there remained something to pay her fare to Birkenhead, which was soon subscribed for. On Saturday week the poor woman, accompanied by Mr. Day, waited upon Mr. A'Beckett to thank him for his kindness, and informed his worship that, through the liberality afforded by the poo r-box, she ha d been supplied the subscriptions with clothing and every n ecessar y for herself and child , and that she was to leave London on Sunda y . This the gcraeseetisgooonde whichamon is gm e a ff n e y e o te t d he h rs y which gives proof of which are forwarded by a generous public to the poor boxes of police courts for distribution at the discretion of the magistrates. Only a few weeks ago a gentleman sent £5O, and others smaller sums to enable a widow named Escott to proceed with her seven children to Australia; her three eldest being ent ire ly provided for by Mr. Sidney Herbert's Female Emigration Society, but the mother and young ones were n ot eligible. All the money, how ever, has been absorbed by paying the high rate of passage ; therefore, although the . public have been very liberal to thew, there is not sufficient to pay for thew nal, with the names of the brave fellows, and he should happy to see them. Witness did not' see anything at all to prevent them saving the people. Any of the ordinary tug-boats could have done the same that the Powerful did. All that was necessary to be done was to get to the windward of her, and drop a boat down. Supposing that he had lost his boat, he must have run the risk of killing them or saving them by running the tug between the masts. Supposing that he had been in tow of the vessel, it would have depended upon circumstances whether he might con sider it dangerous, and necessary to cut the hawser. With a strong tide running, it might have been attended with great damage, sweeping away the funnel, &c., and of course when her funnel went she would be disabled. The steamer might have eased the hawser a little, but it ern - Fipally depended upon the position she was in.—By a juror : He thought the nearer the ship the stronger the tide would be. Could he have known the position of the vessel when he first heard the screams, he should have been on the spot five minutes sooner, and might probably have saved four or five more lives than he was enabled to do. —By Sir George Stephen : As long as he had a line at tached to the boat, he thought it was safe enough for three.—Beeiemin Felkin, watchman on the Coburg pier head, who was on duty at the time of the wreck, said he heard a voice in the ship sing out that they were too near the shore : at the same time a man on the steamer made answer that there was plenty of water. A man the n cried from the ship that they were getting aground, and the man from the steamer replied that they were " making a terrible noise for nothing." His attention was called away for a little, and when he came back to the pierhead, he could neither see the steamer nor the ship. —Another watchman on the pierhead was next called, and also a dockgate-keeper, the latter of whom proved that the Uncle Sam had entered the dock for a boat, but could not find one; that he and the other two gatemen, with her captain, at once manned a boat, and proceeded to the wreck, but too late to save any of the un fortunate crew. They were detained at least a quarter of an hour in the basin, looking for the " thouls," which were not at hand. The pier-head master proved that, in consequence of the north-west gale, the tide was at least six or seven feet above the proper height. The sound ings did not vary much, except when a strong north-west gale carried the bank further southward. The Irene was the third or fourth vessel which had capsized upon the bank. Captain Murphy, formerly captain of the Liverpool life-boat, for a period of eleven years, was called on behalf of the crew of the Uncle Sam. Captain Cook, superintendent of the pilots, was likewise called, and gave some evidence as to the nature of the bank on which the Irene struck. The jury, after consulting for a quarter of an hour, found a verdict to the following effect :---" That the Irene went accidentally on the bank, by means of which the two deceased persons lost their lives ; and the jury made the presentment that very much more assistance might have been rendered by the Uncle Sam and the Queen steam-tugs than was done to save the lives of those on board the Irene." The Irene belonged to Messrs. Ironsides and Co., of Liverpool, and was bound to Valparaiso, with a cargo of coals, when compelled to return by the severe N.N.W. gale of the Wednesday previous. During the storm of Saturday she lost her best anchor and chain cables, and the pilot got the assistance of a steamer to prevent the vessel driving ashore. A reward of £lO has been offered by her owners .for the recovery of the body of Captain , M`Donald. CHESHIRE AND WALES. H. L. THOMAS, ESQ., has been appointed deputy lieutenant for the county of Flint. EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS are being made in the gene ral railway-station at Chester. A STIPENDIARY Cardiff at £6OO per annum MAGISTRATE IS to be appellate ON SUNDAY week, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese delivered a sermon to the Royal Cheshire Militia, in St. Peter's Church, Chester. HOWELL MORRIS, a fine young man, a native of Anglesea, was accidentally drowned a few days ago at Holyhead Breakwater, where he was employed " staging." A BRANCH OF THE LIVERPOOL TEMPERANCE LEAGUE held a meeting at the school-room, Limekiln lane, Tranmere, on Monday evening week. WORRALL. a plate-layer on the Chester and Mold Railway, while attempting to skip from one wagon to another in a moving train, on Monday last, fell on to the line and was killed on the spot. THE LARGE LAMP AT WOODSIDE FERRY, the prolific source of bickering among the Birkenhead Commis sioners, bas been removed, in consequence of Mr. Gough having refused to reinstate it in the same condition in which it was previous to the mutilation. THE GALE OF SATURDAY WEEK has led to a percep tion of the necessity there exists for an efficient life-boat, at the rising harbour of Mostyn. The coast is dangerous, and wrecks frequent. The Vicar of Whitford, the Rev. Richard Briscoe, makes an appeal, in favour of this object, in the Chester Courant. CHESTER AND HOLY HEAD RAlLWAY. —Traffic for the week ended 27th Feb. 1833 :—Railway : Passengers, parcels, &c., £1,802 3s. 2d. ; goods : £1,044 13s. Bd. Steamboats : Passengers, parcels, &c., £lB9 17s. 9d. ; total, £3,03G 14s. 7d. Increase as compared with the cor responding week last year, £486 13s. sd. ANTI- ROMANISM.—On Tuesday a lecture was deli vered in the Music-hall, Leeds, by the Rev. Dr. Blakenev, of Christ's Church, Claughton, ou " The novelty and erroneousness of Popery," before an auditory as large as the room would accommodate. The lecturer was received with loud and long-continued cheers, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Rev. Dr. Blake ney, for his forcible yet temperate lecture. A SHOCKING CASE OF MENTAL ABERRATION has re cently developed itself in Mr. Mann, cashier at the works of the British Iron Company, Acrefair. O❑ Friday morn ing week he attempted to commit suicide, by waiting on the line of railway for a train to run over him. The same day he attempted to kill both himself and Mr. Wood, the manager, by applying a fusee to two canisters of gun powder. Theunfortunate man was the only person injured. MR. ALFRED PARRY, of Bryn Caesar, was the means of saving the lives of three seamen in the storm of Satur day week at Whitford. None of the seafaring people would go with him in the ordinary boats, from lack of courage. Thereupon, alone, and on horseback, he made his way over the quicksands and into the boisterous waves where the forlorn and fatigued sailors were clinging to the top of their mast. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly meeting, on Tuesday, Mr. J. H. Greene in the chair, the minutes of the ferry committee stated that an anonymous letter, bearing the Manchester post-mark, had been received with 2d. enclosed, on account of the writer hav ing passed through the ferry fifteen years ago without paying.—Ferry receipts for the month ending February, 1852, £1,294 95. 103. ; 1553, £1,254 4s. 2d. Receipts from the 24th April to the end of February, 1852, £18,086 7s. 2d. ' • 1853, £18,391 2s. 10d. Total expendi ture from the 24th April, 1852, to the present time, including rent, &c., £16,938 9s. 3d. THE REPORT OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY, passed unanimously at a large meeting in London last week, shows the decision of the shareholdcrs to make their land yield a revenue by letting it off for the purposes of trade ; and several applications for land have been already received. It is rumoured that Mr. John Laird is about to build a graving dock on the 31,500 square yards of land leased by him from the Dock Company. The South American and General Steam Navigation Com pany intend to run their new line of steam-vessels from Birkenhead, and the directors also state that negotiations are pending with another steam-ship company no less eligible than the former. REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—The well-known Thomas Hamlet, who died last week, in the 87th year of his age, in Park-street, Pall-mall, London, and whose death is briefly noted in the London papers, was a Chester man, and born in Boughton. He left Chester a poor boy, and subsequently kept the celebrated jeweller's shop in Coven try-street, Piccadilly, when he was reputed to be worth upwards of a million sterling, and his only daughter is said to have refused several coronets. Hamlet entertained, at his splendid mansion in Portman-square, the prince -re gent and other members of the royal family and the most illustrious of our nobility. A reverse of fortune overtook him, consequent on the nature of his money transactions, and he finally became a bankrupt and was reduced to the utmost necessity. THE GOVERNOR OF CHESTER GAOL.—lnformation has been received at the various metropolitan and city police stations from the magistrates acting for the city of Chester, offering a reward for the apprehension of Mr. Horatio NelsonTivy, late governor of Chester city gaol, who had absconded in the course of last week with several sums of money he had embezzled, the property of the town council. He is described as 48 years of age, rather slender in per son, and of dark complexion. He is supposed to be a native of Cork, having formerly been an officer at Tran mere. He is also accused of having purloined a quantity of property belonging to the prisoners in the goal, which had been deposited in his hands for security. He is sus pected of being concealed in the metropolis, preparing for a trip to Australia. It is stated that an examination of his accounts disclosed serious frauds, What renders his case more painful is, that he has left his children at Chester unprovided for. FEARFUL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA IN BIRKENHEAD. —On Monday, an inquest was held befor Mr. Churton, on the body of a girl, about seven years of age, named Mary Anne Turner, the daughter of a book-keeper residing in Jackson-street. The deceased war bitten, on the 16th of December, by a bull and terrier dog, which was she e xpired . on Saturday week, manifesting i feeext hadci m e p eh t b l a i ud e tainn customaryob promptly destroyed, but a few days afterwards the child be came seriously unwell, and though attended with every care by Dr. Craig, dread of water, for !he drank brandy and water when her s h d Yd u " rin P g " h b is ia l 'il illness was most serious. The coroner said the case was a or.tuonnitey of e a e l a ll seeing g e t s w i signs a s o s e f opportunity . instances most e xtraordinary one. there was a dread of water ; even out of one vessel into another the act of pouring water of the throat. In this case, would produce constriction brandy and water. Certainly, however, the child took of hydrophobia, and it was an extraordinary case to the rule. must be looked upon as an exception SCOTLAND WARD.—We understand that Mr. Samuel Taylor, who ran Mr. Bigham so close at the last election, will be the Conservative on the next occasion. A FEW DAYS SINCE, a gentleman residing at Kim bolton entered his stable, when his horse, which he had not purchased long, bit his ear off. AN IMPUDENT THIEF.—At the Police -court, yesterday, a man, named Michael :Welsh, was committed for trial at the sessions, charged with stealing eight pairs of stockings from the shop of Mr. James Hanker, a hosier, in Tithe barn-street, and also with stealing two flannel shirts from t h e s hop of Miss Mary Roberts, milliner, in Tithebarn street. It appeared from the evidence offered against the prisoner, e a r n , d th as a k t, ed on fo T r u a e p sd a a ir y o la f s l t o , n h g e we went to Mr. Hanker's shop, stockings. A party in the shop handed him a lot down, when he snatched the parcel out of his band, and ran away with it. On Satur day last, he went to Miss Roberts's shop, and asked for some flannel shirts. The flannel shirts were shown to him, and he then asked to look at some flannel drawers. Whilst the parties in the shop were getting out the drawers the PILIQIICI made Of with the Imid giirt:.