The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

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ONSTABVLARY FORCE One of the off men, including officers classic name of Telemachus THE MAYOR OF PRESTON u bread must he sold by weld chaser, under a penalty of lOs - all will tied an orc that all nce of the A GREAT NUMBE R OF PERSONS grated from Rochdale to Aust preparing to depart in the spring. .111 u. SA MUEL H OLUB, the Mayor of I tamed a select party of gentlemen at dinn, hall, on Wednesday evening last. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday, John Day, ala bourer, while working on board the brig Amedora, lying in the Prince's Dock, fell down and expired. Two FEMALE POACHERS from the town of Arbroath, with nets and a well-trained dog in their possession, have been taken into custody in this neighbourhood. . THE SOLE SURVIVING GRANDCHILD OF SIR WALTER SCOTT is the wife of Mr. James Hope, brother of the late Mr. Joh n Th omas H ope , w h o was a candidate for Man chester. ralia, and hundreds erpool er, in the Town- A. GIG ACCIDENT occurred on Tuesday, near Stockport by which Miss Potts, step-daughter of Mr. Middleton grocer, was subjected to such injuries as place her li fA Jr danger THE REV. JAMES CRANBROOR V (Tuesday) in the Concert-hall, on ' under the auspices of the Livery Institute. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The nnnnal meeting of the proprietors of the Philharmonic -hall was held on Wed nesday, at the office, ExChange-court, when the report was unanimously adopted. AARON SMITH, aged 78 yeqrs, week whilst crossing the Longridge Railw., burn. Tha deceased was a labourer, and we. down by an engine and tender. s killed yesterday ear Black- THE DRESSMAKERS AND MILLINE.... have been invited to hear a paper read at the Institution, on Friday next, by a committee appointed or behalf of the above class of young persons. TttomAs AND MARY HOWARD, convicted of extensive illicit distillation at the Manchester Police-office, on Friday morning last, were fined in £3O : in default of payment, to be imprisoned for three months. SHIPPING TO AUSTRALIA.--The Gambia, Jas. Carson, Ottilla, and Thorwaldsen, vessels belongi ng t o M r. J ames Walthew's Li v erp oo l and Australian line of packets, have all arrived safely at their antipodal destination. LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.—The numbers of person,. visited the Exhibition of Paintings, during the popular evenings, since Monday, December 27th, up to its close on Saturday, were 10,532 adults, and 1,167 children. NEW DEPUTY-LIEIITENANTS.—The Lord-Lieutenant the Earl of Sefton, has appointed Pet er Catterall, Esq.,, Mayor of Preston, and Vm. Ainsworth, Esq., of Preston, Deputy-Lieutenants of the county palatine of Lancaster. THE NEW STOCK EICCHANGE.—Workmen are now busily engaged in altering a portion of the west side of the Exchange-buildings, preparatory to the Stock Exchange being removed there from its present locality in Royal Bank-buildings. of Manche Mechat A PUBLIC MEETING, called by the Mayor of Oldham, was held in that town on Wednesday evening, and a per tion adopted praying both Houses of Parliament to r the evils arising from the gross violation of the Factory Bill. TAE FARMERS in, the neighbourhood of Roc! on Monday week to raise a fund for tl an annuity for John Turner, of Birch years, who raised an called the " Fluke." THE REV. Mn. Ramo, late of the Scottish Church, Oldham.sstreet, Liverpool, now minister of the second Scottish Church in Melbourne, officiates every Sabbath 111 the Temperance Hall, Russell-street, Melbourne. to large congregations. purcha: poor man aged mproved variety of the potato, EDWARD RYAN, the well-known Indian Judge accompanied by Mr. J. B. Lloyd, paid a visit to tile Public Library this week, and, after minut the building and arrangements, expre gratified with all he saw. A. CORRESPONDENT of the Lancers—. that the Preston board of guardians have made an u cessful attempt to foist upon the town a Romili governor of the workhouse. "In every public office in Preston,'" he affirms, " Jesuite irrfiuence is at work." A BOY, eleven years old, nan on Thursday las ,t upset fi ied himse Fletcher Barm, Ni utuz uu lead, and he died almost instantaneously. THE MANN SUFFERERS.—The Rev.‘Canon Stowell, of lianchester, having, on Sunday week, intimated to his congregation his willingness to receive contributions to wards the relief of the sufferers from the late catastrophe in the Isle of Man, has received £lOB ss. for that purpose. MRS. BESWICK, wife of Mr. John Beswick, innkeeper., Chapels, near Darwen, in Lanc a shi re , was yes t er d ay even ing week seized with a sick fit i n h er own h ouse, in con sequence of which she fell into the fi:e, and was almost burned to death : she is still in a precarious condition. Ma. JAMES BAINES, of this town. accompanied by Captain J. N. Forbes, of the ship Marco Polo, and Captain Alexander'Newlands, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, at the Board of Trade, on Tuesday, on the subject of ships deserted by their crews in Australia. JUMPING.—WiIIiam Preston, aced 48 years, a strong healthy man, employed at Messrs. Bury's works, Adel phi Manchester, was killed on Saturday last, with some of his fellow workmen. 7 ' against the ground, lost against a door-post. ilejumping is balance, and br'oLe A CASH-BOX STOLEN.—Jane Twist, aged 19 year servant with Mr. Thomas Ball, grocer, Oldfield-- Manchester, has been apprehended, cha a cash-box from her master, containing £3b. has been in the habit of hiding this box in a cellar, where he thought no one would find it. ged with stealing Mr. Ball MILES DIXON, weaver and warper, in the employ of 'essrs. R. Battersby and Sons, woollen manufacturers, been committed on a charge of robbinz that. charge of r Ipftpr nom er to a RAIL MAILS.—Mr. Warburton, in ails iplaining of the detention of the Brazil mails in , olis, has received a letter from the Postmaster ating that the mails cannot be accelerated till lilt at pre they are, with diffieu from Eu-ston-sc e by the 9 15 a.m. train, and uite impossible for them to be forwarded b ington, e-hall, St. Hetet and on , .nd qualthect as and at the same William Pilkington, Esq., of Eccleston-hall, St. and on Thursday, at the same place, William rpool, took the oaths and qualified as enants of this county. Helens RAMSEY HARBOt __ _ Some improvements are likely to e made in this harbour shortly, which will make it more nmodious t ather beat an at pre :It, and 'assets may ent with s fety, and b :ted from the storm, in lieu of anchoring petition from this town to the commissioners of harbours, praying them to grant an adequate sum for the extension I improvement of the harbour, was presented on Tues. etition was received favourably, and a Ist. The of £6OO 1 iven, all the funds tr Posal at present.— :ommissioners have Manx Sun REFUSAL TO PROCEED TO SEA.-At the Liverpool police-court, on Tuesday, the captain of the ship Albion, , lying in the river, preferred a charge against Frank Wil liams, James Lettine, John Harrington, John Johnstone, Jonathan Seed, George Baker, Henry Kline, and John seamen, for having, in violation of their agree.: ment, refused to proceed in the said vessel to New Orleans—from thence (if required) to any port in the United States, British North America, or whatever freight might offer, or for a term not to exceed twelve month They were each sentenced to thirty days' impri Seanta sonment EXEMPTION FROM JURIES.—An application was made at the Kirkdale Sessions, on Tuesday, on behalf of Thomas Ridley, Esq.. J.P. for the island of Newfoundland, and holding her Majesty's commission as a member of the executive council of that island, to exempt him from - ruing noon juries at the sessions, on account of the -q held by him. It was stated that, although a magis nempt from serving upon a jury at the sessions of which he was a magistrate, (on the prin- trate we for the count Ige at such court al ptien in regard to , gard to the Mere was no such ons for other counties, or in THE SPRING CIRCUITS.—On Wednesday the Judges assembled in the Exchequer Chamber for the purpose of selecting their respective Circuits for the ensuing Spring Assizes. The following is the result of the selection : Northern.—Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Baron Martin. lk.—Lord Campbell and the Lord Chief Baron. Chief Justice Jervis and Mr. Baron Parke. nn Alderson and Mr. Justice Coleridge. Mr. Justice Erie and Mr. Justice Crompton. Mr. Justice Williams and Mr. Justice Talfourd. —Lor Mr. B •th Wales.—Mr. Justice Maule. th Wales.—Mr. Justice Wightman Mr. Baron Platt will remain in town. tiLwAY.—lt is asserted that this Wore than five per cent., and to do e to dip into the balance brought from The earnings are £16,000 less, and there shares to come in for full dividend instead ,TERN it account are the quarter- .er cent., mat INIt'ORTANT TO OIL by that statut nded that the statut sr,••••••4 na-Anni• Onnh by the cl limits at the r in an e he arguecl was caffinfl which, in the it is to 1 him with a of our fell he nulled c r.r! rr t f deteCtive which the congre saner in I' in £3O. ai 1 of good nent in defa A FAMILY OF BOA CONSTRICTORS.--011 Sunday week there arrived in this port, in the ship Arrow, Captain Wyatt, from Para, a huge serpent of the boa genus. The reptile is 18 feet in length, and was caught by some of the natives on the banks of the " mighty Amazon." Before it came into the possession of Captain Wyatt, it had satis fied its appetite by swallowing a full-grown goat. On the day the vessel left Para. the captain and crew were sur prised to .find that the serpent had given birth to 36 young ones. The "snakelets" were about two feet each in length, and in six weeks they have only grown about an inch in length. In about six days after the birth, the mamma devoured 29 pigeons, being the first food she had tasted from the time she had feasted on the goat—a period of about three months. Captain Wyatt has dis poced of the boa constrictor and its progeny to Mr. Edmonds, the proprietor of one of the travelling menage ries of his father-in-law, the late Mr. Wombwell, which is at nresent being exhibited in Manchester. The mother and three of the young ones has been conveyed to that town, but 33 of the snakelets have yet to be delivered, dead or alive, to the purchaser. They are at present, in seaman's phrase, adrift in the ship's hold. A. RICE MILL DEs- - —On 'Wednesday TED BY FIR place at the y of M 11-road. - The works ted of a large building of four stories, containing a great quantity of produce and machinery. The fire broke out in the upper part of that portion of the premises used as a rice mill, and was discovered shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon. Information was immediately sent to the central fire-police station, and Mr. Hewitt, with a number of the fire brigade, proceeded to the burning building with all despatch. The West of England engine was also in attendance. When the engines arrived the fire had made such progress as to render the destruction of the rice-mill inevitable. Through the exertions of the fire brigade, however, the starch manufactory, offices, and several surrounding cottages were preserved. The con flagration was chiefly remarkable for its fierceness, a cir cumstance in part owing to the •extreme dryness of the materials exposed to the action of the flames. It was about seven o'clock before the fire was effectually sub dued. The damage done amounts to from £4,000 to £5,000. It is covered by insurance in the Norwich Union Fire office. Much of the stock in the rice-mill was saved. The fire is supposed to have originated from the friction of machinery. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.---The annual meeting of the supporters of this institution was held on Thursday, at the school, Oxford-street East. The Rev. Rector Campbell, the president, in the chair. The children under instruction in the school were in the room during the proceedings, and their healthful and cheerful appear ance was a subject of gratification. There are at present between 40 and 50 pupils.—Mr. Edward Banner, the honorary secretary, read the annual report. This stated that there had been an increase of income derived from legacies. More than three-fourths of the children now under instruction belong to Liverpool itself; and never, at any former time, did the institution more fully answer the chief object of its benevolent founders. Contributions to the clothing fund had been received from Richard Rathbone, Esq., of Woodcote, Aigburth, and from other donors connected with the institution ; and the committee had also to express their thanks to Miss H. M. Rathbone, Mr. Hugh Shimmin, and the directors of the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, Hartford, Connecticut, for valuable acquisitions to the school library.—The cash account was read by Mr. Arthur Thompson, the treasurer ; after which, the Rev. William Brewster moved that the report and statement of accounts be adopted.—The reso lution seconded by Mr. Richard Rathbone, and car ried unanimously.—Mr. Harmood Banner moved a vote of thanks to the president, officers, and committee, for their services during the past year ; and the meeting broke up with the usual compliment to the chairman, IHE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JANUARY MERCHANTS. - Tri the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday, the case of Rosseter v. Cahl mann was heard on a demurrer to a rejoinder, which raised the question whether a contract for sundry gallons of palm oil, " old measure," to be delivered on the coast of Africa and paid for in Liverpool, was an illegal contract within the sth and 6th William IV., c. 63, s. 21, because in the "imperial measure" established Mr. M. Smith, for the plaintiff, con d not apply to any he United n question cou Kingdbm. Mr. Field, being called on to support his plea, submitted that the contract, though made with reference to foreign goods, was one to be performed in England, and, therefore, fell 'within the 21st section of the statute. The court, however, hell that the statute could only apply to contracts wholly arising within the United Kingdom, and could not be extended to foreign transactions such as that on which the plaintiff sued. There must, therefore, be judgment for the plaintiff. Judgment accordingly. LICENSES FOR STEANI-TUGS.—On Thursday, John Nicholson, William Henry Ogden, and William Currie, the owners of the steam-tug Queen, appeared before the magistrates, charged with sailing that vessel with passen gers without a certificate.—Mr. Tindal, who appeared for the Board of Trade, said the information was filed on the 12th section of the Steam Navigation Act. According to the 3rd section of the act, owners of steam-vessels are bound, twice in every year, to have their vessels surveyed by a shipwright's surveyor appointed by the government, who shall testify as to the soundness of the hull, and by a shipwright's engineer, who shall testify as to the state of the engines. After this, the Board of Trade grants the certificates. In the case in question, no application had been made for such certificate.—Elisha Wilcockson, Custom-house officer, deposed that on the 3rd instant he saw 36 passengers on board the Queen, then lying at the Prince's-pier. The steamer was conveying passengers to the emigrant ship Forest Monarch, which was lying in the river.—Mr. Owen, for the defence, contended that the Queen was not employed on any voyage or excursion ; she was merely the means of transit to the ship.—The magis- trates decided that the law affected the case in question, and ordered the defendants to pay a mitigated penalty of 40s. and costs.—John Newton, the captain of the Queen, was fined 10s. and costs for the same offence. DOCK COMMITTEE.-At the weekly meeting, on Thurs day, the Secretary submitted a letter from Messrs. George Baker and Son, in reply to a letter written to them. enclosing the resolution of the dock committee, and requesting to know the amount of expense they had incurred in tendering for the contracts for the dock works. They refuse to state what expenses they had incurred, complain of the injurious comparisons which had been drawn in discussions about their tender, and request that the case may be referred to three eminent engineers. After a lengthy debate, it was agreed to send a reply to Messrs. Baker, to the effect, that the committee could not proceed further in the matter.—The Solicitor submitted his annual report in reference to bills preparing for the ensuing session of parliament ; he expressed his satisfac tion that it was the first time during many years in which the dock trustees were not the object of parliamentary attack.—The Chairman intimated that the contracts for printing and stationery, now in the hands of Mr. M'Cor quodale and Mr. Harris, expired in March next, and it was agreed that the necessary advertisements should be issue.l for tenders.—Mr. Bigham brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, that in future the reporters be requested not to withdraw until the chairman left the chair ; but, after a lengthy discussion, the motion was lost, the majority considering that the presence of re porters would be injudicious, and might lead to difficulties. HEALTH COMMITTEE. — At the meeting of the com mittee on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale presided. From a financial statement read by the clerk, it appeared that in 1852 the rates collected amounted to £4 ss. 7d. per cent. increase upon those of the preceding year, or a total of £3,s4o.—The medical officer reported that though inflammatory affections of the lungs have become more prevalent, there had been a decrease last week in the general mortality of the borough, the deaths being 200 against 214 in the week previous, and an average of 258 in the corresponding week of five preceding years. The deaths in the parish were 140, and in the extra parochial wards, 60. Of the total deaths 96 were from diseases of the lungs, including consumption, a larger proportion than in any week of the previous three years. Consump tion caused 40 deaths, which exceeded the number in any week of the preceding twenty months. There was a decrease of six in the mortality from zymotic diseases, the deaths last week being 38, including 9 from 'looping cough, 7 from typhus, 6 from scarlatina, 6 from diarrhoea. 2 from small pox (1 not vaccinated), 1 from measles, and 1 from erysipelas. One death from rheumatism.—The chairman read a letter from Mr. John Rose, relative to his proposition for deodorising the town manure, and afterwards disposing of it. in the most advantageous man ner. The letter, which included some financial state ments, for the purpose of showing that by the proposed plan the committee would save £1,538 per annum, or £23,000 during the fiftee n y ears , was re f erre d t o the engi neer.—Mr. Bigham said, at the last meeting remarks were made as to his interest in a machine for sawing, purchased by the engineer; all he could say was, that it was pur chased from a gentleman, a friend of his, an d h e h a d no A letter from Mr. plaining that he had acture of rosin oil for some cs were within the distance parliament, namely 75 feet. Since Sour, Mr. Lutwyche, had come within the and an information bad been laid against Mr. Taylor was requested ST. HELENS SAVINGS' BANK.--A meeting of the de positors was held at the Fleece Inn, St. Helens, on Mon day, Mr. Edward Morgan in the chair. The report of the committee appointed the preceding year by the depo sitors was read. The trustees furnished them with a full statement and abstract of the accounts, whereby it ap peared that the net amount realised from the estate of the two Johnsons was £555 ; that mortgages on the shares in the colliery, amounting to £2,366, had been paid, and that the expenses of the prosecution, beyond the amount allowed by the county, had been very great. Conceiving that the depositors have a strong claim on Government for at least the amount of those expenses, the committee prepared a memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., has undertaken to present. MURDEROUS THREATS.—On Tuesday, Angelo Cook, a Sicilian, was charged at the Police-office with threatening to shoot Mr. Benussi, who is a pawnbroker in Paradise street, and keeps a public-house in Drury-lane. Robert M'Cartney, assistant, stated that at half-past three, and again at half-past five o'clock, on Monday afternoon, Cook called at Mr. Benussi's house, Drury-lane. At the former hour he wished them all " good bye," but when he came the second time, he inquired for his master, who was absent. Prisoner then pulled out two pistols and said, that " if they would not do, this knife shall." M'Cartney, who saw a large knife in his breast, sent word to Mr. Benussi, who, accompanied by Sullivan and Car lisle, police-officers, arrested the prisoner, on whose person were found the pistols loaded, as also a dagger-knife. The prisoner was ordered to find bail—himself in £3O and two sureties in £l5 each. s read, eon) nr, int - be6re the finance committee.—Mr to bring CRIME IN LANCASHIRE.—At the Epiphany Sessions, held at Kirkdale, on Tuesday, Capt. Woodford, the chief constable, read a return of the state of crime, &c., in the county. During the quarter, from the Ist of October to the 31st of December, 1852, there had been a total of 2,174 prisoners apprehended, 422 charged with offences against the person, including 245 common assaults, and 55 assaults upon police constables. There were eight bur glary cases, and 544 charged with larceny and other offences against property. Of the other offences, 42 pri soners had been charged with wilful damage ; bastardy, 159 ; deserting females, 26; drunkenness, 401 ; and va grancy, 292. Of the total number of 2,174 prisoners, 271 were sent for trial, 1,230 summarily convicted, 129 bailed, and 544 discharged. 1,970 persons had been summoned by the police in the same period, 149 of these being charged with breaches of the beer act, 98 breaches of the licensed victuallers' act, 168 with breaches of the peace, and 701 with drunkenness. Of the total, 1,070 were summarily convicted, 1,747 dismissed, 180 did not appear, and the number of warrants granted was 39. Of other summonses, issued on the complaints of parish authorities, common informers, &c., there was a total of 2,382. Of these, two were sent for trial ; 1,376 summarily convicted, 667 cases were settled out of court, one left to arbitration, 300 persons were dismissed, 36 did not appear, and 25 warrants were issued. attention to the crossing of the streets :s by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- way Company, when the chairman intimated that the matter had been referred to the engineers of the two bodies. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AT CHORLEY.-011 Tuesday, two collisions occurred at the Chorley station, on the Bol ton and Preston line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, but neither was attended with loss of life. The first, which took place in the morning, appears to have been caused by the neglect of persons in charge of the station, in not turning on a signal. Through this over sight, a coal-train came up behind, and ran into a goods train which was standing in the station, on the down-line from Manchester, and the force was such as to make con siderable havoc with both trains. The second accident occurred in the evening. About three-quarters of a mile short of Chorley the express-train which left Preston for Manchester at 5 o'clock, consisting of five first and second class carriages, overtook and ran into a train of 19 wag gons filled with cattle, which was going in the same direc tion, and ascending one of the steepest gradients on the line. The cattle train had been much impeded by the slippery state of the rails, and the express came upon it in a very sharp curve of the line, where the driver could not see any great distance in advance. However, he succeeded in arresting the train so as to prevent the collision being a severe one. Three of the cattle-trucks were smashed, and six sheep were killed, but in the express train the passen gers were some of them scarcely conscious of the shock. None of the carriages of the express-train were thrown off the line, nor were they in any way injured. The directors have made a strict investigation into the circumstances. ST. CLEMENT'S MISSIONARY MEETING.—A very in teresting missionary meeting was held in St. Clement's Boys' School-room, Windsor, on Monday evening, the lith instant, in furtherance of the object of the above society,—the Rev. F. Parry in the chair. After the pro ceedings had been opened with prayer, the rev. chairman, , quent speech of considerable length, dwelt upon Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews, of which he is the zealous secretary ; in the course of which he defined its real province and aim—corrected many prevalent mistakes made by many with regard to the objects of the society, and urged its claims upon the . _ sympathy and support of the meeting.—The Rev. J. S. Burdon, who has been recently ordained, and is about to proceed as a missionary to Shanghai, China, next addressed the meeting, and ably advocated the cause of "missions to the Heathen. Among the topics dwelt upon, was the success of one missionary and the want of success of another, though equally zealous, which ' - God, mainly to be attributed to the followed up by untiring devotedness, tp , out the conviction—that the education of the rising generation was the opening of a " wide and effectual door for the Gospel," by which the whole fabric of Heathenism will be shaken to its base, and the comparative neglect of this duty by the latter He glanced at • ltcrestinz mission field of China, in ence of God, be will be soon called to A FRAUDULENT INSOLVENT. —ln the Insolvent Debtors' Court, London, William Pomfret, who had kept the Railway Hotel at Blackburn, was brought up last week, before Mr. Commissioner Law. The insolvent in his schedule stated that in March last he had property at the Railway Hotel to the value of at least £3OO, which had been seized at the suit of Mr. Bell, an attorney at Blackburn. Towards the end of 1851, finding himself in difficulties, he mentioned his circumstances to one Charn ley, a sheriff's officer, who advised him to go to Mr. Bell, which he did, and, after explaining his position, he, at the request of Mr. Bell, wrote his name several times in a book, which that person produced, with different pens and different inks. He also, by Bell's desire, gave a pro missory note for £l9l 16s. 10d., payable on demand. Insolvent then came up to London, and Mr. Bell sued and obtained judgment upon the promissory note, under which he levied an execution upon all the property at the Railway Hotel, and Charnley, as the sheriff's officer, got into possession. The property was sold, and realised be tween £2OO and £3OO, of which no part had reached the creditors or the insolvent, who left the town with £65 in cash, and had remained in London till the period of his arrest.—Messrs. Bell and Charnley stated, by affidavit, that the circumstances deposed to were utterly false and untrue, except the institution of legal proceedings against the insolvent upon a promissory note given to secure £l9O, money advanced to insolvent by Mr. Bell.—Mr. Commissioner Law said the insolvent, by his own account, had employed Mr. Bell, an attorney, and Charnley, a sheriff's officer at Blackburn, to help him to cheat his creditors. The other two persons, Bell and Charnley, had had the indiscretion to make affidavits, which he con sidered as confirmatory of the insolvent's statement. He (the Commissioner) believed all that part of the insolvent's story, and he looked upon the whole as a conspiracy be tween these three parties to cheat the insolvent's creditors. The insolvent, however, had been the primary cause of all the creditors being defrauded, and on that account he would not be discharged till the lapse of 14 months from the date of the vesting order. LIVERPOOL ART UNION.—The drawing for the - prizes took place on Tuesday ; Samuel Holme, Esq., mayor, presided ; and, in the course of a preliminary speech, intimated that 378 persons had subscribed, mak ing the sum of £396 18s. ; and by which they were enabled to offer 25 prizes, varying in amount from £5O down to £5. - While on former occasions the chances, he be lieved, of obtaining a prize were about 1 in 45, those chances were now reduced, or rather, be should say, advanced to 1 in 15 of the subscribers. He could not avoid congratulating the people of Liverpool, and particularly the artists, on the greater encouragement which had been given of late years to modern art and to modern artists. Mr. F. Ro berts, the secretary, read the report, in which, while the committee regretted the smallness of the sum subscribed, as compared with Glasgow, Edinburgh, and other towns, they still expressed a hope in the future. The total amount of subscriptions was £396 18s. ; and after paying all expenses, a balance of £355 had been left to buy pic tures—one of £5O, one of £3O, one of £25, three of £20,4 of £l5, eleven of £lO, and four of £5. At the conclusion of the drawing, the Mayor read the names of the fortunate subscribers. The first in the list was " the first drawn blank." and was, according to the conditions. entitled to a £5 prize. The following is the list :—Mr. John Roberts, 12, Huskisson-street, £5 ; Mr. Richard Grindley, 58, Bedford-street, £5O ; Mr. R. H. Frank, Aigburth, £2O ; Mr. Robert Greenhatn, Mersey-chambers, Old Church yard, £lO ; Mr. J. W. Macrae, Liverpool, £2O ; Mr. J. H. Swale, at Messrs. Leyland and Bullen's, King-street, £2O ; Mr. George Brown, Birchfield, Edge-lane, £l5 ; Mr. Thomas Mather, Holywell, £lO ; Mrs. H. Lorimer, Woolton-road, Wavertree, £10; Mr. Samuel Blain, Brunswick-street, £5 ; Mr. IV. Graham, Monk-street, Birkenhead, £5; Mr. John Naylor, banker, £10; Mr. Robert Case, Holly-road, Fairfield, £l5 ; Mr. Thomas Branch, Hanover-street, £lO ; Mr. F. Braun, Falkner square' £10; The Earl of Sefton, £3O; Mrs. Macintyre, 25, Slater-street, £10; Mr. J. J. Hadwen, 10, Erskine street, £25 ; Mrs. William Kay Coubrough, 8, Cumber land-terrace, Upper Parliament-street, £10; Mr. James Pelham, Marsden-street, £lO ; Mr. J. Joynson, Exchange buildings, £10; Mr. George Schultz, Grove-park, Lodge lane, £5 ; Miss Agnes Atkinson, Seaford), £l5 ; Mr. Latham, Garston-hall, £l5; Mr. F. Tamplin, Colonial buildings, £lO, ,yed in labouring there, over those whose lot or among half civilized and barbarous races w-creatures. But by far the most interesting the evening's proceedings was the pleasing duty - ation had to discharge. As a feeble will, and to record their high sense of the value of the faithful services of Mr. Roberts, their late Scripture reader, they deputed the Rev. Chairman to present him with a large handsomely bound copy of Baxter's comprehensive Polyglot Bible, with notes, &c. ; and a purse containing ten guineas. The Bible bore the inscription :—" Robert Roberts. Presented to him with sincere and cordial wishes for his peace in time, and bliss i❑ eternity, by his friends in the district of St. Clement's, Windsor, Liverpool, as a token of their appreciation of his faithful labours as a Scripture Reader of that district foreight years: ' Be thou faithful unto death, I and will give thee a crown of life.'—Rev. 2, v. 10. They part with him with regret. In this World partings are frequent and unavoidable ; but there is another world, where adieus and partings are unknown.' The Rev. Chairman, in a feeling and affec tionate address, bore testimony to his zeal and devoted ness, and implored the Divine blessing to follow him in the new sphere in which he has been called to labour. As soon as Mr. Roberts had sufficiently recovered from the emotion which the unexpected presentation had occa sioned, he briefly, but in an appropriate manner, returned sincere thanks ; whereupon the proceedings terminated with singing and prayer. MILNER'S FIRE-PROOF SAFES.—At the Bankruptcy Court, on Tuesday, ,Mr. Commissioner Perry gave judg ment in the case of John German Harrison, which we re ported fully last week. His honour said that the charge against the bankrupt was either gross fraud committed against Mr. Milner. or gross recklesness, according as the bankrupt is to be considered as acting for the Messrs. Tann in the capacity of agent, whom safety boxes he sold in Liverpool, or on his own account. His Honour, after recapitulating the facts of the case, and the piracy com mitted by the bankrupts on Mr. Milner's patent by which the latter had been compelled to bring two actions at law, said—Now it appears to me, that no sufficient justification has been shown for the bankrupt's exposing himself to the litigation which has occurred, and to the expenses ne cessarily consequent upon it. He failed to take the ordi nary precaution of obtaining a guarantee which would na turally have suggested itself to the mind of one strongly impressed, as his was years ago, with the belief that the Messrs. Tann were using Milners' principle of non-con ductors, and which Mr. Samuel's application for indem nity, made according to the bankrupt's own representa tion to Messrs. Tann, ought to have made him the more ready to exercise in his own case. The costs incurred and payable to his opponent have amounted to £1,300, in ad dition to a large sum for which the bankrupt is liable to Messrs. Norton. The preference also shown by the deed of October, 1851, for securing the previous debt of the fa ther and uncle of the bankrupt, executed in order to de feat the judgment obtained by Mr. Milner in the first ac tion, is another feature in this case. It is urged by Mr. Bardswell, first, that the proceedings in action have been instituted by Mr. Milner for the purpose of oppressing Mr. Harrison, his late servant, and he asks why the pro ceeding was not instituted against the Messrs. Tann. The answer to this has, I think, been satisfactorily given by the pamphlet issued by the bankrupt, in which he has de scribed himself as sole proprietor, and also as proprietor of Tann's patent for the manufacturing districts. The next argument in support of the bankrupt is founded upon the fact of professional advice having been taken respect ing the defence of the action, but what that advice was, does not clearly appear, and it may be added, that such an argument is entitled to little weight in the present case, in which the bankrupt was probably more competent, from long experience in the service of Mr. Milner, to de cide for himself than any professional adviser could be, upon the question of infringement, or no infringement, of Mr. Milner's patent rights. With regard to the assign ment in October, 1851, it is said, and very properly, that it is justifiable to assign property to protect it for the ge neral body of creditors ; but that is not the present case, the assignment having been made to benefit two creditors, relations of the bankrupt, at the expense of his other cre ditors, and which two creditors have only been prevented by the order of this court from reaping the full benefit of the assignment. Upon a review of the whole case, I thought that the certificate should be suspended for six months from the date of the last examination, and that, as the accounts of the bankrupt are stated by the official assignee to have been properly kept, the certificate should be of the second class. The Commissioner consented to grant protection to the bankrupt. Tna BunisuNG OF TUE ST. GEORGE.—The steamer Sir Edward Banks, arrived at Havre, has brought some additional particulars of the loss of the St. George. G. Grant Cousins, one of the crew, states that the vessel would be about 10 deg. 12 min. lat., and 23 deg. 30 min. long., or about 1,200 miles south and westward of Cape Clear, when smoke was first discovered coming from the hold. During the whole period, indeed, it seems that no fire was observed at all, the vessel being enshrouded in thick and stifling smoke. Cousins states that when the Orlando came in sight, the first two boats that left the ship contained Captain Bairnson and all the crew, with the exception of five hands. Cousins also described the successive trips of the life-boat on the first day of the disaster. He says—That the people had, so violent was the hurricane, and so terrific the rolling of the St, George, to watch the boat's rising on the top of a wave in order to jump :in. Two lost their lives in the attempt. He left the vessel in the fifth trip, and no one was left on board then that could manage the vessel. Two other trips were made after this, the last about nine o'clock. The Orlando had two boats, but it was not safe to launch them. Sh e remained by all night, about ten miles distant. No com munication was made during the night with the St. George, and the storm raged more furiously. At day break the following morning, (Christmas-day,) Captain Bairnson came forward, and asked who would volunteer to go off to the St. George to save the lives of the pas sengers. I was one of the party. Off we went, and, i n the course of an hour and a half, succeeded in coming alongside. Still there were no means of assisting the pas sengers, and the only chance for them to reach her was to jump. We remained a long while alongside, imploring others to follow the example of those who had already jumped, but fear and terror seemed to have seized them. Several missed the boat, and were lost. No one was saved who fell overboard. The poor creatures who were left consisted entirely of women and children—the number they could not tell ; but, on calling over the names of those on board, for Captain Bairnson had saved the ship's papers and log-book, some fifty were ascertained to be gfatto the . al missing. They never afterwards saw a n yth i ng of the St. George, or heard what fate she and h er p a ssengers met with it. The next morning Captai n Bairns on , who was in a dreadful state of mind, calle d the men to g et her , and asked whether any of them wou ld voluntee r to risk another attempt with him to rescue theunhappy creatures, adding that it was a horrible thing to abandon the wreck while so many poor things were on it. Non e would voorlluanntdeoe,r being nggo,coenvverinycoendea,nasalso attempt thosewoubld prove elongin John Star, one of the emigrants of the St. George, a framework-knitter, of Nottingham, who had paid for a passage in her, taking with him his boy, five years of age, complains bitterly of the conduct of Captain Bairnson and his officers and men. He says— , ' Had they remained to direct the terrified passengers in making their enapep the whole of them might have been Pved.". .ng the stoic —The result of the c appointed to in Pute between ti nmittee of I e into and mediate in lese two companies, is termination to submit all matters in que sideration of a Parliamentary committee. y from t WILLIAM SMITH, who escaped recent, Borough Gaol, where he was confined for stcenn, box from the Goat public-house, in Peter's-lane, . apprehended in Whitechapel, on Wednesday morning, b . Carlisle and Marks, of the detective force. The fellow was coolly walking along the street at the time of his apprehension. INTE MPERANCE IN TKE C OUNTY .—At th e Ki r kd a l e Epiphany Sessions, on Tuesday last, in reply to a question Put by one of the magistrates, Captain Woodford said there was no diminution in the crime of drunkenness.—A Magistrate : It is sure to increase with good times. Captain Woodford ; Yes ; when they have money they generally spend it. THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAIL -STEAM SHIP CANADA, Stone, commander, was unable to take her departure for Boston, on Saturday, owing to want of suffi cient depth of water at the bar. She, however, proceeded on her voyage on Sunday, at 7 15, a.m., having about forty passengers, besides a fair cargo and the usual mails, on board. CCIDENT.—On Sunday rnorninv, the Rhyl life iooner ashore on tance of a s boat, in going to the ms West Hoyle, upset, and six out of the ... ~ •• • • • • ~./ 5.,/ ill ... posed her crew were drowned. a re supposed t o b e l os t, as no traces of them could he found on bwasoard e . ashoreat Omeal sacks marked "A. A. and F. N." und o ha en hd . the ~.11001, 'TEA PARTY. —The children attending P 'A e scaoots attached to St. Silas's Church, Pembroke- 1 e were entertaiged tea on yesterday evening Rev. S. Mi at Barry, week. toad the incumbent, the Rev. Messrs. .- Duck, and othe; magic lantern g Waaeinnttlermedd.elioveereTdeeasddderye,sseets, noon, and the infant-school childrenowere afforded a treat. THE Scalp Jou r afforded meeting of this society took place on Wednesday last, in the Assembly-rooms, Circus street, for the purpose of finally settling the rate of wages, from was unanimously resolved, " That the rate of wages, from the 17th instant, shall be ss. I. -, - - r ' , ay, and the rate of remuneration for overtime shall be ga. society preferring a fixed rate to a sliding Sc a l e. per hour," the THE STEAM-SHIP CITY OF MANCHESTER, Leitch, commander, belonging to the Liverpool and Philadelphia Stearn-ship Company, which left Philadelphia on the 6th instant, arrived here on Thursday, after a fine passage of 13 days 131 hours, from the Delaware. From the 12th to the 19th instant, she averaged 244 knots per day, and on the 13th, 14th, and 15th ran 261, 286, and 250 knots, respectively. THE Manchester Guardian states that on Thursday last about 500 brickmakers of that town and its neighbour hood proceeded per train to Guide-bridge, to intimidate a b rickmaster there named William Cowley, who employed twelve " knobsticks," or, in plainer terms, men not con nected with the society. The mayor and the chief-con stable of Ashton were present, and. fortunately, no violence was resorted to. TIIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY DINNE R of the drivers and other parties connected with the cab and carriage establish ment of Mr. Jonathan Bell, was held at the Fox and Goose Inn, of 1p on Wednesday evening last. The health of Mr. Bell was given with great enthusiasm, and he was warmly eulogised, especially for granting the Men an opportunity of reverencing the Lord's day, with out making any deduction from their wages. FEMALE D RUNKENNESS.—Betsey Yates, aged 53 years who had lodged for twelve months with police-officer Appleby, in Brunswick-street, Manchester, died last AA suddenly in a state of intoxication. About two Years since, she had some money left to her, and she had lived upon it ever since. A great deal of it she spent upon spirits, and the rest upon jellies, grapes, and other extraYagancies of a similar kind. So intemperate had she become that she frequently for several (lays together drunk upwards of a quart of spirits a day. )f fcr it is likpvinca r e working expenses will be Joann unea,..- is to be set the reduction of interest on the new and the renewed deben tures, estimated at above £20,000, with considerable differences in their favour, on the numerous lines to which they have subscribed. Other computations assert that the dividend will not be less than 51 per cent., while one gentleman says £60,000 balance for next account, and Mr. Yeats says above £BB,OOO. oured that tt ctedly heavy. Against this THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. - The second ballot amongst the uncompleted shareholders for right of choice of allotments on the society's estates, took place on Saturday week. The Rev. Dr.Worthin g ton , Messrs. Mai t land, Cribb, Knox, Holmes, Pownall, and Viscount Ranelagh, members of the Executive Committee, were present. Dr. Worthington presided, and in opening the proceedings congratulated the shareholders present on the prosperous condition of the society, He had great plea sure in stating that they had already become possessed of several most eligible estates two at Putney, in East Sur rey, one at Ealing, in Middlesex, and a fourth at Houns low, in the same county ; and the Executive Committee are now in treaty for various other estates in different localities The ballot having been proceeded with, fifty rights of choice were drawn by shareholders in the coun ties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Bucks, Norfolk, Suffolk, Derby, Somerset, and Dorset. CIVIC ENTERTAINMENTS.—The mayor has introduced a new custom at his dinner parties, which is found to be very convenient. The large dishes are no longer placed on the table, but are all carved at the sideboards. This spares a number of gentlemen the trouble of carving, which, in many instances, was no sinecure. A carte du "iner is now placed at the right hand of every guest, who test he selects without inconvenience. His the attendance of all the are now exeliasivel the Town-hall, and those who are expres engaged for Much of the irregularity which previously tly be avoided . tancegener and we think it may rally known,that the t Mayoralty LIVERPOOL SHIPPING.- Some idea of the commercial importance of Liverpool, as a port for foreign-goingvessels, may be formed from the following statistics :—During eight days no less than 223 vessels left here on foreign VOVEM The total tonnage in the eight days amounted to 95,99 9 , of which the United States trade has taken 92 vessels, of 64,466 aggregate tonnage. The cotton trade alone has employed Z 3 vessels, of 26,801 total tons, that number having sailed for New Orleans. For South America there have been 27 vessels ; total tonnage, 7,658. To the Mediterranean 33 vessels ; tonnage. 6,222. To the East Indies 12 vessels, 5,846 tonnage. West Indies 17 vessels, 3,699 tons. To Australia 3 vessels, 1,071 tons ; nd California 1 vessel of 790 tons. To Europe generally 2,287 tons ; Africa 5 vessels, 2,388 tons ; Azores 7 vessels, 1,172 tons ; British America, 1 vessel, of 259 tons ; and nine vessels of which we have not the par ticulars. This return is exclusive of thecoasting and Trish trade, which will amount to between'3,ooo and 4,000 tons 16 vessel additional A DANGEROUS LODGER.—On Tuesday last, at the Li. •erpool Police-office, a Sicilian sailor, named Angelo brought up on a charge of threatening to shoot 'lliar Benussi, pawnbroker and lodging-house keeper. 'lnk, NN in Drury-lane nuuse ernoon, he informed the el, rosecutor that he had resented a shipping r pped_ in an American vex_ - -”sted an order for a e, and reqL f boot he ship s not to Saturcl to give the or ng an extra claim on , the revenue 25, 1853. TALAVERA Wur north of Scotland THE PLAINS OF LINCO and it is feared that the d UHA: tertain( instant. LES TRO' I by hha t GENERAL nen to MR. T. HARPER country for a period of forty years, died London last week. THE VIEW from the In _ Palace at SS Benham is one of the most beautiful and ea- tensive in En THE INAUGURAL MEETING ety was held on Thursday last, Eastlake was appointed Preside of the Phetog in London. raphic Sod- Sir Charles THE WELL at the People's already been sunk 340 feet, a dep for an ample supply of water. Palace at Nc ►th found to be ~ 0 0d, has Ecient YDROPTIOBIA.- L has lost a area Ir. Sinclair, farmer Macduff, Peal uente of a rabid dog attack g one of the flock " IN SCOTLAND.—The Dumbarton Herald at being " DIGGINGS announces that a mine of nickel silver is at wrought on the Duke of Argyle's estate r ley clothing A. BorLgu EXPLOSION took place at the mill, Gloucestershire, on Thursday morning, which killed one person, injured several others, and nearly de molished the building. TEN HOURS' BILL.—A meeting has been held at Chorl ton-upon-Medlock, to adopt measures for the restriction of the motive power. " Stop the engine," is the universal cry of the operatives in that district. THE FALL OF THE ROTHERHAM MECHANICS' HALL, by which a labourer was killed, bas been decided to have taken place, partly from neglect of the architect, and partly from the unprcecedented wet season. JOSEPH HAYES, Sheffield, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, for enlisting into the Royal Ma rines, denying and concealing the fact that he had volun teered into the Third West York Militia. THE BARONESS VON BECK'S COMPANION.—In the case of Constant Derra de Meroda (secretary to the late Baroness Von Beck) v. Dawson, Tindal, Peyton and Ry land, a rule nisi for a new trial has been granted. DISCOVERY OF GUANO.—The governor of the Falk land Islands has just sent home despatches announcing that guano has been discovered in large quantities in those islands. The guano is not of equal value to Peruvian. NOBLE. CONDUCT.—The daughter of the late Mr. H. Hall, of Bridge Bottleworks, Sunderland, has recently waited upon her father's creditors arid paid them 20s. in the pound, 25 years having elapsed since the bankruptcy. THE Doncaster Chronicle states that, a few days ago, the presiding elder of the Latter-day Saints' Church, in Crowle, mysteriously disappeared from the vill behind him a disconsolate wife and a host of unpaid bills ge, leaving 1. A GANG OF HIGHWAY ROBBERS have been conducting their illegal operations for some time past in the neigh bourhood of Penrith, Cumberland. One of the gang generally goes in the dress of a female, on their nightly exploits. THE Perth Courier states that all the emigrants to Australia from that neighbourhood are doing well at the " diggings," and further, that they have not forgotten in their prosperity their friends at home. One sailor lad has saved upwards of £5OO. A NOBLE DEED.—EarI Manvers has just made a return to his tenants at Fledborough, Notts, who have all suf fered severely from the late flood, of the whole of the half veer' rent which was paid by them at his late audit in December. A WORTHY DAUGHTER.—The daughter of the late Mr. H. Hall, of Bridge Bottle Works, Sunderland, has re cently waited upon her father's creditors, and paid them 20s. in the pound, twenty-five years having elapsed since the bankruptcy. HENRY HALL, of Brighton, has been apprehended on a charge of committing two daring burglaries at South ampton. on Sunday night. The burglar admitted in prison that a cap and shoes left behind in one of the houses robbed belonged to him. GEORGE PETERS, the son of a labouring man, residing in the Cliffe, on the Sussex Downs, lost his life on Tues day week, from exposure during the whole of a tempes tuous night to the weather. He had lost his way on the road to Lewes, and been unable to proceed. THE Scotsman states that Thomas Lees, a cattle dro ver belonging to Edinburgh, was run over by a locomotive at the Haymarket station of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Both legs were cut off close to his body, and it was not expected that he could live over the nigqt. THE CLERK TO THE NOTTINGHAM MAGISTRATES, in a letter to the Times, denies that a fracas took place between the military and the inhabitants, or that there is the least ill-feeling prevalent between them. The alarm ing paragraph in the morning papers were the fabrications of some local penny-a-liner. THE NOTORIOUS IMPOSTOR, Thomas Bradley, alias the Rev. J. Bloomfield. and Mary Bradley, his wife, were brought up at the Lambeth Police-office, _ charge of obtaining a quantity of choice plants, under false pretences, from Messrs. Lane and Son, the florists. The prisoners were remanded. Friday. on a ST. KATHARINE DOCKS.—The dividend declared at the half-yearly meeting of this Company, on Wednesday, was at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. The chairman (Mr. Alderman Thompson) explained that the progress of business was satisfactory. THE CHARTIST LAUREATE.—OR Wednesday, at the Thames Police-court, James Duncan, the father of Dun can the Chartist poet, who made himself so conspicuous in the Trafalgar-square " revolution," was ordered to pay 4s. 6d. a week towards the support of the laureate, who is in a lunatic asylum. THE SEXTON of Lambert parish, according to the Edin burgh Scotsman, was busily engaged one day last week digging a grave, when the earth gave way, and be was precipitated into the excavation and securely wedged there. The neighbours exerted themselves for two hours before he was rescued. Fcrtunately, he was " more frightened than hurt." POISONING IN EDINBURGH.—The Evening Courant states that a woman has been apprehended on a charge of poisoning her paramour, Peter Kerr, a shoemaker, be- tween fifty and sixty years of age, by whom she bad several children. Arsenic had been found upon the stomach of the deceased. The woman, it appears, had been heard to threaten his life. SEVERAL PASSENGERS were injured by an accident which occurred on Monday on the Hamilton branch of the Caledonian railway. In consequence of a slip caused by the late heavy rains, the trains had to run on the same line in both directions. A collision was the conse- quence ; out, ueyonu a iew urumes Lu llMb vl Luc [Jaz sengers, little harm was done. HENRY MEREWEATHER, Esq., said to be a son of the late Dean of Hereford, has been committed for trial, at Aberystwith, on a charge of cutting and wounding E. R. Williams, son of R. Williams, M.D. The offence was committed in the lobby of the ball-room at Aberystwith, and arose out of an intended duel in which both gentle men were to have been the seconds. THE BUILDING OF IRON SHIPS has staple trade on the Tyne. On Tuesday, the become q Swarthmore, vas launched of 1,100 tons, built for a Liverpool firm, from the building yard of Messrs. Coutts and Parkinson Her owners, who are members of the Society of Friends, instead of a carouse, gave £5O towards a school for the education of the workmen's children. AMUSING INSTRUCTION.--A magic lantern, represent ing the principal stations of the Church Missionary So ciety, has been designed and brought into use for the purpose of interesting and instructing the juvenile friends of that institution. " Dissolving Views" have also been prepared for the use of juvenile associations of the London Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews. THE CRIMINAL BARBOUR.—This murderer, who lately suffered the last penalty of the law at York, in the " con fession" which obtained for him a temporary respite, im plicated a person named M'Cormack in the horrible crime of which it is now known that he, Barbour, alone was guilty. It is remarkable, as showing the cool villainy of the miserable culprit, that he, in his letters to a Mrs. Pigott, written in York jail, requests that his " best re spects" be given to his " friend, Mr. M'Cormack." ALICE KENYON, aged 44 years, the wife of Edward Kenyon, a dresser, died a miserable death on Saturday evening last. at the Guide-bridgo station of the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. Being in toxicated, she fell back between two carriages of a train while it was in motion, and, despite the efforts of the by- standers, she was run over. She only survived for about fifteen minutes. The husband of the deceased, who was with her at the time, was likewise drunk. Surely the railway officials were neglecting one of the company's best byelaws in permitting intoxicated persons to travel on the line. THE GREAT CORN SWINDLER.—At the Mansion-house on Tuesday, two further cases were proved against Mr. Robert Ferdinand Pries, the discovery of whose extensive forgeries in the corn market caused last week the stoppage of the House of Messrs. Collman and Stohltenfoht. On their behalf Mr. Freshfield produced forged documents purporting to represent 28,000 quarters of wheat, and upon which £51,000 had been obtained by the prisoner. Mr. Ignace Sholoff, a foreign banker, produced forged bills of lading upon which he had advanced £9,000. The prisoner was then remanded for a week for the production of other cases. COUNTY VOTES.-It should be kept in mind that the last day on which a qualification for a county vote can this vear be legally obtained is the 31st instant (January) ; and that the title-deeds should be completed on or before that day, to enable the party to have his name duly regis tered in August next. Persons intending to procure quali fications for county votes had better consult their solici tors at once, and have the legal transfers perfected with out delay. The Conservative party have always been negligent of this duty, which they owe to themselves and their country ; not so the Whigs and Radicals, or we should not have the legitimate voters of counties over-run by Anti-corn-law League faggot votes, nor the alive Aberdeen, Russell, Molesworth, Keogh, and Company, usurping the rule of this great kingdom. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT MURDER. —A most diabolical attempt at murder was made, on Tuesday, at Cottingham, near Hull. Mrs. Duffil, the wife of a respect able innkeeper at Beverley, had vieited Hull, o n _ T u esday, and left that town by the last train fo r Beverley, taking her seat in a second-class carriage. In this carriage were several other persons, who, however, all got out when th e train reached Cottingham., with the except ion of a man, who was thus left alone with Mrs. Duffil. No sooner was the train in motion again than this fellow set upon the unfortunate woman, robbed her, and threw her out of the carriage. She is fearfully cut and bruised about the head ; and no hopes whatever are entertained of her recovery. It is known that Mrs. Duffil had a considerable sum of money upon her when she left Hull, but none whatever was found upon her person when she was picked up. As the train was slackening speed on arrival at Beverley, a man WAS seen to jump out of the carriage in which the crime was committed, and run away. In the darkness of the night he escaped. NEWS. ucceeded admirably in the mayor of Stockton, was en- ablic dinner on the 13t1 the best trumpet-player in the "enly in ;he Crystal the ship of whic tness examined was Will whO said lie saw the captain bore three ho his bed cabin, in the ship's side, i the water.line. The wate tween the skirt and lining and some hours afterwards they took to t vessel went down mended. Upon this evid —A Parliamen spccting the Tewkes -1 resolutions to reduce tart' paj SALARIES OF POOR LAW OFFICER , at been printed r uardians carric several officers, on account of the the - salaries of the " cheapn Poor Lay s of provisions officers appealed to the been diminished at least 30 per cent decreased, and that food was the Board replied, tl at they had " FEMALE PIED BY • evonine Mr, 1, into t ns were reqtZired fr to pass the resc e rates had The Poor L aW that the ecognized the prim_ produce ciple that the price of the articles and 0' ferred to are to be the criterion by which the amount of salaries ought to be estimated and regulated, or that such salaries should be liable to vary as the price of food fluc tuates." The Poor Law Board thought that no suff reason had been assigned for the reduction, declarin, that the fixed salaries of the medical officers remunerated them only for their ordinary duties, and the board did not see that sufficient grounds had been adduced for di- minishing the salaries of either of the officers referred to in the resolutions of the guardians. A STP John. K MEETING INTERI —On Tuesd livered a lecture at the Educational I gate-street, London. At the close of his spee'ch a wo man rose in the body of the ball, and demanded to be heard. The chairman and his supporters on the platform were petrified, and had not the courage to decide whether the lady-aspirant should be heard. the numbers on either side appeared equ Al vote man ruled that the decision was against the lady. The lady protested that it was in her favour, and strong in this conviction, she expressed herself determined to be heard. Mr. J. Cowell Williams, the secretary to the society, jumped off the platform, and assisted by one or two other anti-state churchmen, attempted to eject her vi et armis, from the room ; but she successfully resisted their attacks, and notwithstanding the difficulties of her situation, went on with her speech. At length a policeman was intro duced, and with the despatch usually practised by gentle men of his calling, thrust the ambitious lady from the room, amidst loud exclamations from her that the con duel fence was wicked, of the meeting in allowing such vi blasphemous. impious CRUELTY TO A CHILD.—An inques since at Milverton, Somerset, which disclosed great bar barity on the part of a young woman, named Elizabeth Baker, towards a child two years and a-half old. The deceased, Albert Marks, had been intrusted by the mother few days (who is in service at Pitminster) to a Mrs. Scott, who was paid Is. 3d. per week for her charge. Elizabeth Baker was the daughter of this person, and used to beat the child cruelly with a stick, and on one occasion, when the poor little fellow bad made himself dirty and wet, she took off his socks and shoes, and put one of his feet close ' - eeping it there for soma to the of the grate, ,in spite of his cries. On a - post mortem examin ion the body presented a very emaciated appearance, and there were several contusions upon the head and in different parts of the body, evidently produced by blows. There was a large contusion between the ribs and hip on the left side, about three inches in circumference, burns on the sole and the great toe of the left foot, and on the centre of the upper margin of the frontal bone was an old wound which had suppurated, about the size of a walnut, internally. The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Elizabeth Baker. This was the third child said to have been placed under her care, and al three had died. The coroner directed inquiry to be made as to the causes of the deaths of the other two. minute NATIONAL WORK FOR FELONS.—A correspondent of the Builder proposes that the new structure for the Na tional Gallery shall be absolutely and entirely of granite; that the Millbank Penitentiary shall be removed alto gether from London, and that the felons should be em ployed in working granite on any convenient spot where it abounds. The site of the Penitentiary would fe!ch a very large sum, which would go far to effect the removal of an accumulated felonry from amidst a dense population, where they cannot be adequately employed, to a compare __ ti wilderness, where they can. Hewing granite cannot be done by machinery, and is bard work for man. It consumes both time and labour, both of which we have to spare, festering in our criminal prisons. Transportation, as a punishment, is becoming impossible, and ceases to terrify. The work to be done is extra to all legitimate employment, and would give increased occupation to the skilled artisan to finish the blocks, and to the builder and labourer in the enlarged breadth and elevation of the If it be objected that the expense of forming felon-working estat )lishment in a granite di in obtaini will be out of all proportion to the results _ erial for a National Gallery, however ex tensive, it may be replied, first, that such an institution must be speedily founded, apart from any other consider ation than providing the felon continuous labour ; and, secondly. that with all our great national establishments granite, of all things, will be in unceasing demand. THE RAILWAY KING.—The case of the York and North Midland Railway Company v. Mr. George Hudson, the late chairman of the company, to obtain the restitution or the value of a large number of shares in the East and West Riding and the Hull and Selby branches, amounting to upwards of £12,000, which, it was alleged, had been taken, appropriated, and disposed of by him, without the authority of the company, and in direct violation of its acts and regulations, was commenced on Tuesday last, before the Master of the Rolls. The Solicitor-General appeared for the company, and stated that the present bill was in the nature of a bill by cestui que trusts against a trustee for appropriating to his own use the trust-funds; and that the allegations in the bill, and the evidence to be produced before the court, were of a very set as regarded the character of Mr. Hudson. From these allegations and such evidence it was argued that Mr. Hudson, as chairman of the company, has taken advantage of his position to benefit himself at the expense of the company ; that as such chairman, possessing the seal of the company, and having a casting vote and other powers, he had from time to time altered the accounts so as to make the dividends of the company considerably larger than they really were; that he had procured his own brother-in-law and his own solicitor to be appointed auditors of the company, and by collusion with them had been able to deceive the shareholders ; and that ho managed to make all things pleasant to his brother direc tors by coin . shares with them in the booty he from time S nature to time secured. Hudson ; and, in a Sir Fitzroy Kelly 1 nswer to such charg present proceedings by the company against Mr. Hudson were contrary to all law, inconsistent with equity, and in direct violation of good faith. The argument was resumed on the following day, and the Master of the Rolls said he would give his judgment in a day or two. AMERICAN RIFLE —An improvemen Idneed into this c Jitors cliam for it two important qualities; first, a simple, peditious mode of loading at the breech ; and, seco...- the cleansing of. the barrel secured at each discharge. The loading at the breech is effected in a very ingenious manner, and differs essentially from all other contrivances adopted for the same purpose. A lever, working in the line of the stock, and forming, when down, the guard to the trigger, moves forwards or backward a slide with a strong iron plate, in front of which, when b ac k, th e cartridge is dropped through a slit in the side of the lock. The iron plate becomes, when pushed into its place, the bottom of the breech, the chamber of which thus becomes occupied by the cartridge. In the centre of this plate a small hole is drilled, communicating with the nipple, and the fire of an exploded cap passing down to that hole immediately finds its way through a perforation in the wad at the end of the cartridge, and ignites the powder within. The perforation in the cartridge wad corresponds exactly with that in the iron plate, and the wad itself, which is of sole leather with the pasteboard case of the cartridge attached to it, remains behind in the breech when the discharge takes place, while the conical ball, entering the grooved part of the barrel and taking the required spiral motion, travels upon its way. When the gun is again loaded the wad left behind at the previous discharge precedes the ball in its flight, cleansin' out the oassavp ' `e, and ex- 1 nus the rifle never tomb , never, there fore, requires washing ; and, by the plan of loading at the breech, riot only is the use of the ramrod dispensed with, but shots can b 3 fired with a steady aim at the rate of from eight to eight and a-half, or even nine per minute. Even on a first trial at Woolwich, in hands totally un accustomed to the use of the weapon, 100 shots were fired in 15 minutes, or at the rate of nearly seven rounds per minute. APPALLING SUICIDE OF DR. RICE, HEAD MASTER OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—On Thursday, an inquest was held on the body of the Rev. Edward Rice, D.D., Head Master of Christ's Hospital.—Susan Bancroft said She was in the service of Dr. Rice, and that about a quarter before nine o'clock on Thursday morning Mee. Rice found Dr. Rice hanging by his neck at the foot of the bed, and his feet at some distance from the ground. Mrs. Rice immediately cut the handkerchief by which he was suspended, and they lowered him gradually on to the bed. A surgeon was afterwards sent for , bu t he showed no sign of life. She had for some time noticed that he was d esponding and melan c holy, }lse naectevno d ues d fethveer idencti\oiralyasotrFjeubnruealraystt,wseinlveee very low. spirited, as he scar cel y . ever s p oke when he was spoken to.—Mr. Thos. St one, resident-sur geon to Christ's Hospital, said months, when be wa s attacked with a very severe fever, y altered man. awnhdichagatiinniefobre had He was exceedingly o c g r adually nh ap p eared lpy el were e r r e e d a h e completel y increased convinced up that to t he waspre sent time. So str ongly in body, whi ch whsiTgrefsrl9gmn his dera h n e g a e d nr m n a t s t o e f rs m h i i p n : d o f t c ha h t ris th v e s y H re o ci sp u i i t r a e l d , ff i c e h r on he did on Friday last. Of late he was particularly desponding, and the most trifling matters he magnified into the greatest importance. So firmly was he (witness) of opinion that he was quite mad, that i n con sequence of this he felt it t o b e hi s d u t y to i n f orm Mrs. Rice of it, and to request her to remove all things out of his way, and that he should not be allowed to shave himself. Oa Thursday morning, when she arose, she left Dr. Rice asleep in bed ; but in a q uar ter of an hour sh e re t urned to the room, when he still appeared to be asleep, and some time after that she sent Miss Rice up stairs to see if he was awake, but listening at the door and not h ear i ng him stirring, she went down stairs again, and the family went to prayers. As soon as thes e were en d e d, M rs . Rice again went up stairs, and found him in the situation the last witness had described. He was insensible a nd P ' ulseless and quite black in the f ac e. Wit ness p er f or med operations for the purpose of restoring respiration, but without effect. The jury returned a verdict, " That Dr " . Rice committed suicid e w hil s t i n a s t a t e o f derangement. It is a singular fact that Mrs. Rice lost her first husband five weeks after marriage by suicide at the house of her father, who was so affected that he died a week afterward; i charged with st prosecution d, by boring holes Lireis 01 of ]au have 11.,