The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1853. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE FLORAL AND HORTICULTUEAL takeSc Ala e xhibition for the present season will llay i at the Botanic Gardens. Mr. R. ANDERSON, collector of customs at Douglas, and v arious at other has bee n appointed to the Chester,_d esp ndin 0 v arious promotions ha v e corr collectorshipi ly p o c f ccn Parts within the Isle of Man. WAGES OF THE C oNSTIBU held LARy._ on t sessions for thi s county, toThursday the next week, there will be a propositio n made be Aannual the county constables 2d. a da , y, s y da a sailor fell over board from the brig d int o the water . Was drowned. A shipmate jamPein • Amelia Hill• so strong that his , lying in the river, an rescue, but the tide was running tiniseif was picked up exertions were unavailing, and h much exh austed by the Seacombe steam-boat.e contest between Mr. Jonathan P ee l, R a di ca l Free-trader, ELECTION.—The and Mr. Le G en d re Nicholas S tarkie, Conservative, for the represent a ti on o f e• Clitheroe, vacant by the uns. eat wasin of Mr. Aspin a ll t t oo k returned by a majo r ity place on Tuesday. Mr. Stark'e of 216 to 205. IRE RAILWAY C OMPANY. LANCASH IRE AND YORESU held on Tuesday, it was ••-•ett a meeting of the directors, proprietors, at the ensuing decided to recommend to the half-year at the ' t 6 declare a dividend for the past a meeting, - annum, and to carry forward rate of at per cent. per he next account. inarplus of upwards of £5,000 to t a fine bull and Ala. 'WARD'S great picture, representing . t an object in other aninials, which *wined so prominent National Gallery, the last ex hibi tion of the Liverpool Academy of Paintings, . T has been offered to the t rus t ees of the - .l\ and W ly recommend e d t o their notice by some of our first artists. 'cation ad to STA.MPS.—In. reply to a communication to dreesed to the B oar d of Inland Revenue, in reference the o peration of th e new penny receipt stamp,he follow nig info rmation has b een g i ven :—" If A. serves B with for goods acros s th e counter to the amount of £2 ls. 6d., t is which, cash being paid, a memorandum or occoun given, the transaction, if it takes place subsequent to the 10th of October next will require a receipt stamp." . THE NEW FeCToner A-CT, to regulate the employment of children in factories will come into operation on Thursday. No child is to be employed before six o'clock in the morning, nor after six in the afternoon, nor after two o'clock Ong, nor afternoon. There is, however, power given to employ children in the hours between seven in the morning arid. seven in the evening, from the 30 th of September to the Ist of April, under certain r egulations. Rocie Pennee.—Some vagabonds have latterly been amusing themselves by throwing the caps off the stone Pillars et gate-Pots in Rock-park and the neighbourhood— a practice now becoming of nightly occurrence. A reward of £25 has been offered for the apprehension of the parties eng•aged i n this nocturnal amusement, and, should they be discovered, they will, doubtless, be taught that the PerPetrators of such wanton mischief eventuallY find themselves taking' exercise on the treadmill. A VERY QUESTIONABLE CHRONOLOGICAL CHART or CHBISTIANITy has, it seems, been extensively hawked about among the members and friehas of Protestant truth, piirporting to be compiled by an individual named 4_'llv,,i'd Poster. The attention of the Scottish Rthrrna 'en Society having been directed towards the publication in question, that body appointed a committee to examine th e current and report on it. The report bears, that the chart in question includes, as of equal authority with the divine oracles, several statenaents which appear only in the Apocrypha ; and incluaee many of the most perm lifts dogmas inculcated by the llomish Church. protes tants ought, therefore, to be on their rd. on (u CASE oF Ilvi3 novnotre..—We announced Ira our last the death of lino" j o es a painter, of hydro phobia. The inquest was hid n Tfueiday, when it was stated in evidence that the aeceened ho was in the em ploy of Mr. 'Vernon ire 1-- as —ll SluPbuilder w ent to work at the residence of that gentleman , at I,Vvalton, about three months ago. Whilst there be went inton, a water closet, and was slightly bitten by a'llttle dog in a delicate part of • the body. Re continued th• List. On l'e a is work up to w Thursday he 1 cedes he teol 'medical advice. On Ire deranged, and couldnot bear the sight of water, and twice barked like a ang n t• ued in a delirious State till Saturday he ' 1., Re Con in . J returned a. verdict to theeffect u -e died. Th a had died from ; hYdrophobia. that the decease isLMEMORIAL WINDOW • AT ST. NICHOLAS' CHUBcIL—A n'l'alitifill stained-glass window, dedicated to the memory of , the late John Wright. by his Widow has just been P e laced e , in the old church of St. Nicholas'. It contains a se s of medallions illust tive of the acts of mercy ; fed he the h angr ,gi ..rgrade t o the thirsty ; clothing the nte(.;l,j vs4filgtheniick In . k omforting those in prison ; and r-e 'v nig the stranger : grouped round the cen_t t r i al le subject, the sermon on the mount, "To the ' poor donation Cl osPel is preached e, alluding to Mr. Wiight €l_ m,.to,the church in ' Naylor-street, St. Bartholomew's, an d to t acts ef be benevolence, " Inasmuch as ye ;did MAD the }east Ith did it unto me• H ate, and o ese, ye f w o rd hwo mae "'lours are co mmemorated by the dates o of state, alties, 1816 and 1833, with the mace S ottite two and the arms otthe corporation. The emblems the to of sacraments, the cup and the ,gnus del, occupy whole. Other the side lights, and the cross surmounts the the intervening texts fUrniSh ornamental details to fill up Pilkington, at sees It has been executed by Messrs. orals 'for the ;,;_lfelens, and does great credit to their w beauty of and the -- " l ,e, e n ess and varet of the colours, - casetaanslii the diapers. Th iritual 5,,,, e „ pin , EvEnToer,--esp _ u.a.,:,vIIIIYSOSTom s CHUE7, is well known, called ' "of the Mill-roael district, as and IraPeratively for additional church accommodation,alluded to has we ar e 'la& that the destitution b een e . to record . the erection of St. Chrysostom's ebr. e - 'c ro a vita rts fo r by dcommodious edifice, which is to be opened underulicee reuse from the Lord Bishop of Chester . t4-nanr mw, as will be seen on reference to our advertising hie It had been intended to defer the opening', until bis lordship could have b Present to con.secra - church, but ids tie b • eon ' for consideya ne emg fully o e p,„ le d a ta ble period to come, in hol --- fi li rmations area 'VLSI times,. openingeby license Was deem n d desirable wider the pressing nature of the ci curnst ec,,, and h e th a t view the diocesan has been pleased to acquiesce. Th e opening services will be performed by the ul liev. Canon Stowell' aided by the Rev. W. AV. Ewbank. If anything • could add to our gratification in connex-onwith this preceding, it wool be found in Land alacrity with which the defi ciency in the 'building and endowment funds` has been l e ilet. A few weeks ago the amount or that deficiency was dishy £l,OOO, and we now learn that it has been reduced to about £350, a sum which, we trust, will be conteihnted ill collections at the opening services. THE DERBY ELECTION CASE. —On WednesdayupPli- Fation vv as made to Itr. Baron Platt on the subject of the et feu 1. the last session of the Central Criminal Cour+ against Mejor Beresford and others for conspiring to bribe the electors of Derby. Mr. Bodkin supported the 11Plication, which Was for a certiorari to remove the indi c tmend to theeourt of Queen's Bnch, at the instance 1 1 ) 1 1 1 Alaior Beresford, who, at the time the offence was w eged to be committed held the dice r f Secretary at % e ar. , An atadaVit stated that the matte out of which arse arose 'bad b • • • byetwo committees of tl Houseeen the subject of inquiry Major Beresferd had bee's Je of Commons, before whom qUestions of le ex Commons, and that among the difficult evidence theu"v:xliected to arise, one was, how far the present i ndictm ent - could be made use of in support of discos •• The counsel also adverted to tile sions which had t - Parliament d through the . aken place in an th at a seal Jury would be less likely tolbe influenced by PoPillar Prejudi • Prins ce in a matter which had-been in so many res rills before the public than thclassf persons, however Criminal yectable, who were 11 e Court. —Mr.% usruaou iv.i:umrnone o stat e e e t said that, for the reasons n, he considered it -a fit case to lee tried in a superior t e i n e rt and granted his 'fiat for the writ as prayed, fixing 'ot to be entered :into 13 M ' Be f dat £lOO, ajor re,s or With two sureties in £5O each. Y DesTRITCTIvE Pinr: rer SnEL-S.--Ori Wednesday 'night, a fire broke out tithef -V j es premiseso e essrs. am and Robert Leek, woodoo aft. Hewitt, the superinteZeiT noufacturers, Seel -street. Promly on the spot, with 11 1 f the fire Police, Was ongines and pipes were barn° adeqnate staff of firemen. thug,h not before the Raine s ,e niyl4.r. speedy operation, ingebuildings, consisting of ,the cooperaeateed to the adjoin lqr. William Maddock, and Messrs. Eyre 's warehousegiv7f of drugs was stored. The firemen though zeria6.:;tuantity tailing beams and blazing fragments of wood,ndra. by e, vigorously on the wall which separated the hoop I ) ria, 3 l ; . fa,ctory from the drug warehouse, a cotton warehouse on one side, and the cotton-kiln belonging to Mr. Gaaskell at the hack and On the hoop warehouse to the east Ultimately the efforts of the fire brigade were successful in Indian' ing the flames and saving a large quantity of pro perty. The imilding in which the hoop manufacture w carried on eecaped with. comparatively little damag he cotton warehouse was also saved and its conenie. Thee oil warehouse was preserved except as regardede'a little damage to the roof. There were two of the town's engine's in action, as well as two reels from Temple-court, and one from Seel-street station. The AVest of England engine also rendered efficient aid. It is sail that the fire originated in the cotton-kiln of Mr. Gaskell, where a ~,utintity of the was burning otc.a ,Neonipany, and the kiln becoming overheated, it is con ectured that some eparlis must have found their way aero, ss the intervening space, and into the cooperage and hoop manufactory. LANCASIIITLE AND YOURSIETRE RAILWAY. -- The directors or the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail a have taken a strange vcay of restoring the r w Y • line after the Carati trial. NVI eputation of' their lether they have amended their line we know not assuredat they have i d the following ticket we are 'lliey have more,dosnsuee they have required. passn.Ters to sign the document : This ticket is issued by the company, and accepted b y the holder, upon the express understanling and agree are not to be in a went that the company responsible to the holder , Or his representatives 1 accident, hovvever caused, N„.40, r the c onsequences of any hile travelling in any of theetenlaY to to the holder w t any of the company's statioTs. DauY's vehicles, or being a It mast be exhibited tocompany's officers whenever the . it, other than the per son required ; and any person using to the same penalties as a named herein, will be liable his fare." Probably such Passenger who does not pay even by the most performed before, Augustan age of rail course ev as h nev , fr di p r e directors of the Augus le ally bind waa• goPcoedurse such a compact cannot be g best administered one of the issued with !ig on any Passenger. On was n. lines in P land a notice the south of England ' r which respo regard te " PrO -t " lost on the line, fo t when there sibility Waa Pe Y disclaimed by the company ; bu n robably !vas fair evidence that any ProPertY had eve _,_ been lost, rather than raise a question the directors mane little force in good the claim. If such a ticket had so ~,e and Ilegard Butroperty, how much less in regard to lii be that blob ! what art unexampled calculation must e n. which suggests the policy of such a notice. The La . e ashire and Yorkshire directors issue a ticket, which Pre x Seated for signature to a nervous passen of ir would give a shock in itself equal to an 'accident'. . And . Lhey practically confess that it is worth their while to --sae such a n aice ; as if e acipated a sufficient ntunber of tl I't in futureat least, to defray cos y exp oi s, the expense of Printing and distributing the tickets. What are the shareholders about ? For surely so disas- Iren e a 'mode of advertising the characteristics of a railway Was never before adopted by any railway managers ill the ekl.—Giobe, on Thins- THE ELECTION or CHAPLAIN tO the Rainhill Lunati Asylum, by the visiting magistrates, h as b een unani mously in favour of the Rev. H. H. Higgins, of Liverpool There were twenty-three candidates. TESTIMONIALS.—TILE ment of Mr. Hansturg .e is now on view at the establish- Church-street, a handsome silver waiter, which is about 'to be presented by the Rev. John lacnaught to the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, incumbent of St. George's Church, Everton, as a token of esteem. Mr. Macnaug - ht havin g been appointed to the charge of the church of St. Chr;sos - to s— m, -- Ev'erio7l - 1, is - aboTiCtO - iresign his situation as, curate to Mr:Ewbank:which he has held for the last four years. There are ;Ise; two elegant inkstands, to be presented by Mr. Nacnaught, one to Mr. Netlam Tory, and the other to Mr. T. D. Anderson, the treasurer and director of the St. Chrysostom Building Society. NEW STEAM-TUG.—A new and powerful steam-tug, called the Constitution, arrived in the Mersey last week. This vessel is an iron steamer, built by Mr. Thos. Toward, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She is 132 feet long, 22 feet beam, and 11 feet in depth. Her entire tonnage is 262 tons, and she is propelled by a pair of engines of 160 horse-power, manufactured by Mr. J. P. Almond, of North Shields. She is to be commanded by Captain Harney, and belongs to the same fleet as the well-known steamers Powerful and Independence. She is the fastest and most powerful tug-boat on the river, her speed being twelve knots per hour. LIVERPOOL IMPROVE3LEICTS.— Some time ago, the Council determined to form a small park on the Waver- - _ tree-road, the property of. the Corporation, and throw it open to the public. This intention is now being carried out, and last week the Finance Committee purchased a field from Mr. John Shaw Leigh, adjoining the park, so that the whole range of the park from Wavertree-road to Edge-lane, where it meets the Botanic Gardens, will henceforth be thrown open to the public. It is also in tended to have another entrance into the Botanic Gardens from the Wavertree-road entrance to the park, which will save visitors the circuitous route to the main entrance in Edge-lane. Flx IN A Goons TRAIL — On Monday last week, while a goods train was going from Liverpool to Wigan on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway s and was leaving the Tontine tunnel, three lorries of cotton were discovered to be on fire. The other carriages of the train were immediately unhooked, and the engine proceeded with the burning mass at full speed to Wigan. Its arrival caused no little alarm at the station, as the cotton was in flames ; and before the fire was subdued the greater portion of it was consumed, and the remainder damaged. The cotton is supposed to have ignited by sparks from the engine. FORGED £5 NOTES.—lnformation has been received by the police of an extensive lame of forged £5 notes. The engraving of the note is very . good, and would deceive the most experienced judges, especially the Britannia in the corner ; but the water-mark is badly executed, and appears to have been impressed after the paper was made, and the note has not that crispness of feel and whiteness of colour so peculiar to Bank of England notes. The three edges of the notes are cut, the other appears to have been torn, and different to the usual fray-cdges of _ _ the- genuine Bank of England £5 notes. Bnsicn OF 'IRE FACTORY ACT. — At the Town Hall, Little Bolton, on Monday, Mr. Noah Baker, cotton spinner, of Kersley, was summoned by Mr. Jones, the factory inspector for employing in his mill, on the 20 th of July, two children who had not been registered. He was fined 40s. and costs in one case, and the other was withdrawn en the payment of expenses by Mr. Baker. On the same day two labouring men, from Horwich, named Edward Farnworth and William Whittle, were charged by Mr. Jones with having altered the dates of the certifi cates of their children's birth, with the view of getting them employed full time in one of the cotton mills at Horwich. Mr. Birley severely reprehended such conduct, and they were fined 10s. each, and costs. _ THE - BANKS AND THE NEw Swsr ACT.-111 con sequence of the passing of the new Stamp Act, which will come into operation on the 10th of October, the various banking establishments have agreed to a modifi cation of the system under which they have of late years issued letters of credit. Under the new act, draughts or cheques payable to order on demand may be issued on a penny stamp ; and it is proposed, therefore, on the 10th of October to adopt that form, while for credits available only at a specified term after.hate the usual stamp appli cable to bills of exchange will be required. By this means, as regards the notes payable on demand, the vigorous banks will save themselves from risk with respect to forged endorsements, inasmuch as the 19th clause of the new act exonerates them An these special cases from all liability on that account.- Times. HEALTH OF THE TOWN.—The medical-officer reports that, for the week ending Saturday, the 20th instant, the deaths in Liverpool fell to 192 from 210 in the previous week ; the average of the same week of the five preceding years having been 243, without the cholera deaths of 1849. 60 deaths were ascribed to zymotic diseases, nearly one by summer dia rr h cea ,'& c ., third of the e n ti re mortality, but of th ese 43 w ere caused which usually attains its maxi mum at this period, and of the 43 who died 40Avere in prehvigiousthteo the e e l s a l t two in fants. Only t wo fatal cases of typh us were reg i s t ere d, be :mortality month re s co . r Th ded ere fr w om as n th o ris fat di al se: as se e of measles nor of smallpox. There were 4of scarlatina, 6 of h00pin,,, ,, -cough, , and 1 of mumps. From consumption there were 32 deaths, andifrom other diseasesofrtohnesluuningsp THE " R0x . ..4.z, LIVER TRUE BLUE LODG{E," in con nexion with the Loyal Orange 121. wasopened Institution: st)tihteutclitenors Arms,Geat of the h i us lom in e e r s - s st: f ee t t h , e on lo lV g e e d n, Britain and Ireland, the brethren tit. down to a Clark, and thore7vipiceed n conclusion R. W. D. G. M. Mr , William was most excellent supper. The chair ehbayirthhye the toas W ts, . t D he . 11 6 1. i i rm Mr.anJophrnopoLsiedttle,The Grand M ., er,rrthee After the usual loyal Earl of Enniskill en ." M r. Cl ar k' s health was nextast as deputy grand master. S evera l o th er toasts followed, including the healths of the district matter, Mr. John Little ; the grand secretary, Mr. Nicholson Bradley ; the master of the lodge, Mr. James Graham ; - the Protestant press of Liverpool ; the host and hostess, &c. The even ing was spent in the most convivial manner, and the brethren sepazated much gratified. THE LivritPoot CATTLE TRADE.—It appears that the number of cattle, sheep, lambs, and pigs brought here from the Ist:of January to the 16th August of the present year was 257,000 head, to whiclumay be added 3354 horses. Supposing the import to proceed in the same ratio, the total importation of the year would not be less than 400,000 head, or nearly 8000 animals per week. The numbers of each kind of animal imported, to the 16th August, was as follows :—Cattle, ; sheep, 113,149 ; Pigs, 57,705 ; lambs, 25,701; =calves, 674; horses, 3334. Much the largest portion of the cattle, sheep, lambs, pigs, and horses brought into Liverpool are Irish ; this year 214,490 out of 260,783. 'The rest are brought coastwise from Scotland, Wales,' t,'uniberland, or the Isle of Man. Foreign cattle, of which`the Londoners receive so many, are scarcely known in lencashire, the sea voyage 'from Holland and Holstein being too long. From some cause—either the disease amongst cattle and sheep, or greater consumption of butcher meat in the districts from which this town draws its ==supplies—the import of cattle has not been so great this year as last. This year it amounts to 260,783 in rather less than eight months, whilst last year it amounted to 283,815 in the same time. EMBEZZLEMENT. —A very respectably-attired young man, named John Lacourt, a collecting clerk in the em ploy of Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, and Co., was on Tues day charged with embezzling £220 belonging to his employers. It appeared the prisoner had been in the employ of the above firm for the last twelve months, and it was his duty to collect freights from merchants for the carriage of goods consigned to his employers ; and on the 30th of July-last, whilst acting in that capacity, he - received from Messrs. Newman and Engle the sum of lam. Os. 2d., which he had not entered in his collecting-book, nor • accounted -for to the cashier. He had also received £B7. 18s. - .lod. from Messrs. Melly, Romilly, arld Co., which sum, although entered in his book, he bad not accounted for to the cashier. Mr. Bowman's suspicions having been aroused, he on Monday sent for Inspector Kehoe, and after making that vigilant officer acquainted With the circumstances of the case, called the prisoner into a private office, and questioned him respecting the receipt and the non-entry in his book of the above sums. He confessed that he had received the money, and said that he had been unfortunate with some bets at the last Liver pool races, and that he did not wish his employers to•know he had received •it until he was able to refund it. The officer then took him into custody, and on searching him found £25 on his person, which he said was a portion of the money he had received. The payments to the prisoner having been clearly proved, he was committed for trial at the sessions. Thursday Mr. Chas. Turnerin the chair. The Chairman fter a are- Docir COMMITT B E.—Th e wee kl y mee ti ng washld on intimated that the Committee of Works had, a c trus tees should avail th emse l ves o f th e oppor t un ity to purchase containing ful inq u i r y, come t o the unan i mous opin i on th a t th e three parcel s o f f ree h o l d land near th e canal, _._ The purchase was 28,836 s quare yar d s. The pr i ce was £1 2s . lila- per yard, and th e t o t a l cost £33,113 l b s. considered desirable, in reference to any increased actom modation that mi g ht b e requ i re d i n connexion with the docks. Aft er some conversation the rgcomm endation was confinned.—An offer of Me ssr s. Chaloner and Fleming to supply a quantit y o f red pine for stages was accep t e d.— The surveyor was instructed to let the King's Dock run dry on the Ist of September, subject to the usual notices. —Mr. Gladstone intimated that-the alteration of the levels of Mersey-street had been before the Health Committee, and the feeling appeared to be that about the present levels should be retained, within a few inches one way or other; it was thought desirable that the borough engineer should carry out the works in his own way, and he would then be enabled to do what was necessary to meet all the requirements for the public convenience. Mr. Shand said the Sub-committee of Works would be prepared to carry out the suggestions of Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone agreed to communicate the wishes of the Dock Trust to the Health Committee. The Chairman announced that the inspection of the lighthouses and telegraphs would the ren: take place on Wednesday, the 14th September next, and ments' tl w iat a steamer for conveying members of the committee the ,_ ould be at the Landing -stage at half-past eight o'clock for the use of Toettehmorning.—lt was recommended that the Clarence run dry, to enable the surveyor to proceed with a timber 7 of the gates and the gridiron.—Several appoint- Lan c e m mes h ire ter - Porters were confirmed.—A letter from The Chairmanedand Yorkshire Railway Company, asking ___, al " piece of land at the Harrington Dock for recently passedea, let, w„ refs and the terms upon which it would be to the Ha rbour -masters' Committee.— yed attention to the new customs' act lection of their gave great 1 7: Ivl f il • ch which sions which had taken were introduced two clauses dues,acies to the Dock Trust in the col painadeewtaoulsadchpuatcannstaoidpetroabtlheosexeteavnat-. treasury and the other esy shown hy the secretary to the He referred to th antieother members had had in e co ar t whom he (the chtdr nian) °f ficers of the government with terviews on the subject. s conduct of the gentle f nsollvith that view a reso to express their high opinion ol i lald ' er ed that they ought etxrep7asusiiryve, Sir of t T ha . n y k r s e t o enla i n t° r ii r e ..T. men to whom he had alluded, a lution had been drawn up by the The resolution, cWh air ilso m n a'n s , ec a r n e d" w t as he ta wlii ry ch to Mr. Hamill, solicitor, was adopted u na ' solicitor then read a notice calling attention. tously. The in the new act having reference to the evasion of clauses dues. A conversation followed, during 1"i-idol-titan of . dock was expressed by several members that the newopcialsion would afford a greater chock than hitherto in prev t' e eu mg the evaeion of dock duel. LORD PALMERSTON having, last week, been ( to Melbourne-hall, in Derbyshire, the property, by inheri tance of the noble viscountess, a number of the inhabi tants of Derby, headed by the Mayor, forwarded to his lordship an invitation to a public banquet, to be given in honour of his visit to Derbyshire. The invitation was courteously declined. HIRUNDINE ENTANGLEMENT. — On Saturday, a swallow was seen suspended from the string of a boy's kite lying over the tops of the houses in St. Anne-street, having, whilst on passing, got the tips of some of the longest wing feathers twisted in the string. After struggling for a few minutes, the airy captive managed to release itself, and mounted to an invisible height, surrounded by its kindred. SHOCKING AND FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— On Friday afternoon, Mr. Meredith, manager of the Standish station on the London and North-Western Railway, near Wigan, while crossing the line, was struck by the buffer of an engine to which a goods train was attached. The unfortunate gentleman was cast by the violence of the collision against the hedge on the side of the railway, and so severe were the injuries inflicted that he died in an hour or so afterwards. He had been a long time in the service of the company.—Preston Chronicle. PUBLICANS AND BERRSELLERS.—On Friday the follow ing persons were summoned before the magistrates for infringing the Local Licensed Victuallers' Act, and fined in the sums attached to their respective names, and 4s. 6d. costs in each instance :—Publican : George Mayer, Mary bone, 40s. Beersellers : Richard Haddock, Birkett street, 40s. ; John Davis, George's-street, 58. ; Charles Payne, Frederick-street, ss. ; m. Fowler, Finch-street, 2s. 6d. ; John Lupton, Finch-street, ss. ; George Gillrays, Back Queen Anne-street, 2s. 6d. • John Henshaw, Green street, Paddington, ss. ; William Thompson, Chester street South, 40s. ' • Richard Burton, St. Andrew-street, 2s. 6d. ; George Owens, High Park-street, 60s. • Richard Grice, High Park-street, 2s. 6d. ; James Quins, Raymond street, ss. ; James Farthing, Bent-street, ss. ; Edward Jones, Poplar-street, Breck-road, 2s. 6d. ; Francis Owens, M`Kee-street, (selling milk,) 40s. The cases against Ca therine Crooks, Lower Harrington-street, Thos. Walker, Phythian-street, Lowhill, Ann Mason, Chisenhale-street, Thomas Wilson Stanhope-street, Catherine Thompson, Wood-street, Lowhill, and Joseph Hounslea, Vaughan street, beersellers, and Henry Joseph Lancashire, wine seller, Paradise-street, were dismissed. AN EVIL DESIGN FRUSTRATED.—At the Police-court, on Saturday, Patrick M`Carran and James Crook were charged with assaulting Mr. John Burnett, of Highfield street, grocer, and Mr. Tennis Larkin, of Tithebarn-street. On Friday night, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Burnett was passing up Vernon-street, when the prisoners sprang upon him, and threw him doWn, and Crook was about to strike him on the head with a stone he held in his hand, when Mr. Larkin, who had witnessed the assault, ran to Mr. Burnett's as ,, istance. He asked what they were doing to the man, but the only reply he received was the stone which Crook held in 'his hand. It struck him on the forehead, causing blood to flow copiously, and almost stunning him for a few seconds. He, however, recovered himself, and seized Crook by the coat-lap, which came away in the struggle. He took fresh hold by his collar ; and, although the other prisoner kicked him about the body, and struck him in the face, he maintained his hold until police-officer 645 made his appearance and took both men into custody. Several large stones were found in the torn-away pocket. When called upon for his defence, Crook said, I was going tip Vernon-street, about eleven o'clock. I don't know how I fell into the row ; but somebody struck me and I fell into it. The gentleman says I lifted a stone against him I never did at all. Them stones in that pocket I can't 'ac count for. I never put them in my , pocket." Veal-ran made an equally probable defence. When I was going up Vernon-street," says he, " I see this gentleman (the other prisoner) lying in the street, and as I knew hint before, I went to rise him up. That there young man (Burnett) was lying in the channel. I could not get him up till the policeman came and took me away." They were convicted in the penalty of £2 and costs, or, in default, to be com mitted for two months each. They were sent *to prison. THE Arrrrukr. CCOaNTY SESSION is to be held at Preston ion Thursday, when the chairman for the year will have to be appointed, the reports of the committee received, the public accounts allowed, and the various committees appointed. The Ramshay inquiry expenses will be again brought before the notice of the court, Mr. Saunders in tending to show that the resolution passed in respect to it at the last session was irregular, and a Tiolation of one of the standing orders of the court, and therefore in point of form void and of no effect. The chairman of the consta bulary comnrittee is to ask for an advance of £7OO out of the money held by the trustees of the county constabulary superannuation fund, to be invested on security of the rates of the Kirkdale Police Division, at 41 per cent. per annum, to erect a police station at Garstang. The chairman of the constabulary committee is to move that the police force be paid according to the following scale, being an advance of 2d. per diem to those who receive daily pay over the scale fixed by the resolution of the court, on 6th January, 1847, such increase to commence upon the 16th Sept.. next : _ . rn Appoint Rank. mentor Promotion. After Service of Three Yekrs. kfter further Serviceof Four Years. ERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE TWENTY-TRIED MI TING of the British elation for the Advancement of Science will commence in Hull on Wednesday, the 7th proximo. ' THE EARL OF CARLISLE has arrived in Egypt. The noble earl is not expected to return to England before the close of the year TILE FLOODS IN OXFORDSHIRE seem to have been not without some advantage; the farmers are cutting a most luxuriant second crop of grass. Six FREDERICK THESIGER, it is understood, is going to give the public " a full and particular account of the great Smyth fraud. - MR. ROEBUCK'S health is so greatly improved as to enable him to accept an invitation to the cutler's feast.— Sheffield Independent. AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT has just been printed abolish ing masters extraordinary in chancery, and giving them the new title of " commissioners to administer oaths in chancery in England." HER MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to approve of the 33d Regiment of Foot bearing on the regimental colours and appointments the crest and motto of the late Duke of Wellington. A SINGULAR ACCIDENT occurred at Cowley School, near Oxford, on Thursday. Four boys were using the gymnastic poles, when the centre one suddenly broke, and striking a youth named Standen in the stomach, so severely injured him,t hat he died in the course of the afternoon. SOME HAYMA.REES who were at work in a field at Mitcheldean,llants,last week,paitoofCofbeer which had been put into a jar which had contained oil of vitriol. Seven of them died almost immediately, and several others had a narrow escape MR. LUPTON. OP LEEDS, affirmed, at the laying of the foundation stone of the new Town-hall, that he spoke within limits when he said that woollen fabrics of the value of from £5,000,000 to £6,000,000 are annually turned out of the warehOuses at Leecls, THE Reformer's Gazette mentions the fact that the convicts Blackwood and Macfarlane, executed for the atro- lous murder at the New Vennel, Glasgow, expressed a, desire, a few days before execution ,tobe married. Of course their desire was not acceded to. THE ACCOUNTS FROM THE MOORS, bOt11:111 Scotland and the north of England, generally speak very favourably of the numbers awlyip:6 of thegro - use, and the fineness of the weather on and since the 12th. Unusual quantities of game are stated by the Scotch papers to hare . been for- warded to the southern markets from the Highlands. Posr OrricE.—lt appears by a parliamentary return that the present annual return of .postage accruing to Great Britain on the foreign and colonial correspondence, conveyed by the several lines of packets, is £479,600 ss. 4d., while the expense of contract for packet-service is £822,390 per annum. Dirrosiox OP THE GOSPEL. —A quantity of New Testaments, printed in the German language, and intended for the use of the German Church, and with the view of furthering the Christian religion amongst the Germans residing in the place, has been imported from Hamburgh into one of the principal seaport towns in the north of England, and with the sanction of the government autho rities they have been admitted free of duty for that purpose. THE PROPERTY OP THE HOUSE OP ORLEANS. — The purchasers of the Orleans property have been served, through the Register-office of the Chamber of Notaries at Paris, with a notice that it is the intention of the Prince of Orleans to sue for the •restoration of their estates, as soon as they shall be - permitted to plead before the tri bunals of the country. The document is in the form of a copy of the original protest against the decree for the sale of the property. ENFIELD. — the - tweifth estate, purchased for allotment amongst the shareholders of the Conservative Land S6ciety, has just been made, at th e anc i en t mar k e t t own of Enfield, Middlesex, on the Eastern Counties railroad, close to the old edifice occupied by the Earl of Essex, now used as the station. Enfield is remarkable for its salubrity, the soil being gravel, and is celebrated as the residence of Ed war d VI., and afterwards 'of Queen Elizabeth, who held their courts at "this place. Trarrtuva BRIDGE is being prepared at the manufactory of Messrs. Robt. Stephenson and Co. in this town, for the railways on the Nile at Bentra. The trains will pass along the top of the tube. A footpath will be made on each side of the rails. The bridge will be twenty feet above the ordinary level of the water, and the centre portion of it is constructed to swing on apivot, so that the boat traffic maybe secured during th e rising of the Nile. The different pieces will only meet at the point of their destination.--Newcasile Journal. TILE Dun it ELECTION.—We understand that, in eon sequence of certain proceedings which have been taken out against the Conservatives (relative to the late Derby election), measures are preparing and writs have been issued for the purpose of bringing to justice some of the pure men of Derby, professing Radical politics ; and we en state that other parties residing in the borough of 'Shrewsbury, also Radicals, will come under the authority .of the' law, for their mal-practices at the late election, and for purloining certain letters and papers belonging to Mr. John Frail.—Eddowes' Journal. A WOMAN GAGGED. — One day last week, the residents in sMarketgate, Arbroath, and its immediate vicinity, were not a little surprised at the intelligence that a married woman, in that generally quiet and decorous street, had been gagged by her husband. 'Such on inquiry we find Chief constable i'soo per an.i • • I Assistant ditto .€2OO ~ '250 per an. 1.4100 per an. Superintendent .elOO „ .x 930 „ .€ I 5 0 „ Chief clerk .4100 !el3o „. ..4150 • Sergeant Assistant lnBpector clerk , liem s s s s 2 2 d d diem. , 35 2d ~ !3s 5d „ 3s 8d 99 Coos , t , able, 12 3rd „2s6d ~ • .sntdcl, 2. class 293 9 7d d ~,, 1, 25 10d ,•25 1id..,, With 2d. per diem for the class of merit.—The chairman . Of the visiting justices of Lancaster Castle to move that a sum not exceeding £9OO be ,granted to carry out the alterations in Lancaster Castle, as recommended by the committee on prison accommodation and discipline. WEST -DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was held on Wednesday. Present :—Messrs. Alpass (chair many, Heyes, Roskell, Jeffreys, 3lountfield, Brown,. 3felyneux, James Birch, 2erGee, Wensley, Abrahams, Smit)i, Shaw, Kirkus, Medea/f, Horsfall, Craig ' Carter, and-the Rev. BadnalL A report was read from -a deputation of the board appointed to visit the pauper lunatics chargeable to the•urnon in the Lancaster mid Rainhill asylums. In the Lancaster asylum there were 31 lunatics chargeable to the union, namely, 16 males and 16 females ; and in the .Rainhill establishment 68, of whom 24 were males and 44 females. They were all kept in a satisfactory state, and, so far as could be judged, properly confined. In consequence of two lunatic paupers bearing the. same name, a mistake had arisen, and -one of them had been improperly- charged to the West Derby Union., instead of to the parish of Liverpool. Instructions - were given with reference to the money being refunded. — A letter was read from the poor-law board. It acknow ledged the letter of the 11th instant, enclosing an extract from the minutes of the guardians, in which they re quested the poor-law board to reconsider the proposal that the medical officer of the ,hospital should reside at the establishment. The board regretted to be unable to accede to the wishes of the guardians, as there were serious obstacles to the proposal, which the board had requested the poor-law.. inspector of the district to explain to them- when he had a conference - with the guardians on the subject, which he would do :at the earliest possible period. Mr. Wensley proposed that Mr. Lister should have a copy of :the letter, but after some discussion it was put and lost. .A letter was read from.: Mr, Clayton, architect, explaining why some delay had occurred in the completion of the hospital, the reason being that some of the work men had not -executed their work ins proper manner, and it would have to be redone. The clerk was directed to communicate:with Mr. Clayton on the subject. This being the whole of the business, the boarladiourned. cvas Ifterally true ; the poor woman, who is, however, vehibly inclined, having been'kept by her husband gagged for the long period of 24 hours. We are not aware if the 'case has been investigated by the authorities ; but, what ever the demerit of the woman, the gagging is certainly an act of, cruelty.—Arbrodth Journal. UTILITY OF TUE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—LISt Tnes day week, a friend of ours, who is at Amsterdam, sud denly bethought himself ' that he wanted £lOO. He - walked to the electric telegraph and gave his message tc that effect, which was to be forwarded to Liverpool. Th: 'was at twelve o'clock. At si., when he was dining hotel, a gentle tap at the door introduced - a gentleman,who bowed and said, " "lave I the honour of addressing Mr. —?" To the answer, " Yes," he reiZed, " 1 merely called in consequence of a message from our Lon don correspondent, to leave with you this cheque for £100." This is really marvellous amongst all the marvels of this marvellous age.—Lincobtshire Times. LORD 1117NTINGTOWER.--411 the Court of Bankruptcy, last week, this individual 'tame up to pass his examination on accounts containing the following items :—Debtor — To creditors, £3,106 ; ditto on debts under former bank ruptcy renewed, £8,766 ; 'ditto under insolvency, £2,513 ; liabilities under insolvency, £4,650; cash from relations, £3,395. Creditor — ProPertY given up to assignees, £l2O ; doubtful debtor, £150; liabilities as per contra, £42,260 ; ditto, £4,850 ; ( l fr aw om .co .i s a t n , t , t tg ary 6o l: 1 1 3/ . 2 , 4 4 e pxpenses, £728 ; NIAGARA FALLS AHD LARB ERIE.—PrO t° house expenses £3,367. The bankrupt passed. the eminent geologist, 'discredits the opinion advanced by some, that the gradual away of the rocks of Niagara Falls may possibly result in draining Lake Erie. In a recent lecture he remarked :—" They will not halt at their present station, but retreat slowly and surely about f j es nlY sor 43 ;illi l m Bs an 3) : two miles further, when they will stop again for an un, 'known period, and probably - for ever, since at this place the hard limestone will fo rm both base and top of -the - falls, and thus stop the destruction of the rock. Some 'have thought that they woad finally reach Lake Erie, and 'that then the lake would' be 'completely drained. Such an event is impossible. At th e po i nt a l rea dy mentioned 'the torrent will gradually wear away the surface of the 'limestone, forming a rapid, and -thencef or th Niagara will be one of the lost wonders of the world.” — Tras hin g t°4 'Union. A BunTsa, TATHEn.—At the Manclester Police-court, on Thursday, -John Egan, a shoemaker, was charged with starving two -of his children, and with having violently assaulted a third. About ten o'clock on Wednesday night, two police inspectors visited a house in Dyke-street, off Angel-street, where the prisoner resided, and on breaking open the door end going into the garret, found two chil dren, aged three And five years respectively, who had been locked up in the .house all day withoutfood by their fa ther, the prisoner- There was no fire nor light in the house, no furniture nor bed for the children to lie down upon, and they presented the most miserable and wretched appearance. The police took the children to the work house, and afterwards apprehended the prisoner rolling about drunk in the street. The officer further charged the prisoner with having brutally assaulted his eldest child, a boy about 12 years of age, on Monday. The boy presented the most •lamentable appearance, looking ema ciated, and reduced almost to a skeleton frona.starvation. He had a couple of black eyes, one of which was entirely „closed in consequence of .a kick he had received from the prisoner, his father. He stated that on Monday his father came home nearly intoxicated, and called him in from the street where he was playing. After he : entered -the house, his father fastened the door, and commenced to beat him most unmercifully, making him black and blue all over, and causing him the injuries which were visible on his face. —A woman who lived next door spoke to the general brutality of his conduct to his -wife and children, and his wife said that he was frequently so violent that she had to run out .of the house when she saw him coming home. He often went out and left her and her children without a morsel of food to eat. The prisoner said if he worked a whole week he could earn from £1 to 235. Mr. Maude sentenced him to hard labour for six calendar months ; in the meantime his wife and children would be taken to the workhouse. THE EXECUTION Or RICHARD PEDDER, as we learn from a third edition of the Preston Pilot, took place on Saturday, -at Lancaster. The unhappy man was convicted at the assizes recently held in Lancaster, of the murder of his wife, and the crime and its consequences were marked by circumstances of great atrocity. The murder was com mitted at Hambleton, on the 18th of April last, and from the evidence adduced on the trial , i t appeared that Pedder had lived a very ,abandoned life, and, from his quarrelsome habits, had become a terror to the neighbourhood in which he lived ; and he and his wife had had repeated and violent quarrels. On the day on which he perpetrated the foul deed, he had been drinking deeply, and about six in the evening he went to a public house, and told the company there, that he had " shot his Bet," which turned out only too true, as the poor woman was found by some of them who went to see, lying dead upon the ground, and Pedder was taken into custody. On the way to the station the prisoner admitted that he had committed the horrid deed, and appeared to gloat over it with a fiendish satisfaction, repeating again and again that he was a good shot, and had aimed at the killing place. This tale he subsequently changed, and to the last maintained that he had shot wife accidentally. After his condemnation, a petition was got up for a commutation of his sentence, signed by 600 per sons ; but the law was allowed to take its course. During the past week he seemed to be most affected by his awful position, and in his conversations with the Rev. Mr. Rowley, the prison chaplain, he admitted the enormity of his by gone course of life, and said he hoped his fate would be a warning to others, and induce them to avoid gambling, sabbath-breaking, and drinking. Prior to his execution, he was asked several times to confess his guilt ; but he per sited to the last in saying that he did not shoot his wife willingly. At twelve o'clock, the noose having been ad justed by Calcraft, the executioner, and all the preliminaries having been gone through, the Chaplain read the service for the dead, which having been concluded, the wretched man fervently ejaculated, Lord Jesus, receive my soul; " the executioner drew the bolt, and the world and its cares speedily closed over the unhappy culprit, who expired with scarcely a struggle. The body was allowed to hang till one o'clock, when it was taken down, to be buried within t he Precincts of the gaol. A large concourse of people was Present, to wit oose the execution. DISGUSTING AFFAIR.--Orr Friday last, an Irish la bourer, residing in Drygate-street, having got himself a little elevated, forthwith det erm i ne d t o enlist in the service, and accordingly ghortly after took the bdb. On reaching his domicile on Saturday last, Pat re lated the affair to his better half, when she, like a loving wife, -thoughtfully considered h ow h er husband could escape from the clutches of the so ldi ers . Her confidential friends were immediately called in to deliberate, and after a short discussion it was resolved that Pat's right eye should lee sacrificed, thereby disabling him from being a soldier. 'The unthinking wretches instantly put the reso lution 'into force by attacking the man, who was still under -the influence of liquor, and knocking him down. Alternately, the women—but more espeeially the man's wife—made unsuccessful attempts with -their fingers to gouge or tear out Pat's eye—th e p oor -man meanwhile making the'best resistance he could against such inhuman treatment. - The police by this time w ere apprised of the occurrence, and proceeded to the house; but the " oculists" had fled. The man was brought to the central police office, and attended by the surgeon of the establishment. The eye which‘had been experimented upon•was severely bruised round the optic, the lids were much swollen and discoloured, and - his face scratched in various places. — North British Daily Mail. THE NEW ACT TO ABOLISIT TRANSPORTATION will come into force on Thursday. After the commencement of the act (from and after the Ist of September), -no per son is to be sentenced to transportation except for life or fourteen years or upwards. Any person who might have been sentenced to transportation for a term less than fourteen years is to be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal- servitude. Persons liable to transportation for fourteen years or upwards, or for life, -may still be sentenced to transportation, or to penal servi tude instead. The following terms of penal servitude are to be awarded instead of the present terms of transporta tion :—lnstead of transportation for seven years, or for a term not exceeding seven years, the penal servitude to be for a term of four years. Instead of any term of trans portation exceeding seven years, and not exceeding ten years, the penal servitude to be not less than four, and not exceeding six years ; instead of transportation exceed ing ten, and not exceeding fifteen, penal servitude for not less than six, and not exceeding eight years ; where it exceeds fifteen years the penal servitude to be not less than six, and not exceeding ten years ; and instead of transportation for life, the penal servitude to be for the term of life; and in every case where, at the discretion of the court, one of any two or more of the terms of trans portation might have been awarded, the court shall have the like discretion to award one of the two or more terms of penal servitude in relation to such terms of transporta tion. There are three clauses in the act with respect to tickets-of-leave in the United Kingdom, and the system is to be tried for the first time in this country. It is now declared to be lawful for her Majesty, by an order in writ ing under the hand and seal of one of her principal Secre taries of State, to grant to any convict now under sentence of transportation, or who may hereafter be sentenced to transportation, or to any punishment substituted for transportation by this act, a license to be at large in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands,• or in such parts thereof respectively as in such license shall be ex pressed, during such portion of his or her term of trans portation or imprisonment, and upon such conditions in all respects, as to her Majesty shall seem fit ; and it shall be lawful for her Majesty to revoke or alter such license by a like orler, at her Majesty's pleasure. So long as such license shall continue in force and unre v oked, such convict shall not-be liable to be imprisoned or transported by reason of his or h er sentence, but shall be allowed to go and remain at large accordin g to the term of such license. On a license being revoked, the convict may be appre hended and committed to prison. After the commence ment of the act, persons con v i c t e d o f l a rceny after pre vious conviction for felony are not to be liable to trans portation. The act is not t o a ff ec t t h e di sc retion of cri minal courts as to alternative punishments, which may be in addition to the punishment substituted for transportation. Dune's THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. hill, continues to attract much attention, great numbers of people visiting her. She has accomplished about four- sixths of her task, and is very confident of success.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. THE BEE SEASON.—Perhaps the present season has been the most remarkable for Bees known in this district for many years, the honey season having ceased on the 18th of June, the Bees having only worked and accumulated any honey on six days since that time. I have only had five swarms from eighteen hives, and those between the 7th and 15th of June, though there were many May swarms about here, within a circuit of a few miles. In three of the swarms, at the present time, there may be ten pounds of honey altogether ; the other two have died this week of starvation ; the hives being full of Bees and comb, but not a particle of honey.—A COUNTRY RECTOR. —ln Cottage Gardener. MATCH-MIRING GUARDIANS.—An amusing instance of the Benedictine propensities of a board of guardians who flourish on the banks of the Humber was revealed at a re cent meeting of that respectable body. The.question was asked whether the recent marriage of the schoolmaster and schoolmistress was not contrary to the terms of their en gagements. In answer to this interrogatory, it was stated, on official authority, that the schoolmistress was engagea on the express understanding that she was to be married to the schoolmaster ! We were not previously aware of any such beneficent regulation having emanated from the poor-law board, but it is obviously calculated to popularize that department, at least among the sisterhood of school mistress. If the system were properly developed, it would quite upset the recent scheme of emigration for female teachers.—Sheffield Times. Tun BUILDERS' STRIRES.—At a numerous meeting of the builders of the metropolis, held on Thursday, it was unanimously resolved :—" That inasmuch as labour, like every other article, has its market value, varying accord ing to circumstances, it is not expedient either for work men or employers to attempt to establish a standard rate of wages. That neither the present state of the labour market nor of that of the markets for provisions render necessary an advance of wages at this time. That the amount of wages now generally paid is, in the opinion of this meeting, fair and ample, but that there can be no ob jection to superior workmen being remunerated according to their respective merits. That it is matter' 'of great regret that partial strikes are taking place, and thus great injustice is being done to individual tradesmen." REGISTRATION OP ASSCRINCES.—ii report from the select committee on the Registration of Assurances Bill _has been printed. Three bills were referred to the committee a—A bill for the registration of assurances, a bill to facilitate the sale and purchase of land, and a bill to facilitate the transfer of land in Ireland. The com mittee, in the first instance, proceeded to consider the bill on the registration of assurances. The advanced period of the session prevented the committee from extending. their inquiries. A scheme of "title" or "legal ownership" had been brought before the committee, which would appear to fulfil the most important condition of registra tion. They consider the scheme worthy of further and more careful consideration. They therefore suggest the immediate appointment of a commission for the purpose of considering the subject of registration with reference to facilitating the sale and transfer of land, in order that a bill for effecting the object may be brought into parlia ment at the commencement of the next session. The other bills will furnish important suggestions for the considera tion of the commissioners. COMPULSORY VACCINATION.—By the new act further to extend and make compulsory the practice of vaccination, parishes or unions, if need be, are, within six weeks of the passing of the act, on the 20th inst., to be divided into districts for the purpose of vaccination, and places are to be appointed for the performance of the same, and notice is to be given, the object being, as described, of affording increased facilities for the vaccination of the poor. The parents and guardians of children, born after the Ist of August, 1853, are to have such children vaccinated within three or four months after the birth, and the children are to 'be taken for the inspection of the medical officer, on the eighth day after the operation, to ascertain the result of the same. A certificate is to be given of successful vacci nation. In case a child should not be in a fit state for vaccination, the medical officer is to deliver a certificate to 'that effect, to be in force two months. The compulsory part of the new law is contained in the ninth section, which enacts that the registrar of births and deaths in every sub-district shall, on or within seven days after the registration of the birth of any -child not already vacci nated, give a notice in writing, in the form prescribed, to the father or mother, or to the person having the care of the same, that the child is to be vaccinated, with a notice when it can be done, and if the father or mother, or person having the care of it, shall not attend to have it performed, or shall not on the eighth day after the vaccination take the child for inspection, such father or mother, or person, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 20s. The penalties im ' posed by the act are to be recovered in a summary manner. "THE EMPRESS OF PURGATORY."—The following ex tract from the blasphemous stuff which the pervert Faber has put forth in a book of devotion" lately published by him, will serve to 'illustrate the extent of that " strong de lusion" under which apostates from the true church and the true faith are brought motor " believe a lie :"—" Look at that vast kingdom of Purgay, with its Empress mother, Mary. All those countless throngs of souls are the dear and faithful spouses of Jesus. Yet in what a strange abandonment of supernatural suffering has His love left them ! 'He 'longs for their deliverence—He yearns for them to'betransferred from that land, perpetually over clouded-by pain, to the bright sunshine of their heavenly home. Yet he has tied His own hands, or nearly so. He gives them no more grace; He allows them no more time for penance : He prevents them from meriting ; nay, some have thought they could not pray. How, then, stands the case With the souls in the suffering church ? Why, is it a thing to meditate on when we 'have said it—they depend almost mere on earth than they do on heaven ; almost more on us than on Him ; so he has willed it on whom all de pend and without whom 'there 'is no dependence. It is clear then that Jesus has His interest there. He wants His captives released. Those whom He has redeemed He now bids us redeem, us whom, if 'there be life at all in us, He has already himself redeemed. Every satisfaction offered up to God for these suffering souls, every oblation of the Precious Blood to the Eternal Father, every mass heard, every communion received, every voluntary penance nudergone ; the scourge ; the hair hhirt, ; the prickly chain ; every indulgence gained, every Jubilee whose condition we have fulfilled, every 'De Profundis whispered, every little alms doled out to the poor who are poorer than our selves, and, if they be offered for the-intention of these dear prisoners, the interests of Jesus are hourly forwarded in Mary's kingdom of Purgatory." BETTER OBSERVANCE OP THE LORD'S DAY.—It is a wonderful thing to contemplate hew good principles are sometimes seen to prevail even among men who are not good. A vast change has taken place - in London with reference to the observance of the :'Sabbath, within the last 30 years ; a change, the production of which is not to be traced to any human agency. At the period of the battle of Waterloo, the parks were -thronged from one o'clock to five each Sunday with . people of rank and fashion. - Now, no one is seen there of higher class than a man of the turf, or a woman of doubtful character. At the same period, Sunday was the great day for dinner parties at the west-end. Now that - practice is also abandoned, or left only to the: least respectable of the wealthy classes. And the same change is still going on. A day or two since, we saw the following Advertisement in an Edinburgh newspaper ;---". Roslin - Chapel and Castle.—By order of the proprietor, the Chapel and Castle of Roslin are not in future to be exhibited to any one on Sundays. They will be shown as formerly on every lawful day." But this was in Scotland, and it may be,said, that 'the change is easily accounted for. Well, the next news of the same sort comes from France. A steeple-chase is -announced to be run at Dieppe, and in France all events of this kind are usually allotted to the Sunday, when the most people can be present. But now, strange to.say, it `has'heen resolved to cdter the day to Thursday,: especially with reference to those whose religious feelings would be violated by a Sunday given to racing. This is quite a new feature in French festivities. But this is not all. Prom the-,very ends of the earth come the same tidings. The latest accounts we have seen of the movements. of the insurgents in China dwell on the vast benefit which the 300,000,000 of Chinese will derive from the establishment of the Sabbath among them. These ameliorations, flow ing from - Christianity, but not traceable to a real conver sion of heart, are very wonderful. They scarcely fall in with any known theory; and the just and accurate appreciation 'of them must be left to that day when Christ's followers shall see face . to face, and k as they are known.—Record. DARING BURGLARY AT LORD DENMAN'S SEAT IN DERBYSHIRE. —On Saturday week, information was received in London of a most daring burglary at the seat of Lord Denman, at Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, where property and cash to the value of more than £5OO w e re stolen. Amongst the missing articles were the massive gold box presented by the Corporation of London, and containing the freedom of the city, and also a pair of can dlesticks, which had teen presented to his lordship by her Majesty. The burglary was effected either on Wednesday night or Thursday morning, and the thieves not only took the cash-box, with some gold and silver, but a handsome gold watch, which was in one of his lordship's waistcoats, was.taken also. Amongst the list of the property stolen is a gold box, value £lOO, containing coronation medals of George IV, William IV, and. Queen Victoria. The whole of the valuable property has been recovered. A footman in the service of his lordship was suspected, and taken into custody on the charge. Since then the mystery attendant upon the robbery has been cleared up by the apprehension of the real offender. On Saturday morning, a man, dressed in the garb of a mason, presented himself at a paavnbroker's shop in the city of York, kept by a person named Chapman, and offered for sale the lid of a silver inkstand, stating that he found it on the road.' The shopman, discrediting the story, and suspecting it to have been stolen, detained the man until the arrival of the police, who at once took him into custody. On the prisoner being searched, the remaining portions of the inkstand, together with the gold lining of the box which contained the parchment of the freedom of the city of London, presented to Lord Denman by the corporation of that city after the trial of Queen Caroline, as also the gold medals, were found in the pos session of the prisoner, and the silver candlesticks were found at the place where the prisoner had passed the night. The man, who gave his name as Simpson, gave the follow ing account of himself;—He had been working as a stone mason at Birkenhead, and on the Saturday previous to the robbery he was at Liverpool, where he remained till Mon day, and then proceeded to Manchester. From Manchester he went to Bakewell, a place about three miles from Lord Penman's residence, where he arrived on the Wednesday evening. At this place he partook of some r efreshments, his account in explanation of his wandering in this w way ors:. about the country being that he was in search of Having-no sleeping place, and passing through 3liddleton on Wednesday night, he turned into the grounds of the noble lord to pass the night there. On reaching the hall he found the door partially open, and as the family had retired to rest, it being then past m id n ight,. he . wept in, and passed into the drawi ng - r oom, whence he took the Property. When about to make a further incursion up stairs, he was disturbed by a noise, and beat a hasty retreat. He hastened forward on his way, and concealed the spoil in his bundle until his arrival in York, where he was ap prehended about ten o'clock. The man was a stranger to the locality of Middleton, and stated that none of the servants had any participation in the robbery, which he declared was quite impromptu, suggested by finding the hall door open. The pnsoner was taken before the ma • . triter et Bakewell on Thursday, end committed. Low even N COLL monial „ reaches above £83,000. The sum remitted fi India, up to June last, was £20,000, mak £103,0( THE REV. T. ATKINS has of bail, for repeating his libel in th. letter on the Rec. Dr. Cursham, cica defendant, it will be remembered, was for a similar offence at the recent assi sham, vicar of Mans -. held to 1 DR UMLANEIG CASTLE, Dumfriesshire, the Duke ( Buccleuch's hospitable seat, will be fall of distinguishe visitants the first week in the ensuing month. Thei Royal Highnesses the Duchess o f C am b r idge, the Prince Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and also, we believe, the Duke of Cambridge, wi —ill remain a for honour their graces with night. - - - THE QUEEN'S COUNTENANCE OF THE N AVY .—A no th Royal Prince is intended as a sailor, if w e ma y d raw as favourable inference to assist at such a conclusion from tl fact of her Majesty having ordered a sailor-boy's outfit f his Royal Highness Prince Arthur. The illustrious Prin is only three years and three months old, and is godson the late Duke of Wellington.—Hampshire Advertiser. THE DEPARTURES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COLONI during th' . ast week from the port of Loma.-- - Lilt considerable increase. They have comprised altogt, vessels--10 of which are for Port Philip, with an aggr t gate burthen of 3,942 tons; three to Sydney, with aggregate burthen of 2,173 tons; one to New Zealan 540 tons; one to Adelaide of 450 tons; one to Laun of 385 tons; and one to Hobart Town of 347 tons. total capacity was consequently 7,839 tons. FATAL SLEEPWALKING.—In London, on the morning of Wednesday last, the captain of a Newcastle brig lost his life in a fit of somnambulism. Deceased had for years been subject to this habit, and on the morning named he rose, dressed himself, and set out from his house in Brom ley-street, Commercial-road East, towards the basin of the canal. He was observed walking along, in an apparently dozing state, and was seen to turn down a yard leading to one of the wharves. In a few minutes there was an alarm that a man was in the water, but before assistance arrived he had disappeared, and it was not till after some time that the body was taken out. Deceased bad on his person at the time £2l in notes and gold, some silver, a watch, gold chain, and tooth-pick. THE INVEXTOR Or THE FIRE ANNIHILATOR, Mr. W. H. Phillips, was brought before the magistrates in London, .her 17 r, with ai Zealand o to Launceston Their on Thiirctai, charged with creating a dist office of the Fire Annihilator Company struck at the secretary, who asked him to leave the room Defendant declared that he would not move without beh4 put out, and he took up something with which he delibe rately broke the window. He then got his legs out at th window. This strange conduct was explained by the fa , that, although the defendant had ceased two year- concern, his name had beer over to keep the peace. INDIAN R AILWAY.—A prospectus has been issued of a new Bombay - railway, to be called the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company, with a capital of 24,600,000, in £2O shares. The principal object is to con nect Bombay with Agra, so as ultimately to forma junction with the Bengal line, and thus open an uninterrupted route from Bombay to Calcutta, but it is also proposed to construct a line from 'Surat into the cotton districts of Candeish and Berar and the coal districts of the Nerbudda. The - main features of the scheme having heen approved by the Governor-General, the India-house, it is stated, have authorised the company to make the requisite surveys, and have guaranteed the expenses that may be incurred for that purpose. THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT to SELL AN INDIAN CADET SHIP.--At the Mansion-house, London, on Thursday, the Lord Mayor-gave his decision in the matter of the charge preferred by the 'East India Company against Mr. Norman Wilkinson, who was alleged to have been concerned, with a person whose name is unknown, in trafficking for an appointment in the gift of the East India Company. The Lord Mayor's decision was that, as there was no evidence that the transaction charged as an offence took place in the city of London, he had no jurisdiction, and should therefore dismiss the case. Mr. Clarkson then applied to the Lord Mayor to commit Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P. for refusing to disclose the name of the person who had made the offer of a cadetship to Mr. Norman Wilkinson ; but the Lord Mayor rejected the application, on the ground that the wording of the statute, on which Mr. Clarkson relied, did not give him 'the power. The summons against Mr. Norman Wilkinson was then dismissed. ROBBERY OP A JEWELLER'S SHOP IN DERBT.-011 Wednesday morning it was discovered that Mr. Pearce's shop, in St. Peter's-street, had been robbed to a great ex tent of watches, rings, and other valuable jewellery. A man who was sweeping the street between five and six o'clock in the morning, discovered one of the shutters of the window in a position in which it ought not to be. He alarmed the inmates of the house, and, on their looking into the affair, they discovered that the shutter had been forcibly removed from its fastenings, the window (plate glass) had been broken at the corner, and a great number of gold and silver watches, rings, and other valuable jewellery had been extracted. The robbery had been effected with considerable adroitness, as a large glass was and this had been removed, and -1,0 I,ow nn yetiirth 4hn mifelic. WAN? placed over the rings placed on its side, and hung was much bent, to admit of their being taken from it. A case of brooches, not of the most expensive kind, was left. The thieves evidently had carefully selected that part of the window containing the most valuable class of goods.—Upwards of £4.00 worth of jewellery was stolen. THE PLOUGH SUPERSEDED. - Mr. Mechi, in a letter to the Times, says :—" Since the trial of implements at my ' gathering' I have received from one of our North Ameri can colonies the model of a newly-invented machine, which, by a happy and most simple combination of horse and steam power, will—and I pledge my agricultural reputa tion for it—not only deeply, cheaply, and efficiently culti vate and pulverize the soil, but at the same time sow the seed and leave all in, a finished condition. It will also, by a simple inversion, cut and gather the corn without any rake or other complication ; while both in cultivation and harvesting its operation will be continuous and without stoppage. The inventor and his machine have, by the government of the district, been placed under my charge and guidance. I have therefore, on public grounds, and considering the vast importance of the invention in . a na tional point of view, advised the inven tor to grant licenses for its manufacture at a very moderate royalty, to the ~ . ...-.M. ~...Z.,,.....1- ~....;,.:,14 ~,.n1 ininlement makers in various 1111/MIJ Gil 11‘ IG. U EV, i or inferiorit P of the kingdom, so that our agr iculturalists may De secured by competition against trionoN l Y y, while the Inventor will benefit in proportion to the appre ciation of its meits. I shall call together a meeting of the various implement-makers, and in due time my practical friends of the old school (who must now consider me quite insane) will have an opportunity on my farm of forming their own conclusions. I may venture to state generally that the implement when complete will about twenty to twenty-four cwt., will require a pair of horses, and will represent the power of about eight to twelve, er more, real horses. The implement for digging will require one man and one boy only, including the management of the steam engine ; in reaping, the same, with the addition of three men to bind as the corn fa will be carried on the machine MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN GOODMAN'S FIELDS.—On 'Wednesday a dreadful and deliberate mur- ) their arms, The . men der was perpetrated npOn a married female, named Ca therine .Mobbs, aged forty-six, by her husband, Nathaniel Mobbs, • aged forty.three, a _ wine _ cooper and porter, re- siding at 'Goodman's-fields, Minories, who afterwards cut his own throat with a table-knife. Mobbs had been in the service of Messrs. Walter Howell and Hale, wholesale wine merchants, but for some time past he has been lead ing a life of dissipation, and while intoxicated he would return home in a state of excitement, and cruelly ill-treat his wife. They had a family of four children, two boys and two girls, the eldest being about ten years of age. Mobbs went out in the morning, and returned about half past one in the afternoon, apparently quite sober, and told the children to go out and play, About three o'clock one of the landlord's daughters, who was sitting in the front parlour, heard a cry of " Murder," which was ac companied by a desperate struggling noise in the first floor room. The girl went on to the stairs to listen, when she met Mrs. Mobbs rushing down with a frightful wound in the front of her neck. Her hands were covered with blood, and her dress was also saturated with gore. Mrs. Mobbs reached the front of the house, and fell on to the stone pavement, where several neighbours, who had 'been attracted to the spot, raised her up, and placed her in a chair, while several persons ran for medical assistance. By this time a young man, named John Readen, came to the house and was asked by one of the family to go uP stairs, and see where Mobbs was. The man was lying in a corner of the room, with a severe wound in the throat. There were two knives, besmeared with blood, lying on the table, and a piece of grindstone, on which Mobbs had sharpened the weapons. The room was in a state of great confusion, as if the deceased and the wretched man had struggled together for several minutes. Two medical gen tlemen were soon in attendance, and no time was lost by them in temporarily dressing their wounds, after which they were conveyed to the London Hospital ; but the fe male expired as she was being taken into the surgery. The man was sensible. As he was being carried to the cab he exclaimed, " I did it, I did it." Mobbs, who was a most desperate character, and was called in the neighbour hood, among the lower class of persons, " General Haynau," is in a fair way of recovery. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS have effected an ex traordinary cure of frightful bruises on the neck and back. — Henry Tolman, residing at the Sandhill tollgate, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, states in a letter addressed to the pro prietor of the Cornwall Chronicle, that whilst at work in the bush a tree fell upon him and wounded Lim in a shocking manner; the back of his neck anti the parts , i o iliou ,o t m hi e s loins exhibited one mass of frightfu l bruises. time various remedies were tried without bene r fl i t t , d, riti . t by usi lie was per ng Holloway's ointment and pills for pc o fectly cured and enabled to resume his•p o r k . . " For 'inwards of nine FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HrA il:jr — we, of IVinchmore Hill, years, (writes Mr. Thomas Middlesex,) I have experieesn..coeudsiche efficacy of this excellent been attlict i e n d du w c i e t d h head ache d t 0 - medicine. I had long Pr I ache arid indigestion ; but s a having I now inform you that a make a trial of Frampton'. L'i few doses gave me great mite; and during any outer long period of time I have taken them in preference to other medi cine; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a ' b ette r state of healt h, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg farther to add, that this medicine is in general use by m y family, and we know of nothing to equal it." In any case wliere an aperient m e dicine is required, they need only be tried to be univ e r s al l y adopted. Sold by all medicine vendors, Price is. lid. per box. See the name of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the government stamp. FRENCH LANGITAOR.—MODS. L. P. PLUMTOT. at the re quest of several large families, has determined to introduce Ladies of all ages to any of the fifteen different Classes di rected by him, in Six respectable Educational Establishments for Young Ladies, eadeileasa,aonotfli all g radations, terms as the Pupils themselves. Mons. P. b n radations, from beginners in the French Alphabet to the Pupils capable not only of understand • ing very well the Classic Works used by him, (the same as adopted in the best Ed uca ti ona l Establishments in Paris ' ) but also capable of spea ki ng an d wr i t i ng corr ectly the French Language. Each Lady has the option of remaining in the different classes one, two, or three hours twice a-week. Gen tlemen, of all ages, may be introduced also Into several Es tablishments for Young Gentlemen, on the same terms as the Pupils. Prospectuses, with Directions as to each Establish ment, Terms, and many Testimoniais from Ladies, Clergy men, and Gentlemen who have learned the French Language upon Mons. P.'s new system during the last ten years, may be had at any tittle, at the Professor's Residence. Mons. P. is at hometyery_day from - Half-past One to Two in the After noon. No. 45, UPPER PARLIAMENT-STRUT.. .Private Les sons for Ladies or' Gentlemer4 at the Professor's Residence, at the Pupils' Residence. or by Correspondence u usual. The next Quarter COMmenCeS On the let of October. 1 Atlantic i Li g ht ; at abreast of Rho Fairy v channel, to I attained by hour. Considering ation. Refreshments were provided during Crewe; of the liberal s Duke-stye •er being r. J. P. to the Kiaux Fairy and the New Company," was drunk , and the toast was responded to by Mr. Corkhill , of Ramsey.i who p ro posed " The Health of the Builder." 3l r . L a i r d, i n res p o nding, spoke in high terms of the straightforward and generous conduct of the new company, who had re posed in him every confidence. He also alluded to the South American Steam Navigation Company, and said that he had become a convert to the belief that screw steamers were much preferable to those of the paddle for long voyages, as they were more ecconomical. The healths of Messrs. Fawcett and Preston was also drunk. The Manz Fairy landed her company at Seacombe slip shortly before seven o'clock, and was afterwards taken into the Birkenhead dock, to have her painting, &c., compl e t e d. H er co mmander, Captain Dixon, was lately chief officer of the Mona's Queen, and is a gentleman of much experience in the trade between this port and the Isle of Man. The prospects of the new company are said to be very prom i s i n g, the tradesmen of Ramsey having entered into an agreement for five years, to ship th e i r goo d s exclu sively by the Manx Fairy, and we understand nearly all, if not the whole of the shares in the company have been i taken up. It s confidently erpected that, under favour -.. the voyp- • --.. n. Liverpool and able circumstances, __ _ oetwet R ams ey will be performed in less than was remarked on her trial trip, that al__ and was almost entirely free from vibration xe haw sailed very steadily sion of I poet, Dante freely in which P nis of Eur lered it req ad in particular th hat those rho spok 1 or rel )f the Isle of establis with Mr. John I was lau - • iron steamer, of 400 Preston, of this town. in iengtn, t feet, with 23 feet of beam, , and a der gold, her lee of the Is] Man. Her f ved representation wand, 1 s and fit a, is COT ich car, , nrichments being are divid mnanion and sides of the 1- . n filled Is, whict from "Shakspeare'? of Man, the port and town of Liv( . . windows richnes The eabi ghtfull we understand, were fi _ ;eived her mathin on Wed and rig d, and when tl was at t :enhead, not 1 ltfy moulded Manx Fairy is 160 tic skill. T pictorial devices, Jennens and Bet- The ceiling ►lly fitted up, and ke,ommodation shed by Mr. A afternoon, about two o dock, , e Dock. to make a trial trip, recited, amongst f the vessel, Mr. John Laird, id Mr. Waterson, directors of the company, Mr nal committee, and Mr. J. E it for Liverpool, besides othe of the vessel. mail steame to New York, passed upon t• 1 der able time is and t Bain. Nlaux Fa o witness v tiom were M Corlet Corkhill, on Christian, a Ai - 1 - 59 the Man 2 she was at the Cro: nt in s the MIA _ _ AiMai ES ON THE POETRY OE T AB NTE AND ALEIE1?1: • LECTURES ON Thursday evening .11.1 r. we the first of a six leaures on the pol in the Collegiate Institution. by a select audience of ladies an with marked attention to the exposition of by the lecturer. He began by ben of his auditors on account of t' felt himself bes try of hante and Alfieri, The lecture was attended ;ntlemen, who listened ie indul difficaltie )y which he to state that, father of their literature infl he said. h: len tl jects created much a tation in which, wit pc a language, _ less conventional ; a language, in which, whit, they spoke of one thing they symbolized another ; and to this necessity many of the difficult and peculiarly idio matic passages which occur in the writings of Dante, and other Italian writers of or about his period, are to be and he went nerall dom should ad ributed. Of the great fame wi d secured for him, as in the casi the talents of Dante pa tors intimations had been given. aerated by Boccaccio, •e the birth of Dante, der the shade of a ;he re-ste stream of wat4 son, who d drank fountain, on wl se this could not I slicatiou of the ex e achi A to the fact by his mother's side, could an He neit tra Lly of the au and also ale to England, and was at 3 seat of learning, Oxford. !f led to the ,he Italians Prominent among those was n which, it is its mother dreamed that s deeply of the erygtal ovate rove and ww., on as other ti tnsiVe and enduring fame the yet unborn p Dante was of a family whic to lecturer dent Ronian Empire the wes v tbe wars of the Guelphs and GI inted out that Dante hue Onei&eavisitor at T_ nd commercial position occu period of Dante's existene,. course, greatly iil7. position nthstonlhaetwnhoamt s ac im eeved el b o y ll E gh i l ;gl o a i nd. After alluding to the peculiar tenderness and sublimity of Dante's poetry, mr ti e w ar ly as they are evince d in the " Diving Comedic," - sev eral instances of which he illustrated by characteristic quotations, which he read with much delicacy and beauty, h e concluded by th ankin g the a udience for the courteo us attention with which they had listened to him, and inti mated that, with a view to obviate any clashing of interests - a concert to be given on Monday (last night), his second lecture would not be delivered till Thursday evening. PROGRESS AT THE _PALACE. CRYSTAL progress is being ,. made in the interior fittings of WithoGßElru courts an in the formation of the grounds ut The Pompeian Court is the most advanced, the g to a considerable extent corn coloured decorations being pleted. The Egyptian Court has also taken shape ; so less s o u th n e lik G e ree wha k Cot the e t ; P b eo u p t le il '''--... ,, , as it strikes us, will be have already seen than '- former and some other porti ons. The eeik from antique statues will nevertheless render this a very attractive point in the exhibition. The shell for the corri dors and doorways forming the Byzantine, Italia-Medix val, Gothic, and Renaissance Courts is being rapidly con structed ; and in the gall e ry above is a marvellous collec tion of casts from all parts of the Iworld, destined to occupy 4elei:irtsees:f h g x e ; ad . while of ‘ past the floor and walls of the apartments thus being prepared for them. Amongst the casts varia," from Munich, and the legs of the sitting Memnon King Charles tiie o now in progress, strike the visitor the Pompeian ourt the equ estrian__ name " Char mg -cross" t part has already given the pip_in it h stands. It is impossible to of the building in which F. of the extrao rd inary, t coneeP—on 'nary whole which form a ins in ce , present, when the numerous ideas the Crystal Pain towards fulfilme n t are realised and o li working pened now a tion of the world. to the . inspection I n the grounds an immense amount of work has been done; terraces levelled and for me d : here the earth cut down, and there again brought up to a height of 18 or 20 feet, in thin laye re made solid b y continuous ramming, Flights of granite sps from 40 to 50 feet wide ; thousands of feet of stone balustradm . g on strong brick substructions to keep back the ground; and - itone arcades to contain dolphin-fountains, —are all nearly completed. Upon the pedestals of the steps and balustrades—the architecture of which, by the way, might be better —are sphinxes and statues ; ' Italy" by Monti ; " Australia," by Bell, with kangaroo by her side and golden nugget in her hand ; and a series of copies from the antique by Bernini, includinE the distorted Farnese Hercules, .ZEsculapius, and Mercury The first two clever statues are cast in cement merely. I is worth noticing the large sizes of the granite bloc s f , steps —many of them 12 feet in length. !ction of ca&t The preparations for the water-works are on a colossal scale. Four pipes, two feet nine inches in diameter, are bei ng laid down for two cascades, which will run along a large extent of ground, and at the end fall over and pass the face of an arcade 200 feet long, where visitors will walk. The extent of water from end to end The great basins are 360 feet across, with a high ;A+ in each. In the whole there will be ten great f For these it was thought desirable to obtain fr,_, and a competition was accordingly invited on a ve ry factory footing. Ten architects and sculptors, some foreign, ; - some English, were selected to give designs, and th e sum of £lOO was paid to each. Amongst them ar e J o h n Bell Hector Horeau, Owen Jones, Fist? , (of Be r li n ) , Joh n Thomas, D. Wyatt, &c. The designs, about 100 ber, have just now been sent in. ideas The last project in connectionwith this i mmense under taking is a.series of hotels designed by Joseph Paxton, t to -1 character to he mainbe e inar character with the re b e u ted ildii in ig i Ol o i n th an e d Lo g n l ro s n , s s i iniL de, and i Crystal Palace by glass w ays Passing over the public road. These, it is proposed, which are to b e of first, second, and third class, each containing about 100 rooms, and supply ing refreshments at costs suited to the means of the various orders of visitors, are to be carried out by a separate com pany. P , 'logo 0 0 0 0 tore 11 0 '01 , Cu e [lrfi Dii4 0 to i‘prc4o'4't ne .d ; ' o tob oo /P Pot , t n n'` 11.`,1 - fer 4 rel°,el' ,Der ~gt h i a, e ,eP