The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

Dec. 20, 1846. .oral anb probinriat p.ttoo. 1 Sir William Massey Stanley, in the exercise of his:cm -es__ tomary munificent charity, distributed on Thursday the carcases of five fat oxen, fifteen hundred loaves of bread, Mr. Mott, the auditor under the poor-law for this dis- and £lOO worth of warm clothing among the cottagers, trict, is now a prisoner for debt in Lancaster Castle. labourers, and artizans resident in the neighbourhood of General Tom Thumb extends his Levees to Thursday, on account of the patronage he has received. his estate, in Cheshire. The liberality of Sir William has not been confined merely to the above. The Hon. On Sunday week the collections at the Rev. Hugh Baronet has distributed twice a week, for some time past, Stowell's church, Salford, for the Church Missionary So- a liberal quantity of soup to sixty deserving families resi cie'y amounted to £143 6s. dent on his estate, and this will be continued fur some A young man at Manchester has been committed for time to come. trial on a charge of manslaughter , h e havin g run over a man whilst driving furiously and killed him. The teachers and officers of the Mechanics' Instituti o n have presented to George Holt, Esq., an elegantly bound A handsome silver cake basket has been presented to R. A. Walsh, Esq., of Neston, for his exertions in pro- copy of engravings from the National Gallery, as a record noting and supporting the Neston races. of his services to the institution ; and the teachers in the girls school, in connection with the institution, have pre- On Christmas day the debtors and prisoners in the Borough Gaol were, by the munificence of his worship the rented to Mrs. Holt a copy of Mrs . S. C. Hall's Gems of mayor, regaled with beef, &c. English Art, beautifully bound and richly ornamented, as Two young lads were suffocated on Thursday night, by a slight acknowledgment of the support which that school sleeping in the cabin of a flat into which the smoke from has received from her. The presentations were made at a a furnace obtained access. soiree held in the girls school, Biackburne House, on On Saturday a bundle of fifty or sixty letters was found Wednesday. in a sewer connected with Varty and Wilson's coach- SPOILING A CHRISTMAS DINNER.-On Thursday building establishment, Lime-street. They had all been some of the friends of Mr. Butler, of Oxton, determined opened, but it is not known how they got there. to contribute to his sumptuous entertainment, on Christ- The Adelphi Hotel, in this town, furnished 200 quarts mas Day, presented him with a very fine hare, turkey, of turtle soup for the grand dinner of King Hudson, the and a couple of pheasants. During the evening there monarch of the rails, at his official dinner as Lord Mayor were serious doubts in the minds of Mr. Butler and his of York. lady as to which would be the most appropriate dish for A splendid silver epergne, weighing two hundred ounces, Christmas Day ; but all disputes were set at rest on has been presented to Robert Johnston, Esq., by the Friday morning, as, on visiting the larder, Mr. Butler Manchester Stock Exchange, on his retirement from the found the whole of the shore provisions had been stolen, chairmanship of the association. together with a fine leg of mutton and about half a ham. On Sunday, a child two months old, the illegitimate SUDDEN DEATH.-On Saturday, an inquest was held offspring of a woman named Harrison, living in Juvenal- before the borough coroner on view of the body of Letitia street, died in consequence of the mother having admin istered Stokes, a Irv, aged 65, who had resided in Field-street. five drops of paregoric to it. A verdict of chance The deceased and her daughter, Mrs. Hobbs, had been me dley was found. spending Christmas Day at the house of a friend, and on We regret to hear that an accident has occurred to their return homeward, deceased, who had appeared to be Eyre Evans, Esq., which will probably cause him to be quite well during the day, complained of palpitation of the heart, and became worse as they proceeded. eA car confined to his room for some weeks to come. He was was procured, and she was taken home, where, though walking on Christmas day on a slippery footpath, when he medical assistance was obtained, she died soon after. fell and snapped one of the tendons of his leg. Verdict to the effect that deceased died from disease of Last week, a collier , at Bl ackburn, named H. Fort, on the heart, the result of natural causes. going to the bottom of the Altharn Colliery to work, was suddenly attacked by a rat, which flew at his arm, and MEETING AT OXTON.-A meeting of the ratepayers held so fast with its teeth, that it would not leave the arm of this township was held at Oxton, on Thursday week. until it was strangled. Mr. Richard Willacy Godwin was called to the chair. WELSH CH URC H. - The Christmas Plygain was cell- The accounts of the inspectors for the past year were grated at St. David's Church, at six a.m., on Friday then read. It appeared that the Earl of Shrewsbury had. last. The congregation was large. Some carols were contributed £lB towards defraying the expenses of the well sung; and the Rev. W. Hughes preached from lamp-posts, and there was a balance of about £2O due from the overseers, on account of the lighing rate. Isaiah, ix. 6. Two of the outgoing inspectors were re-elected, and Mr. after nine o'clock, Mr. M`Pherson was knocked down at John Parry was unanimously elected in the place of Mr. the corner of Gleaye-street, Everton, by two ruffians, who Gage, who had resigned. The sum of £l3O was voted instantly fell upon him and rifled his pockets. He was to the inspectors for carrying out the provisions of the severely injured. act for the ensuing year. On Sunday week, a sermon was preached at St. An- INSOLENCE IN COURT.-On Saturday, an elderly drew's Church, Renshaw-street, by the Rev. J. Jones man, who has been known to prefer frivolous and un and the sumch, of £53 15s. collected for else infant school founded charges aga nst many persons, appeared at the in connexion with the church. The school is attended by Police-court, for the purpose of charging a prisoner with about one hundred children in the neighbourhood. embezzlement. He applied for a postponement of the A very large meeting, convened by the high constable, case until to-morrow, upon the ground that his principal was held at Oldham, last week, for the purpose of pro- witness was out of town, but Mr. Rushton having heard hiding public parks in the township, the sum of £lOOO something of the character of the applicant from Mr. haying been granted by government in furtherance of the Superintendent Brown, refused to comply with the re object. quest. The fellow immediately cried out, "Then there's During the extremely slippery state of the streets in no justice for the poor." Mr. Rushton ordered him to Manchester on Wednesday evening, a gentleman put a be taken into custody, and to pay a fine of 20s. for his in pair of vulcanized India rubber rings round his boots, just soiree. He was not liberated until he had paid the fine. where the principal tread is made, which effectually pre- ST. THOMAS', ToxTETH.-On Monday evening last an vented him from slipping even in the most dangerous examination of the infant school connected with St. places. Thomas' Church was held in the school-room, and was S T RANGE REASON. - On Monday , at Stockport , a well attended both b y the friends of the school and the m anufacturer was fined £lO for not boxing-off a piece of parents of the children. The answering of the scholars machinery, by which a young man had lost his hand. The reflected great credit upon Miss. Hazlewood, the mis magistrates refused to inflict a heaver penalty, " lest they tress, especially for the knowledge they displayed in should be offering a premium to men to put in (and lose) scripture. The Rev. J. C. Cowan expressed his entire their hands!! " satisfaction with the manner in which the school had been The executors of the late Joseph Walker, Esq., of this conducted, and made the gratifying announcement, that town, have paid to the treasurers of the undermentioned although the infant school had only been opened about institutions (duty free) the following bequests :-The Ge- nine months, no less than 255 children had been present neral Hospital, £5OO ; the Dispensary, £150; the Deaf at one time, and that the average number was over 220. and Dumb Institution, 150 ; the Blue Coat School, £lOO ; Buns and books were then distributed, and the school the Eye Infirmary, £lOO. broke up for the holidays. On Sunday week two young men were drowned in the DEATHS BY BURNING.-An inquest was held on Saturday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of John river Irwell, near Man chester, the boat in which they were rowing having been overturned. Several other per- Powell, aged eight years, son of Thomas Powell, Coiling sons were in the boat, but they got safe to shore ; the two wood-street. The deceased, as it usually happens in such deceased had unfortunately lashed their feet to the bottom cases, was left, on Wednesday, in a room with another .of the boat, to obtain greater leverage. child ot still tenderer years, and his clothes having caught The annual examination of the infants belonging to fire, he was so dreadfully burnt that he died on Saturday Christ Church Schools took place on Wednesday last, morning.-Same day, on view of the body of Isabella 'the 23rd December, in the Infant School. There was a Chapman, aged six years. The deceased (who lived in .highly respectable and crowded audience present on the Watkinson-street) was left for a short time in a lower occasion. The examination went off admirably, and room, with two younger children, while the mother was eve ry one present expressed themselves satisfied , and u p stairs makin g the beds, and her clothes caught fire. highly amused with the performances of the little children. Deceased died from the injuries on the following evening. His Excellency the Earl of Elgin and suite, according- -Verdicts in both cases-Died from the injuries, but ing to present arrangements, will embark for North how the fire occurred there was no evidence. America on the 4th of next month, from Liverpool, 011 THEFT BY A CABDRIVER.-On Saturday Hugh Swee board the Boston mail-packet steamer, whence his lord- ny, a cabdriver, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a ship proceeds overland to Montreal. The earl and coun- charge of having feloniously taken £2 13s. the property tess are expected to arrive in town on Monday next from of Miss Emma Birley. Miss Birley, who is a native of • Scotland. The countess will not join the noble earl Denbigh, and a stranger in Liverpool, stated, that she until the advance of the spring. hired the prisoner's cab, on Thursday last, to take her Several persons have, since the commencement of the from the George's Pierhead to No. 6, Rice-street. On 'frost, sprinkled salt in front of their houses, the effect of reaching Rice street she bad her luggage taken out, but which is to change the dry snow or ice , at a temperature she, unfortunately, left in the car her purse, which con •of 32 degrees, to brine of 032 degrees below the freezing tained two sovereigns, three halfcrowns, and ss. 6d. in point o f F a hrenheit's scale. The injurious effects of small silver. A little boy, who happened to be standing d a mp on the feet, at this excessive degree of cold, are in the street at the time, observed the purse in the bottom likely to be extremely dangerous. If salt be sprinkled, of the cab, and called the attention of the prisoner to it the snow should be instantly swept away. but he, (the prisoner) said it was not a purse, and threw Agaio,ogst-sulker Cbristmaa faro_ ',Mich we .partlealarly it back into the car. When apprehended there was no noticed in St. John's market, as worthy of espec ial com- money found upon him, but, as he was clearly identified, •mendation, we cannot avoid mentioning upwards of a he was committed for trial. dozen splendid pigs, which were displayed in Mr. Clark's THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.-The following ap ointments and preferments will be in the gift of the new stall-the more commendable as havin g been drawn from P the stock of one person, Mr. Jas. Ashcroft, of Wavertree, Bishop :-The vicarage of Bolton-le-Moors, value £464 : who we are informed is the first breeder of that descrip- the vicarage of Bolton-le-Sands, value £170; the vicarage tion of stock in Lancashire. of Childwall, value £455 ; the vicarage of Chipping, value EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.-The Art Union con- £220; the rectory of Manchester, value £1380; the vi fleeted with the Exhibition, has, we perceive, been sanc- carage of Rihchester, value £200; the incumbencies of . tioned by Her Majesty's Privy Council. This is an im- St. George, St. Simon's, St. Jude's, Manchester, Orden portant step in the Fine Arts ; because all parties may shaw, Ashton-under-Lyne, Congleton (2), Christchurch, now subscribe without scruple or doubt to a society Ashley-bridge, Lever-bridge, Tonge, Musbury, Rams which has for its sole view, the encouragement and sup- bottom, Walsden (Rochdale), All Saints, Habergham, port of the Fine Arts in Liverpool. The time is short, Great Marsden, St. James, Burnley, St. Paul, Lane but we hope they will have a successful subscription.- bridge, Trawdero giving a patronage of the aggregate an- See Advertisement. nual income of about £5OOO. In the event of the appoint- THE ORGAN OF THE PAPISTS.-Although the Lord- ment of the Hon. Mr. Villiers to the new bishoprick, the street oracle labours hard to convince the people that he rectory of St. George's, Bloomsbury, the appointment to is the organ of the Papists, yet we wish to see justice done which is vested in the Crown, will become vacant. to him, and therefore acquaint the reader that the notice The Rev. Hugh Stowell, as President of the Manches to correspondents, about the promenade at Woodside, ter and Salford Protestant Association, has applied to the copied by the Mail from the Chester Courant was not ex- representatives &c. of those towns whether in their opinion, - a ctlti correct , as the Ferry Committee will not allow any any further national concessions to the Church of Rome one, not even a Roman Senator, to become a contractor ought to be made in these realms." Lord Lincoln "declnes unless he reside on the Cheshire side of the river. answering the question at present, on the ground that he is SHIPWRECK - The San Joaquim, of Cadiz,_ t oo k not yet a candidate for Manchester," Mr Milner Gibson shelter in Port St Mary bay durin g the g ale on Friday says that " nothing is so unsatisfactory as to attempt to last, an d on Sunday night was blown from her anchors on reply to questions of an hypothetical character." Mr. the rock to the east side of the harbour, where she lies on Brotherton expresses his " decided opinion that no further her beam ends, and is likely to become a total wreck. grants ought to be made either to the Church of Home or She was bound from Liverpool to Havannah, with a gene- the Church of England ;" and Mr. John Bright says, ~ I ral cargo. There is but one little boy on board who speaks would give no legislative encouragement or protection t o English. They are busily engaged in re-shipping her Roman Catholics that I would not also give to every other cargo for Liverpool.-Isle of Man Herald. class or profession among the people, not because it is the NEW LOCOMOTIVE. - On Monday, one of the largest Roman Catholics who are in question, but because I be locomotives ever constructed for the narrow guage 'vas lieve such payments and endowments are injurious to re taken from the foundry of Messrs. Bury and Co., to the ligion and unjust to those who pay the taxes." railway station, in Crown-street. It was drawn by 17 CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.-The past week has been horses, and has six wheels, coupled, the diameter being one of unusual revelry and good fare. In the markets, on about five feet. Several other locomotives are in course Thursday, there was presented a splendid display of pro of construction at this factory, which will have wheels of duce. Prize cattle, enormous in size, and rare in quality, six feet diameter, and a larger stroke of piston than usual, were exhibited from all the leading shops-indeed, a more by which the speed will be much increased. abundant supply or a choicer kind could not be wished. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.-On Wednesday week, Mr. Nor was there any lack of poultry and other requisites, Job Wilson, of the Lord Nelson tavern, Runcorn, and with the exception of vegetables, which were scarce and contractor for the conveyance of the mail between that dear. Numerous entertainments were given during the town and Preston Brook, was found quite dead and lying week throughout the town, and many of the working pre his face about a mile from Runcorn. The mail-cart pulation were provided by their employers with sumptuous which he had been driving was observed to be without a suppers. At many of the hotels passing callers were re driver, and a search was instituted for the ill-fated Mr. - gated. At Whiteman's all was enjoyment-at Lawton's, Wilson, who was found as described. It is thought he who by the bye has now got comfortably located in that must have been seized with a fit and have fallen from the excellent hotel, the Clayton Arm's, his inestimable game vehicle. pies were visible-Latham, of Fenwick-street, gave, on THE WEATHER. - After a foggy and rainy day, on Christmas Eve, game pies, toasted cheese, with ale, &c. Wednesday, the evening was frosty, and during the -Feenv's restaurant was splendidly decorated : the long night there was a fall of snow. -During Thursday the frost range of dining rooms resembled an alcove of evergreens, continued, and Friday was one of the finest Christmas the holly, mistletoe, and laurel boughs peerine from every art. A round of beef exhibited here was the finest we Days we remember. It was slightly frosty ; but with a la clear sky ; the sun shone brightly all day ; and in the ever beheld : it weighed sixty-two pounds, and was from evening, the sky still being clear, the moon, in her first a heifer killed by Mr. Dentith, of St. John's market. quarter, shed her mild radiance, and the stars gleamed PAVING AND SEWERAGE.-At the meeting of the corn with more than ordinary lustre in the unclouded heavens. missioners, on Thursday, a bill was presented from James Saturday was a very similar day. The weather of Sun- Simpson, engineer to the Green-lane water works, for his day and yesterday we have alluded to elsewhere. commission at five per cent., amounting to £2,470, £l,lOO POCKET PICKING.-On Thursday, at the Police-court, of which had been previously paid on account, leaving Margaret Vernon was committed for trial, charged with £1,370. There was a further bill from the same gentle stealing a watch from Samuel Stokes. It appeared that j man for surveying, mapping, levelling. &c., for the the prisoner met the prosecutor in Islington, snatched his Kirkby water project, amounting to £1,467 Os. 7d., £6OO watch, which, with its appendages, was worth £l5, and of which had been paid on account, leaving a balance of ran away. He pursued, when a man suddenly caught £867 9s. 7d. due to him. The bills were ordered to be hold of him and held him while the prisoner escaPed, when Paid. Mr. Duncan's report stated that the erection of the the confederate also took to his heels. The woman was stand-pipe at the Green-lane water works was in active taken .by the police in Trowbridge-street, from the de- progress ; that the brick-work connected with the setting acription given of her by the prosecutor, and he swears of the boilers might be said to be completed ; that a set of most positively to her identity. masons were at work during the night - , so as to avoid in- CHRISTMAS MARKETS.- - Last week our markets were terfering with the operations of the engineers during the well supplied with every kind of butchers meat, poultry, day time ; that the pipe-layers were employed in repairing game, vegetables, &c. The beef and mutton were re.• damage occasioned by the settling of the ground ! and markably fine. There was a good supply of pork, and that the contractor for the reservoir was Butting his work Irish and Welsh mutters was in great abundance. Con- in a finished order. The Chairman said he believed they siderable business was done , at fa i r p rices. The following were getting on as fast as they could now. Mr. Kaye is a list of the prices of the variou s articles :-Beef, Gd. to I said, that as next Wednesday would be the last day the Bd. per lb.; mutton, 7d. to Bd. • pork, (country fed,) 7d. I Board would meet, he thought there should be a full at to Bd. ; turkeys, 4s. 6d. to 12s. - geese, 3s. to 10s. ; I tendance. It was a very important era for the Board, pheasants, 7s. to Bs. per brace; fowls, 2s. 9d. per couple; and ought to be marked by some expression of their gra hares, 38. to 3s. 6d. each ; partridges, 3s. 6d. per brace ; titude to a certain individual who had occupied a seat at woodcocks, ss. per .brace; rabbits, 2s. per couple; that Board for thirty years. He need not mention the capons, Gs. to 7s. per couple. The Fish Market was well gentleman's name, but he hoped there would be a full at supplied. tendance of the Board. It was ordered that special notes MRS. PARKE'S CLUB SUBSCRIPTION. - The sixth of should go out summoning a meeting for Wednesday next. January instant is appointed as the first day for drawing M u h e d seen undeniably can e x u have el ; e n little t t le n d i dea so ofthe totallyi r EI TON MOWBRAY P ORK P IES .-Th ose w h o h ave the allotments in Mrs. Parkes Supplemental Club Sub- not yet Theytpartak ar eno e f u t scription for the purchase of the Bowyer collection of el prints and paintings. We have already noticed the many different from the pies usually sold as to bear neither re excellent specimens now on view at No. 51 Bold Stree t, semblance nor comparison. There is in them all that can but until we examined the catalogue , with which we have 1 be desired in flavour, without that disa gr ee a bl e greas i ne ss been favoured by the agent, M which almost connects itself with the name. Th e y are Mr. Cutter, we had not an idea of their extent or their value as rare and excellent sold by Mr. Wilkinson, of Parker-street, w h o d a il y re gems of art. We may briefly give the allotments as fol- I ceives a fresh supply. lows :-1 at 250 guineas, lat 150 gs., lat 120 gs.. lat 100 I CROWLEY ' S ALTO` AND HAMPSHIRE ALE.-Barclay ' gs., 1 at 100 gs., 1 at 90 gs. , 1 at 35 gs. , 1 at 60 gs. , 1 at ' Perkins and Co. s Porter is not now better kn own i n th e 30 gs., 10 at 25 gs., 7at 20 gs., 24 at 18 gs., 21 at 17 gs., metropolis than Crowley's Cream Ale. In whatever sat 16 gs., 33 at 15 gs., 25 at 14 gs , 12 at £l3, 29 at 12 quarter ' you find the conspicuous notification " St ou t gs., 3at 11 gs., 566 at 10 gs. , 125 at 9 gs. , 240 at 8 gs., 21 I house -" Hanbury's Entire," or " Meux's XX."- at 71 gs. 110 at 7 gs., 35 at 61 gs., 221 at 6 ga., 22 a you will always see Crowley's Alton Ale. Indeed, so 51 gs., 7at i £s 10s., 1353 at 5 gs., 8 at 41 gs., 21 at £4 75., generally appreciated is it in London that thenurnbers of its 982 at 4 gs., 7et 31 gs., 279 4 at 3 gs., 21 at £2 is., 12 at patrons are daily extending with a rapidity that would al. 21 gs., 1611 at 2 gs., 1705 at li, and 90 at £1 12s. Mak- most indicate its preference to porter. It will be seen by ing in all 10199 allotments, amounting in value to £45,572 an advertisement to day that an agency is now being 165., but which are being disposed of for about one-fourth opened here-and from the acknowledged excellence of that sum,-a fact that should induce even the most tardy this well designated cream ale there can be little doubt of admirers of art to avai themselves of a guinea share. its being extensively patronized. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD'. FATAL Amps/Yr.—On Saturday evening, in conse quence of the slippery state of the rails, the down train, through the tunnel from Edge Hill to Wapping, laden with goods, went at such a degree of velocity as to render it necessary to put on the breaks ; but it unfortunately happened, that in endeavouring to do so, George Ball, a young man of 18 years of age, was precipitated from a carriage on to the rails, and one of his legs was so terribly crushed by the wheels of the hindermost carriage going over it as to cause his death next day. The calamity was accidental. _ _ Brakell, for printing ; George J. Poore, for printing or stationery; R. H. Sherlock, proprietor of the Mail, for printing ; Thomas Carter, publisher of the Mail, for printing and stationery.—The secretary stated that Smith had the printing of the Dock Committee for half a year in 1838; Harris had it for half a year in 1841; and Sherlock, represented by Carter, had it in 1844. The other appli cants never had it.—Mr. Middleton, seconded by Mr. Sandbacb, moved that Harris and Co., be the printers for the ensuing year.—Mr. Mann. seconded by Mr. Lockett, moved Mr. Sherlock.—Mr. Wood moved Mr. Brakell ; but the motion was not seconded, and the contest lay be tween Harris and Co. and Sherlock. The latter was elected by a majority of 10 to 2.—The applicants for the stationery for the ensuing year were—Smith and Co., Harris and Co., Hosken, Pitt, Wade (junior,) Carter. and Whitty and Ellis.—Mr. Rovden, seconded by Mr, Wood, proposed Mr. George Wade, junior.—Mr. Hender son, seconded by Mr. Kendall, proposed Mr. Poore-- Mr. Aikin, seconded by Mr. Lockett, proposed Messrs. Whitty and Ellis. The voting was finally taken, (the first voting being equal for each candidate,) between Mr. Wade and Mr.. Poore. Five voted for Mr. Poore, and seven for Mr. Wade. The vote was next taken between Mr. Wade and Messrs. Whitty and Ellis, when eight voted for Mr. Wade, and only tour for Messrs. Whitty and Ellis. Mr. Wade was then declared appointed. TARVIN HALL SCHOOL.—The public examination of the pupils at this establishment took place a few days since. Among the company were the Rev. S. Cragg, late of this town ; Rev. Thomas Dwyer ; Rev. A. M'Conkey ; the Town Clerk of Chester; Dr. Watson, &c. The examination on the whole of the subjects occupied he school fourteen days. The boys were put through a very severe classical examination, particularly in the Greek Testament, Thucydides, Livy, and Nepos Papers, by the Rev. S. Cragg, who reported that their readings were most satisfactory, and as he had now attended three times, he was able to observe a very decided improve ment. He considered Thucydides a very difficult author indeed, and the passages selected were certainly none of the easiest. He was equally satisfied with the mathema tical subjects, and he should be glad to hear the opinions of his brother clergymen and others present. Mr. Cragg's judgment was mO4 warmly sanctioned and supported, and a general opinion appeared to prevail that Tarvin Hail School would soon hold a high place amongst the best of our educational establishments. The masers' reports as to the progress of the boys were then read, and the names of those who bad distinguished themselves in the various branches of learning announced. Beever was declared to be the senior classical scholar of the whole school, and Sprague (senior) the first in mathema tics. The specimens of writing were considered extremely good, and many of the paintings, sketches, and engineer ing and fortification drawings were also much praised. At the close of the examination, the gentlemen whose names we have given as among the visitors present were invited to dinner with the Principal and Masters. The health of the Rev. Stephen Cragg, J. F. Maddock, Esq. (Town Clerk of Chester), the Masters and Medical Officers, and the Principal and his Lady, were drunk after the cloth was withdrawn ; and also " Success to Tarvin Hall School." The first two gentlemen spoke in the highest terms of the Principal, whose friendship they had for many years enjoyed. Nothing could hive been more satisfactory than the entire proceedings of the day. Before leaving, the visitors expressed a wish to hear one or two of the musical pieces performed by the boys. They accordingly assembled in the lecture-hall, and sang several pieces in excellent time J. F. Maddock, Esq. took the opportunity of expressing to the School the satisfaction he had felt at the very creditable manner in which they had passed their examinations, and pegged the Principal to read a paper which he then put into his hand. The paper contained a request that the Principal would allow him " to leave two guineas to be given as a premium at the next examination, to the boy who shall have made the greatest rise in classics in the interim." lie offered this that the boy who obtained it might have cause to remember the satisfaction expressed by the Town Clerk of Chester on that occasion. This compliment called forth three hearty cheers from the boys, and the warm thanks of Mt. Brindley. ANOTHER DEATH FROM STARVATION.—On Tuesday, a poor woman named Sarah Burns, who with her husband and seven children, had come from Prescot, died in lodgings in Thomas-street, from general privation and exposure to cold. A daughter of the deceased said that her mother had not had enough to eat, that all she had the previous day was a bit of bread, which she got from a woman in the street. Her father had no means of sup porting his family but by begging. He had had relief from the parish both on Saturday and Monday. The relieving officer said that his attention had not been called to the family, but that the cellar in which they lived was a most mi.erable hole, and seventeen individuals were residing in it. The coroner exonerated the parish from all blame, for they were going even beyond the law in administering relief, but two cases of death in two consecutive days was dreadful. The jury found that the deceased had died of disease of the lungs, and that her death had been accele rated by most of the necessaries of life. ROBBERY OF A £2O NOTE.—On Tuesday, Francis Casey was committed for trial by Mr. Rushton on a charge of having picked the pocket of Mr. Thomas Commode, broker" and shipping agent, of Duke's-place, Wapping, of a note. Mr. Commode stated that he was at a public-house in Wapping, on Friday night, and that he was, in his capacity of shipping agent, doing busi ness for a captain, who in the course of conversation, asked him to lend him some silver. He pulled out a £2O and 4s. The 4s. he lent to the captain, and the £2O note he placed in his vest pocket. On getting up, Mr. Com mode stumbled against the table, and the prisoner, who bad been talking to the captain, rose for the purpose of putting him in a perpendicular position ; but, while so engaged, the prisoner's hand found its way into the pocket of Mr. Commode's vest, and the £2O note was abstracted. Mr. Commode on going into the yard missed the note, and on returning to the tap the prisoner was gone ; but on Monday night Mr. Commode entered another public-house in a different neighbourhood, and he there espied and identified the prisoner. THE NEW SANATORY BILL.—MEETING OF BAKERS. —A meeting of the bakers of this town, was held on Tuesday last, in the Stanley Arms, Manchester-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration how far those bakers who use chaffer ovens, in the manufacture of bread, would be affected by the new sanatory act, which comes into operation on the Ist of January, 1847. The chair was occupied by Mr. William Scott, who briefly explained the objects for which the meeting had been con vened. Some lively conversation then ensued, relative to the best method which could be adopted to prevent the smoke which issues from chaffer ovens. The utility of the new patent apparatus of Mr. Williams was freely discussed ; and it is but fair to the trade to state, that all were quite willing to adopt the plan which would abate the nuisance of smoky chimneys. On the motion of Mr. Kaye, a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Hutcheson, Greene, and Bowler, was appointed to wait upon the Health Committee, to ascertain whether chaffer ovens came within the meaning of the act • and whether the users of such ovens would be held liable under the clause which referred to bakeries. WEST DERBY UNION.—TUESDAY.—There was a let ter from the Poor-law Commissioners, complaining that Mr. Christie, of Knotty Ash, the medical officer of the rural district, was not duly qualified. The Commissioners were instructed to he informed that Mr. C. was the only candidate in the district, and they had no doubt of his efficiency. A case of alleged neglect, by the relieving officer of the West Derby district, of the case of a poor man, named Park, or Parks, who applied for relief for himself and family, a wife and four children, were reported to the board in rather warm terms, by Mr. Peers, one of the guardians, and an overseer of West Derby. It was represented that the officer referred to had dismissed the applicant very summarily, without giving the required re lief, and without taking the applicant before the Board of Guardians. This the officer denied, and it was resolved that a special meeting be held for investigating the case at an early day. The business of the board being concluded, the chairman and guardians were invited by the chaplain of the house to witness the examination of the young in mates, as to their attainments in their school. Copies of verses were recited, chapters in the Bible read, followed by examination of the children thereon, after which a large class of the boys were put to the test as to their progress in arithmetic, geography, and some few cases of history and biography, in which, as on other points of education, they displayed very satisfactory attainments. ROMANTIC AND DISTRESSING AFFAIR.—On Thurs day, a Mr. Webster, a professor of dancing, and a theatrical artiste of the ballet department, induced Miss Hilton, a young lady, aged fifteen, daughter of W. Hil ton, Esq., of Ardwick Green, Manchester, to elope with him from her father's residence. The distressed parent, having obtained some clue to the course they had taken, arrived in Chester that evening, and applied for the aid of the authorities. On Friday, it was discovered that a li cense had been obtained at the Registrar-office, by Web ster, for his marriage with Miss Hilton, who was described as a lady of twenty-two, and as having for the last few months resided in St. John's parish, Chester. On re ceiving this information, the police repaired to St. John's Church, where the marriage ceremony had just been completed, and the partiza_Lad left in a hackney coach. Inquiry was made for them, when they were found at the Ermine Inn, Flookersbrook, near the Railway Station. The foolish young " bride" was then taken from the pro tection of her abductor, and removed, in care of the constables, to her parental home at Manchester, whither her father had previously returned via Liverpool. Web ster accompanied the party, but of course was refused admittance to Mr. Hilton's house.—Miss Hilton is a good-looking young lady, with more of womanhood in her appearance than might be expected from her age. Webster is brother of the celebrated dunseuse, Clara Webster, who was unfortunately burnt so severely as to cause her death, during her performance, at Drury Lane Theatre. We hear that this affair will probably give rise to some legal prosecutions.—Chester Courant. THE POOR.—On Tuesday a special meeting of the select vestry was held to consider the necessity of adopt ing some steps whereby to save the parish, to some ex tent, from having to bear the whole expense of the enor mous importation of Irish pauperism which is daily going on here. A memorial to the Secretary of State was agreed to. It represented, that whereas the number of Irish casual poor relieved by this parish, for the week ending 19th December, 1845, was 888 persons ; the number re lieved in the corresponding week of this year was 13,471. The vestry submitted, therefore, that the peculiar posi tion of Liverpool, as a port of readiest access for the transmission of Irish poor, entitled the parish to the especial consideration of government, with a view to the immediate establishment of some effectual means by which the influx of Irish paupers may be prevented, and the memorial prayed the right honourable gentleman to intercede with the Lords of the Treasury for the reim bursement to the parish, out of the consolidated fund of the amount of extraordinary expenses which they have this year incurred. The chairman (Rector Campbell) stated, in answer to some observations which were made as to an alleged case of starvation, that the parochial au thorities of such a parish as Liverpool, containing 230,000 souls, besides the casual poor that swarmed in the town, could hardly in fairness be held responsible for every case of destitution that might occur. If they had the fabu lous attributes of heathen mythology, the hundred arms The cost of the overland route to India for first class of Briareus and the hundred eyes of Argus, they could cabins will be reduced, at March next, to £127. not do it. Such a work could only be done by the pa- The snow between Darlington and Berwick lies, in one rishioners taking upon themselves the responsibility which continuous line, to the depth of 10 feet. they were glad to throw on the parish authorities, by car- The Worcestershire Guardian, a Conservative paper, rying out the Christian theory of the District Provident was published for the last time on Thursday last. Society, dividing the town into districts containing twenty- It is asserted that Jenny Lind, the " Swedish nightin five families, and every substantial householder under- gale," will shortly appear on an English stage. taking the inspection of a district containing such families. It is rather remarkable that the moon will be full twice On one day last week upwards of 3,000 soup tickets, and in January, 1847, viz., on the Ist and 31st. i y tl he ebarquebr imported , olds Ae:HToo a Epf t Reit, the ten pLtAei npv parishes unfortunate office.` 2,000 rations of bread were distributed among Irish appli- Morse, the Barnet post-master, has been arrested, in linquesto cants,ng DREADFULing I atotone t lgreat distress, at Bruges. uw S nha v ot a SUNDAY.—The seAr sailors- w . — as T hh h ee d e - r a iT l n t i 3ei has s D said fuakilee nothat Rutland c t o the ist mi is last s o b wfia causing ruwestili with h o g r ttwo s e i x b t e e edni exceptions.s y tr i a b r u s t n e d o ashore e Friday f t e h r e e I b i o a a m t e f y r , o zt t he e o e r d e e n a e t r h . , tTohoek Hope,place o itn p s h o e o e r t i o n f g bla forty t v i l e b t s ic s s h a a r w o u l s n , d a B n d e flannel,,oir Castle. to the deserving appeared, had been wrecked on the Wicklow Bank, off The price of Wheat, according to the six weeks' average, the east coast of Ireland, when the crew took to the boats. which governs the duty, is one shilling and sevenpence The deceased and six others were in the long boat, the higher than at the same period last year. captain and rest of the crew in the gig. The latter were, It has been determined, on the express intervention of however, picked up by a schooner. Those in the long her Majesty, to grant a medal for services in the Penin boat saw this, and tried to get up to her, but they could sular war. not, and soon lost sight of her, owing to the great fall of Two men were found dead amongst the snow, near snow. An attempt was then made to regain the Irish Bishop Auckland, Durham, on Sunday week. They had coast, which was soon obliged to be given up, three of been drinking the previous night. their oars breaking. They hoisted a small sail that was The Edinburgh Chronicle states, that there are up in the boat, and night coming on, they steered for the werds of 200 refused letters from Ady, lying, iu more English coast, by keeping the north star astern. Having senses than one, at the Post-office there. no provisions in the boat, and being thinly clad, they A piano has been made in London for the use of Tom suffered intensely from the cold, which was terribly Thumb, on a scale suited to the capabilities of the dimi severe, their garments being covered with ice. On the tiutive hero. second night they made the Lundy Island lights, and saw " The Battle of Life," dramatised by Albert Smith, a brig, which they hailed, but it merely showed a light wes produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, yesterday and passed on, without offering assistance, although it is week, and met with great success. quite clear they were seen. Already had many of them The Poor.law Commissioners have appointed Anewrin fallen victims to a horrible death, and lay prostrate at the Owen, Esq., of Egryn, Denbighshire, one of the Assis bottom of the boat, and the next night saw three or four taut Tithe Commissioners, to be an Assistant Poor-law others. The boat had then reached Trevore Head, Commissioner, in the place of the late Colonel Wade. whence it drifted with the tide into Mawgan Bay, where There is growing in a garden, near Morpeth , a fine spe it was noticed by the Coast Guard. Ten of the boat's cimen of the Indian gourd, or pumpkin. It measures crew had by that time expired, and the remaining aia upwards of five feet in circumference, and five feet six would inevitably have been lost had not one of the party inches in length. swam off to the boat while heating among the breakers, Last week, at Burnley, one of the elephants in Womb and with the aid of a line, which he secured to it, it was well's menagerie bit off the tail of another. A. consider hauled up, and the poor feliows taken out. The jury able lime elapsed before the bleeding could be sto pp ed. having viewed the bodies, which lay in a barn a d jacent to No ill consequence s, however, ensued. the Mawgan Perth Coast Guard station, returned a ver- So closely and thickly did the ice lately collect around dict that—" The deceased died from the effects of starva- " the piers on the Thames , that it bro ke one of them in two, tion and long exposure to the inclemency of the wea t her . and rendered it impossible for the steamers to land their DOCK COMMITTEE MEETING.—At the weekly meeting passengers upon it. on Thursday last, there were present Mr. Bramley-Moore, FATAL Born Er. EXPLOSION.—On Saturday morning a (chairman,) and eleven other members. The board steam engine boiler, at the foundry of Messrs. Stothert agreed that Is. 3d. per square yard be charged to tenants and Co" Bristol, burst, and scalded a great number of occupying the late H a r r ington es t a te f r om and after the the workmen, two of whom died shortly afterwards. Ist January next. A report was read to the effect that an The police of London have been advised by some of the examination of some cases of French plums, said to have magistrates to carry salt about with them, a very small been damaged in the Albert Dock warehouses, had taken quantity of that article, when scattered upon a slide in place at Manchester, and that th e resu lt was satisfactory, the street, being sufficient to render it unfit for its dan so far as the servants of the Dock Committee were con- gerous pastime. cerned.—Mr. Aikin proposed some alterations in the o u Saturday, the Rochester and Maidstone mail-bags rates charged upon certain articles of merchandise, which were s tolen out of the chaise in which they were carried. appeared to him to be discrepant. The amendments, The letters were found, on Monday, lying in a field near however, made by him to that effect, were lost by a Maidstone, opened. The driver, and a passenger, have respective majority of 10 to 2.—A list of additional been committed on suspicion. master porters was read and approved.—The board pro- A correspondent of the Gardener's Chronicle mentions ceeded to the appointment of a printer for 1847. The that a bees nest was found a few days since among the list of applicants consisted of George Smith and Co., for bl an kets of a bed which had not been used since the spring. printing and stationery ; Harris and Co., for printing and I The bees were all dead, as they had consumed their stock stationery ; J. Hosken, for printing only ; Thomas t of honey. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION-GRAND CONCERT. The directors of this institution are sparing no pains to keep up the interest of the lecture-ball. The list of lec tures for the ensuing year, contained in our columns to day, far surpasses any of its predecessors, and, with the attractions of the well-selected and extensive library, which will be opened next month, must ensure an extra-- ordinary subscription list amongst our townsmen. For the present, we must confine our police to the grand con cert announced to take place on the 12th January, at the re-opening of the season, at which we feel satisfied, when the list of performers is seen, every person professing a musical taste among us will be present. First among them is Miss Birch, unquestionably our most eminent English vocalist, whose superb voice has lately had the advantage which never fails 'to attend a so- jour❑ in Italy, the classic region of song. Next we find Madame F. Lablache, the charming contralto, whose per- formances at the Italian Opera, in - Williamson-square, as Miss Fanny Wyndham, will be long remembered by all who had the pleasure to bear her. Signor F. Lablache will accompany his cara sposa, and sing with her, we learn, some of those buffo duets which stand unrivalled in the London concerts, as well as some of his own admirable arie bee. Mr. Manvers, who has but lately returned to London, from Italy, where he has been improving his fine tenor voice and acquiring additional style and fame, will Orntrai -Aiisre!lmp. __......_ _ _ The Wellington statue is to be placed in the open space west of the Horse Guards, and fronting the enclo sure in St. James's-park, and - workmen are now pre paring the pedestal. Two people, an old man and a child, who were deck passengers in a steamer from Londonderry to Greenock, have perished from the inclemency of the weather ; no one during the passage having noticed how much the cold af lected them. The women of Edinburgh, to the number of 10,337, have memorialised their sisters of the United States, im ploring them to lend the iziflu2nce of their sex for the emancipation of three millions of their fellow-bein4s who are slaves in America. The Duke of Leeds his recovered £25,000 against his father's executors, for damages done upon the estate by his father pulling down Kiverton-hall, felling the orna mental timber, and converting the park into a farm, which he had no right to do, having only a life interest in the estate. On Tuesday, several cabs, with placards, announcing that they were running at 6d. a mile, were conveying pas sengers at that rate in different parts of London, much to the chagrin of the old cabmen, who greeted the drivers of those vehicles, as they passed the different cab ranks, with jeers and shouts of derision. During the late snow storm the mail at Edinburgh was at one time fifty-six hours behind time, and there were then no less than five London mails due. Of these four came in together. The greatest part of the snow was in Durham and Northumberland ; there was comparatively little in Scotland. THREEPENNY THEATRES —The Lord Chamberlain has intimated to the proprietors of these theatres in Eng land his determination to withdraw the license from them unless they raise the prices of admission-6J. being the lowest price to be taken. The rise must take place on and after the Ist of January next.—Glasgow Herald. " STOLEN OR STRAYED."—A few days ago, the bell man of Sunderland announced the loss—either stolen or strayed—of a favourite cat, for which half-a-crown re ward would be given by a disconsolate spinster, who had lost its society, to any person who could restore poor dear " tabby" to its lone mistress. SHOCKING DEATH.—A shocking accident happened to a little boy named William Hunt, living with his grand mother in St. Clement's parish, London, who, during the absence of his grandmother on Monday, drank from the tea- kettle, which was boiling by the side of the fire. He died on the following day. On the arrival of a long train of caravans in Leeds, on Tuesday last, it was noticed that the proprietor had yo'ied one of his elephants along with a horse to the carriage, and that it was using its strength exactly in the same way, and with as much docility as the horse with which it was travelling. On Monday, the gable-end wall belonging to the library of the new Missionary College now in the course of erec tion in Canterbury fell in. It is supposed the frost had penetrated the work, which was only of recent execution. Fortunately the workmen were clear of that part, or a sacrifice of life would probably have been involved. It seems that some further proceedings with respect to the game laws are contemplated in the next session of Parliament. Inquiries are making in several, if not all, the counties, as to what proportion of the prisoners in the gaols have been committed for matters connected with poaching; and also what number of convictions fur this offence have taken place within a stated period. It was stated, at the last meeting of the Statistical Society in London, that the average height of the men composing a regiment of Sikh-sepoys, raised in August last, at Ferozepore, had been Lund, on measurement, to reach six feet three inches. The regiment was 1,000 strong, and some of them exceeded six feet six inches in height. _ _ _ TILE FIRST JEW RETURNED BY THE CITIZENS OF LONDON AS COMMON COUNCIL MAN.—Just as we were going to press, information reached us that Mr. B. S. Philips, of the respectable firm of Faudel and Philips of Newgate-street, has been returned as a common council man for the ward of Farringdon-within.—Jewish Chro nicle. DEATH FROM STARVATION.—A shocking case of des titution has just occurred at Worcester, wherein a woman named Dovey was left for 24 hours by the parish authorities without relief during her coi,finernent, in an empty house, without a bit of covering for her newly born babe, which was consequently killed by the intensity of the rost and want of proper care. . The demand for Christmas geese was greatly increased in London this year, by the establishment of clubs for their purchase. Each subscriber paid 6d. or ls. per week during some weeks, on condition of receiving a goose and a bottle of spirits for his Christmas d nner. Besides these " goose clubs," there have also been " plum-pudding clubs," on the same footing. UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. — In the night of Monday week, the 14th inst., when the frost was most intense, deep thunder was heard in this city, and the flashes of lightning were extremely brilliant. We observe that the same electrical phenomenon was noted at Shrewsbury and Welshpool on the same night and early on Tuesday morn ing. At the latter place the thunder was very near, the report rapidly succeeding the flash.—Hereford Journal. The stoker who was so seriously injured by the late ac cident on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, died in the infirmary on Monday, at the coroner's inquest. The jury came to the unanimous conclusion that the de ceased's death was occasioned by injuries received in con sequence of the excessive speed at which Allen was driving the engine, which would amount to a verdict of " Man slaughter" against Allen, the deceased engineer. FAIIPWRECK FROM FAIR WEATHER. — Th'N'e tly. L_- .1 , ;.-,Trrr ek caused I. has re- form one of the party. cent , oeen an instance ot shtpwrt ck caused by lair we. The veteran Lindley will also appear once again before ther. When the sea is agitated, it always breaks on the a Liverpool audience, and give us in all probability, the rocks lying at the mouth of the Charente, and sailors can final opportunity of hearing those unapproachable per- thus avoid them. But one night lately the sea was so formances upon the violoncello which have so long calm that, by the light of the moon, no symptom of been the wonder of the musical world, the more wonder- peril could tie perceived, and the English brig the Ann, ful now, when we consider that this admirable musician proceeding from England to Charente, came right on the has numbered three score and ten years. Since the death rocks and was wrecked. Fortunately the crew escaped. of his old companion, Dragonettiti, Mr. Lindley has re- EFFECTS OF THE COLD.—On Monday night week tired from his usual routine in the orchestra, and his final Arthur Monaghan, an Irish labourer, aged sixty, pe retirement from the profession will not be long deferred. risked in the snow, near Willington. A man, named Her Carte, the celebrated Bohem flute-player, under Hopps, was found dead amongst the snow at Etherley. whose direction this concert will be given, accompanies An old man, named Hornsby, was nearly frozen to death, the party, and will astonish the audience by those fine but he recovered. A covey of partridges, tamed by the strains on his peculiar instrument which none but him- frost, were found in Shields, on Thursday week ; three of self can produce in such perfection ; and as be will doubt- them were caught. In Scotland many birds were found less accompany Miss Birch in one of her songs, the frozen to the branches. amateur will have an opportunity of hearing him to the PREVENTION OF MARKS FROM SMALL Pox.—lt ap greatest advantage. pears that the most effectual means is the exclusion ot The conductor of the concert is Mr. Hopkins, of the light. Experiments made at New Orleans seem to afford Temple Church, whose judgment of musical matters is very satisfactory evidence on this point. During the considered so sound that Dr. Wesley's plan of the St. eruptive and ripening stages of the disease, a certain num- George's-hall organ was submitted to him for approval ber of patients were confined in a dark ward of the hospi by our Town Council. We understand that he will per- tal, and no pit or scar or other deformity of the skin was form one or two symphonies, &c., on the organ, so that left, though some of them had the disease most violently our townsmen will have a good opportunity of judging of in its worst or confluent form. his great merits. GUN-COTTON.--We were present on Saturday at the Such a concert as this is but rarely given in Liverpool; rock-blasting by gun-cotton, in the quarry behind the but our townsmen have only to award it that meed of en- Necropolis, and we were truly astonished at its tremen couragement to which, from its intrinsic merits, it is well does powers. The unwedgeable and solid whin rock was entitled, to ensure for themselves a succession of, if pos- split by it as quietly and instantly as if it had been a soft sible, even stronger attract;ons, and at cheaper rates.— myrtle. What would a bale of cotton not do, when a The beginning must once be made, and. the present expe- small quantity (stuffed into a bore six inches by one and a riment, in which no expense has been spared to produce half) was capable of such effects? It would blow up a gratification, must decide the continuance of the plan. little city.—Glasilow Constitutional. Such concerts are now being given with great success at A pe: son of the name of Francis Olifiero has been corn the Metropolitan Literary Institutions, and as the Liver- mitted to take his trial in London, charged with having pool Collegiate Institution has great resources at its com- obtained , by false pretences , diamond jewellery of the value mend, the undertaking will, no doubt, fully realize the of £5OO and upwards, from Mr. Linnet, wholesale jewel hopes of its projectors. ler, Bloomsbury-square. The prisoner pretended that he was commissioned by the Queen and Prince Albert to get them some brooches and rings ; but his tale turned out to be untrue, and he went and pledged the articles which he obtained from the prosecutor. On Tuesday, a young woman attempted to commit sui cide in a coffee-house in Kent-road; London, by pouring laudanum into the cup of coffee with which she was served. ' The landlady, who guessed her intention, took the cup away under the pretence of putting some sugar in it, and substituted another. The wretched creature, after some conversation with her hostess, confessed her intention. Her misery, she sad, had been brought on through her husband enlisting. She was taken to her home, Great Wild-street. APPALLING DISCOVERY.—On Monday, as two boys were dredging along the Thames at the Waterloo Dock, Waterloo-road, they discovered the dead body of a fe male with a male child, apparently fourteen months old, tied round her waist, deeply imbedded in the mud. The dress of both indicated extreme poverty. The bodies have been identified as those of an unmarried woman, named Reid, aged thirty-two, and her son. It is sup posed she committed the double crime of murder and suicide from destitution. DEATH FROM EAGERNESS IN EATING.—An elderly man named Taylor, a bookbinder, expired suddenly on Wednesday whilst eating his dinner at the Railway dining-house, Swansea. He swallowed potatoes whole, and the medical gentleman extracted several pieces of meat from the throat, oneisof which was several inches square, sufficiently large for seven or eight ordinary mouthfuls.—No cause is assigned for this strange conduct on the part of the deceased, who had been absent from Swansea for some time. EXPENSIVE FUEL.—The Tagus steamer, on her last homeward voyage from the Peninsula, left Lisbon without having, from some mischance. shipped her usual full sup ply of coal. Her fuel consequently failing. some spars, &c., were first resorted to, and then to make up the defi ciency, two tons of chesnuts, part of her cargo, were sacrificed to the devouring element, before reaching Ply mouth. She called at that port, and took in a supply of coals, to enable her to complete her voyage to South- a mpton. Two HUSBANDS EQUIVALENT TO NONE.—Rebecca Hurst, who was examined at Worship-street Police Court on Tuesday, charged with feloniously receiving stolen goods, pleaded, in her defence, that she was mar ried, and had acted under the control of her husband. She handed in a certificate of her marriage, which ap peared quite regular ; but, unfortunately for her, the other side showed that this marriage had been contracted during the lifetime of a first hu-band, who had been transported eight years ago. The magistrate said he was bound to deal with the prisoner as a free agent, and committed her for trial. INFLUX OF POOR IRISH INTO GLASGOW.—It would be well that our Irish friends should understand that the city of Glasgow is at present overrun with poor, and that by flocking hither in droves, they are only exposing them selves to certain misery. We can hardly credit the state ment which has been published, that some benevolent persons in Ireland are furnishing their destitute country men with the trifling passage money neyessary to get rid of them, and that the deluded beings are thus systematic ally sent off in whole ship loads from their own country, to be landed among strangers, without food, money, or prospect of employment. However this may be, it is cer tain that the influx of paupers from the other side of the channel, was never so great at this season of the year as it is at present. We learn that the Glasgow Town's Hospi tal has, during the present month, been obliged to furnish nearly four hundred of these poor people with a free pass age back to the land of their birth.—Glasgow Citizen. A general meeting of the members of the Leicestershire Agricultural Society, and others interested in the retieal of the malt tax, was held at Leicester, on Wednesday, and. resolutions condemnatory of the malt tax were unani mously agreed to. It was also determined that petittOns against the tax should be sent to every parish in the dis trict, and afterwards presented to parliament. BRINGING TO BOOK.—A military officer having,,got into debt with a bookseller in Glasgow, and paid no 'at tention to repeated applications for payment, after' hie removal to England, the creditor at length wrote 'to 'the Horse Guards, and in a few days received a satisfactory letter from the military secretary to the Dul;e of Wel lington, which was soon followed by a remittance from the officer, but without a word of explanation. PEDESTRIANISM.—A foot race for £2OO (one mile) came off over the Lansdowne Course, Bath, on Monday, between Maxfield an Davis. Davis was declared the win ner by thirty yards.—Another rate for £5O (130 yards) was run on Wednesday on the Lichfield Road, near 'Bir mingham, between Boulton Phillips, of Stafford,. 'and Jones, of London. Phillips won the race by two ye!'ds. only. DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-ARMA.—INAI3 EERTENT MATRICIDE.—A melancholy accident occrtried at Milverton, on Friday last. A person of the name of Cross had been out shooting, and on returning neglectO to draw the charge from his gun, which he placed near the clock. His son, a little boy, took up his gun and snapped it, when unfortunately it went off, arid the whole of the contents were lodged in the mother's head, who fell dead on the spot, leaving several motherless children. The anguish of the father on hearing of the accident cannot be described.—Dorselshire Paper. FACILITY OF COMMUNICATION.—A correspondentnf the Builder directs attention to certain social improve ments which have been recently introduced in London. These are: Ist. The penny post and hourly deliyeries..in London. 2nd. The Parcel Delivery Company, Parcel Mail Company, and Post Parcel Company. 3rd. The halfpenny, penny, and twopenny steamers. 4th. The twopenny, threepenny, and penny-a.mile omnibuses. sth. The Economic Brougham and Cabriolet Company, limited to 6d. per mile, and guaranteed against impo— sitions. EXTRAORDINARY RISE IN TAE PRICE OF BREAD."... On Tuesday a very simultaneous rise in the price of bread took place throughout the metropolis ; the household quality being advanced from 7d. to Bd., and the best wheaten from 9id. to 100. In the market on Monday, flour rose 3s. per sack ; and it is stated among many=--of the most experienced bakers that before the expiration of the week, the 41b. loaf will reach the price of Ild. So much for the League's bellweathere about cheap bread It is a tale Told by an idiot. full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. _ _ A VILLAGE IN DARKNESS.—This has literally occur red within the last few days at Filey, on the Yorkshire coast, which has recently been brought into closer rela tionship with the more populous parts of the country by means of the railway from Scarborough, but the inhabit ants, probably trusting implicitly to the new and more speedy means of communication, had this year neglected, to lay in a great store of either coals or candles prior to the late snow storm. Railway communication was, how- ever, cut off by that storm, and a very old-fashioned winter was experienced under the lack of these means of beat and illumination.—Hull paper. NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS.—A number of the bakers% Edinburgh took it into their heads, the other day, to ad vertise in the Courant, Scotsman, and North itisk Advertiser, that they were going to di-continue the ord practice of making presents of currant buns, short-bread, &c., and that nothing of the kind was to be expected at the approaching holidays. This was a sore rub to many an expectant youngster ; but there was a good deal of chuckling amongst them, when it became known that the Stamp-office authorities bad charged du'y for every baker who signed the document, the ex vense of inserti 41 in the three newspapers. being just thirty sir pounds sterlinV CONVERSIONS TO ROME.—Mr. F. A. Paley, whose name has been connected with the conversion of his pupil, Mr. Morris, to the Roman Catholic Church, has made his public profession of the Roman Catholic faith. The Rev. John Gordon. M.A. curate of the Rev. William Dodswoith, at Christ Church, St. Pancras, has resigried his curacy, with the intention of embracing the Roman Catholic religion. Letters from Rowe state that Mr. New man, after having spent a few days in visiting some of the principal objects of ecclesiastical interest in thot city, had entered the College of the Propaganda as a theological student, with the view of preparing himself for receiving the sacred orders of his church.--Morning Post. EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS BY ELECTRICITY.--.. On Thursday night, when the mayor of Newcastle Archbold, Esq., was entertaining his friends in the sembly Room-9, " The health of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of lork " was drunk a little be' fore ten o'clock, and a message sent over to the Gates.‘ head Station to communicate the fact by telegraph to his lordship, who at the same time had a large par y at the Mansion tious-! at York ; and in about an hour, despite the interposing snow, an answer was received in the As. sembly Rooms at Newcastle, to the effect that the civility had been reciprocated, and the health of " The Mayor and Corporation of Newcastle" been drunk by his lord: ship and his guests. ITALIAN Boys.—A. correspondent of the Morning Chronicle states, that in a steamer which brow; ht him from Boulogne there were eighteen Italian boys in the most pitiable state, some with hardly rags enough to cover them, and at such an inclement season, and otheri without shoes, and one poor boy, about twelve years old; with Ws feet and anc were being imported into England for the purpose of ex— citing charity, and for the benefit, no doubt, of two merit who had them in charge. So dreadful were the suffering* of the poor and almost naked boy alluded to, that wbeti dragged up (as was literally the case) from the fore cable he was quite unable to stand, and obliged to be carried ott shore on the back of one of these traffickers in white slaves. It is remarkable that while in Ireland the people rely not on their own efforts, but on the money expending and to be expended by Government, in Scotland the principle of self-reliance is not onlv.carried out by tan& lords, farmers, and the working classes, but on the sub ject of aiding the poor without asking money from the National Treasury there is no difference or intolerance between the Free Church and the Established Church, nor with any other religious denomination, The collec tion made by the Free Church, up to the beginning of last week, for the relief of the destitute poor, amounted to £7,900, and more will be collected. This the mete, bers of the Free Kirk have offered to be thrown into General Relief Fund, as soon as an Association for its honest distribution among the destitute—whether Romio Catholics or Protestants—is in Scotland formed. Mn. ALISON'S " HISTORY OF EUROPE."—We have much pleasure in extracting from the Times of the 17th inst the following notice of this important work At the time when this great work appeared in successive vo lumes, we noticed it at such length that any detailed re petition of its merits would be superfluous. In spite of the defects which may appear in isolated parts—and how could a work of such magnitude be without them r—it ig unrivalled as a Thesaurus of information, during one of the most important periods of the world's history ; and at the same time, a monument of industry and eloquence. Having passed through six editions in its original octavo form, a seventh has now commenced in a more portable shape. The size adapts it to the pocket, while the beauty of its appearance qualifies it for a place in the library of th 6 most fastidious." IRISH POOR AND ENGLISH RATEPAYERS. —The Guardians of the Howden Union, Yorkshire, have una nimously adopted a petition to parliament to the follow ing effect ,—That we deem it neither just nor legal that we and the other ratepayers in this union should, in ad dition to our present heavy burthens, be called upon to support, in whole or in part, the poor of Ireland.—That no law, human or divine, can justify the leaving a large portion of the population of any country to the miseries of starvation and death, such population having a naturtil and inalienable right to existence from the soil and wealth of the land which gave them birth. We, therefore, hub bly pray that such a poor law may be forthwith passed' as may be found adequate to the destitution of the Irish people—as may save us from being made unfairly contd. butory towards their support—as may give to life and property the safeguards of civilization and law—and will& may protect the poor labourers of England from such a demoralizing competition with their fellow-laboureri. of Ireland, as can only end in sinking both into the- same abyss of universal wretchedness. COMMITTAL OP A CHIROPODIST.—A person repre senting himself as Dr. J. Wolff, a chiropodist, Oupil of the celebrated F. R. La Granche, patronised by the King of the Belgians, and displaying certificates from several physicians in Derby, Nottingham, and Birmingham, ems lately committed to Beccles Gaol, Suffolk, charged wish obtaining money under false pretences. It would appear his plan was to open each corn, and to pretend to take from it small homey substances, which he described as being thrown out from the bone. From one patient" he pretended to extract, in about an hour, from only four apparent corns, no less than twenty-five of these small substances, which he called corns, for which he made a charge of £6 65., and received £6. He was . equally suc cessful in other cases. Dr. Wake, a medical practitioner, in Beccles, and a borough magistrate, having conceived a suspicion of imposture, watched his proceedint4 nartekiri, and soon became convinced that the small horny stitr stances be exhibited were never taken from the human subject, but that, by dexterous management, Dr. Wolf!: while pretending to extract corns, only.produced those lie had brought ready prepared with him, which it was stit trised he had manufactured out of the parings of horses' hoofs. INCRUSTATION OF STEAM BOILERS.—The incrustation of steam-engine boilers, both on land and at sea, has been a fertile source of fatal accidents—the oxidation of the metal weakening the plates, and rendering them incapable, in a short period, of sustaining the neergsary pressure. The sudden removal of large portions of the incrustation, when the metal expands, is frequently atten2.ed with fatal abruption. The attempts of scientific men to avoid this danger have hitherto been of dubious success; but about two years ago Dr. Ritterbandt turned his 'attention to the subject, and has succeeded in discovering a - process which is deemed an efficient remedy by scientific men.. Hic•prin ciple is based on the chemical action which the muriateof amonia exerts upon the carbonate of lime, the incru+•ting materiel. The muriate prevents its deposta", and .is equally applicable to fresh and salt water. The soundness of the experiment has already stood the test of experience. It has been tried successfully in statieniry and in twine engines, having kept the boilers clear of deposit, and even disintegrating that which bad formed previous .to its• BP plication. It has been tried for nearly twelve months upon the boilers of the engines printing the London Timer, working, on an average, 17 hours per diem, and the boilers have been kept perfectly clean. The Time: states that neither the boilers nor any part of the machinery has been in any, even in the slightest degree, acted upon or injured by the action of the remedy in question.