The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS. THE SOCIETA ARMONICA gave their thirteenth dress concert on Wednesday, at the Mechanics' Institution. THE EXHIBITION MEETINGS of the Liverpool Floral and Horticultural Society have been fixed for May 19, June 30, and September 1. THE MODEL of Mr. John Grantham's " improved Method of working the Liverpool docks " is now on view at the Underwriters'-rooms. A SOLDIER, belonging to the 23rd Welsh Fusileers, Plunged into the river from the north side of the landing- Stage, on Monday, and was drowned. THE REV W. POLLOCK, the incumbent of St. Mark's, delivered a lecture on Tuesday evening, at the Church of England Institution, on " Rome, and her Paintings." JAMES TAYLOR, of Sutton, near St. Helen's, has a ben, which has laid an egg measuring 6i inches round the middle, si inches round the length, and weighs 4 ounces. THE engine of a luggage train for London went off the London and North-Western Railway in Northampton- Shire, on Thursday, by which the London six a.m. train Was an hour and a half behind time in reaching Liverpool. THE REV. DR. RAFFLES lectured at the Concert-hall _on Tuesday night, on " Isaac Watts and Nonconformist l'salmody;" Mr. D. James occupied the chair. THE CA131:I PASSONGERS per tire ship Falcon, from I'dney, have presented an address to Captain Taylor, expressing their satisfaction at his care, and for his exer tions to make them comfortable. Earsy M`CARTNEr, the nurse of the unfortunate 51r. Barbour, dies at the Manchester Infirmary late on Tuesday night. This is the sixth death arising from the late accident on the Bolton Railway. MR. JOHN CAuvEar, a geologist and a passenger by 'the Falcon, who has been eleven years in Australia, brings with him maps, drawings, and 730 nuggests of gold, one weighing 25 lbs. MR. CHARLES PrEID delivered an historical lecture on Wednesday evening to the West Derby Institute. Alan)* resident gentlemen have given, or are about to give. lectures. THE Sine or £3OO has been raised for Mr. Howard, the Manchester jeweller, whose shop has been plundered so often. It is proposed to present Miss Howard with a testimonial. HENRY Mr_TWELL was, on Thtrsday, committed for trial at the Liverpool assizes, fir the late extensive robbery nt 'Mr. 011ivant's shop in Manchester. Ills sister, Lnc - y Stronach, was discharged. AT A Piste, which broke unkat midnight on yesterday week at Southivorth Hall, near Warrington, twenty-nine Cows mere burned to death . Little additional damage was done. JAmrs 31AcKkY, tailor., 'lodging at 29, Mount-plet "Rt, was found suspended'hy his wife's drawers from the ftotpost of his bed on Thtrsday morning : he bad been dead 'five hours. Three - . empty laudanum bottles sere found in his pocket, ands number of pawn-tickets. • tr. T. BOOTHMAN 'has received twenty small bags of 'cotton, grown upon the estates of the Pacha of Eg-ypt, forwarded as samples of the improvement already effected by Nlr. Edward Swinglehurst, the young man who was tent out through the instrumentality of the chamber of ttta na erce. —Maim-hest:l- Guardian. W. CAMPBELL, the diver employed in operations for 'raising the hull of the steam-ship Victoria, in a- letter to the papers, denies that he saw any persons in the cabin 'when down : he wee unable to do anything in the way of inspection from the muddy state of the water, and had a narrow escape of being carried down the -funnel. ROBBERY ANe 'VIOLENCE.—On Sunday evening week, 'while the family were at service, a fdrir.-house was robbed at Hurltton, near Nantwich, and Miss Lee, the " 1 9 person in 'charge, was so severely beaten that it is ot expected she will recover. Thomas Wright and his son, both neighbours, have been apprehended on suspicion. LA.THOM House.—Yesterday week being the eighty tecond birthday of that much respected nobleman, the Ri ght Hon. Lord Sketmersdale, the servants and work l'eoPle on his lordship's estate were invitedto partake of 1 hospitable dinner at LAtharn.house, to _commemorate ,he 4 joyous occasion. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN Lwca. , Poorr..--This anniver ' lrY was celebrated by a soiree at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, on Thursday night. The party numbered 90 p; and,' after tea, addresses were delivered by Richard Esq. ; J the chairman, and the , Rev. J. Nugent, Mr. J ohn P. Aspinall, Mr. R. H. Sheil, Mr." , D. Powell, Mr. "tin Yate3, Messrs. G. Smyth, H. Cullen, and J. Welsh. THE MAGISTRATES who convicted Morgan, the light 'eeper at oint Lynas, for having in his possession and co ncealing goods, part of the wrack of -the ship Fairfield, _,t!ve issued a lithographed statement, contradicting an a tlegatioc contained in a communication read at a meeting Of the-Li ver pool dock committee, that cue of the magis trates (Yr. Sparrow) had '• expressed his regret that the conviction had taken place." Tit E . :Manchester Guardian relates - that a few days ago a railway passenger in that neighbourhood saw a rat, sleek acd sly, venture out of his hole in an antique and now disabled railway station, climb one of the wheels of a carriage in the train, dexterously raise the spring lid of the grease-box, look to see if he was observed, enjoy a hearty meal, and then coolly betake himself to his old quarters. ANN Toomesoar, a Liverpool girl and an orphan, was , recently taken into the house of Mrs. Rowen, of Eccles, near Manchester, and treated in a kind manner ; she had not been many days in the house of her benefactor, how ever, tefore she returned the kindness with the basest ingratitude, and ran away with a- cuantity of wearing anpare.l, the property of her mistress. On Thursday, at the Manchester New Bailey, she was sent to jail for 7 days. THE AFRICAN MAIL STEAM-SHIP COMPANY have announced their intention to commence a bi-monthly line of steamers from Liverpool to Madeira, Teneriffe, and the west coast of Africa, commencing on the 10th of I October. The vessels to conduct the Liverpool trade, namely, the Northern Light, the - Eauthern Cross, and the Pleiades, are to be of 1,000 tons burthern, and 300- horse-power ; so that the largest, the most powerful, and the fastest sailing ships will be appropriated to Liverpool. The vessels just named are building by Mr. Laird, and Mr. Hamilton Laird will undertake the agency of them.L THIRD REGIM ENT OF THE DUKE OF LANCASTER'S OWN MlLlTlA.—Captain Montague Joseph Fielden to be major, vice Hindle, deceased ; Captain Thomas Townley Parker to be major, vice Hornhy, resigned ; the Hon. 'Edward Henry Stanley, commonly called Lord Stanley, to be captain, vice Fielden, promoted.; Lieutenant Wm. Nicholson to ba captain, vice Parker, promoted ; Frederick Townley Parker, gentleman, to he lieutenant, v icelleads, retired ; Ensign Thomas Woodcock to be l ieutenant, vice German, promoted; Ensign Thomas Ellames Withington to be lieutenant, vice Worthington, resigned ; Thomas Hargreaves, gentleman, to be lieu tenant, vice Clarke, resigned. .THE BOOMER ANG S CREW -P ROPELL ER, invented by keColonel Sir Thomas Mitchell, surveyor-general of .Australia, is coming into extensive requisition. Totes ~ the principle, the Genova, an iron steamer, has been fitted up by Messrs. James Taylor and Co., Briton 11.„_ia iro n - wor k s , C at h car t- s t ree t, Bi r k en h ea d. The Water W itch, . anot h er iron steamer, which has been lengthened .3° ,./tel.s feet by the same firm, and supulied with engines of greater power, is also to be propelled on the same Principle, but an important improvement is introduced. The.shaft and fan extend beyond the rudder, so that, if any accident should happen either to the screw or ma .Teck, i d uerY, -the fan can be readily detached and hauled upon n.anything like moderate weather, and the vessel t a t , Proceed on her voyage as under sail. The government ordered the construction of an iron steamer upon t hat Principle by Messrs. James Taylor and Co. HORSFALL AND THE ELECTORE OF DERBY.— , r. Horsfall has issued a parting address to the electors of Derby, in which, after stating that he cheer theqoves to the decision of the Election Committee of ouse of: I hoe ‘4B' of .Commons, he says :—" Nor is it necessary, House io repeat to you what I have already stated in the that Commons as well as before a committee of house, that I was not cognizant of, nor did I sanction 1—„ "Y way, the proceedings which led the committee to that conclusion. To those who took an active part in ° PP 3 sing me at the election, or in any subsequent pro ceedings, I do not entertain a vestige of unkindly feeling. Da •the contrary, I willingly concede to them, what I claim for my se lf, a s e nse of duty, as my motive of action. And it only remains for me to express my sincere and earnest hope, that your present and any future repre sentatives may .serve you with more zeal and ability than I can ,presume to claim, though I am sure they cannot do so with • a greater desire to promote the best interests of your town, or the general welfare of its inhabitants." THE AMERICANS IN AUSTRALIA.—The _New York Herald of the sth says :—By the British barque Larne from Liverpool,-via Callao, some 1 7 passengers arrived in our port yesterday frein Australia. These passengers came frem Melbourne to Callao in company with about three hundred Others, in the ship Miltiades, which sailed from the former Port on the 27th November, and made a fifty days' passage to Callao. The Miltiades is bound for Liverpool. The majority of the passengers who came up in the Larne are A ab me ou r t ie tt yanesa'rwho emig ra t e d f rom C a lif orn i a to A us t ra li a they have been ag°. .Since their landing in that country bring home with the m engaged in mining, and all a goodly pile, and are perfectly satisfied. Noneofathi om le s ml e tave less th an t wo or th ree thousand dollars, aye upwards of twenty p ou nds weight of the p ure met l hi g hest terms of the country and Theyc lim a a t l e l , S their in on til l y e objection being to some of the revenue laws, ,vs, which they think rather stringent, and the want rne protection to Property. The emigration into Meltso3 ;i from Great Britain and the United States is said to averag e a b out one thousand daily. A RETURNED GOLD-DIGGER, who arrived in the 'Mersey on Tuesday last, says of Melbourne that during last winter thousands of persons were encamped on the outskirts of that place literally in a state of starva tion., and subject to great suffering from the inclemency of the weather. Some working men were earning at the rate of £5OO a wear, and yet, from the high price of pro visions and other necessaries, they were barely able to 20 PPort themselves end families. The publicans, he says, are most extravagant in their demands, and care not for a ccommodating persons unless they have been at the diggings, and have large sums of money of which they C i an be plundered. Three or four hundred passengers ( lave been known to land at the Queen's wharf , bourne, accommodation for urne, and, there being no place of at Mel tfhein, they have been compelled to remain on the wharf or the night, exposed to heavy rains; and under such ci rcumstances some of the females have given birth to 15ants. Should the emigrant be able to bear up against Ins accumulatin g inconveniences and annoyances to which lie is subjected, he has before him 70 miles of a toilsome Jl "leY, along almost impassable roads, before he reaches the gold field, where he finds society in a dreadful state, and flour from £2O to £4O a sack. Sailors, who can best ndergo the necessary fatigue and exposure to inclement weather, arc generally at first most successful ; but on I , ,, turni ng to Melbourne laden with gold they soon become p ietims to the artifices of the abandoned women of the l aae e A marriage, real or im ag i nary , i s go t up ; J ac k and his companions forget themselves, arc easily robbed, and they are then turned adrift, leaving the fancied wife and her accomplices to practise a ei m il ar frau4 ge the next Gow en f r o m the gold fields." till the In he Jews has de seaters, of we''- , or be expedi- ling the ssion 0% to have whether it. bourne, I. One n in the ulously► et coats ke origi in the aking s Like ouse to for the house. ld says : United Ipe, has ble, and magis ttiOn of TanSiVe :es wit?' at the writes a le Em e even gt et wa after a 38. He ment to Sept 10 the in re been ontinUe and in :man is of the wish no tch him d about follows ,hing of .delaide a called xpense, did noV .ged all In con zed the offered vessels by the for the ence of ,f wind, uffererS lstaple, ereaved zEss.—' b e pre fclock. mere o muell ompreo re col?- )om, in dments Soma tired to Iling of le gen ounding Luis mo a hunk eartily reap- eautiful lek four of the Santo, s little r itself, 1. The gg , re lid of of the , s back, r earth, see this a deep ion and eeeding with in is else.. nember ms, by ERICA , details in the seven rely in tpected ~h wag were o have wag rowdies at the York , in the on the irderett of the w.,„, as drew a )1; him used at ors will week la - with repara nry the st that rt Mr. Lion for HenrY inc , ficci 6 , attena peet of ;ell will one of s ticket :ondayt of en t repre.- r even itenant 'erlitz veS US which , lone 07 7 of re. s fallea ,t, Y is beert vocal let of Alector rother , I kno: 4 but le" #. Komar Oleo l ily , to ley Ar e vire of riot re. be y sts , g° r, taey by 10 - 7 ,. rric- THE THERE are 11,000 husbands in Australia whose wives have been left behind. SPURIOUS NUGGETS, ingeniously plated, are manufac tured in England and sent out to Australia. A SEAMAY - fell from the mizentopmast of the Western World, on Wednesday, and was killed. HYDRO.CARBON GASES have answered so admirably at Southport, that we are told they are being adopted in other places. JOHN :NITRIDE, a sailer on board the Western World, lying in the river, fell from the mizen-topmast, on Wednesday, and was immediately killed. MR. CARDY, master of the Berenice, his wife, and all the officers, have been murdered by his crew in the Straits of Gaspar, and the vessel burnt. THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP SARAH SANDS arrived at Melbourne, all well, in 84 days, including ten days' de tention at the Cape of Good Hope. - - ON Thursday a spirited ploughing match took place in the immediate vicinity of Fazakerley, in one of the fields of Rosebank farm, occupied by Mr. Charnock. A: PETITION against the solicitors' annual certificate duty was presented on Monday, by Mr. Mackenzie, from this town. HONOBIO GIBBONS, a young Irishwoman at Stockport, is now in custody, charged with poisoning her female child, aged nine mouths. The mother was a member of a burial society. MR. Ch ARLES LAMONT was on Saturday presented by his fellow-clerks, at the Albert Dock warehouses, with a gold pencil case, aczompanied with an address, as a mark of esteem. ONE of the West Derby paupers, Elizabeth Currie, is now 109 years old. At the age of 105 she walked from Toxteth park to Aigburth, and returned with a stone of apples on her back. JAMES BREMNER, owner of the pm:dle steamer Washington, has been fined 40s. and costs for conveying passengers on the 15th ult., without having the requisite certificate on board. A 'ert'ANO MANUFACTCRER, at Penistone, named Hodgson, has recovered £lOO at the York Assizes, from the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Company, for da mages sustained by him on that line. LtcERPOOL WORKHOUSE.—At this time theresre not, out of upwards of 2,000, more than twenty young men end about ten young women pronounced by the medical officer to be capable of working the mills. 'CAPTAIN BROCCN, of the steamship Roscommon, who was instrumental in saving fifty'-three lives from the un 'fhrtunate Queen Victoria. has been presented by the pas sengers with a handsome gold chain. TWELVE SEAMEN have been sentenced to one month's imprisonment each for violating their agreement to serve in the British ship Jenny Lind, on a voyage from Liver pool to San Francisco. THE Preston Chronicle states that a rch and extensive vein of copper ore has lately been discovered in the Earl of Lonsdale's royalty, near Gilierthwaine, and not far from the head of Ennerdale Lake. • Two Max in custotiv, M`Mahon and Robinson, have been identified 13 , 7 witnesses es the parties who perpe trated the brutal * assault and robbery at Mr. Howard's shop in Manchester. THE WHITEHAVEN SrEAM 'NAVIGATION COMPANY have disposed of their steamer the'Earl of Lonsdale, which is henceforth intended to ply between ports in the Medi terranean. IN a case at the Police-court, the other day, the magis trate recommended the ejection of that large class of vulgar and immodest women who are employed at some of the stalls in St. John's and - St. James's market. Ma. .10111 , T ATKINSON, the collector of government taxes for the municipal district of West Derby, is now in Lancaster Castle, and it appears that he has failed to pay up certain sums received by him on account of taxes for the municipal district of West Derby. Mn. master of her Majesty's steam ship En counter, lately stationed here, has been dismissed from the service for drunkenness. The Encounter has left Ports mouth for - a cruise in the Irish Channel, and will perhaps pay another visit to the Mersey. TLEOI4I,-.S DERBYSHIRE, cheesemonger, Toxteth-park, was committed for trial en Friday, charged with forging a figure in a bill presented to him by Mr. Mansell, smith, Simpson-street, whereby'-S7 paid on account by the per son was changed into £l7. SE'rERAL JEWS, it is said, have realized £200,000 by exporting goods from London and Liverpool to Australia. A member of parliament has cleared £90,000 by some old Australian Agricultural Company's shares, which he be lieved to be nearly worthless. ON'the 7th and Sth instant, 5,263 horses and vehicles passed Wapping, opposite the railway. In Regent-road, Great Howard-street, Walter-street, Blackstone-street, and Boundary-street, there were counted 10,543 carts and 2,05 coaches. SUICIDE or AN' EMIGRANT.—On Friday morning, Alexander Wood, who had arrived in Liverpool that day, intending to sail in the Constitution, committed suicide with a razor in the house of Richard Plunkett, 4 , ,1, Stewart-street. J'AZEZ DAVENPORT, in whose possession 300 oz. of melted gold and silver were found, has been allowed to go at large by the INianchester authorities : he has• not ventured, however, to ask for the metal or the crucibles, which are, of course, in the hands of the police. TEE CLIPPER SHIP TALCON, Captain Taylor, arrived . • . „ in the Mersey, on Tuesday, from Sydney, whence she sailed on the 17th of November. She has brought 11,655 ounces of gold dust and 13,000 hides on freight, and ten cabin passengers. CONSCIENCE MoNrv. Mr. Robert Arrowsmith, banker, of Preston, on Monday last received through the Post-office a sum of money " for a small debt owing to the late Dr. Parkinson, of Lancaster." Who sent the money is a mystery. It was all in gold. TiF. BODY OF JOHN SHORILOCK, a celebrated fortune. teller was interred, on Thursday, at Padiham Church. His house in Preston was crowded with foolish people during his lifetime, who came to test his skill. He was 59 years old when he died. A 'GALVANISED PIVE, according to the Blackburn Standard, has been led from the stoves in Holy Trinity Church,- Over Darwen, to the top of the steeple; hence the _architectural beauty of the structure is sadly dis figured. GRCRS SUPERSTITION was manifested lately at Rick mane.v7orth. A child had fallen into the river ; some of the inhabitants endeavoured to discover the holy by putting quicksilver into some bread, and floating the loaf down the river. EDWARD MILLER, an out-door pauper of the West Derby Union, died on Saturday week, at Garston, at the advanced age of 165. He was able, until the last few years, to follow his business as a fisherman. He has left a wife aged 96. LIVERPOOL COOPERS.—There are upwards of 500 ope rative. coopers in Liverpool (about 500 in the trade so ciety, and only about 50 out of it) ; and we have in Seel street one of the largest cooperages in the kingdom. As to the men, the hours of work are from six to six, and the fixed wages have been about 265. a week, but are now 30s. AT THE`-WARRINGTON PETTY SESSIONS. on Monday. 275. Cd. each had to be paid by Hugh Williams and Edward Jones, of Toxteth- park, Liverpool, for being drunk and, misconducting themselves in a carriage of the London and North-Western Railway Company, on the previous Saturday. TEIE SCREW-STEAMER PERSIAN, which left the Coburg Dock on Monday, the 28th ult., arrived in the harbour of Valetta, Malta, on the morning of the 9th inst., at nine, having performed the entire distance, 2,400 miles, in eight days fifteen hours. This is the shortest voyage to Malta on record. AMERICAN GRANTS TO STEAM LINES. — New York to Liverpool, 5858,000 ; ditto to Chaeres or Aspinwall, 5 . 290,000; Panama to California, =5348,000; Charleston to Havana, , 850,000; across the Isthmus of Panama, X 120,000; Bremen and Havre lines, 4. 1 '350,000 ; New Orleans and Vera - Cruz, '665,000. A PRIZE of £5 has been offered by the Insthutional Association of Lancashire and Cheshire, for the best essay, showing—` , What would be the most successful means of securing a better and more useful disposal of the leisure hours of the working classes, in regard to their studies and amusements?" THE STAR or THE EAST clipper has been purchased by Mr. James Beazley, the owner of the clipper ship Miles Barton, the Constance, and several other vessels engaged in the Australian passenger trade. The Star of the East, also, will form one of Messrs. Millers and Thompson's " Golden Line of Packets." AMERICAN CONSUL TO LIVERPOOL. — We learn from a United States paper, the Greenville (S. C.) Southern Patriot, that " General Bonham has been on a visit to President Pierce, and has received the appointment of the Consulship at Liverpool. This is one of the very best offices within the gift of the Administration, and is worth fifteen or twenty thousand dollars per annum." nig BOROUGH SESSIONS were opened on Tuesday last, by Mr. Blair, barrister,—Gilbert Henderson, E 5.4., •t.he Recorder, being indisposed. The calendar contained the 'names of forty. six prisoners, forty-one of whom were charged with felony, and five with misdemeanour. The 'business closed on Thursday afternoon. The recorder had so far recovered his health as to be able to resume his duties. THE LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.—The commission will be opened this day (Tuesday) before Mr. Justice Creswell and Mr. Baron Martin. The calendar contains 106 cases, which are rather above the average number ; but there are no cases of importance. The offences are classed as follows :—Murder, 1 ; manslaughter, 1 ; assault with intent to murder, 1 ; stabbing and wounding, 6 ; rape, 5 ; robbery, 35 ; bigamy, 7 ; forgery, 9 ; burglary, 21; sacrilege, 1 ; housebreaking, 2; stealing in a dwel ling-house, 1 : mint cases, 2; stealing bills of exchange, 2; conspiracies to defraud, 5 ; total, 106. THE MERCHANTS' DINING-ROOMS. — There was a very full attendance of visitors on Tuesday last, to par take of the fine baron of beef dressed on that day. The important operation of cooking this royal dish occupied thirteen hours, having commenced at midnight; and it was generally admitted that the beef did ample credit to Messrs. Littledale and Torr, of whom the animal was purchased, and also to the capabilities of the cuisine. attractions beennsat en t r li e i c sestablishm entfitted , is a capa cious One of d the ivan, which has where the lovers of the fragrant weed may indulge, and also enjoy the cup which cheers, but not inebriates, or the more potent compound. POLICE SUPERANNUATION FUND.—A special meeting of the Council was held at the Chamber, on Wednesday, to consider a motion which Mr. Tobin made at the unanimous request of the Watch Committee, to the effect that so much of the proposed sanitary bill as relates to the establishment of a Police Superannuation Fund, and to amendments of the Police Act, now in force, be pro ceeded with during the present session of parliament ; and that it be referred to the Watch Committee to promote e i ates to these obje c t s the bill, so far as r —M F • obje c t s . —Mr. erni hough moved an adjournment which was ultimately car ried by the Ceslifl Y4to;(9c,,tho Neyer,-16voting for, and 16 against. LIVERPOOL STANDAIM, TUESDAY, Mr. ROBERT GRUNDY, of St& Helen's, has been ad mitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. MR. JOSEPH REED WALKER has been appointed deputy-lieutenant of Lancaster. Two Paasoxs died last week in Liverpool from deli rium tremens, one from excessive spirit drinking, and one from opium eating. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS FROM SYDNEY, by the Falcon (not Mr. Calvert), is said to have brought home with him 300 ounces of gold. GEORGE GRIFFITHS, aged 20 years, engineer on board the screw-steamer Albatross, died suddenly on Tuesday morning, after arriving at the Nelson Duck from Dublin. THE CONGREGATION OF ST. THOMAS'S, Toxteth-park, have presented a beautiful pocket communion service of silver to the Rev. J. 0. Powell, the incumbent, and a similar one to the Rev. J. W. Brown, the curate, as tokens of their esteem. THE COLLINS steamers appear to have adopted the same style of rig as the Cunard steamer Arabia.—that of a brig, rigged man-of-war fashion. They used to carry three masts, but now they have only two, which will be of great service when driving head to wind. A MEETING of bankers, merchants, and manufacturers of London will be held to-day, to consider what sugges tions that community ought to make to the government or to parliament for the better development of the resources of British India. This week a meeting with the same object will be held in Manchester. - - Tx E Mercury published an erroneous statement the other day of the attendance at the day schools in connexion with St. Thomas's, Toxteth,park. We have authority to say that, instead of 300 being the attendance, the average for the last four years is from five to six hundred, exclu sive of the attendance at the Sunday school. ON WEDNESDAY a package was delivered by one of the porters connected with the London and North-western Railway, at the office of a gentleman in this town, and on being opened it was found to contain the body of a full grown child. It appears a young woman left it at the Euston-station, London. THE AUSTRALIAN.—The Post-offioe authorities gave notice. on Wednesday, that the mail for the Cape of Good Hope, which was on hoard the steamer Australian, was transferred to the steamer Lady Jocelyn. The mail, therefore, that will be detained by the return of the Aus tralian consists of all newspapers for Australia posted between the 2nd of January and the 11Hr of March, and all letters for Australia posted between the 4th and 10th instant. THE AMELIA, the first iron steam-ship ever constructed at Chester. was launched on Saturday week from the ship yard of Mr. Cram, in the presence of the mayor, magis trates, and clergy. She is to be rigged at Chester, which port she will leave during the next spring tides for Liver pool, where she will be fitted with her engines and made ready for her first voyage. She is intended for the coast ing trade between Liverpool and Bristol. GEORGE SMETHURST, beerhouse-keeper, Leigh _street, whose house is said to be a favourite resort of thieves, entered a claim at the County Court against William Russell, a detective police-officer, for the sum of z(;15, damages for false imprisonment. The Judge ruled that Russell had no good ground for suspecting the plaintiff wa3 guilty of felony. The verdict must be for the plaintiff, but he would take time to consider what amount of damages he should give ; and he intimated they would be small, owing to the character which the plaintiff bore. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR MANCHESTER.—At the inquest on Monday week, the jury found "that the deceased Thos. Croston, Richard Simmons, and George Barbour were killed on the 4th day of March instant, by the engine, No. 13, running off the line and upsetting near the Dixon Fold station, on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, caused by the excessive speed at which it was driven by the deceased Thomas Croston, against whom we return a verdict of ' Manslaughter.' " They further state that the economy of the line endangers the safety of the public. ROBERT CLARKE, Esq., formerly of the Liverpool Theatre Royal, has already ollowed his departedwite to the grave. In ex , ellent health at the time of Mrs. Clarke's death, a change suddenly came over -him. He declared to his friends that he would soon join his beloved wife in another and a better world. lie had only one wish, before he died, to see his old friends, Mr. Manifold, the surgeon, of Rodney-street, and his family; and he arrived here about ten days since. Every effort was made to rally him, but without effect ; and at a quarter to four o'clock on Friday afternoon he breathed his last, at the age of 76. A PASSION FOR SACRILEGE. - The only case possessing features of a peculiar character to be brought before the approaching assizes is that of Charles Seddon, commit ted for sacrilege. On the 23d of. February, he broke into the Independent Chapel, Farnworth, and stole some pen dants and other gas fittings ; on the Ist instant he broke into St. Paul's Chapel, Little Hutton, and stole several bronze candlesticks and other articles. This criminal seems to have a peculiar liking for this sort of robbery, having been five times previously committed, and once un dergoing twelve months' imprisonment for rohb ing a chapel. THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD-HUNTERS, who are returning to their native land with fortunes, advise persons ernigratl ing to proceed to Sydney. There order prevails; the necessaries of life are comparatively cheap ; and, being an old town, there is proper accommodation for persons ar riving in the colony, and for a much larger number than is likely to reach that place for some time to come. The gold fields of Sydney are quite as valuable as those of Melbourne ; but as the diggings at the latter place were discovered at a later period, emigrants have unwisely overlooked the riches of the Sidney diggings. TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS. — The Alps, the second of the Cunard line from Liverpool to New York and Cha gres, arrived at this port on Thursday morning, from New York, after a very rapid run, from port to port, of 12 days and 12 hours mean steaming time. She brought :8'200,000 in specie on freight. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's screw steamer City of Manches ter, Captain R. Leitch, arrived in the Mersey, on Friday forenoon, from Philadelphia, with 143 passengers, (24 of whom occupied cabin berths,) and :615,000 in specie. She left Philadelphia on the .3rd instant, and on the night of the 16th breasted Cape Clear, since which time she en countered strong easterly winds, with thick snowy wea ther, making the passage from port to port in 14 days 8 hours. W.,EST DERBY UNION.—At Wednesday's meeting, Mr, IL B. Farnall, poor-law , inspector, said he saw from the returns that there had been in that union, in the year ending last Lady-day, a decrease of paupers to the number of 763, as compared with the previous year. This was a much greater diminution than was shown in the general averages of this district. The annual average cost of a pauper was £3 9s. 5-id. ;so that there would be a saving, in the decrease of 763, to the extent of £2,649 per annum. To meet - the relief, he said that a levy of B.ld. in the pound upon the rateable value of property was sufficient. The average amount required in this union was just which, when added to the cas t of administering. &c., would only be about 110. The average of the district was Is. 2d. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—We learn from the Sydney Morning Herald of Tuesday, December 21, that the Great Britain sailed punctually at two p.m. Her depar ture was watched by crowds assembled on the shore. " Every one connected with the vessel who arrived in Sydney in her have gone away with her, Some of those who, ran from her at Melbourne have written to the cap tain, expressing their contrition, and begging that they may be allowed to rejoin the vessel. She has on board 35,000 ounces of gold ; the consignees are not stated. The following is a list of the passengers for Liverpool : First class : Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Griffiths, family, and servant; Mrs. Mathews, Mr. Mathews, jun., Mr. and Mrs. Haigh, Mr. and Mrs. P. Solomon, family, and ser vant, Messrs. M. Anderson, F. M`Nab, W. Grieve, J, Inches. and Edwin Hickey. Second class; Mr. and Mrs. Robley, Captain Spence, Messrs. Parrott and J. Rawson. Third class : Messrs. L. Wilson, John Mabscn, and John Tully. For Melbourne—First class : Mr. and Mrs. Byrne and child, Mr. J. B. Darvall, M.L.C., Mrs. H. B. Smith, Mrs. Bell, son, and daughter, Miss Hawkins, Mrs. B. Bison, Mrs. Devlin, Mrs. Jones, Dr. Smith, Rev. L. Ilogg, Messrs. H. Thorp, Swan. Mankerville, Eyde Manning, E. Gildea, Morse, Brown, C. T. Mac ' lachlan, Alfred Smith, L, Barber, J. Clark, A. C. Hood, Isaac Levey, Pemberton, H. M. Smith, E. B. Davis, E. P. Colquhoun, P. de Costella, L. Brodziak, R. Cherry, and R. Bright. Second class : Messrs. Bradley, Feather stone, Griffin, Bardsley, and T. Towers." AT THE DOCK COMMITTEE, on Thursday, Thomas Littledale, Esq., presiding, the sub-committee reported that the coopers' wages had been raised from 265. to 30s. a week. When the trade became slack, the wages were to be reduced back to 26s.—Mr. Langsdale : Very like a hook !—Mr. Robinson informed the committee that on Monday last they were in want of about 700 porters for the docks, and only about half a score offered themselves, who required an advance of sixpence a day, their former wages having been three shillings; owing to the emer gency, they had been obliged to employ men at this increased rate.—Mr. Robinson recommended that, if they demurred to their present wages, they should be resisted. —A report was read from the marine-surveyor, estimating that the damage done to the Crosby lightship by a vessel piloted by Thomas Jones, No. 11, amounted to £7B 10s. —ln a conversation on the propriety of establishing a superannuation fund for the police, the opinion seemed to be in favour of the men providing for th emse l ves b y joinieg benefit societies. The matter was ultimately adjourned.—A letter was read from Mr. James Baines and Co., applying for a permanent dock situation at the Salthouse Dock, or in the Canning Dock.—A letter was read from Mr. William Fisher, asking what would be the rent of 5,000 or 6,000 square yards of land with a water frontage for seven or fourteen years : a central situati on would be preferred.—Mr. Evans : What is it for ?—The clerk : He does not state.—Mr. Evans : Well, that is a strange application.—Referred to the Harbour -masters' Committee. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—OnThursday, Alderman Langs. dale in the chair, a deputation was appointed to visit the various towns where streets are crossed on the level by dock railways ; Hull, Sunderland, Dundee, Gloucester, &c.—By a re-arrangement of clerks, it was stated that a saving of £4O per annum would be made.—An applic a ti on from the Select Vestry was read , asking that forty -t wo able-bodied paupers now in the Workhouse might be employed as scavengers. It was agreed that the borough engineer should employ them . as far as he had power,_ Mr. Gladstone observed that it would be much better to have all the parish affairs under the Corporation. (A laugh.) That would keep the clergy in . their p ro p er sphere, and we should have them in the bee( streets look ing after the sick and poor, instead of engaging themselves in secular affairs. By having all matters under one management there would be greater Fcorprny.—m r . Newlands stated that the cost of scavenging in 1847 was £17,400. Last year it was just half that amount, and thi s was attributable solely to the substitution of square -set paving for macadam.—Mr. Gladstone thought it proper to say, in regard to an insinuation thrown out by Mr. John Grantham, at the Polytechnic, that Mr. Newlands, borough engineer, so far from favouring the interests of the railway companies, had shown himself rather opposed to the crossing on the low level.—Mr. Newlands observed that Mr. Grantham had even gone the length of insinua ting that he was bribed by the railway compames to sup port their interests.—A memorial from Hygem-street, praying for sewerage there, was referred to the general purposes sub-committee. The cost, it appears, wawa not be less thou 41,000, AT THE MANCHESTER BOROUGH COURT, on Friday, Harriet Barker was charged with stealing a £5O note from her employer. She passed the note at the shop of Mr. Stafford, Church-street, in this town. Remanded. THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAIL STEAM SHIP NIAGARA, Lang, commander, sailed hence, on Saturday, at 3, p.m., with 106 passengers and a full cargo, besides the usual mails on board. AT THE BANKRUPTCY COURT, On Wednesday, Jas. Oliver, formerly a draper in Byrom-street, received a second-class certificate, subject to a suspension for twelve months, with protection during that time. PHOTOGRAPHY. — A society for the formation of this interesting art has been established in this town, and a meeting will be held this evening to settle the constitu tion of the society. THE REV. DAVID JAMES.—At the anniversary of the " Yorkshire Welsh Society," its published report con cluded by paying a graceful and well-merited compliment to the zealous and respected incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale, upon his recent election to another sphere of labour, the headship of the Llandovery Institution. HEALTH OF THE TOWN.—The registrar's return for last week.shovvs a decrease in the mortality, consequent upon the change from severe to genial weather. The deaths registered were 226, against 272 in the week pre vious. The decrease was almost exclusively in diseases of the lungs• - - ON SUNDAY, the Rev. Verner M. White preached an eloquent discourse in Islington Presbyterian Church, on " The Divine Institution of the Sabbath, and the Nature and Necessity of its Due Observance." with special I reference to the projected opening of the Crystal Palace on the Lord's Day. LIVERPOOL ENTERPRlSE.—Messrs.Vianna, Jones, and Chapple, have established a line of steam. packet commu nication to Oporto. The first vessel despatched to the new station was the screw-steamer Rattler, Benson, com mander, which took her departure hence on Saturday evening, with a fair cargo on freight. Messrs. IRONSIDES, the owners of the barque Irene, which vessel was upset on Pluckington Bank, on the 20th ultimo, and eleven lives lost, have presented Capt. steam-tug ritori P o o u w s e s r e f r u v l ice w s i i t n h r a es h c a u n in d g so t m h e e silve people r a r s d a( stl salver, en o r f n t f h on e r u his e rm) LIVERPOOL BOROUGH COURT BILL.—In the minutes of the House of Lords, issued on Saturday, we find under this head the following memorandum :—" Brought from the Commons; read la; and referred to the Standing Order Committee on the fourth sitting day after the recess at Easter ; and a printed copy of the bill referred to two English judges to consider and report." A MERCILESS HOAX was committed near Lancaster, the other day, by which a widower was not a little sur prised at finding his dwelling entered by a number of friends from a great distance, attired in mourning, who, in accordance with a letter received by them, had come to bury him. The poor people had been put to the serious expense of a long journey, to say nothing of the pain of mind which they were made to endure. ROYAL INSTITUTION ScnooL.—We have to announce this week the election of two gentlemen of the above school at the universities. Mr. G. Abram, son of the late Ralph Abram, Esq., was elected, on Thursday last, to the open sizsrsbip at Clare-hall, Cambridge ; and on Saturday Mr. R. Duckworth, son of Robinson Duck worth, Esq., of this town, was elected to the first open scholarship at University College,. Oxford. There were twenty-one competitors from the universities and from the leading public schools. MERSEY v. OLYME.—THE " AUSTRALIAN" DISAS IERS.—Iron boat-building, at least as pursued on the Clyde, has experienced a heavy blow and great discourage ment by the continuously accumulating disasters that have befallen the vessels of the unfortunate Australian Mail Company, whose mishaps have been before the public and Parliament all the past week • and the rival builders of this class of crafton the Birkenhead bank of the Mersey are naturally elate at the total exemption of their ships from all reproach on the score of being turned out in such slop-shop fashion as was disclosed by the examination at Plymouth of some of the crazy tubs constructed in the northern -vaters.—Birenbayha7n paper. THE STAR OF THE EAST fetched a higher price than has ever been realised on a colonial-built ship ; a fact which speaks well for the character of her builders, Messrs. R. and W. Wright, of St. John's, New Bruns wick. Messrs. Wright have now on the stocks a ship of similar class to the -Star of the East, but 30 feet longer and 11 feet more beam. We hear that the Star of the East has been chartered for £lO,OOO. It is intended that, after landing her passengers at Melbourne, she shall pro ceed to China. This makes the third ship which Mr. Beazeley has bought of Messrs. Wright, through the agency of Messrs. Fernie Brothers and Co. ; namely, the Constance, the Miles Barton, and the Star of the East. TERMINATION at , RAILWAY HOSTILITIES. The traffic agreement entered into by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway directors, some years ago, with the London and North-western and Midland Railways, which has proved so baneful to the traffic of the former company, as well as forcing them into hostility with their only natural ally, the Great Northern, is now on the eve of expiring ; and the Great Northern directors have passed a resolution appointing their chairman and two of their body to open a communication with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, with power to conclude arrangements, accompanied by an expression of their opinion that it is most desirable amicable arrange ments should he entered into. THE ALBATROSS.--INTERESTING PARTICULARS. — Letters have been received from passengers by the Alba tross, for Melbourne, which vessel sailed from this port on the 15th November last. On the 20th January the vessel was three days past the line. They were all well. A young gentleman from this neighbourhood fell overboard, and was in imminent danger of being drowned, when his brother jumped overboard to save him ; but both were placed in a very perilous situation, when a sailor, seeing their danger, boldly jumped into the sea after them, and succeeded in getting a rope round the two brothers, and towing them to the vessel's side, when the whole party were hauled on board ; and at that instant a shark made a grasp at them with open mouth, but fortunately missed his aim. The monster was atterwards caught, and, of course, killed. He measured nine feet long. DR. FISHER'S ExturirrroN.—On Tuesday evening, the large School-room, Cornwallis-street, was inconveniently crowded by persons anxious to see the numerous and beautiful views, sacred, classical, and astronomical, which Dr. Fisher so kindly and generously represented for the benefit of these schools and of St. Michael's district. We are sure that Dr. Fisher, as well as his audience, must have been highly gratified,—the latter by the instructive h s t i c feltl were e b r y e e a x l hi l p b r i e t e s e d n , t a in nd t l e e c f o o s r t m l y e r a n b d y s which Dr. Fisher produced on the the l splendid evident t i ai o gn n rt s ae rm w e . occasion. The tickets, though moderate in price, realised upwards of £2O ; and some parties who came with money could not find room, and were obliged to return home disappointed. Managers of schools and other charitable objects in this town are largely indebted to Dr. Fisher's exertion on their behalf. IT was stated by the Rev. W. Pollock, in a lecture to the members of that f the Churchßome w oafs multiplying Englandln i sti i t e u r tion,o on Tuesday right, institu tions in Liverpool " every year—he had almost said every month." "They had got in Hope-street," lie con tinued, " the new Catholic Institute, a large house that lately belonged to a member of his own congregation, with extensive garden ground behind, and offices ; and, from the moment that they had got possession of it, he had seen people working night and day (for he often pasted that way at night on sick or other calls), to get those offices ready as a school. Afterwards he saw a large placard stuck up that the Catholic Institute would be re-opened, although the fact was it never had been opened before. This was the deceit the Romish priests practised. He dared say that by and by they would per suade their dupes that the institution was as old as the Apostles." (Laughter.) ADVANCE OF WAGES.—There has been a great advance of wages in Liverpool during the past week. The extra porters at the Albert Dock have been raised 6d. per day ; and the seamen engaged on the various steam-boats plying to and from this port have obtained an increase of 2s. Gd. per week, with peculiar exemptions. The nightrnen are on strike for an advance of 4s. per week; the plasterers have given notice of a strike if their wages are not increased to 265.-per week, from 245.; and the journey men bootmakers, watchmakers, and paper-hangers are also demanding increased wages. On Friday the porters at the Tithebarn-street Station struck for an advance ; and yesterday the carters of the town were to strike unless their wages are raised to the uniform rate of 245. a-week. The journeymen bootmakers, not satisfied with an increase of wages, now insist upon their employers discharging the apprentices. The cabinet-makers have obtained an advance of 2s. per week; the upholsterers have given notice that they expect a similar increase, to commence yesterday; and the corn porters have respectfully requested their employers to advance their wages Gd. a-day. INTERFERENCE WITH THE POLICE.—A meeting of magistrates was held on Friday, to hear the report of the committee of their body upon the complaint of Inspector Kehoe relative to the alleged interference of different members of the Council with him while in the perform ance of his duty, in connexion with the marine-stores of this town. The Mayor presided, and Messrs. Bolton, Chaloner, Evans, Romilly, Gladstone, Stewart, Hornby, A. llodgson, E. Cropper, W. Rathbone, Barclay, Booth, Mellor, J. H. Turner. Nicholl, W. Earle, Crosth waite, and H. Earle, were present. Mr. Garnett read the report, which began by saying that inspector Kehoe was of unblemished character. In 1843 he was appointed, under the local act, to report upon marine-store dealers, previous to their receiving a license, as licenses were to be granted by the finance committee to such only as had supported a tolerably good character for the three pre ceding years. In the discharge of this duty he stated he had been interfered with by Mr. Alderman Parker, Mr. R. Harbord, Mr. Toulmin, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Woodruff. The report concluded by saying that whether they regard the interference of members of the Council with the police, or the granting of marine-store licenses to unworthy persons, or in improper localities, as disclosed in the information before them, your committee are of opinion that, from the joint operation of these causes, the administration of justice, in this borough, is seriously endangered. The appropriate remedy for this evil must be sought in an alteration of the statutes, both of com paratively recent date, which give the power of dismissing the police and of licensing marine-store dealers, to a po pularly elected and fluctuating body like the Town Coun cil. It seems only reasonable that the law, which secures the independence of the higher, should be extended to the inferior officers of justice. Nor, as it seems to your committee, is it compatible with the pure administration I of justice, to give the power of granting licenses to judges I who owe their position to the votes of the applicants for those licenses, lest the probable result follow that the license is made the condition for the vote, and the vote the consideration of the license.—After some discussion, in the course of which Mr. Hugh Hornby, as chairman of the finance committee, denied the insinuations which he thought were cast against the members of that body, and declared that none of the cases to which reference was made had ever come under his notice, the report was received, and a copy of it ordered to be sent to the finance committee, with a request that they would co-operate with the magistrates in adopting some measures which would destroy the abuses of the present system of grant ing marine-store licenses. MARCH g . 2, 1853. GENERAL NEWS. A RIFLE CORPS is about to be organised in Greenock. THE SEAMEN AT AYR, N. 8., have struck for an advance of wages. They ask £4 per month. THE SENTENCE ON MARY ANN PARR, convicted of in fanticide at Nottingham assizes, has been commuted to transportation for life. THE POLICE FORCE OF NEW YORK amounts only to 1,040 officers and men, while that of London is between 7,000 and 8,000. ROMAN PAVEMENT.—In the course of making a drain in Tanner-row, York, a very beautiful Roman tesselated pavement was discovered about ten feet below the surface. JoHN 'WILLIAMS was executed at Greenlaw, on Mon day, for the murder of Andrew Mather, toll-keeper at Cleikumin, near Lauder, Berwickshire, on the night of the 4th December, 1852. He was an American by birth. AT Worcester assizes, Mr Porter, who received injuries of a permanent character from an accident on the Mid land Railway, was compensated by a verdict, by consent, for £l,OOO. - - THE COURT OF CHANCERY has issued orders for com pelling the Earl of Mornington to pay the annuity of £l.OOO a-year settled by him on his wife. The case has been several times before the police-courts, the Countess applying for maintenance in a state of destitution. " EXTREMES MEET."—The Derby Reporter says, Messrs. Bass and Heyworth are to have a public recep tion on entering the town on Easter Monday. What a pleasing picture to the ardent teetotaller ? Heyworth, the son of temperance ! Bass, the embodiment of the bitter-beer interest ! in friendly conjunction. . THERE IS A BIBLE still preserved, written on palm leaves, in the University of Gottingen, containing 5,367 leaves. Another Bible, of the same material, is at Copenhagen. There were also, in Sir Hans Sloane's collection, more than twenty manuscripts, in various languages, on the same material. A MISER, named Jameson, died at Newby, Westmore land, a few days ago, in abject wretchedness. He made his own clothes, washed his own linen, and lived o❑ the sparest diet. He sat in his lonely cottage without fire or candle. His property has been estimated at nearly £30,000, the principal part of which will go to a nephew in London. SCARCITY OF COALS.—The late snow storm, having closed the roads in many districts in the north, occasioned a great scarcity of coals. In Ellon, neighbours, to make their fuel last as long as possible, agreed to have but one fire between them : and there was also a case, where two women, the one with tbree children under her roof, and the other a pauper 80 years of age, sat for two days without fire in their dwellings. Ma. JUSTICE WILLIAMS left Oxford, on Saturday night week, for London, and was returning, by mail train, on Sunday night, but instead of getting out to change carriages, at Didcot, he kept his seat, and did not discover his mistake until he reached the Steventon station, where the learned judge alighted, and was accommodated at the inn, in the village, until tier Majesty's royal mail-cart started, when his lordship was taken on, and reached Ox ford in safety about one o'clock on Monday morning. A MAN DECAPITATED.—On Friday, a shocking acci dent occurred at Kirkstall-forge iron-works, near Leeds. William Merritt, aged 29, was employed in a room where there is a revolving shaft, and at the top is a circular piece of thin metal. It is supposed that his clothes caught the revolving shaft, and whirled him round it, for after the accident he was found in the room without head and minus one arm, the head being in one part and the trunk of the body in another part of the room. He was most probably drawn up the shaft, and his neck coming in contact with the piece of circular metal, it would be severed from his body instantaneously. EXTRAORDINARY FIRE.—On Wednesday week, about three o'clock in the morning, a fire broke outin the house of a chemist, at. Holborn-bars, London. The firemen, in their anxiety to clear the place of combustible substances, threw a quantity of phosphorous into the road, when it ignited, as it commonly does in contact with the air. A constable rushed forward and began to stamp on it, to subdue the flame, when a quantity of phosphorous adhered to his boots, and his clothes were soon all on fire. A soldier, who was passing rushed forward and endeavoured to ex tinguish the fire about the officer, and in so doing his own clothes came in contact with the phosphorous, and in less than a second, he, too, was on fire. By great perseverance the fire was subdued about the policeman and soldier, but they were terribly burned: THE WESI.EYAN CONTROVERSY has brought forth bloodshed at a place called Yeadon, near Leeds. On Sunday, Mr. Everett, an expelled minister, was announced to preach ; but was prevented by a legal process served upon him. A mob of the reformers, becoming exasperated, attacked the house of Thomas Mann, the keeper of the meeting-house, declaring they would turn him out and as the mob began to break the doors and windows with stones, some one from within threatened to fire. In about half an hour after the disturbances had begun, a gun was discharged by some one from within, and the shot entered the legs of Hiram Yeadon, who is now under medical treatment. After this the constables were called in, and took five men who were in the house into custody, who have been remanded by the West Riding magistrates for a fortnight, that the wounded man may be able to appear. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY IN YORKSHIRE. — This society having been invited to extend their operations to Yorkshire, a deputation, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. Harrison, one of the solicitors, and Mr. Gruneisen, the secretary, visited Leeds, Wakefield, and Bradford, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and attended large and respectable meetings of the inhabitants of these towns. The deputation at each place was cor dially received, and the statements with respect to the ad vantages of the movement, morally and socially, were listened to with attention and general approval. It was intimated that immediate steps would be taken to pur chase eligible Yorkshire estates, and that the committee ' were prepared to undertake, if desired, land purchases in almost any county in England. In the course of their tour, the committee made ularge addition to the members of the society. A Toucis OF NATURE.—A car full of passengers re cently passed over the Western Railroad, in which occurred a simple but touching scene, worthy of record. One of the passengers was a woman carrying in her arms a child who annoyed every one by its petulance and cries. Mile after mile the passengers bore the infliction of its noise, which rather increased than diminished, until, at last, it became furious, and the passengers nearly so. There were open complaints, and one man shouted, " take the child out." The train stopped at a station, when an old gentleman arose, and made the simple statement that the father of the child had died recently, away from home, that the mother had been on a visit, that her dead body was on board the train, and that the child was in the arms of a woman who was a stranger to it. It was enough. There was a tear in nearly every eye, and all were melted into pity and patience. All selfishness was lost in think ing of the desolation of the poor little wanderer, who would have found a warm welcome in hands that a moment before would almost have visited it with a blow. —Springfield Republican. CURIOUS CASES OF SUMNAMBULISM.-011 Saturday the quiet village of Huff, near Appleby, was thrown into an unusual excitement by a report that a married lady had, during the night, disappeared in a mysterious manner from the bed of her lord and master, while wrapt in balmy sleep. All places, likely and unlikely, were explored, with the hope of discovering the missing fair one ; but, as the day wore on, it was suddenly announced that an old bachelor of Hoff, on the dark side of 60, had also been stolen, or had strayed, or had been otherwise conveyed away in a similar manner. About three o'clock on Monday morning the lost ones returned to their re spective homes. Of course, as neither of them has the least recollection of anything that occurred in the interval, they must have been in a state of somnambulism ; but their simultaneous seizure by the fit, and their not having suffered in any material degree from the excessive cold, or from want of food or rest, during a period of 51 hours, arc knotty problems which our magi have not yet been able to solve.—Carlisle Patriot. STRANGE SCENE IN A COURT.—At Bedford, on Friday, John Saunders, John Leonard, and Joseph Morrell were indicted for burglary and violence. William Saville, a fine intelligent old man,in his 89thyear, proved that heand his wife, who is 84 years of age, lived alone in a cottage at Eyworth. On the night of the 17th of January three men came up stairs, one having a bludgeon, another a gun, and the third a lighted candle. They demanded his money, and struck him on the head in a brutal manner. The wife interposed, and one of them struck her on the head and knocked her back in bed. The poor old crea- tures were both bleeding from their wounds, and the villains made them strip to shew they wero not concealing any property. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Chief Baron then directed judgment of death to be recorded against the prisoners. This being the last case, the judge rose from his seat, and as he was about to re tire, a man in the court, related to one of the prisoners, called out to his lordship that he had committed murder in sentencing him. He repeated his calls, and the three prisoners became violently excited, and shouted "murder" in the most terrific manner. The court became a scene of great excitement, the cries of murder continued, and terrible denunciations were dealt forth. The prisoners resolutely refused to leave the dock, but swore they would die there first. At last additional officers sprang over the bar, dragged the men into the cell, and ironed them. The van was then ordered, and the prisoners were con veyed to the gaol amidst great excitement. The trial lasted until an advanced hour. INTERESTING TO NAVIGATORS.—THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. — Under this head we find in a recent number of the New York Express the following remarks in re ference to the Falkland islands, now attracting ci much attention in this country, because of their exce.. ing eli gibility for purposes of transportation, when the dispatch of convicts to Australia shall cease. The importance of these islands to Great Britain, in a commercial sense, is strengthened from the fact of the rapicily-increasing num ber of Australian vessels coming home by way of Cape Horn ; and we believe it is the intention of the proprie tors of some of our great lines of steamers to establish a coal depot there, in which case, there will, necessarily, be a vast augmentation to the advantages already specified by our American contemporary, namely:—" For the interest of American and other shipowners, whalers, and all other vessels, it cannot be too generally made known that the Falkland Islands, off the coast of South America, now afford an excellent station, with many good and safe harbours at which vessels, of every class, may find supplies. Ships proceeding to or from the East Indies, China, or from the Pacific coast and Polynesia, round the Cap Cape of Good Elope or Cape Horn, will find at the Falklands the means, in ordinary cases of damage , o f repair, supplies of provisions, &c., in short, all such stores as are required by merchant vessels. There are no port or custom-house charges, whereas, at all the South American continental ports, whether in Brazil, or on the River Plat e , th e charges are very h igh required high, elays yellowand for vexations freque n t, labour, and thearticles fever,repairs particularly exorbitant. But the most seriousocbjeetialoiients on boardotheßrazvielisasnelspoinrtsthies dthaengperreovuasletnoctehe shofa malignant ip , s companies harbours. From these reasons, as well as from the con veniences and facilities afforded by the authorities, and by the new settlements at these islands, the number of vessels touching there has been very much increased, and will no doubt continue to increase in every succeeding year." SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Up to five, p.m., yesterday, one of the men-of-war had left Spithead ; but the squadron there, both of sailing and steam ships, was ready for service, and all fully manned, with the exception of the London, which is about 120 men short. The Times, in a leading article, says, " Admiral Dundas, at Malta, was of opinion that his instructions did not enable him to comply with Colonel Rose's request for the presence of the fleet, under the circumstances alleged to have occurred. The fleet, th ere f ore , rema i ns i n h a rbour at Malta, and there is no reason to suppose that the deci sion taken by the admiral has been disapproved by her Majesty's Government." The Times, alluding to the despatch of the French fleet, asserts that the Eastern question is the real point at issue between Turkey and Trance, anti is the cause which led to the formidable Russian embassy ; "and " the Times asks, " what have we to do in such an affair ? Is this country to pay the penalty of General Lavalette's folly ? That we are to interpose for the purpose of strengthening French influence in the East as protectress of the Latin Church, or to uphold the claims of the Roman Catholic clergy for precedency over Greek popes. Such notions will not support a moment's investigation." Although the Times holds that it is at present our duty and our interest to stand aloof, it will never cease to con tend that the true policy of this country is to restore the concert of all the great Powers in the affairs of the East ; and, by our example of moderation, to preserve peace, and to check that cupidity which may threaten at any moment to tear the Turkish empire with violence asunder. TIMES OFFICE. 9 30 A.M. PARIS, TI:ESD.kY, 8 A.M.—The Moniteur of this morning states that according to special accounts from Constantinople there was a prospect of a settlement of Oriental affairs, without compromising the good under standing existing between the European powers. FRANCE.—The Bourse was much avitated ; but, after numerous fluctuations, Threes - closed at 78.30 ; Four- and a-Half per Cents., 101. Other securities are lower. The French Envoy has left Marseilles for Constanti nonle. The Augsburg Gazette says that an extraordinary im pression has been produced upon the native and Greek population of Turkey by the mission of Prince Menschi koff. The Sultan was to receive that Ambassador on the 9th inst. LONDON STOCK & SHARE MA RKET.—Titts DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. THE FUNDS.—COIASOIS for Account, 99-g- s ; Ditto for Mc ney, 99i ; Mexicans, 2511. RAILWAY SHARES.—East Lancashire, 721-. ; Great Western, OIL 901 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75 ; London and North Western, 1181 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tars DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 61 dis. ; Chester and Holyhead, 21,1 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 751 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 304- ; ditto preference, 11 ; ditto new, 9.16 pm. ; Midland, 741 ; Soutli.Eastern and Dover, 23k. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—This DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Caledonians, 321; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74} r ; Midland, 74k; South Eastern and Dover, 231; York and North :Midland, 291-. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—Tars DAY. Market quiet. 'Warrants, 535. cash. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Bangalore, from Penang, at Gravesend, 21st inst.— Eleanora, from Demerara, at Deal, 21st inst.—lsabelle, and Ploughboy, from Liverpool, at St. Michaels. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Tms DAY, The receipts into this port coastwise and from Ireland, since Monday last, include a tolerable quantity of Oat meal, while those of Grain and Flour thence are limited in amount; from the American states, France, and various parts of Continental Europe, however, we have to note a fair import of Wheat, a liberal supply of Indian Corn, and a superabundant influx of flour; the latter comprising 34,361 barrels and 17,282 sacks, exclu sive of 4,158 quarters of Beans from Egypt; the exports during the same period being comparatively moderate. The market this morning was moderately well attended. and a fair amount of business was done at the curent rates of Friday last, with a slight tendency in an upward direction, though no actual advance was established. The same remark will apply to all descriptions. FROM a return to the House of Commons, printed on Tu-sday, there are 50,170 electors for counties in Scotland and 133 polling places. CAPTAIN CHEVALIER, of the port of Nantes, has been presented by Lloyd's with a piece of plate, for having navigated an English steamer from the coast of Africa to England, the captain of which had died. rAT BRIGHTON, the body of a child was found in a field strangled with a handkerchief. Inquiries show that the child was the daughter of a servant named Sherwood. Before her arrest, and after the murder was known, she actually attended a public ball. In prison she tried to strangle herself. EXPLOSION or A LOCOMOTIVE.—On Thursday morn ing, shortly before seven o'clock, an accident of a frightful character took place at the Brighton station of the London and Brighton Railway, by which three men lost their lives. The engine had just emerged from the shed, to be attached to the train, having on it the driver, stoker, and engine -fitter, when the boiler blew up with a terrible re port. Upon the clearing away of steam and smoke, it was discovered that the three men had been killed, and the bodies frightfully mangled. The engine-driver had his head blown off from his neck, and it was found some sixty yards from the engine, while the body of the stoker was found dismembered of both r'rms, and the head smashed into a shapeless mass. The engine -fitter bad both his legs blown off, and his body dreadfully shattered. The remains were collected, and the force of the explosion may be imagined from the fact of portions of the bodies having been picked up three hundred yards from the station. A piece of the engine —a heavy iron mass—was driven through the roof of the station, and fell at the distance of two hundred yards. There is cause to believe the accident arose from the driver having screwed down the safety-valve shortly before the explosion took place. MURDER AND SUICIDE.—At Clifton, near Bristol, a most appalling tragedy has been perpetrated by a respect able master shoemaker, named Isaac Tucker, who, after having murdered his two children, aged respectively five and three years, by cutting their throats with a shoe maker's knife, put a period to his own existence in the same way. The dec aged had recently taken a house upon Prince's-place, near the Royal York-crescent, Clifton, and. entered into possession only a few days since. On Thurs day, between twelve and one o'clock, his wife went to- Bristol on some business, and he was left at home in the house with his children and a female servant. Soon after wards he was observed to come down stairs, go to the street door, look up and down the thoroughfares, and then go to a looking-glass and survey himself, putting out his tongue and working it about in a somewhat strange man ner. He then went up stairs ' and soon afterwards his eldest little girl went up also. Nothing subsequently was heard of any of them, but soon after the door was dis covered to be locked, and upon its being broken open, all three were discovered quite dead, their clothes saturated with blood, and their throats ctv in a shocking manner, the head of the youngest being all but severed from his body. PERFECTION. —We are always happy in directing the attention of our readers to whatever is of general utility. On the present occasion, we would refer to an article which has reached the enviable state of perfection, and that is in regular use in every family, viz., starch, 'the qualities of which depend not only on the ability and experience of the manufacturer, but also on the superiority of the article from which it is manufactured. We refer to the Glenfield Patent Starch, manufactured by Mr. Wotherspoon, of Glasgow, at the Glenfield Starch Works. It is now in almost universal use, and recommended by the most eminent authorities. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the nobility and gentry of Britain have the finest of their goods finished with it, while its merits are equally appreciated, and in daily use, by the middle and working classes of the community. In proof of the varied and superior excellencies of the Glenfield Patent Starch, we we oicientair the genuine here insert a copy of the testimonial of Her Majesty's Laundress :—" The Glenfield Patent Powder Starch has now been used in that department of the royal laundry' where all the finest goods are finished for Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, and I have much pleasure in informing you that it has given the highest satisfaction. M. Weigh, Laundress to Her Majesty. Royal Laundry, Richmond, near London, 15th May, 1851." We could also copy similar recommendations from most of the laundresses of the principal nobility and gentry, besides a testimonial from 1,500 of the retailers of the article in the principal towns in this country. We will du have therefore the greatest confidence in recommending all our readers to make a trial of this very superior t article, which we are certain is all that is r_equ l tred ,et o con vinceyvec,. induce in the e r s O e y r a y l onetestimonial, all articles brought our readers to adopt it for dailyuse,of the f itsraraeo sad a bleb qualities, v as to perfection by the skill and industry ob' object ' manufacturer is imitated by such es have no otherd similar jin view but to article, with the intention_ of imposing upon the unwary or casual purchaser. There have been many obscure menuwho ha v e manufacturers of starch endeavoured to impose their inferior palm off a worthless article,labelle upon the public productions by giving the outside a ppearance of their packets a colourable imitation ~f t h e original (they, h owever, fall very far short of o f the the starch which they make even a colourable imitation of the Glenfield Starch). The Lord Chancellor, however, last session granted the maker (Mr. Wother spoon) two injunctions to restrain these fraudulent practices, with costs against the offenders. The report of these trials appeared in the Times and other London papers at the time, July 29 and 30. Our readers, to prevent imposition, should see that the maker's name (R. Wotherspoon) is on each packet. We see this starch is sold in every shop in town. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS, A 'UNIVERSAL REMEDY FOR OLD WOUNDS AND OBSTINATE SORES.— Mr. John Mackie, proprietor of the Northern Ensign. Wick, informs Professor Holloway, by letter, dated April 3d, 1851, "That he is aware of numerous instances in which Holloway's ointment and pills have been of the greatest service to sufferers in that part of the country, more especially as regards wounds of long standing, and that he could, if permitted, give the names of many re spectable parties who have been entirely cured by their use." No family should be without a supply of these excellent medicines, which are so justly celebrated throughout the civilised world. a