The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS THE LANCASHIRE MI volunteers enrolled at Liverpool each week ,aria.—The av MR. ALDERMAN COOPER has contribute a peal of bells for the new church, Grass THE R ROM GAR TO W. fast ap pioaei route to Liverpool completion. The line wi Minntt T term, is iki;:Trio' nuts Mc'Enteer, of I period of this SARAH TURNER, Suicide on Wednesda, throwing herself into the Met' week, a hey are we can )uillons re Often uches a rked on ned up vreatie ye seen ing the tead of d toge ! under Es. The ler and ly with eaves ; e man ribbon ipes of irts are n with ides of 'or fun 'efane , silver, in- silt alarge .ds t 3WB of I over gold make, and is white I ; the small d with II gold Loyed. which to the The . The ) only aged 14 _years, Walton-le- ISLE OF MAN.—Lark-hill mansion and offices, Onchan the property of Mr. Thomas Cowin, destroyed by fire on Friday morning. A FINE PORTRAIT OF MR. JAMES ATKIN, the Sailors' Home, has just been presented to the institu- tion by the friends of that gentleman. ere aim THE PASSENGERS by the steam--ship Baltic last passage to New York, presented the la Comstock with a painting of the vesse on her of Captain ARMONIC SOCIE have opened a free ,efit of the work applications for admission are n. WILLIAM MOLTNEUX, a collector of at Crosby, has been bound over to keep the peace tor assaultinz Mr. Thomas Bryan. of Waterloo. araerous .'overnment rates THE ROMAN C file Town-ball last Mrs. Charl night, under the patronage of the Ho s Stanley, of Denhall THE PAS:gENGEES on board the London to Mall- 1p John Ta. Gawne, chief mate, and a nat n-esented a purse to M e of the Isle of Man. IT is PROPOSI7D to erect a new public-hall—a palatial building in the pure 'Venetian style—on the site of the barn-like Free Trade-hall, in Peter-street, Manchester. FEMALE DO NREY-DRIVERS.—The question about the employment of females as donkey-drivers at Southport, was decided at Ki r kd ale, last week, in favour of the young Women. _THE W. A IC :FRARIAN which gland after giving them birth, LIONESS, are now b y a terrier at - Wombwell's menagerie, since his appointment as Head-con the bridewells and parades 448 times. stable, GREIG has visited Half of these visits were iu the nig present at 27 fires THE. NEW STENM- Voodside Fe stare and NA _ will be ready for launching in three weeks the Wo BALL AT WIGAN.—The tradesmen's :Wigan, on Thursday evening being among the part 3 Gribbin, of this town !lamed 'W in the neweron vas committed THE CORN burned on Monday mornin, the proprietor, will lose £4OOO or 45( the property was Rothwell, RIBBON have taken sons have lett owing to the dread• of consequences. *, and it s said that-upwards •PICKING AT A TEA _ iliam Andrew, for attempting to pick pockets n of the Concert-hall, on Monday night, )1. trial. MILL AT FOXHOLES, near Lancaster, was ARRESTS.—Two more apprehensions 200 per- different parts of Lancashire, TRE TOBACCO TRADE of Lancashire'and Y_ at Manchester. on Monday last, and agreed to form a asso ciation under the title of " The Tobacco Manufac turers' Trade Protection Association." orkshire met TRE TOTAL TONNAGE of the ships now building at this Port amounts to 24,540 tons, divided as follows :—Wooden vessels, 5,950 tons ; iron vessels. 18,590 tons sinPs, 9,550 tons ; steamers,l4,99o tons. MR. T. S. SCOTT will read the next paper before the Architectural and Archreological Society, on Wednesday evening, entitled "Loose Architectural Notes, made in Prance and Italy in 1850;" with illustrations. sailing HARVEY WELL:if AN has been committed for trial at the_ Manchester sessions, charged with obtaining money by representing himself as the agent of by false pretences, burial societies, which t arned out to be shams IT IS PROPOSED to erect monuments to a couple of musical worthies—the late Matthew Hindle, of Great Harwood, Blackburn, and John Bentley, the fa Musical societies in that district of Lancashire. ther of THE WALLASCY COMMISSIONERS.—The usual monthly meeting of this body, which should have been held on Thursday evening, did not take place, owing to the absence of the greater portion of the members. T/TE RAILWAY and other carrying companies of Man chester have agreed to withdraw their vehicles from the streets not later than eight o'clock in the eveni' those required for the Liverpool shipping traffic. ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—An Irishwowan. Alice Dag mall, convicted of manufacturing whisky in a cella ,. Raymond-street, has been fined at the P the sum of £3O, or to suffer three monthi' in default. - THOMAS CRACK ng, except lice court, in imprisonment ,<Lo - w, marine store dealer, Stanhope has been committed to gaol for 'two months and Street, bis liCense He has etween the Landing- ing b, Hr. Laird, s to be ail took I and Lady C d was supplied b THE SACRED vocal school for the evoked, in consequence of his having for sale a piece of iron stolen from Messrs. Betteley and Co, ir6nfounders THE AYR PAYERS ann ce that a small accordion, a topcoat, a shawl, and a few pair of cotton socks, marked "T. F. Gladstone," came ashore on Friday last at Port patrick, where the Orion steam-ship was wrecked in June, 1850. COMPLETION OF THE BIRRENHEAD DOCKS.—The he whole rding to tt RPOOL DIST trustees have entered into a rnick and B for the c. outer works and asin, a THE MANCHESTER AND LII G COMPANY have declared the rate of c and also a bonus of 3s. 6d. p( Z3S. per share, being- at annum of it come tax about 3000 lamp- poses to for the first year, £SOO for the for the third year. THE INSTIT reception of 'TION iN E., gagements, for which gr( for the accommodation of t 'temporary abode. early dividend of FIRE. —On Saturda Was discovere here are man-street n ; and Butted, are, both clear "I'he iamat cond yea ose who Ir at the Earl H 6 and in an hour after - , n(ling the es narrowly ese, 'RICT BANK- ed. with th ark School, is open for the forming e when the The discu •equire a uitab!© fire-brig ,00k p khurn, between Messrs on and libility of the Church of Rome a most disorderly manner A. HANDSOME SET OF ORNAMENTAL RIATE, to be presented to Captain Patey, R.N., the late emigration officer of this port, by our local shipowners connected with the Australian emigration , is now on view in the window of the manu facturer,' Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street THE NEW PEBLIE P.LI-1K AT WAVERTREE. COUncil, on Tuesday, Mr. Hornby, in reply to a from Mr. 'Bighorn as to the progress of the Wavertree hall,Estate, which is being converted into a public-park, said that a contract had beer entered into for the making •of the road —At the GRATIFYI!ZG TESTIMONIAL.—On Thursday night, a Party assembled at the Falstaff Tavern, Christian-street, for the purpose of presenting to Mr. Egerton, manager of the Adelphi Theatre, a splendidly-embossed silver snuff box, manufactured by Mr. Quick, of Parker-street, as a mark of esteem. EVASION OF TOWN DUES.-Mr. Bigham desired to Introduce this subject on Wednesday, at the Council, but it was not entered into. He saki that a great fraud had cone to his knowledge during the present week ; 12,000 barrels of flour having been shipped, while dues were paid only upon 1,100. A PEESON NAMED ENTWISTLE, a Bolton and Darwen carrier, was, on Thursday evening, attacked by six robber's. and his boy decarn . intemper ANNUA arf SOCIETY.--1 braced o won? Dres e 1)14%1, ppers and other good .1:4 worth Of afetv. USER O 2 Till o the mayor, wit IT,. 'if' W,-,N,1 1 ~,t phCLL LI. L.Liall• . - PC l iZ t. JOHN RATER AND MR. DARWIN, rival surgeons ,t.',otherharn, having quarrelled in the presence of a rir lent, and ep A , the latter having assaulted the cornier, legal by°etii-es'Agsi were commenced in the County Court, but and settled ,e ke of the attorneys the defendant - paid costs at the south George .., NIA " fracas. 1. 8 - LL y. CHI', CALLED TILE SWAN, is now lying her departure for Australia. The vessel appears to be 's -dock gates, and is shortly to take about 60 tons. Her crew will consist of five persons. 011 he r The •vessel is intended to trade from one port to another arrival out in Australia. WILLIAM BILL, a fine child, aged three years, whose Chu Parents reside in H ar d w i c k e - square , near S t . J u d e ' s chilerch, was d rea d fully burned, on Thursday evening, toasting bread, during the absence of his parents. The child was t a k en to the R oya l I nf i rmary, where it died after lingering in excruciating agony about two hours. THE ALPACA now exhibiting at Mrs. Wombwell's r n enagerie presents a s t rong contrast t o i ts d en - mate t h e llama, and certainly is entitled to much attention. The tram th e al llama is pe cu li ar i sed by a coarse short wool ; on the con in length) / alpac a has a ver long wool (on the specimen r eferred to, ab ove three fee t t exteire than silk.and finer in its BALL AT THE TOWN -HALL, ST. HELEN'S.—OR Fri day evening week, a party of pl at the exten sive works of the London and Manchester Glass Company, Sutton, near St. Helen's, held a ball in the Town-hall, 1313tii Helen s , w h en upwards of 200 were present. W. a dsno, rn,re Es " 4 the manager of the works, and several friends, w e present. DUTCH S n n d Fre h ßlPs.—The p rac ti ce of chartering both Dutch in a this po c r t ships has o b ta i ned to a considerable extent s , and the t r i- colony is now extensively floating on vessel ed in th e Mersey for the Australian trade ; largeanchor ships being most in repute for that traffic, as cmallarryingves m sels would e ngers and r ea li s i ng a larger profit than yield. on Tuesday last SHOOTING BY, a lad A B OY. —At th e P rescot petty sessions, named William F os t er wa s com mitted for two months for shooting at another boy named Wm. Woods, on th e 20 t h ultimo The contents of the gun struck him on the back and right arm, some of the shot also entering the l e ft aim, the cheek, and the or. The prisoner fired in a passion. IT V LIVERPOOL STANDARD, ITESDA_Y, iiittONISII IN LIVERPOOL.—The three men,William Robinson, Gerald Farrell, and John Roo who were apprehended on a charge of being mem' , ei an illegal society, called " Ribbonism," and with wing THE CASE o bers of fn their possesslo n written signs, passwords, and other documents connected with said society, have been corn-. mitted for trial by the magistrates in Dublin, COMMISSIONS signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster :—Edward Parker, Esq., William Earle, Esq., John Weld, Esq., James Hardy Wrigley. Esq., Edward James Stanley, Esq., Henry Master Fielden, Esq., John Rowlandson Marshall, Esq., Thomas Dugdale, Esq., William Ainsworth, Esq., and Peter Catterall, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants. ROYAL INSTITUTION ScnooL.—ln the list of mathe teutical honours lately published at Cambridge, we observe that Mr. Glynn, formerly a pupil at this school, has obtained the distinguished place of sixteenth wrangler. Mr. Glynn was the successful candidate for the Canning scholarship at the Royal Institution. and has since obtained a scholarship at St. Peter's College, Cambridge. PRIVATE EXPEDITION TO AUSTRALIA.—Some time ago a number of young men in the Isle of Man purchased a schooner, and fitted her up for a voyage to Australia. On Wednesday week the adventurers set sail from Peel. The Vixen carries out 37 emigrants, all young able-bodied men. They are expected to be absent from Peel four years, when they are bound to return to their native land. Jonw ADAMS, the cook of the Marco Polo, brought an action at the County Court, last week, against Captain Forbes, for the sum of £lB 183., being the price of 21 cwt. of fat, which the plaintiff alleged had been improperly re tained and sold by defendant. It appeared that Captain Forbes had sold the fat, and handed the money over to the owners. His honour gave a verdict for the defendant. A LECTURE ON " MONASTICISM" was delivered by the Rev. T. W. Moeran, on Friday evening, in the news room of the Church of England Institution, being one of a series of lectures designed more immediately for the diffu sion of useful knowledge under the direction of sound principles. Several very instructive lectures have been delivered this season, and arrangements are made for their continuance. ASSAULT AT THE WORKHOUSE AND ROBBERY. — Mary Ann Kirby and Mary Robinson (two impertinent looking young females) were convicted at the police court, on Thursday, on a charge of assaulting the matron of the refractory ward in the workhouse. Kirby was ordered to pay £5, or to suffer two months' imprisonment in default; and Robinson, for stealing a handkerchief, was committed to trial. MORE PLUNDERING By WORKMEN-.—Two porters, named John Gleaves and Thomas Ball, were convicted at the Liverpool Police-court, last week, of stealing a quantity of articles from the warehouse of Messrs. Isaac Hadwen, jun., and Co., general brokers, Tithebarn-street. The prisoners had been in the employment of the defen dants for a period of 14 years. They were sent to gaol for two months each. FOUR of the workmen at the quarries of Messrs. Raynes, Lupton, and Co., Pedmaen Mawr, have received on of £lO from the Liverpool Shipwreck and ty, for saving two men from the wreck of !Tool, which foundered in a heavy gale in November last. Griffith likewise received the Humane Soei the Atlas of Lic of wind in Conway Ba 3 Parry, who took the helm, has silver medal FRIGHTIML RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A shocking acci dent occurred on Tuesday morning, at the Stretfort station, on the Bowden extension of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway. Robert Twiss attempted to get into one of the carriages while the train was in motion ; the poor lad's foot slipped, and he fell beneath the car riages, several of the wheels passing over his chest and literally dividing his body. MANY OF THE WELSH residents in this town and neighbourhood have had under agitation the propriety of establishing a Welsh Reform Association, as the means of advancing their political position. A meeting took place on Friday night, in the Concert-hall, under the presidency of David Davies, Esq. The Rev. .1. 'Foulkes, the Rev. Wm. Rees, &c., and the Rev. Henry Richard, of London, took part in the proceedings. INTEMPERANCE. - -On Monday, James M'Donald, Peter-street, died suddenly, while sitting in his chair. He had been drinking immoderately the previous night, and was a man of dissipated habits.—Ann Edwards, Highfield street, was found dead on Monday evening, the cause of death being congestion of the lungs, supposed (from the usually intemperate habits of the deceased) to be the re sult of excessive drinking. BIRKENHEAD DOER TRUSTEES 27:SHREWSBURY ANT) CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the Rolls Court, on Monday, Mr. R. Palmer, on behalf of the defendants in this cause, moved that an injunction, obtained on the 13th November. whereby the defendants were restrained from placing an iron swing bridge between the Morpeth and 'Egerton docks should he dissolved. His honour said he could not dissolve the injunction. RETURN OF Boys - KIDNAPPED FOR TILE BRAZILIAN NAVY.—The wrongs of the boys who were decoyed some time since from our commercial ports into the Brazilian navy, by agents of the latter service, have at length been redressed. The British minister of Rio demanded the boys of the Brazilian government, and they were delivered up. The boys complain of most infamous treatment. Offences have been committed too horrible to mention. SERIOUS FIRE.—On Tuesday evening last, the pre raises of Mr. Robert Johnson, oil-cloth manufacturer, in Cornwalliststreet, was burned to the ground. The oil and prepared clothing are estimated at £6OO. The owner was perfectly uninsured. Great fears were entertained bout for the safety of the adjoining houses, and the as removed from the house of 'Mr. Sim, and Michael's-churchyard. About ten all danger furnitu: was over MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA. — Her Majesty's government hare made arrangements for the conveyance of mails to Australia once in every month in futuro, by the establish ment of a packet to run once in two months from Singa pore (in connexion with the Indian mail of the 4th of the month, via Southampton, and of the Sth of the month, via Marseilles) alternately with the line of mail packets s'ia the Cape of Good Hope, sailing from Plymouth on the 3rd of ever• second month. THE CORN SWINDLE.—At a meeting held in London, on Friday, of the creditors of Messrs. Coliman and Stol , f London and Liverpool, it was shown that the assets amounted to £98,155, against liabilities to the ex tent of £153,811, and that they thus showed a dividend of about 12s. Gd. in the pound. Taking into consideration the cxpenses of liquidation and other contingencies that full sum might not be realised ; but at all events there was a prospect of 103. being paid. terfoht, THE BLENHEIM, LIVERPOOL AND BELTAST STEAMER. —This fine steamer, which has been undergoing repairs for some time, arrived here on Thursday evening, and attracted much attention, from the thorough "outfit" she I got by the skilful hands of Messrs. Todd and Mac .;regor, of Glasgow. Her sailing qualities are calculated at from 13 to 17 miles an hour.—Belfast Chronicle, — [The Blenheim has now resumed her piece on the station between this port and Belfast. LLS tN PAIILIAMENT. — The standing orders lied with in the followinz cases :—Liver ,,ns of acts of civil mode of plead- pool Borough Coo WILLIAM TYRRELL, a Manchester man, has per petrated a cowardly and wilful homicide. He quarrelled and fought with Quinn, a weaver; the quarrel continued, and Tyrrell wished Quinn to strike him, that they might renew the fight ; Quinn repeatedly said he would not, unless Tyrrell would " show both his hands." He would only show the left band, keeping the other in his pocket ; until at length he drew it out, clasping a knife in it, with which he fatally stabbed Quinn. The coroner's jury pronounced the act a " wilful murder." ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CtUß•—The meeting for Fe bruary was held at the club-house, Duke-street, on Tues day evening last. Mr. Edward Barlow, of Bolton, and Mr. Thomas Byrne, of this place, were elected members. A letter was read from the harbour-master of Lowestoft, with a presentation copy to the club, from S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P., of some sketches of that harbour, and con taining an invitation for the yacht-owners to visit that place. The accounts show a good balance in the hands of the banker to the credit of the club. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT NEWTON STEEPLE-CHASE. — The race for the Selling Steeple-chase was attended by a very serious accident to Walter White, owing to a colli sion between Harkover and Freshwater. It was found that his collar-bone was broken in three places, two or three of his ribs completely smashed, and his lungs very much injured. When first brought in he was quite cold and pulseless, and remained so for nearly an hour Hark over received a gash in the front of one of his arms. Poole escaped with a severe shaking. White is said to be going on favourably. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH AID ASSOCIATION.—The first annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday evening last. in the school-room, Great Crosshall-street, the Rev. W. F. Taylor, incumbent, in the chair. The resolutions were moved and seconded by the Revds. W. M. Falloon, G. L. Ireland, Messrs. Owen Williams, J. P. Gmatkin, J. B. Williams, and Thomas Gregory. The first quarterly payments for the present year, amounting to nearly £35, were handed in. This society, during the past year,received in small subscriptions the sum of £l2O, in addition to the usual church collections. APPREHENSION OF A ROBBER IN LIVERPOOL.—The Wigan Times says :—Our readers will remember the daring robbery committed upon the lady of J. Woodcock, Esq., in the Haigh plantations, a few months back, by a man having on , only a shirt or blouse at the time. A large reward was offered by the Earl of Crawford and Bal. carres, and another by Mr. Woodcock, for the apprehen sion of the robber. Sergeant France proceeded to Liver pool, on Saturday, and apprehended Thomas Latham, formerly in the service of Lord Crawford. He is charged, along with two persons of the name of Nelson, with being concerned in the crime. A MAN NAMED M g DERMOTT was brought up at the Police-office, on Wednesday, under distressing circum stances. Mr. Parkinson, bridewell-keeper, said that the man was orought to bridewell on the previous night, with a child in his arms about five months old. The poor man had come from Manchester, where he had converted all he possessed into cash for the purpose of sending his daughter and her child to America. The captain refused to take the child in the ship, and at the last moment the infant was thrust upon M`Dermott, in spite of every en treaty. The magistrate ordered the man to be sent to Manchester. THE ATTORNEY OF A BANKRUPT refused lately to give the Commissioner of the Court in London informa tion where the bankrupt might be found, and was sent to prison for contempt. After being in gaol ten days, the attorney intimated his readiness to answer, and upon ex amination stated that the bankrupt had sailed for Mel b3urne. He was thereupon discharged. The messenger of the court immediately proceeded to Liverpool with a warrant for the arrest of the bankrupt ; but the Prince Arthur, the vessel in which be had taken his passage. had sailed. The messenger, however, recovered some of the property. - - WARNING TO VIE LIVERPOOL LADIES'.—On Thurs day afternaon a lady, whilst " shopping," had her pocket picked of £l2, in gold, in the Compton House. About an hour afterwards, £2 7s. 6d. was abstracted from a lady's pocket in Ahlborn's, Whitechapel. On Wednes day evening another lady had her pocket picked of 10s. 6d., in a shop, while making purchases. Mrs. Levy, of London-road, on Thursday night, had her pocket picked, whilst in her own shop, of 10=. On the same day, a lady had her pocket picked, in Drinkwater's, Church-street, of £5 4s.—An expert gang of operators in the extracting actively at work throughout the whole town. THE DOCK DEBT.—At the Dock Committee, on Thursday. after the reporters had retired, Mr. Robertson Gladstone suggested the desirability of funding four or five millions of the debt, and creating a three-and-a•half or four per cent stock. His reasons for making such a proposition were, that a large. sum of money would be required for the mew works ; that there were constant fluctuations in the value of money in the money market; and that they would thereby save the great uneasiness and anxiety occasioned in the number of bonds continu ally falling due. and in raising the necessary funds for paying them off. The law adviser is to report next week whether that clause would be applicable to the particular proposition made by Mr. Gladstone. • A YOUTHFUL DENTIST.—The other day a boy in this town, eleven years of age, went to his mother and asked her if she was in want of money, to which she replied she was. " Very well, I know how to raise you some," said the little urchin, and immediately retired from the apart ment and extracted one of the best teeth he had in his head, which he sent with his two younger brothers (twins) to a druggist's shop in the neighbourhood, saying that they would get sixpence for it. The disciple of Ascula pius, however, told them to take it to the grocer's shop next door. The poor little fellows were obliged to return to their brother disappointed, failing to transact business in the precious instrument of masticulation of which he had so unwisely deprived himself. _ _ . - A SERIOUS CHARGE.—On Thursday, the widow of Gilbert Evans, of Burrough's-gardens, appeared at the Coroner's Court, in consequence of a letter received- by the coroner from the father of the deceased, which said :—" I hear that she put a strong needle through the chair, which went through a certain part of his person, and was likely to cause death. From certain details lam inclined to believe that she put a pillow to his mouth, which caused suffocation. They were four years separated by reason of acting the harlot with certain men. It can be proved that she gave him a pint of ale two hours before his death, which appears very singular." After putting some questions to her, the coroner said he considered the thing merely an idle tale. subsequently the writer of the letter had an interview with the coroner, and made certain statements, but the coroner declined to proceed any further in the matter unless some more satisfactory evidence was brought forward. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE LIVERPOOL UNION BANK was held on Wednesday, Mr. J. A Turner in the chair. Ti►e nett profits of the bank for the year 1852, all bad debts deducted, was £42,059 lls. ld., out of which had been paid a dividend of six per cent., together with a bonus of 6s. per share, leaving a balance of upwards of £i4,000 to be carried to the credit of the surplus fund, which now amounts to £70,899. A resolution having been passed in 1848, limiting the dividend to six per cent. until the surplus fund reached £60,000, and this sum being exceeded, hence the necessity of the bonus ; the directors recommended that the surplus should be allowed to accumulate to £lOO,OOO, before any increase of dividend took place, unless, in the meantime the directors thought it advisa ble to declare it. The report was adopted, and also a recommendation to increase Mr. Lister's, the manager's salary. REFORM SOIREE AT MANCHESTER.-041 Thursday evening a meeting of leading reformers resident in the various towns of South Lancashire, was held at the Town. hall, Manchester. It was called in the cards of invitation a soiree ; but, estimated by the refreshments served and want of arrangement to partake of them, it was far below a soiree. Mr. George Wilson was in the chair. He claimed. that the forthcoming Reform Bill should give Manchester four members, Liverpool four, and in the whole increase the representatives of Lancashire from twenty-six, the present number, to sixty. Mr. Milner Gibson promised Government his support, provided that their measures were such as to give general satisfaction to him and the constituency of Manchester. Mr. Brother ton, M.P., for Salford, spoke to the same effect. Mr. James Heywood, M.P. for North Lancashire, moved a resolution, engaging the liberal members representing Lancashire to be a committee in London, to watch over the political interests of Lancashire, in connexion with the new Reform Bill. Mr. Bright seconded this resolu tion. Several other members of parliament were present. Mr. William Brown was absent from illness ; and Mr. John Cheethana, owing to a death in his family. TAE LATE W. BONNAR R.S.A.—The Scotch papers report the death of this celebrated artist, who painted portraits of many of our local gentry and clergy. Several of these portraits have been engraved, among which are those of the Rev. W. Ewbank, Rev. W. Pollock, Rev. Dr. Baylee, and Rev. H. Hampton. Mr. Bonnar was a native of Edinburgh, and was born in June, 1800. His father was a house painter of considerable skill, and the son, having from his early years evinced a remarkable aptitude for drawing, was apprenticed to one of the lead ing decorative house painters of the time, in whose esta blishment he ultimately officiated as foreman. When George IV. visited Edinburgh in 1822, Mr. Bonnar assisted Mr. D. Roberts in decorating the Assembly. Rooms for the grand State ball that then took place there. Shortly thereafter some pictoiial signboards, painted by him, attracted the notice of Captain Basil Hall, who sought out and encouraged the young artist, advising him as to the class of subjects in which he thought him qualified to excel. In the year 1824 , his picture of " The Tinkers," which was exhibited in Waterloo-place, established him as a favourite with the public , and accordingly, shortly after the formation of the Scottish Academy, Mr. Bonnar was elected an Academician, and till his death continued, one of its most consistent, independent, and useful mem bers. Mr. Bonnar has left behind him many fine pictures, and a number of them have been engraved, the engravings enjoying extensive popularity. A LIVERPOOL TEA.CHER COMMITTED FOR MISDE MEANOITR.—On Friday, before his Worship the Mayor, at the Police-court, Michael lon, teacher of navigation, was charged by Mr. John Towson, teacher of navigation at the Sailors' i Home, at the prosecution of the Board of Trade, with having fraudently altered the certificate of John Mardon, formerly mate of the schooner Bell. John Mardon deposed that he had been for six months mate of the schooner Bell, James Robins, master, on a voyage from Liverpool to Vienna and Smyrna, and back to Lon don, and on leaving his service obtained a certificate of character, came to Liverpool on the 7th of January, and went to the prisoner's house for the purpose of receiving lessons in navigation. On Monday or Tuesday last was at his house, when he asked to look at the certificate. On obtaining it, he remarked that the word " sober" was not in it. Mardon said he would write to the captain and get another, when he remarked, " Never mind ,11l make it all right." He then took it to another table, and in five or ten minutes returned it to me. Observed that the words " being sober" were interlined. Did not take par ticular notice, not being aware that it was a fraudulent proceeding. A few days afterwards took the certificate to the Sailors' Home. Heard nothing further until sum moned to appear as a witness. John T. Towson, teacher of navigation to the Sailors' Home, deposed to the inter lineation being in the prisoner's handwriting, Th e pri soner (who was defended by Mr. Arnold) was committed for trial for a misdemeanor, but admitted to bail, him §elf in 450, and two sureties of £25 each. A SIMPLE SKIPPER : SERIOUS ROBBERY.—At the Police-office, on Thursday last, Mary Johnson and Ellen Mackay were charged by John Kennedy, captain of the Scipio, with robbing him of £176 in gold, on the 31st of January last. The prosecutor deposed that, on the evening of that day, he had received the above-named sum for freight, and, meeting with the prisoners at a public-house in Sherwood-street, full of beer and kindness, he treated them to a glass of ale each. Not to be outdone, they . . invited him to their residence, a cellar in Dennison-street, and put him to bed. He observed the women counting his money, but still went to sleep. On awaking, he found that the two ladies had decamped. The defendants, who • . 11. • 1 stoutly protested their innocence, were committed for trial. Ten pounds only had been recovered, which bad been left in the hands of a publican by one of the women. RIFORMATORY HULK IN THE MERSEY.—A meeting of the Shipowners' Association was held on Friday, to consider a proposition from Mr. Mansfield, our stipen diary magistrate, that boys convicted for vagrancy anil trifling thefts should be sent on board a hulk moored in the river, and there receive such moral and religious train ing, and such instruction in the duties of a seaman as the place, and a period of detention varying from six months to five years, would adroit of. The following resolution was unanimously agreed to :—" That this meeting con siders the suggestion deserving of the best support and encouragement of this association, and is of opinion that, although there might be exceptions, yet that shipowners generally would not object to taking youths from the hulk (after such moral and religious training as is referred to in the suggestion) who received good characters as respected their conduct whilst there, from the governor or c. tendent." uperin- HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the usual weekly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale presided.—A letter was read from Mr. Lea, the gentleman who, last week, propounded to the committee a plan for street ad vertising, by means of having " indicators" affixed.to the different lamp-posts. A report was read from the borough engineer, who was of opinion that the boards would create obstruction to the traffic of the street, and, in themselves, would be most unsightly. They would also offer a great surface for the wind to act on, which, in a storm, would risk the overthrowing of the lamp-posts. Mr. Hodson must confess that he saw something commendable in the scheme. Mr. Dover said the objections which he had previously entertained had been removed by the explana tions of Mr. Lea. Five guineas is the yearly sum asked by Mr. Lea for the privilege of one advertisement. Mr. Lea's proposal was referred for one month. It was like. wise agreed to consult the Guardian Society on the sub ject.—The medical officer of health reported that there had been an increase on the mortality of the borough. The deaths were 154 in the pari=h, and 62 in the extra parochial wards,—total, 216, being 31 more than in the previous week, but 15 fewer than in the corresponding week of the five preceding years. The mortality from zymotic diseases was below the average. There bad been only one death from scarlatina. No fatal case of bowel complaint was registered during the week, being the first instance in which this case has occurred since the sanitary act came into operation. Consumption had caused 79 deaths. There had been one death from delirium tre mens, and two from rheumatism. One-third of the mor tality occurred between sixty and ninety years of age. THE IkiARINERS AND THE CHURCH.—We have seldom witnessed a more gratifying assemblage than that which met on the evening of Wednesday last, at the Concert hall, Lord Nelson. street, where the friends of the Mari. ners' Church Day and Sunday Schools held their annual soiree. The hall was densely crowded, and among the audience were a large number of persons evidently con nected by the ties of relationship, as well as sympathy, with the seamen. The hail was appropriately decorated for the occasion, and appropriate mottoes were hung round the hall, in front of the galleries. The company having partaken of tea, the chair was taken by the Rev. Mr. Maynard, chaplain of the Mariners' Church. In opening the proceedings, he addressed the meeting at some length on the claims of the sailor, both temporal and spi ritual, to their support. The rev. gentleman said, that when they began operations, eleven years ago, they had only £ll 16s. in hand, and they commenced alterations in the building, making a reading-room and school, with the prospect of being £126 in arrear ; but the Lord had blessed their efforts, and they had been enabled to meet it every farthing. The Sunday School was now going on prosperously, and the only thing they had to complain of was that they were cramped—that they wanted more room. They could get the additional accommodation for £6O or £7o.—The Rev. D. L. Barry, curate of St. Paul's, next delivered a humorous and amusing speech, conclud ing with some interesting particulars as to the employment of the sailor, and the dangers to which he was liable when ashore, urging at great length his claims upon the atten tion of the audience. He attacked the expensive, and, as he thought, offensive habit of smoking, which obtained to such an extent among seamen, and expatiated on the good which might be done by the devotion of the im mense sums of money expended in tobacco and snuff, to objects of a higher character than the mere satisfying of a false appetite.—The Rev: James Bardsley, of Manchester, in a speech of great length, directed attention more par ticularly to the question of the education of the mariner. He enforced upon them the necessity of studying a few good and substantial works rather than of roving over a wider range of literature.—Mr. Thomas Bardslev and the Rev. Mr. Butler, minister of the Sailors' Home, afterwards addressed the meeting, and the proceedings did not close till shortly before eleven o'clock. During the evening the choir from the Liverpool Blind Asylum sang several pieces of sacred music in a very creditable manner, and a vote of thanks was unanimplasly awarded them for their services, and a similar compliment paid to the chairman, by whose exertions chiefly the meeting was one of the most spirited that we have ever seen. In the course of the evening a handsome collection was made. DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Turner presided. The proceedings of the sub.com mittee of works contained a recommendation that the shed on the east side of the Huskisson deck, used by the New York line of steamers, be enlarged to the best ad. vantage, and that the crane be altered so as to be made available. The recommendation was approved. for a quantity of iron, and two tenders for the oil, were accepted. A grant of £6 10s. was made to the master of the Formby light-house, towards damage which his furniture sustained in the gale of the 26th December. The special sub-committee on the new landing-stage re commended that the south end of the proposed new land ing-stage for the sea-going steamers should be placed as far south as the steps of the top of the George's pier. The chairman communicated to the committee the pro ceedings in the council on the preceding day, with refer ence to the mode in which it was proposed to carry out the execution of the works at Wapping. He snegested that it would be a matter for the consideration of the committee whether they would appoint a special meeting for the purpose of reviewing the decision to which they had come.—Mr. Gladstone said his object in recommend ing the adjournment of the council meeting was not only that the dock committee might have an opportunity of reviewing their decision, but also to give time for the members of the council to re-consider the question.—Mr. Nicol thought it was quite irregular for the dock com mittee to meet at all until the determination of the council had been made known to them in the reg course. He would propose that at the next meeting North should give them his opinion as to whether their proceedings were not already absolutely passed by the council, for they had allowed the time to go by for exer- cising the veto by adjourning the meeting yesterday with out taking a vote.—Mr. Bigham said the Town-clerk gave it as his opinion that it would be perfectly legal to exercise the veto at an adjourned council or special council called within seven days after the preceding meeting.— Mr. Nicol remarked that the dock committee must be guided by the opinion of their own solicitor upon all sub jects.—Mr. Bigham said, not only had the Town-clerk given his opinion that the veto upon the proceedings of the dock committee vras legal, but that opinion bad been confirmed by the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly. He dis tinctly confirmed the opinion of the Town-clerk, but he said further, as he (Mr. Bigham) was told, that any act of the dock committee performed after their proceedings or decisions had been vetoed by the town council, was performed at the responsibility, risk, and loss or profit of the individuals so acting.—The chairman said, I think the committee is of opinion that however they would wish to hold a meeting to meet the view of the council, there will be no use in holding such a meeting.—Mr. Bigham.—And this committee refuses to review its deci sion ?—The chairman.—No ; there is refusal. The financial business of the committee was then proceeded with, and the reporters withdrew. A GANG OF CoexpronTEßs.—Thirty-two persons were summoned at the police court, on Thursday, on a charge of being engaged in aiding and abetting in the brutal practice of cockfighting. The informations were issued under the third section of the Cruelty to Animals Act. The defendants were notorious prize-fighters, belonging to this town, to Manchester, Oldham, Chowhent, and other places. This disgraceful proceeding, it appeared, took place on the 20th ultimo, in a large room in a bee house, kept by Matthew Walker, Burli where upwards of 200 persons had assembled officer Carlisle, along with detectives Eaton an( and police-officer 419, went to the house on the evening in question. In going in, Carlisle was asked by a man if he was a better, and, replying in the affirmative, was allowed to go up stairs, and on getting up to the door of the fighting-room he met two men coming out, each with a cock in his hand, the birds bleeding profusely. After waiting in the room for a quarter of an hour, 40 or 50 fresh men entered, and cried " Clear the pit." This pit was regularly constructed, and was five feet in length, and 41 feet in width, in which the fighting of the cocks took place. Two other men, attired in sporting uniform, then entered with cocks ; scales were also produced, and the birds were weighed and spurred. The fighting then commenced, bets were exchanged, and the greatest ex citement as to the result of the fight prevailed. Before the battle commenced, Walker, the landlord, ordered the blinds to be pulled down, and less noise to be made, as Lloyd, the policeman, was in the street. Carlisle then went out to obtain the assistance of the other officers, and on coming hack he met two men coming out of the room with the two cocks in their hands, one 'of them having been killed in the conflict. The doors were then closed, and the names and residences of the defendants were obtained. On seeing the officers the greatest con sternation seized the sporting fraternity, and many of them made their escape through the windows.—Matthew Walker, the proprietor of the house, excused himself by saying it was the first offence. He was fined £5 and costs. Most of the other defendants were fined in various sums.—John Roper, 23, Henry-street, (a respectably attired elderly man), said he was summoned for dog fighting. Carlisle stated that the cock that was killed belonged to the defendant. The man's dignity appeared to be offended at the idea that he was summoned for dog fighting. " Here," he exclaimed, "I am summoned for dog-fighting—a thing which I detest. (Laughter.) There is not a man in this place who more abhors dog-fighting than me—that hates the very name more than I do ; but from my heart lam fond of a cock. (Renewed laughter.) I have gone 24 miles to see a cock-walk ; but as to dog fighting,"—(Here the court was in a roar of laughter.) " I leave myself in your hands; I want nothing but what is right ; but I am fond of a cock from my heart— (laughter)—and when I die I shall have some cock's feathers put in my coffin." (Renewed laughter.) The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of 20s. and costs. Defendant "Then I will willingly pay it, and bow to the court." (Laughter.)-The whole of the fines were . . Paid. ton-street, Detective- Lloyd, tuber of adale, Aigbur RUING' 1r a long ommitted To amend )f record, the process, the court, and to extend its To regulate the )orough, to make further provision for its eral regulation, and for establishing a po - ol Sanitary and other Local Acts zs in a sanitary and uation fund THE HEROES OF THE REFORMATION.—The lecture season for the present year commenced at the Collegiate Institution on Friday, when Mr. John Lord, M.D., delivered the first of two lectures on " The Heroes of the Reformation." The immediate subject of the lecture was the thirty years' war in Germany, with reference chiefly to the character and achievements of Gustavus Adolphus. The lecture was listened to throughout with great atten tion, and gave general satisfaction. 'NEW CLIPPER SHIP. On Friday, a beautifully. modelled ship arrived here from Whitehaven, where she was lately launched. She is named the Pudsey Dawson, is 600 tons register, and commanded by Captain John Davies, late of the Jeremiah Garnett. The Pudsey Dawson is a thirteen years' ship, and will be shortly despatched for Shanghai. She is neatly rigged, and nautical judges pronounce her a " clipper" in every respect. Her owner is Mr. H. It. Hoskins, of this town, and she is consigned to Messrs. James Aikin, Son, and CO. CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS AGAINST A CAPTAIN.— On the 26th ultimo, a letter was addressed by Messrs. Stuart and Douglas to the local marine board, containing certain charges of the above nature against Captain Wm. Sillis, late master of the ship Severn. An inquiry was instituted, and a board held at the Sailors' Home, on Wednesday and Thursday last—J. S. Mansfield, Esq., the stipendiary magistrate, acting as chairman. The board recommended the LordF of the Admiralty to sus rtificate of Captain Siilis for twelve months. rend the STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND A.MERICA.—On Wednesday afternoon, the sereNs aptain Leith, Mersey, with passengers and r. valuable cargo of merchan dise, for Philadelphia. About half-past one o'clock the same afternoon, the magnificent new screw steam-ship Alps, lately built for the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, sailed from the Mersey on her first voyage, under the command of Capt. Wickman, for New York and Chagres, with a very large cargo of merchandise on board. THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—OH Tuesday evening, the usual monthly meeting was held in the board room ; Mr. Greene presided. Some conversation took place in reference to the obstruction of Canning.street by the railway, when a report was read from Mr. Douglas, the company's engineer, that proper gates had been erected on the crossing., and gatemen appointed to attend to the street, whilst the engineers had received instruc tions not to attempt to cross till they got the " all right" signals.—An appeal had been lodged against the poor rate assessment.—The board then adjourned. REGISTRAR'S QUARTERLY RETURNS.—The registra tion of the year 1852 is completed, for the births and deaths. The births were 616,251 in 1851, and 624,171 in 1852. The deaths, 395,933 in 1851, and 407,938 in 1852. The average annual rate of birth is nearly 1 in 30. In 1852 it rose to lin 29. The average annual rate of death is rather less than lin 45. In' Cheshire and Lancashire marriages are much more numerous than they were in 1848, but less numerous than they were in 1850; in Man chester and in Liverpool the marriages are declining, and increasing in Wales. In Cheshire and Lancashire the mortality is above the average. The deaths in Liverpool are fewer, in Manchester more, than is usual. THE LADIES' CHARITY.—The annual meeting of the trustees and subscribers to this excellent institution was held in the Board-room of the Blue-coat Hospital, on Thursday, Harmood Banner, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that, although there bad been a falling off in the amount of annual subscriptions, the donations had increased; and the general state of the funds was very satisfactory. Gratuitous vaccination is provided for the children. The report also noticed, in terms of regret, the loss, by death, of one of the warmest supporters of the institution—James Bold, Esq., for many years treasurer. The number of patients relieved in 1852 was I,247—being 82 less than in the previous year. Votes of thanks to the committee and officers were passed, and the usual appoint- Tants made for the ensuing year, FEBRUARY 8, 1853. AN EXTRAO NARY MARINE CONVULSION NV perienced by the Mules on her passage from this port to Caldera. On the morning of the 13th of October, being twelve miles from the equator, in long. 19 W, a rumbling noise appeared to issue from the ocean, which gradually eased in sound till the uproar became deafening ; the ea rose in mountainous waves; the wind blowing from all quarters, the control over the ship was lost, and she pitched and rose frightfully, all on board expecting ea c h moment to be their last. This continued fifteen minutes ; the water then gradually subsided, when several vessels in sight at the commencement of the convulsion were found to have disappeared. Shortly after a quantity of wreck, a part of a screw-steamer, were passed, so that some vessels and lives were lost. TESTIMONIAL TO CAPS. PATSY, R..N..—The Liverpool merchants trading to Australia have just forwarded to Capt. Patey, R.N., who was recently the head emigration officer at this port, and is now in command of H.M.S. Amphion, three pieces of silver plate, consisting of a large centre for the table, in form of an oak tree, a claret jug, and a large waiter. On each of the pieces is engraved the RTMS of Captain Patey, and the centre-piece has on the front side of the base a view of George's Pier, on the River Mersey. with the great Landing-stage, and at a distance from it is an emigrant vessel ready for sea, lying in the river, towards which a boat is nearing, filled with passen gers about to embark; one of the other sides contains an appropriate inscription. Captain Patey has acknowledged the receipt of the handsome present In a letter addressed to Charles Morse, Esq., chairman of the committee of subscribers. PREscor Tows Mrssios.—A large and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Prescot, was lately held at the Court-room, to promote the interests of the above mission. The chair was kindly taken by Dr. Hibbert Taylor, of Liverpool, who opened the proceedings in a very appropriate address. Some parts of the report were read by the Rev. Thos. Sturges, detailing the devoted and -fill labours of Mr. W. Axford, the late missionary. . Mr. Nevett, of St. Helens, obliged the meeting a relation of events in his ministry among the careless and neglected. The Rev. Mr. Hewlet, incumbent of &stley, gave a thrilling address on the obligations arising om the doctrines of the Gospel, to seek not only the qual, but temporal good of our neighbours, and of all . The Rev. T. Moody, Wesleyan minister, clesed ~ceedings of the evening in a most effective speech, which he expressed his regret, that so useful an effort had not met with a cordial support from parties who were most deeply interested in the protestantisra of the country, and the religious instruction of the lowlier classes. In these remarks the meeting expressed an enthusiastic sympathy, and a vote of thans was passed by acclama tion to the chairman. The Rev. mankind IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS.-At the Police-court, Kingstown, near Dublin, a case was brought before the magistrate, arising out of a combination of some seamen on board the brig Marsden, of London, Captain Widde combe. This vessel left Liverpool on Friday week, for the Cape of Good Hope, and after being three days at sea, George Ratcliffe, William Roberts, George Chara ers, Charles Hammond, and Donald Blue, refused duty ceded on her voyage, insisting on the ...em into some near port. They con tinued off duty several hours, when the master, for the safety of the ship, bore away for Dublin, and, on the above charge, obtained a warrant for the men named ; and, on their appearing in court, Mr. W. Rowett, of Liverpool, the agent for the Marsden, who had come expressly from Liverpool to conduct the case, addressed the court at considerable length on the importance of such conduct on the part of the sailors, urging the ne- if the vessel pro master ti cessity of keeping a wholesome but determined check on such insubordination, in most impressive terms, that did him much credit, and administered a lesson to the prisoners that they will not soon forget. Various efforts were made on the part of the prisoners to establish a justification of their conduct, but all so frivolous that they could not be entertained by the court, and his wor ship would have passed sentence on them of thirty days' imprisonment but for the considerate disposition shown by Mr. Rowett, who said he hoped the ends he sought would be obtained if a less imprisonment could be awarded. They were then ordered to be imprisoned for fourteen days. SECOND EDITION• dard-ofli P-.. 0 o'clock, p.m. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY .gists took place to-day. Some further a The PC;;;;;;oUriCeSthStsonne secret agencies, formed in Paris under the auspices of old parties, issuing for some time past those odious and infamous libels against the Government which dishonour a portion of the foreign press, have been discovered. Several persons who directed and fomented this correspondence are arrested, and their papers seized. In this number are four gentlemen at tached to the Legitimate party, and some correspondents of Belgian and German newspapers. The Presse says General Priest and a Spanish Duke are arrested. The Empress has appeared at a review, and was re ceived with acclamations. The Bourse was again weak. Threes opened at 791, and closed at 78.90; Four-and-Halves closed 104.85. GENERAL NEWS CHARLES SPENCER LLOYD, Esq., has been appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Salop. THE DERBYSHIRE TENANTRY of the Duke of Devon shire have presented their noble landlord with a portrait of himself. VANDALISM.—The old churchyard of Alloway, the scene of Burns's " Tam o'Shanter," has been levelled, and all the gravestones removed. • THE FARM LABOURERS in South Wiltshire have struck for an advance of wages from 7s. to 9s. per week. The fanners have offered Bs., which the men refuse. PROFLIGACY.—Harriet Welch. a Yorkshire woman, 30 years of age, attended at the Thames Police-office on Tuesday, and affiliated a child on her own nephew, the mate of a vessel. AT A PUBLIC DINNER, in a little Ayrshire village, the other day, on the health of Lord Eglinton being given, the local band in attendance struck up " Paddy, my boy, take care of yourself !" BRYSON NELSON, an engineer in a bone-crushing yard at Nottingham, while drunk, slipped from a plank into a copper of boiling water, and was so severely scalded that he died the same night. THE Dumfries Courier states that a quantity of tallow recently cast ashore on the Galloway coast is supposed to be part of the cargo of a vessel which was wrecked off the Isle of Man about 50 years ago. THOSE interested in the shipping trade of Troon, one of the safest harbours on the west coast of Scotland, are agitating to have it changed from a creek of Irvine into a separate and independent port. A SPEEDY FORTUNE.—A young gentleman of Glasgow, who has shipped for Australia these last four years, now finds that he has made £40,000, by successful consign ments of rough goods to that quarter. THERE is now living at Tolleslinnt M,jor, a labourer, named Joseph Bateman, who has reached the age of 102 years. His wife has been dead many years, but he has a eon living 80 years old.—Essex Herald. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.—A young man. named Kinz, who was employed in stacking straw in a barn at Pagels ham, Essex, a few days since, fell from the stack upon the points of a pitchfork, and was killed on the spot. - - THE STAMFORD MAGISTRATES sentenced a drunken platelayer to 14 days' imprisonment, but doubled this term when the prisoner " hoped that the magistrates might stop on the bench till he came out again." —Lye men, who were found bed-room in a hotel at Kingston-by -sea, a committed respectivel: Their defence was that the ne and three ,d it for a joke. Mus. SLOANE, whose case has excited so much public interest, and whose husband (who was imprisoned with her) died some time back, was on Wednesday morning discharged from Newgate. She was in a bad state of health, and looked very weak. THE very large sum of £43,000 has been paid into the Savings Bank connected with the Sailors' Home in Well street, London, in the last year. The government has resolved to establish Savings Banks at the different ship ping offices throughout the country. Huai)Ea.—.A. man named Thos. Hackett, a bricklayer's labourer, is in custody in London, charged with the wilful murder of Eliza Lea, aged 26 years, by thrusting leer into the Regent's Canal. The deceased had lived with the prisoner upwards of six years. THE GREENWICH BRUTALITY.—Mary Ann Oldham, the woman who caused the death of John Gayu-ood, aged six years, in the Greenwich Union Workhouse, by placing a piece of red hot coal in his hand, has been committed to Newgate for trial, on the charge of manslaughter. SUNDAY TRADING.—Mr. Harris, chief constable of the county force, has issued a notice stating that the police are everywhere instructed to proceed against all parties who shall exercise their worldly callings on the Lord's Day after this warning.— Worcester Journal. PUFFERY.—During the examination in the London Insolvency Court, on Wednesday last, of an insolvent who had kept a pie-shop in Marylebone, it was stated, that on the first night of opening his shop, he put some fourpenny pieces into his pies, in order to attract customers. THE LATH STEAM-SHIP AMAZON.—The directors of the Royal West India Mail Steam-packet company have determined upon erecting, in the chapel of the South ampton cemetery, a monument to the memory of the pas sengers and crew who lost their lives in the bay of Biscay, in January last year, through the destruction of the above steam-ship by fire. A. SPANIARD and his lady, the latter speaking English fluently, have been in Ayr, during the past fortnight, engaging a score of young needlewoman to go with them to Spain, to introduce the style of Ayrshire needlework into that country. The couple are quite unknown in Ayr, and all the girls solicited are very good-looking. The Ayr Advertiser hints that all is not right. GREAT REJOICING took place in the towns on the Tyne during the past week, on the return of some more of the crews of vessels blown away on Christmas Day. In one instance, in the case of the missing crew of the John Burrell, so hopeless seemed any prospect of their being in the land of the living, that some of the wives of the crew were preparing mourning for themselves and families. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—One of the most extra ordinary freaks of nature hsppened, a few days ago, in Berwick-street, Oxford-street. Mrs. Emma Echert, the wife of a wealthy tailor, of No. 65, in the above street, was confined, and brought into the norid full-grown female child, with two distinct heads and Leeks. It is said the lady dreamt, a fortnight ago, that her child would have two heads. A STRANGE LITTLE WOMAN.—The Scottish papers announce the death, at Cowroading-street, Stevenston, on the 30th ultimo, of Barbara Cowan, aged 89 years. Deceased was in height only three feet six inches ; she was very active, and a good hand at the needle ; she never saw the town of Kilwinning or that of Ardrossan, having never been out of the parish in which she was born.. A sister of hers is living, also advanced i n years, and a httle less in height than deceased. ROMANCE OF ADVERTISING.—The Times of Friday contains the following advertisement :—" To M. L. L.— M. L. L., you have chosen your own lot : may it be a happy.one ! and if it be so, I would not have you think of the desolate heart you leave behind ; but, oh ! my child, if sorrow should ever overtake you, if you should find, when too late, that you have been leaning on a broken reed, then, my Maria, com e back to her Wh ose heart has ever cherished you ; she will always be ready to recei v e you." - - , A LONDON ... 0 • r G —London was vi s it e d on Tuesday by one ofdensest f og s ever known i b oys with links made a theconsiderable sum of !money in gu i d ing people along the Numerous accidents occurred in the evening, but street. n ot, any of a serious nature. A n engine, going to a fire at W a lwortli, though light e d b y strong lamps, and aided o n the way with flambeaux, ran off the road into the Ele phant and Castle publi c -h ouse. It was necessarily moving slowly, instead of its usual pace s have been serious. or the damage might ITALY. A Genoa paper states that the garrisons of Ravenna and Forli marched on the 30th January towards Rimini with some artillery. They said that the Austrian flag had been torn at Rimini ; others pretended that a con centration of troops was the cause. A Florence letter says that riots had taken place. LONDON. The Advertiser says—" Tuesday week is now stated to be the day on which Lord John Russell will transfer the seals of the Foreign-office to Lord Clarendon." --..,,.....--- LONDON STOCK AND SHARE MARKET. THIS DAY, ONE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 994; Do. Money, 994 s ; Three and Quarter per Cents, NW ; Bank Stock, 2274 28 ; Exchequer }llls, 54 ; Mexicans, 224. Railways :—London stock, 1191 ; Midland, 774 I ; N. Staffordshire, 134 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 774 4 ; ; Caledonians, 644. East Lancashire, 76 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCH.ANGE.—Tins DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 774 ; E. Lancashire, 194 ; Blackburn pref., 25i; Midland, 774 ; Dovers, 234. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tits DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Leeds Northern, 15 13-16 ; Do. fifths, dis ; North -8 5-16; Dovers, 233 9-16; York and North ; Yorkshire Banks, 81. Westerns, Midland. 21 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Tius DAY. There has been a continuance of steadiness on our mar ket since the close of the week, but no active transactions have been resumed in any branch of the trade. Those of the interior have participated in the decline previously experienced in London and Liverpool, and continued in feriority of condition has, besides, contributed to sssist the depression. In Ireland, an equivalent reduction is also quoted, but in that country there are evident symp toms of an improving demand, more especially for the better classes of Wheat and Indian Corn, the latter be ginning to move more readily into consumption, from the return of seasonable weather permitting the labouring population to obtain more general employment, and a good consumptive sale appears to be anticipated. The arrivals for the week are pretty large of Foreign Wheat and Flour; coastwise they are limited, as also from Ireland, with the exception of Oats and Oatmeal ; the exports are to a fair extent, amongst which are 2,381 loads of Oatmeal to Australia. The accumulation of Wheat arrivals which have taken Waal at the carious importing markets during the last fortnight (a repetition of which cannot be expected at least for a considerable time), has been less pressed for sale than buyers anticipated ; and, though reaction can hardly be said to have taken effect, by an amendment of prices the tone of the trade is evidently amended • and without further immediate large supplies from abroad, and, at the same time, lessening deliveries from the growers, there will probably arise a more general confi dence, on the part of millers, to go into stock. The cha racter of tile season for Spring Wheat sowing will this year be looked to with considerable anxiety ; and it re mains to be experienced what proportion of the land left unplanted in the autumn will yet, even under favourable circumstances, be applied to this particular Grain, or di verted to other culture; so far, little progress has been practicable in agricultural operations. We have a good attendance of the trade at our market this morning, more general disposition to purchase, and the tendency of prices rather towards improvement; but this account . is taken too early in the day to admit of a detailed report of the trade being given. DANGEROUS DOMESTIC.—A child about nine months old was recently left alone in a room, when it was attacked by a domesticated ferret, which inflicted a number of severe wounds on its neck, and about its throat. Its re covery is not, as yet, a matter of certainty.—John-o' - Groat Journal. STRANGE ACCIDENT.—During the fierce gale on Wed nesday week, a woman named Stewart, about 24 years of age, when walking in the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, was blown with great violence against a lamp-post, and severely injured. She died on Sunday in the infirmary, from the injuries she received. DEATH CF GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN OF BLTRNS.—We find the following in the Dumfries Courier :—" Died, at sea, on board the ship Chance, from Liverpool to Port Philip, on the 7th September last, Arabella Ann ; on the Bth September, Robert Burns ; on the 18th September, Arthur Vincent, the only children of Mr. Berkeley W. Hutchinson, surgeon, government medical officer of the Chance, and great grand-children of Robert Burns." Mrs. Hutchinson is the daughter of Major James Glencairn Burns, and was educated in Dumfries under the care of her grandmother, "Bonnie Jea:)." Oua DEFF:NCES IN THE WEST.—There is not a singl, soldier between Exeter and Plymouth. The French tow laud wl did 160 year pillaqe all th enever they pl burn 'I gntnouti since,) Torquay, and the other seaports a coast for 20 miles inland, even to the capita of the west of Exeter. There is only a 32-pounder gun at Exmouth foe the use of the Coact Uuard, the only one mounted between Bristol and Plymouth, a distance of 130 miles. ' The French may land and smoke their pipes all the way•to the Topsham and Exeter barracks without opposition.—United Service Gazette. At the SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—___ special meeting of this company on Monday (last the resolution in favour of the Great `'Western bills, now before parliament, was lost, and an amendment in favour of the North-Western proposals carried. Mr. Russell, the chairman of the Great Western, has since addressed a letter of remonstrance to the Hon. R. H. Clive, chairman of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, urging that the course adopted is a most direct breach of agree ment with the Great Western, and that, while parliament are never likely, on grounds of public policy, to sanction an alliance with the North-Western, there is every pro bability that the union with the Great Western would not be opposed. TRIAL FOR AII:RDER.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, John Parrott, 45, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Sarah Parrott. The prisoner got his living by hawking meat about the streets : he and his - wife lodged in a garret at 6, Spicer-street, Spitalfields, and they were in a most wretched state of poverty. The deceased woman was in a very weak and emaciated state of body, and nearly blind ; and the parties were continu ally quarrelling. On the evening of the 7th December, the deceased and the prisoner were heard quarrelling, and the prisoner told her that " he would do something for her the next day." On the following morning a woman named Merritt heard cries of " Murder," for nearly half an hour. She was found dead in bed. The prisoner was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to transportation for life. PHILISTINE THEOLOGY.—Dr. Cahill, een engaged in ries of 1 etures on " the principal dogmas of the Catholic faith," at " St. George's Cathe dral," having indulged in the true Goliath style—" I offer a premium to the man that can meet me—l should like to hear the man that would contradict me"—the Rev. R. Maguire, of Trinity Church, Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn fields, has accepted his challenge. If the account given of the lectures in the Tablet is to be depended upon, the doctor must have undergone a great change—" for," says that journal, " no word of offence to the creed of another falls from his lips—no vulgar abuse dishonours his sacred profession." " Error," we are told, " disappears before him as the mower cuts down the thin grass, and the most abstruse points of Catholic doctrine are made so clear, that men smile at their former ignorance, in not seeing what now appears clear as noon day." _ _ _ - - . THE REAL SEA SERPENT.—On the night of Saturday week, when the tide was high and a gale blowing, there was cast ashore at Torduff point. parish of Graitney, a bou t believe five v e t that n i tons. . was The in hug e verity roots 0 the ots part 6 feet in circumference, and large tree, which was at the lijm t s i e m lf e . mi T st i a i k e en tr f e o e rso 3 m s emon . - ster of the deep, and may have led some who saw it in some distant latitudessweripgh thickest toa lesn estimatedg t h , mysterious and a sea ttiot s is feet in ce, are still attached to the trunk, and from one end to the other the tree was covered with sea-weed from one to two feet lone , while adhering t o the end of each strip is a llnThe seaweed was th rown roun d th e tree, as i t rose and d fell with the waves, like a flowing mane; the shells nude a rattling noise against each other; and, as the roots now sank under water, now rose above the waves, there is little wonder that the vegetable was taken for some huge production of the animal kingdom.— Durn fries Courier. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PlLLS.—Extract of a letter, written by John Molard Wheeler, Esq., Collector of Customs, Jamaica, having been banded by his brother, at Swindon, to Mr. Prout, for publication :—" I know you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let me emphatically tell you, in mercy to any friend who may suffer from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheu matism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy ; not only am I personally aware of their powers, but I see my friends and acquaintances re ceiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not be without them on any account. If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether: if in a later, they alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier cure than by any other means within my knowledge." Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by all respectable Me dicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. 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