The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE, - , less - than at present l'he borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances, report various particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week from which it appears that 81 nuisances complained of by inhabitants, had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them, 999 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 3,38 l apartments, and 530 cellars, had been put under examination, with the view of improving their sanitary condition. The case of a person who built a house in Brancker•street, and infringed on the public street nine inches, thereby lessening the legal width of the street (30 feet), to that extent, was brought before the committee. The committee thought it would be injudicious to allow the case to pass unnoticed, lest it might be followed as a precedent by other parties, and accordingly directed that proceedings should be insti• tuted, The offending party on conviction, is bound to remove back the house the extent of the infringement, and is, furthermore, liable to a penalty of £5 for every day's default. 1130 0 L AND LONDON. FIRE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. AND T ' e annual general mee'Ling of the proprietors in this he Ne s h , l ' al l, was held at one o'clock, yesterday, in t ths-tiana offices, 37, South Castle-street; Thomas I: fh litebank, Esq., presided. th --e . airman, in opening the proceedings, said he 1 1 . °1:. g - lli it necessary to explain to the meeting that the s„„ reet° 4 had not been able to print and circulate the 07'1 before their assembling that day, in consequence . fi theaaceounts from America not having been received ,-14Qcient time. He would not anticipate the particu -44 °I. the report, but ha thought it was such as Would (1 1• 1 1 1. , atif Ying to the shareholders, inasmuch as the r 341:-"°ra were able to declare a dividend of lOs pe std Char fr ee of i neome-tax, and to carl-y over a .con th 4 able sem as a protection against any contingencies shat illighfarise. That sum (05,000) was in itself con - p it "'ab le, but when the increasing extent of the com ers 0 . the Aerations were considered, it was not more than h Y "gilt to keep in hands. The business of the corn saes s 114 r r ing the past year, was so satisfactory, that he it a g u t When they heard the report they would consider 14 - . 111:Ik e for itself, and that any observations on his part 344 e unnecessary. I. ' S. Boult, secretary, then read the following Th e .. REPORT. the Directors have much pleasure iin presenting to lag4tro.prietors the following sunsmary:of their proceed o Past yea rrs'u—anee of the purposes for which a tsacki'e of shares has been held, 1,150 have been i!sued, tls ,42g i g the number now in the hands of proprietors „, Ple a ' P' B IEI (I: D EPARTMENT. —The business of the pompa w n b y ie i b n ees 2artMent has attained a degree of magnitude „44,etjaa r evenue exceeded by very few existing offices. Rkps,,,,"e borne in mind that scarcely twenty years have :fDrei,,,' s ince the company was established, and that the I " e uie e was strong against. which it at first had to con• :se a ' the position which it now holds in the . rank of t he ' ti e° Co position must be particularly gratifyingto liaeprietors. The premiums, which in 1853 were . 9e 1 , 121 - 4s. 6d., and in 1854 14 6,0961. 15s. 9d., have this pro.rteaehed 186 2711. 16s. 11d., showing Ti amoun La, eB B With which it Is believed that all will Je content tO P. 6 deductions, however, for losses and expenses have %s": blade ; but the result will be found sufficiently i .11 -I. , 4 ,, t g i ng• The losses of the year are 98,5591. 9s. OL ,-,eohlt,„•„"ert ESTABLISHMENTS A.l.ilp AGENCIES. The tiOo -""•8 already submitted testify to the extent of obliga cal boards i s Whi ch the proprietors are under to the various %it ards and agents by whom, in distant laces, the I)t.ev io a, • Or th e company are conducted. To the boards t s °a rss , " 4l3r e xisting, one for Canada was . added in the Ale se °f t he Year and it affords the directors much tt,t t„ - re to record, that the care and attention manifested ttioll'se several stations are worthy of remark, and are 14! ennducive to their profitable working. A . large 3°l)acs.'„se,in the business contributed by the agents is also Jadk",aole, and reflects (credit upon the activity . and ;gaattherel„ellt W hich th t '",,,, , ,aY be r oom e f r or greater exertion, and it is hoped e -411:14-1.„wha may be conscious of deficiency willb e; ,41, t ic s aPely it in the coming year. t h " NI"; Itt'Att'rmENT Notwithstanding the unfavourable e ' p ere -,,.'auees for life — insurance of the last year,. h 1; -s a tilki- : f Pr emium from new business is rather mexce re ss e . .. ecle*l-1." sum that was realized in that which . I). tili,2lit: The number of policies issued is 577, insuring b.. ee r'., n Producing in premium 11,1371. 18s. Id. It 14,7 by e ri me that, until the year 1846, scarcely 4; 80 -., -- ‘ Was made ' to extend the company's life bum 4,AOt .I'.,e total D • of 1845 having been only 64 4. 9 0 11 St eu i t t of 181: t s f t i -le i . 8. 64. - reln e rr i sc ontrast with these figures is premiums e in which amounted to Ca co ' s "''' s d• On the other hand, the claims have ve iasned,,_iderable Deaths by accident, and at sea have tl ti ti in,,,141e list, illustrating at the same time the value e lis 44"a el e urt ants of provisions so made. But whench d the Lkt or 2Y/ereised in the selection o s f ea l r ive n s, ew w , and so is b ol a l'uealattition renders t ti s o o B4 l 4beii es etiotnsa F t f e f e a x v p u ? i e s x o ten n = to t y he comany, it expect disasters such as these ; they ss, and purpose it is intended p l'e ,, lt r 0 3 s e e ., rt e, and t s h h e ou b l u d si r n e e concile to the payment in last ti''lnis„-1,99n. 15s In addition to the above menti h, ecTh.,„ °4 ,_ life Policies, 'l2 758 f. 123. 7d. have . b . een orarie t a. she company for ihe purchase . of annuities. i 193 9d. and nine "totally Lee n_.,les paid amounted to 11,396 • • was lsal'''''Plent died, to whom 3541. 19s. Bd. isPssaYsaYless ha T ve hebalance at the credit of the es;sfssispx"tur7i. 4s. sd. ee4Zolity wittinettLlTS FUND.—This fund, increased in 1, ,, ed en „ _ e d?ed o s 12 s zos pr the shares issued, amounts now to 169,1501. 4114'44.18'n Loss. From the balance of this account, Th„Prosi e j 'ins the dividend for the year has to be taken, That 13ss„? to be made against losses on current risks. Peh'llred by th e the proprietors will remember it is ths'ielltly may t ile deed, shall amount, as soon a . s con ear . '''aY bet to the full sum of the fire premm.ms the ts' er eiss ' f ! tr id it is the anxious wish of the board, th ene lpi e, the discretion with which they are entrumst.erde,. 11Z:it: tAartls„sPeed.ily as practicable, with that require a• 4%48 or th:,, con slderation,therefore, ' of all the circurn a Th a Val or -etepany, they subject to . the 4 ee, , free rneeting, that a dividend of ten shillings I lli 1114 R. to upsincome tax, be paid to . the proprietors, li r en th at A. their respective shares in the company. 144 6 ' iti dend • 'd the balance at the credit of 81, 1 , ant svii i b ' s P a ' ' 5a 't bui !he last e 8 . 2,5261. 17s. is hon_ thepurchase east side o . f . the Town-hall has been AlanAls e ,Ped teat theork of demolition is p . roceeding, and it 1•0 1, . new structure, for which elevations and -flatus veins 't h - seel 4 °Prepared by Mr. Cockerell, R A., will be 4a e diren,uring the Spring. . ;:i" - ,, ,k ik. /./.',!,ere who retire at this meeting, by rotation, O' I "' t 3 ""artribe ll, Hamilton, Esq., Thos. ~ a" (1., Harold Littledale. Esq., John Marriott, tl CI. ; ah,; Swainson Esq., and James Aspinall Tobin,_ r 0 441 Ze o b r e l n . g re - eligible, they offer themselves for IV II the 1-ungt3r. bli k °4 . , ti: °t ;°n of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. 11. s' IMoe r eport and statement of accounts were -11 ' 0 41^, 81Y adopted, and ordered to be printed and c, ll cited, Sto e tl : In . o . tion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. 0") as ~`e' alvidend of lOs per share, free of income elared c°lntriended in the report, was unanimously h Ns I • 41 . rt - t; I . ' _ a te Lee, moved that the . thanks of the meeting "sil of '0 the directors for their attention to the fel lil t ct r - Nto ti r s ' e e te e Za i P any during the past year. seconding the motion, said that he by 4 81 , 1 , r ed the lanbo urethedirectors were appreciated ah, lit _ (tie pa (11, shareholdesrs and recommended that they ogler4)''' cheepe up the reserve fund as full as possible, in y 8 losses should be sufficiently protected, not t ille eOl f t " as regarded the fire, but also the life depart- Zttoc' the gr o w needful to bear in mind, that in proportion ain amount of life risks they took, the more t j'as, tt , were those risks to end as time ran over, and i xepi gerefose, necessary that the reserve fund should be -rheas_ full as possible. h O 4 t h e was unanimously adopted. _ , Mr. Ono,r: Motion of Mr. Barclay, seconded by , , 1 7, the out-going directors were re-elected. `l 155.40 t notion of Mr. James, seconded by Mr. Galletty, dipe-ti rresolved that £BOO be placed at the disposal of the nis e : e 5 for distribution among themselves in such 'NOth r as they may think se it. ee th e meetin r formal resoarlutions wore also ad o pt e d , after g pated. 1 DEFECTS OF TUE COUNCIL CHAMBER. Mr. Robetson Gladstone, in pursuance of his notice of motion given last Week, brought the subject of the defective ventilation of the council chamber again before the committee, and moved that a sub-committee b e appointed to consider what would be the best to be d on e in the matter. He brought the subject before the council about three years ago, but the alteration that took place in consequence of his representation at that time, so far from being an improvement, was the reverse. During the last summer, the unhealthiness of the atmos phere of the chamber, during the sittings of the council, could not have been-surpassed by that of the Black-hole of Calcutta, and as summer was again approaching, he thought that steps should at once be taken to introduce the subject to the notice of the council. He would, therefore, move that a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. S, Holme, Sheil, Halbead, Tinne, Crosthwaitc, M‘Guffle, and himself, be appointed to consider the matter, and suggest a remedy if it met with the approval of the council. Mr. Tinne concurred with Mr. Gladstone, as to the unhealthiness of the chamber, as at present arranged, and said that he would hail with pleasure any alteration which would remedy the inconvenience. Some of the committee thought that the other mem bers of the council might think that they were going outside their province in suggesting any remedy, until the matter had been first referred to them, but Mr. Glad stone explained that he merely wished the committee fully to introduce the matter to the council, and to be guided by its instructions. The subcommittee was then appointed. This concluded the general business. COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY' B~FOR SEPIL POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) CCRCHOD V. WoODHEAD AND EMIDY.—This was an action brought by Mr. John Henry Curchod, proprietor of the queen's lintel, Lime-street, against Mr. Wood head, lessee of the large room adjoining, known as the Freemason's-hall, and Mr. Emidy, a well known orchestra conductor. The action was brought to recover £2O as damages f►r a nuisance caused to the plaintiff in last December through the defendant's having carried on music and dancing every night in the Freemason's Hall as a casino. The circumstances of the action were precisely similar to those of an action brought last year by Mr. Curchcd against Mr. Smith, who then occupied the F as a casino, in which the plaintiff got a verdict. The damages were alleged to arise from the fact that the noise of the music and dancing being kept up to a late hour every night, rendered a coffee room of the plaintiff's, which was immediately under the Freemason's-hall, perfectly useless, as well as several bedrooms adjoining hall. The public are aware that the Queen's Hotel and the Freemason's-hall may be described as one large building. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Blaekhurst for the defence. Evidence was given by Mr. Curchod himself, and by waiters in his establishment to show the amount of inconvenience and damage caused by the dancing and music, in rendering his coffee-room and some of his bed rooms untenantable, shaking down the plaster from the ceilings, .as was deposed on the occasion of the former trial. Evidence was also given of the service upon Mr. Woodh tad, of a copy of the injunction issued from the Court of Chancery, against having the hall used so as to continue the nuisance. It appeared that the document produced was a machine copy of the notice, and Mr. Blackhurst maintained that some of the judges had ruled, that a machine copy was not Consi dered correct, unless it was shown to have been com pared wiTh the original from which it was struck off. The document, however, not being produced, the witness was allowei to state what its contents were. Detective officer Sullivan deposed, that during the week in ques tion, he went into the casino about nine o'clock at night. Two or three couples were dancing, and music was being played. On entering, he saw a young man at the door who demanded a shilling. Witness told him that he was a police-officer, and asked who was the proprietor of the rooms, which the young man declined telling laim. He asked who was tile band master, but the young man would not tell him. When going down the stairs, he saw Mr. Woodhead, who asked what he wanted: Witness said he was a police officer, upon which Mr. Woodhead said that did not matter, for that was a place of public amusement, and he must pay. Witness did pay is for himself, and is for a party with him. He asked the musicians who was the band master, but they would not tell him. He came to the rooms again about half-past eleven o'clock, and found five or six couples dancing, and the band still playing. He went into the orchestra, and saw Mr. Emidy then standing in the front and playing a violin. Witness stated that he was ordered by Major Greig to make the enquiries in re ference to that business and also to something else. In answer to Mr, Blackhurst the witness stated that he could not swear he had actually naid the money into Mr. Woodhead's hand, but that he paid it either to him or the young man, and that Mr. Woodhead had demanded it of him. The plaintiff's c tie was closed. His Honour stated that there was no case whatever against Mr. Etuidy, whose name was accordingly removed from the action. Mr. Blackhurst contended that Mr. Woodhead was not the tenant of the room at the time or in any nay responsible. Thomas Bagshaw was called and deposed that about the 10th of December last he took the reams called the Freemasons' -hall from Mr. Woodhead. Fre occupied them a few days after Christmas. :is dancing-rooms. He :weed to pay ;I r. \7oodhead 101 a week. Mr. Woodlien I had nothing to do with the con cern at the time except to receive his rent Cross examined by Mr. Aspinall: I ant a chemist and druggist. I have been up to that time employed by Mr. Woodhead as a demonstrator. Mr. Aspinall : A demon strator! what is that, may I ask ? Witness: lam a demonstrator and I take the cash. Mr. Aspinall : Oh, you are a demonstrator who takes the cash. Then a demonstrator means a person who takes cash (laughter) ? Mr. Blackhurst : No, he does not say that, he says he also takes the cash. Mr. Aspinall : Well, but what it the meaning of a demonstrator? Witness : Well, I describe the models in the museum. [The public are probably aware that Mr. Woodhead occupied the Freemasons' Hall fora considerable time as an anatomical gallery.] Cross-examination continued : I was employed by Mr. Woodhead as demonstrator and cash taker in the rooms up to the 10th of December. I then took the rooms and kept them open for dancing. After Christmas, I re-engaged with Mr. Woodhead, and became cash taker and demonstrator again. I had no lense of the premises, and I got no receipt. I never kept a dancing room before. Ido not know that anybody was present when I made the arrangement with Mr. Woodhead to become proprietor of the rooms. Ido not know that anybody was ever present when I paid him any rent. Mr. Wood head was not in the habit of attending in the rooms every night. He was in Yorkshire the greater part of the time the rooms were open, but he happened to be there the night that detective officer Sullivan came. Ido not remember getting any money from Mr. Woodhead to pay the band, but I will not swear it. Ido not remember HEALTH COMMIT TE E.—YEbTERDAY. • usual weekly Meeting or this committee was held at The usual weekly meetineof this committee was held the„ l , ithei.7K, yesterday, Mr. Francis Shand in the chair. at half-past two o'clock yesterday, in the council chamber, Mr. Langsdate in the chair. b °' 4, r members present were, Messrs. Brocklebank, Town-hall, 1311Itttlicktl, Palmer, Gregson, James Holme, Mondell, Barber, Other members present—Messss. J. Holme, J. A. Tinne, Robertson rGladstone, M‘Guffie, Crostliwaite, w;a_b.ueßacaltt,hßboonbee,rtson Gladstone, Rounthwaite, Robinson, Shell, Johnson, Halhead, A. Stewart, and Haydock. inn., Anderson, Lockett, and Evans. HE ALTIY OF THE TOWN. n341'1110 committee reported that the bell beacon The Medical Officer of Health reported that in the iv tis r , ' 4 foul o' and dragged from its mooring, and dam- week ending last Saturday, there was an increase in ed by th the mortality of the borough, in consequence of the cold t ell .._ e screw' Semaphore on Sunday last, at weather which prevailed from the 29th January to the t oici P e T The other beacon was at once put in its place, sth inst., inclusive. The deaths from all causes were which' the taken for the repairs of the injured one, for 240, being 36 more than in the previous week, but sit ttie t ,„ be c ommittee will claim from the Semaphore the less than the corrected average of the same week of the Tit of outlay. thA preceding eight years. In the parish there were 176 fa deb _ er e i gr du a r m iti ly g was the past of the diurnal rise and fall of' deaths and in the out-townhips 64. The increased past year, from the tide guage at Hil- Mortality was almost exclusively from diseases of . the 44 tides alld Geore• - e's"Pier: It appeared there were lungs, which caused 98 deaths, against . 75 !Attie previous whi c h ; 8 Burin George the year plus, and 95 minus, and - 15 week. From diseases of the 2yrilotte class the deaths % 111245r,eed with, Holden's tables. ' The greatest rise was were the same In number as in the previous week A. let ter a l Of October, being 29 feet. namely 51. Of these there were from hopping-cough 1 Gated le , was read from Messrs. James Baines and Co,s scarlatina 16, diarrhoea 6, measles 2:(being 1 4 . 1 tdth p e „ hruary, requesting, that as their packets for six months previously), typhus 2, sreall-p kail s °ll L'le sth of each month for Australia with the l)ri : unde r co vaccinated. The mortality' 'from fever is °"t Y in tb contract, the committee would grant them unusually low, only l 5 deaths (from typhus fever, gastric k r. r e use of the graving docks. el,e,,y a44oekett said the sub-committee would give them fever, &c.) having been rei. •st - ered durinv the last four °I; but ,ttnriodation which circumstances would admit weeks—a lower mortality from l fever licensedthan has been pre , /iii.. t ry Could not grant any special privilege to them. viously recorded in Liverpoo . A victualler .d the tbailanblitl: have 'rather a claim as they carry They .. died from delirium tremens, and a married fema,e, age aN k a. jet sue 01 ' 37, from ~ the long continued use of opium." The tem. tk a irman : We give them every advantage we can, peraturc in the early part of the week was about six uere oorta , m ay be others whose eiroumStances are as degrees below the average, but it afterwards increased, i. 'rocs as their Pr' • 'rock' 0. ".'• and on Saturday was almost 13 degrees above it. The l vile ße ~ ebank did not think they should get a special hori z o n t a l moti on of the air averaged 426 miles daily. Ar r. b oecanse they carried the mails. The Is f atl kitt :Wedoso in the case of M'lver's vessels. . A fatal case of scarlatina, which occurred in the re tensist Olairman : I fancy we assist them as far as we can, gisteredße lodging_house of Patrick 11.1‘Donough, _ . 37, The I t l l tlY with all circumstances. gent-street, not having been reported to the medical letatter then dropped. officer as required by the bye-lan, proceedings were w ith r e eP was read from Messrs. It: W. Preston & Co. ordered to be taken against him. kid r ef : r a r rd to the charges on rum in the transit sheds, t ,.4 let te .e f lit to the warehouse committee. ~ , ie t h o u rem Messrs. Wilson, Son, and Church, as to "°tlt, Was ges upon mineral waters lying in' the Albert th it *4 also referred to the warehouse committee. e . 11 ocated that the expenses of the police force for the `4 4 arter wal e ending last December, left £617 Bs. Bd. due to This .7 1 committee. ' va ' S the whole of the general business. LICE; .;.------- NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1856. getting two £5 notes from Mr. Woodhead, but I will not swear did not. Witness, after some hesitation, said— I did receive two £5 notes; I paid the band with that tnoney. A woman, who was employed in the refresh ment rooms attached to the hall ; was examined ; and deposed that Mr. BaErslia* was the person who employed her and paid her her wages, and that she did not receive any instructions or orders from Mr. W.oodbead. Mr. Woodhead was himself examined, and deposed that he let the rooms to Mr. Bagshaw in the manner which had been stated by that witness, and he denied that he had anything to do with them whi!e they were used as a dancing room. In reply to Mr. Aspinall, lie stated that he was aware of the action brought against Mr. Smith, and that proceedings were taken resp ec ti ng it i n Chan cery. He said he id not believe he was doin:T anything wrong in letting the rooms for dancing purposes, and added that he considered he himself was " an injured man all the way through." The defendant's case here closed. Mr. Aspina:l replied to the evidence, and con tended that if any letting of the premises by Mr. Wood head to Mr. Bagshaw had taken place at all, it was clearly only a fictitious letting for the purpose of evading the consequences. His Honour said he was of Opinion that in this case Mr. Woodhead was shown to be liable. If he had not let the premises to Mr. Bag- shave then lie was immediately liable in point of law, according to the decision which his Honour had given in the former action, which decision had not been appealed against, although it might have been appealed against, and to which he still adhered. The same view of the case had been taken; as he was aware, by the Vice-Chancellor here. Mr. Blackhurst said the Vice- Chancellor had directed an issue to be tried at the coming assizes. His Honour said the Vice-Chancellor told him that he would never have directed such an issue if he had been aware of the real facts, and the way the case came before that court. The issue might have teen tried by " in that court, just as well as by a jury in St. s-hall. The vice-chancellor, however, was not aware that a case could be tried in that court by a jury, and, therefore, he thought it well that the case should go before a jury elsewhere. His Honour continued—He adhered to the principle, that in this case, the defendant would be liable if he had not let the premises to Mr. Bagshaw, having carefully considered the question, and satisfied his own mind as to the state of the law. 't'he question now arose, whether Mri Woodhead would be liable if he had let the premises during the week begin ning the 12th of December, to Mr. Bagshaw. Now, even if he had so let the premises, his Honour was of opinion that he was still liable. He had not only let the premises knowing the purpose for which they were to be occupied, but the evidence showed that he himaeT wag actually present, at least, tipon :one Odeasion, and took part in the arrangements, inasmuch as he demanded money from a person resorting there. It was not denied that Mr. Woodhead himself required money to be paid by the officer. Whether the money was actually paid to him, or to his undertenant in his presence, in his Honour's view of the case, mattered very little, because his per sonal interference and requirement of the money, showed that he was an active partielpatdr in the mariner in which the premises were used. Hut he thought it could not be doubted—in fact, the contrary was scarcely asserted even by the defendant himself,—that he had let the rooms to Mr. Bagshaw, for the purpose of dancing and music, and that such dancing and music were then carried on ; and if he did so, and if he knew the pur pose for which Bagshaw was going to apply the premises and permitted him so to use them, and when especially , he was himself present and a participator on some occa sions, it appeared to his Honour, according to the tenor of the law, that the defendant was personally liable, although Bagshaw was his undertenant. Ilia Jlonotir cited some cases in which a lessee was held liable when he let premises fof the continuance of a nuisance and re ceived rent as a consideration for its continuance. These cases, he continued to say, seemed very clearly to enforce the principle, that if a party let his premises to another for the purpose of using them in such a way as to cause a nu ;ante to a neighbOur, he would be liable, and would not get rid of his liability by putting the other under him as an under-tenant. But if it were the law generally, it was 'greatly strengthened when the lessee himself inter fered personally and participated, so to speak, in the use of the premises. If he was wrong in his opinion he could be set right by an appeal to the court above. He was of opinion, therefore, that Mr. Woodhead, in point of law, having let the place for the purposes :of a Glancing room and a music saloon, and having been present and t a k en part in the proceedings, was liable for the acts of his undertenant. Mr. Aspinall asked that his Honour should give an opinion upon the character of the letting:, as it might be important in case of further proceed ings. His Honour said he found as a matter of fact that the so-called letting was a colorable letting, made for the purpose of evading any obligations or penal ties to which the use of the room would subject the occu pier. Inasmuch as he could not shut his eyes to the fact that this was an attempt to evade the distinct decision of two courts of competent jurisdiction, the Vice-chancellor's court which granted an injunction, and his own decision, he thought he was now bound to give more than mere nominal damages. He had hoped that further proceedings would have been prevented upon the former occasion by giving a small sum as damages, but pronouncing a verdict which would show that if the case came before him again he would put a stop to what he held to be a clear case of nuisance to the proprietor of the Qaeen's Hotel. He should calculate it at two guineas a-day for seven days, and give a verdict for fourteen guineas. If it went abroad that persons who went to that hotel were to be subjected at the pleasure of the person next door to the extreme annoyance inflicted by such dancing and music close by, there could be no doubt that it must operate to prevent persons from going to the hotel who otherwise would -.. The :actual inconvenience to the ants of the hotel, and the occupiers might be con ..fable, but the character which the hotel itself might ;et as being a noisy and uncomfortable plate, must cause vary great injury, and if persons knew that they would be subjected at the choice of the proprietor of the adja cent house at any time to such proceedings, it could not but inflict permanent injury upon the character of the Georg ye recourse to it hotel. His Honour then gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum he had named and costs [We believe, that • _ steps were subsequently taken for having th e matter arranged by the defendant paying the costs, and under- . , taking . that the nuisance should be discontinued during ' Mr. Curchod's occupation of the premises.] SPRUCE v. SIMPSON.—This was au action in which a horse was the sole point in dispute, and, as is usually the case, it occupied much of the time of the court. The evidence given on either side was very contradictory. In this case the claim was for the balance of the price of a horse. John Spruce was the plaintiff, and William Simp son was the defendant. On the 11th of Dec. the plaintiff sold the defendant a grey horse for £l9, upon which he paid £5, with the understanding that the balance was to be paid within ten days. provided the horse suited. In two or three days after it was discovered that the horse did not suit, and a notice was sent to the defendant. stating that the horse was of no use, and requesting to be repaid back the £5 he had paid, and unless such was done he should sell the horse to defray the expenses. On the same day a man in the defendant's employ went to take the horse away, but the plaintiff refused to let him go until he was paid the .e 5, the result of which was that the horse had been resold, and this action was brought to recover the loss thus sustained. His Honour said the whole case resolved itself on the terms of a conversation which had taken place between the defendant and the witness who had been called for the plaintiff, and taking all the cir cumstances of the case into consideration, he should give a verdict for the defendant. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. The statistical section of this society met in St. George's Hall last night. Mr. Dawson occupied the chair in the early part of the evening, and Dr. Thom subsequently. The minutes of the last night's meeting were read. Dr. flume announced several valuable donations since the last night of meeting. The principal were from the Smithsonian Institution, of Washington, United States, among which was a work entitled, The Antiquities of Wis consin, as Surveyed and Described, by .1. A. Laphan, Esq.. C.E., a quarto volume, with fifty-five plates and numerous woodcuts, dated 1855. The eighth and ninth annual Reports of the Smithsonian Society for 1854 and 1855, as well as the publications of several learned societies and periodicals in the library of the Smithsonian Institution, were among the donations. Dr. Hume also mentioned havtng received two conies of a pamphlet, entitled A Few Answers to the Arguments put forward by the Speakers at the Great Meeting in St. George's Hall, &c., extracted from the Liverpool press. Dr. flume remarked that as a matter of course the Society was not bound by the opinions ex pressed in this pamphlet, which they were happy to re ceive. Dr. Hume drew attention to a very splendidly illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography, with an introductory notice by Dr. N. Shaw, Secretary to the Royal Geu e ;raphical Society, published by Messrs. Ful larten, of London. Dr. Hume announced that the eighth volume of the Transactions of the Society, was already in the press, and was going forward with great rapidity. Mr. Gann presented, through Mr. Burke, a copy of Thomas Shadwell's comedy of The Ilumourists. Th e volume bore date 1671, and had the author's dedication— " To the most illustrious Princess, Margaret Duchess of Newcastle." The work also bore the following autograph —" Henry, Duke of Newcastle, his book, 1676." Ihe volume was in excellent preservation, and well bound, having been in the library of the Duke of Newcastle. Dr. Thom laid some information before the society, relative to the celebration of the Preston Guild every 20 years. The principal business of the evening was a paper by Mr. T. V. Danson upon the present position and progress during the past half century of the Manchester district of Lancashire anti Cheshire. Mr. Danson having on a for mer occasion taken a similar view of Liverpool and the towns immediately around it, occupied himself last night with Manchester and sixteen towns of which Manchester is, by its importance, although not exactly by physical position, the centre. He illustrated the position of these towns, and the character of the towns around them, by diagrams, and took a rapid survey of their early history. He described by a variety of highly interesting statistics the gradual increase of population in the towns he had selected, with their comparative progress and present density. It would not be possible for us in any condensed form to give even the leading particulars of these statis tics, which we believe Mr. Danson intends to publish in a permanent form. conversation upon the principal topics touched on by Mr. Danson followed, and concluded the business of the night. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.) HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY, The House met at five o'clock. THE FERAJOY PEERAGE. The Earl of DERBY called attention to the case of the res tored title of Baron Fermov, which he contended was i rre • gular. The Earldomof O'Neill had become extinct since the present Government came into power; also the Marquisato of Thoniond, and Barony of Inchiquin, yet the principle upon which the Government acted was contrary to the intention of the act which intended to reduce the number of Irish peerages down to 100. He wished to know now what course her Majesty's Government intended to take to settle the inter pretation of the act relating to this subject, which he con sidered to be in a most unsatisfactory state. Earl GnAtivILLE said the government, with the advice of the law officers of the Crown, proposed to refer those cases generally to the Committee of Privileges. He considered there was no analogy whatever between the cases of Lord Wens'evdale and Baron Fermoy. After a few remarks in reply from the Earl of Einamr, Lord BROUGHAM, the Earl of DESART, and Lord CAMPBELL, tho subject dropped. TRIAL OF OFFENCES BILL This Bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THIIRSDAY The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. PETITIONA, Mr. LocKE KING presented a petition from Slurry, praying for an amendment and the consolidation of the Statute Law. Mr. FERGUSON presented a petition from the corporation of Carlisle against the County and Borough Police Bill. A large number of petitions were presented against the opening of the Crystal Palace and British Museum on Sun• days, including several from Liverpool, and one from Claugh ton, in Cheshire, which were presented by Mr. IionsFALL. Mr. W. BROWN presented similar petitions from the inha bitants of the town of Liverpool. TETE DANISH SUCCESSION. On the motion of Mr. HtJTT , an address to her Majesty was agreed to for copies of any depatches received by her Majesty's Government in the years 1852 and 1853 from the Government of St. Petersburg, relative to the succession of the Emperor of Russia to the crown of Denmark; and, of the protocol of Warsaw relative to the Danish succession, and of the renewal of that document by Russia in 1852. THE CRIMEAN REfORTi Mr. LAYARD gave notice that this day fortnight he should move a resolution to the effect that the House had observed with regret that those officers whose conduct in their respective departments had been shown, by the report of the Crimea n commission of inquiry, to have occasioned great and unneces sary suffering and losses, had received honours and rewards from her Majesty, or been appointed td, and still holding, res ponsible offices in the public service. AUS FRALtAN HAIL. Mr. BAXTER asked the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department if her Majesty's Government are taking steps to re-establish steam communication between this country and the Australian colonies; and if not, what are the obstacles which prevent them doing so? Mr. LABOUCIIERE Was in hopes that the Government had al ready taken steps which would prove effectuql for placing the postal communication in the Australian Colonies on a satisfac tory footing, and permanent basis. The details of the arrangements were fully explained in a treasury minute which had just been issued. WEST INDIA MAILS Mr. LINDSAY asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if he had received a memorial from certain inhabitants of British Guiana complaining of great irregularities in the con veyance of the mails between this country and our West Indian Possessions, and praying for an inquiry into the same ? If this memorial has been received, and what steps, if any, have been taken to ensure for the future the regular perform ance of the contract entered into by the West Indian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company: And, if the Secretary of the Colonies would lay the memorial, with any correspondence bearing upon it, on the table of the house? LABOUCiIERE said such a memorial had been received, and there would be no objection to produce it, as well as the correspondence which had taken place on the subject. The irregularity complained of had mainly arisen from the circumstance that the Government had been compelled to take the larger ships of the company for the transport service. He understood however that since September last the West India postal communication had been performed with regu larity. RUSSIAN TRADE, Mr. JOSEPH EWART asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether it will be lawful to despatch British ships with cargoes to Russian ports during the armistice which is about to be concluded ; and, in that case, would articles contraband of war, sueh as brimstone, lead, and saltpetre, be exempt from such permissions of shipping ? If the sailing of British ships be unlawful, might Foreign ships be chartered tor the purpose; or whether the blockade of Russian ports will be soon reestab lished ? Lord PALMERSTON said, Sir, the only answer I c9n make to the question is this, I should recommend those who con template engaging in such trade to wait until they see if an armistice is concluded, and what is the nature, and what the conditions of it. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) FIRE INSURANCES. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said he had been told that a Fire In surance Company bad been established in this country, whose central office was located in France, and who held out the inducement to insurers that, by insuring i❑ their office, they would escape the policy and insurance duty paid on insurances effected in English offices. lie wished to know from the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention had been called to the subject, as it affected English Insurance Com panies, or the revenue ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his attention had been called to the subject with reference to the Assur ance -office called La France, established in France. He believed that as yet no evasion of duty had taken place which deserved notice, but his attention had been directed to the subject, and should he find it necessary, for the pur pose of protecting the revenue, to submit any measure to the House on the subject, he should not fail to do so should he see that circumstances called for it. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA In answer to Mr. BAXTER, Mr. LABOUCHERE said, that in a short time a satisfactory and permanent steam communication would be established between England and Australia, the expense being paid half by England and half by the colony. OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON. Sir F. KELLY moved for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate the statute laws relating to offences against the person. The hon. and learned gentleman explained that this was the first of a series of bills to consolidate the statute law, and he hoped that by it he should accomplish that whi c h ot h ers had failed in. He proposed to subdivide and classify the statutes into the whole of the subjects comprised within their enablements ; to repeal all the statutes relating to any one given subject, and then to re-enact the wh o l e statute laws relating to that one subject into one part. Then, instead of the statute law filling forty volumes, and comprising twenty thousand acts of parliament, without orde r , c l ass ifi cat i on, or arrange ment, the law would be simplified, made easy of reference, and would abbreviate the necessity for dependence upon . a text book. The task was on e o f great difficulty, but!nth the assistance of the House, and of the statute commission, he was prepared to undertake it. It would, of coarse, be some time before these consolidations could be effected, and he must ask the forbearance of Irish members while he first dealt with the English law. Immediately after, he would proceed with the classification of the laws of Ireland and Scotland. If, however, repre.. sentatives of Ireland and Scotland, anxious for the speedy improvement of their statutes, would bring in measures for the purpose, he promised them his best assistance. Beyond classification, he promised to remove from the statute book obsolete and expired acts, of which latter, he believed there would be found, relating is revenue, four or five volumes, of a thousand pages each, and, by these means, he was of opinion that the statute book would be diminished to one fourth of its present extent. He contemplated, if his efforts in the consolidation of the statute laws were successful, to bring to the notice of Parliament at, the earliest opportunity, a scheme for the control of future legi s l a ti on . Th e cost o f t h e legislation he now pro posed would be about £5O to I:100 for each consolidation act, and a great saving to the country would be thereby effected, when he mentioned the fact that two acts of Par liament alone—the County Courts Act, and the Common Law Procedure Act—saved the country more than a million a-year. He did not anticipate much opposition to :his plan for consolidating the law. The hon. and learned gentleman con c l u d e d by moving for leave to bring in the bill. Lord STANLEY seconded the motion. He had never heard any objecti on t o th e p l ans 'proposed by his learned friend, and he was sure that energy and perseverance would not be wanting it to carry it out. The noble Lord touched upon the advantages likely to accrue from such a system of consolidation , and to show how it would operate, remarked that he had found nine separate acts with distinct heads upon one subject. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that the plan was the same as that suggested by the Statute Law Com mission, and he was not awa*e that the right hon. and learned] member (Sir F. Kelly) was to be considered as the organ in that House of the Commission, of which they were both members. He did not approve of the plan in question. He thought a comprehensive measure was required. He did not think the plan could be carried out in as short a time as the honourable and learned member seemed to be believe it could; on the contrary he was of opinion it would take two centuries to deal with the first part of the project, and the laws of Ireland would be left till doomsday. He was for dealing at once with the question in a bold and comprehensive manner; to prepare a sketch or:plan of the whole law of England ; to divide it into its various departments, to subdivide it into chapters and under separate heads, lad Luture regtstation, he thought it woul ensured by publishing from time to time at fixed i the then state of the statute laws. Mr. L. Krso supported the measure- R. course. AINES also s Leave was they given to bring in the bill. Sir F, KELLY also obtained leave to bring in a bill to consolidate the laws relating to bills of exchange and pro missory notes. THE IRISH JUDGES. Sir J: SHELLEY moved for a return of the date of the call to the Bar of , the Judges of the superior. Courts of Common Law in Ireland, the 'date of their - respective appointments as Judges, the number of times each had been absent the whole of any assize, or if absent during a part only, stating what part, and the reason (if any) of leave giyen for such absence also in how many and in what instances substitutes 'Ave been appointed by the Crown to preside at any assizes, or any portion thereof, in the absence of any such Judge. The hon. member stated that his object in making the motion was to call attention to the fact that certain Judges in Ireland from age or other causes, were unable to attend to their duties and functions. He alluded particularly to the case of Baron Pennefather, who was blind, and it .was shocking to think that one who could not take a note- should try pers)ns for their lives and characters. • Mr. KENNEidt Mored that the words "in Ireland" be omitted from the motion. Mr. NAPIER had thought that some member of the Government would have risen to reply to the attack of the hon. baronet upon the Irish Judges. What were the motives which led to this motion 7 Was it a wish to drive them from the Bench because they were opposed to the existing Government ? In reference to Baron Penne father, he was still an active man, and out of 35 years', during which he had been upon the bench, he had only been absent one circuit and part of another. Sir G GREY observed that the right hon. and learned gentleman had made unwarrantable assumptions with re gard to the feeling of the Government towards the Irish bench, and the relative positions of the hon. member who introduced the motion of the Government. Mr. DISRAELI opposed, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the motion. After some remarks from Mr. S. Wortley. Mr. George ; Mr. A. Bruce, Mr. R. Ferguson, and Mr. J. Phillitnore, who opposed the motion, LorifPALmEitsTorf itai'd that Mr. Napier had attempted to withdraw the attention of the House from the motion before them, and convert it into a personal movement. The noble Lord supported the motion at some length. Sir G. SHELLEY then replied, and the House divided on Mr. Kennedy's amendment. The numbers were—For the amendment, 120; against it, 134; majority, 14. A division immediately followed on the original ques tion, the numbers being—For the motion, 132; against it, 121 ; majority, 11. The House then adjourned at half-past 12 o'clock. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY --4- (BEFORE MR H. SMITH.) THE ABUSE Or A PeKER —A wild-looking fellow named John Doran, was charged by a policeman, who said, on Wednesday evening he saw the prisoner in Bevington-hill ; he was drunk and shouting fnriously. Ile had a poker in his hand, with which he was smashing the wind )ws in the houses as he went along; and when the constable arrested him, the prisoner he said, thinking his head a piece of trans parent sand, was very near letting daylight through it with the aforesaid poker. (Laughter.) The prisoner called on a number and variety of unseen spirits to be his witnesses, but there was "no appearance" put in, and then the prisoner declared he was in a state of ,4 obseubilation," He was fined ss. STEALING A SILVER SrooN.--A respectable-looking vovng female, named Margaret M'Cullagh, residing in Copperas-hill, was charged with having stolen a silver spoon from the house of Mrs. Selina Brooks, No. 1, Elliott street. Mr. Bl uc k appeared for the prisoner, and asked police officer 225, w h o had her in custody, if he knew her ? and he replied, I do well. Mr. Black :Is she respectable ? Officer : She is highly .respectable. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner is a dressmaker and well connected ; she had gone with a dress to the prosecu trix's servant, and had been in the kitchen whilst tea was being got ready, and the silver spoons were on the table. The prisoner was left in the kitchen for a short time, and after she went away a spoon was missed. She was followed and brought back by a police officer, but the spoon was not found upon her; it was subsequently found near the back door of the house, in the yard. Mr Black urged that there was not sufficient evidence, against the prisoner, and his worship concurring, discharged her. FEMALE " GAROTTERS ! "—Two - stout, smart, and rather well looking females, named Mary Jones and Martha Davis, apparently about eighteen years of age, were brought up on the :following charge. A handsome young lady, named Mary M'Culloch, stated that, in company of another lady, she went, on Wednesday evening, to the shop of Mr. Stafford, Great Georges-street, to get her watch, which was being repaired. The prisoners went at the window of the shop at the time and saw what was passing inside. The complainant put the witch in her pocket, and was proceeding with her friend homeward, when soon after leaving the shop, the prisoners came up, one at each side of her, and seized her by the dress, at the same the prisoner, who was next the pocket in which the watch was, attempted to get it out. With the assistance of her friend she shook off the prisoner, who for a moment disappeared. On going into Seel-street the prisoner again attacked her— one caught her by the throat, whilst the other seized her by the pocket, and attempted to abstract the watch. She again struggled with them, while her friend called for the po ice, who came up and secured the prisoners. The watch and chain were hanging out of her pocket when the police came up. The prisoners, who, in the most impudent manner denied the statement, were remanded. SMUGGLING.—Captain Juan de Ventura, the commander of a Spanish ship (not named), which arrived in the river from Havana, on Wednesday, was charged by a Custom house officer with having attempted to smuggle 1-Ilbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco. Signor Francisco Tomasa, the Spanish interpreter, acted in the case between the par ties: The tobacco was found in the prisoner's hat, and he was fined £1 Is., the value, which he at once paid, and was discharged. (BEFORE AIR. ➢fANSFIELD.) IMPORTANT.--His worship, in tho course of the morning sittings, remarked that he h a d rece i ve d f rom M r. Cl oug h an important document, being a report in respect to the fami lies of juvenile offenders in Liverpool. He would look over the document carefully, and in a day or two would perhaps make a statement that would be of great importance to the public in respect to that class of offenders. ASSAULT.—A respectable looking person, named Samuel Braid, described as a publican and lodging-house keeper, residing in Frederick-street, was charged by a person named Edward M'Gunnell with having violently assaulted him. Mr. Bluck was for the complainant, and Mr. Grimmer for the defendant. The complainant's face was considerably mangled with wounds and sticking-plaister, and his head bound with bandages. His story was, that he went with a sailor, who had lodged at the defendant's house, to get his trunk, and pay £2 due to the defendant. When at the house he gave the £2, and demanded the trunk. The de fendant said there was 15s. more due by the sailor, but this the latter denied. Some words then took place, and as the complainant alleged, the defendant struck him a violent blow in the face with his fist, which cut him, and then he ran into the bar, put on a " knuckles," with which he inflicted several severe wounds on the face and head of the complainant. This was corroborated by the sai'or. For the defence Mr. Grimmer produced some witnesses, who gave a conflicting account of the transaction, but all agreed as to the assault. It wait, however, alleged that the complainant struck first. Mr. Mansfield said but for the conflicting statements made, he would have sent the defendant for trial, as it was a case he would prefer having tried by a jury. If he had been satisfied that the defendant used the cowardly and d'ngerous weapon called the " knuckles," and that the wounds were inflicted by it, he would at once send the case before a jury. The case was a serious one, and he would remand the defendant to this day, in order to have a doctor's description and opinion of the wounds. Ile would, however, allow the defendant out on his own recogniz ance o f 450 to appear this day. with this skeleton to place each under one particular head. Nevertheless, he would not oppose the measure which was a first step to the settlement of ' a great questiott, brit give all the assistance in his power to enable Sir F. Kelly to carry it through that House. Mr. S. WORTLEY concurred in the measure proposed by Sir F. Kelly, and had observed that, had the Right Hon. and learned Member taken such a bold step as that suggested by the Attorney-General, he would not have been able to get the House to assent to it. Mr. J. G. PRILLIMORE advocated the drawing up of a code for England, assuring hon. members, that they would meet with less difficulty in such an undertaking, than was experienced in France, when the " code Napoleon " was framed. Sir G. GREY supported the measure. He could not agree with the Attorney-General, that it would have been advisable to introduce at once, a more extensivo scheme than . that proposed by the hon. and learned g e ntleman, (Sir F. Kelly,) as there would have been found more difficulties in the way of its passing. With regard to the difficulty the of codification . _in way .er vals, wouta De good if they topped at once at consolidation and good if th e y went on to codi fi cation, as it would sim , plify the statutes, and render codification less difficult to accomplish, than it would be if they at once adopted that Mr. 111‘111AnoN accorded his thanks to the hon. and learned gentleman for introducing the subject, and promised his support to the measure before the House. With respect to Ireland, he was of opinion that the best course was, to remove all laws that were peculiarly appli cable to Ireland, and to legislate for both countries The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained the course taken by the Attorney-General and himself in the statute law com mission, and expatiated upon the advantages which they believed the plan generally referred to that evening by the Attorney-General possessed, over that suggested by :he other members of the commission, lie was glad, however, to find that there was every chance of a bene ficial aniendbient In the statute book before the proroga tion of Parliament. ORMSKIRK The weekly meeting of the board of guardians for the Ormskirk Union, was held yesterday : The guardians present were, Mr. W. G. Tinsley (in the chair), Mr. Lenaker, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Jenkinson, Mr. Stoner, Mr. Howard, and Mr. Mercer. The journal of the master of the workhouse reported that the number of paupers in the house last week was 93, number admitted 6, discharged 3, remaining in the house 95. The number of paupers receiving out-door relief was reported as follows : able-bodied 120, not able-bodied 232, children 329. The amount of out-door relief in money was £29 6s 9d, and in kind XI Is 4id. The balance in the treasurer's hands was stated to be £3,253 5s 84(1. Mr. Stoner called the attention of the board to this balance; and reminded the meeting that a sum of £2,200 odd of that balarce would have to be paid to the countyr. r county • rates next ther sum of i one loan .an d the VinterestvofVtou another.equire He d •qgested that the guardians for Ormskirk, North her townships of ti nion, should be that, unless they hursdly, their names ) the county treasurer ss defaulters. adopted. In the treasurer's book there lid an entry of £249 Os 7d, to the credit of Ormskirk. receipt of this sum was explained as having been ied by the exertions of Mr, Stoner, in this way It appeared that a young woman, who had been an inmate of the Lancaster Lunatic Asllum, 'since 1840, in 1844 became entitled to the proceeds of a sum of money which was invested in the hands of trustees, for the benefit of .ed to inform tt spective overseers by next zzestion herself and others. The trustees had retained the interest, to which the lunatic was annually entitled. On dioovering this, Mr. Stoner had called upon the trustees to make good the outlay the township of Ormskirk had incurred for her maintenance, and, for that purpose, the Boni namel 049 Os 7d, had been' r red. There 'till the three Tears maintenance, co about £6O, with interest, unpaid. This bad been demanded, and the next of kin were willing to pay it: Mr. Stoner proposed to act as trustee for the town. ship, so that in future they should be indemnified the cost of maintaining the lunatic, and at his decease, the property would be divided among those entitled to it by law. A letter was read from the Rev. W. Tattock, of Barkes Lane, near Halifax, offering to resign his present engage ment for the chaplaincy of the union poor house, and also a testimonial from another clergyman in favour of Mrs. Sims, a candidate for the office' of schoolmistress of the union school. After an order had been, made for the production, by Mr. Waugh, to Mr. Stoner, of certain correspondence, for his examination and perusal, the board separated. LOCAL BOARD or HEALTII.—On. Wednesday the usual fortnightly meeting of this Board was held ; present, the Rev. John Kershaw, chairman ; Messrs. Garside, Bromley, Stoner, Winrow and Marsden. Bonds to Mrs. Ann Travis for .ClOO, and to Mrs. Ann Berry for £4OO, at 5 per cent. to be repaid in 5 years, were signed by five members, and the seal of the Board attached. It was resolved that the further consideration of improving Hant's Lane be deferred to the next meeting. That notice be given to the inspector, that unless all arrears of Local Boards and Water Rates be paid on or before Saturday, the Ist March, summonses will be issued. That the following persons be fined for breach of Bye-laws relative to common lodging houses—Lawrence Logan, 75.; John Oasey, ss. 6d. ; Anthony Goggins, 6s. ; and Patrick Moran, 4s. 6d. That notice be served on the Earl of Derby and George Yates, to pave Taylor's yard, in Aughton-street, and that the clerk should write to Mr. Duncan to press on the works at the engine house. OR MSKIRK GRAMMAR SC RooL.—Tbe Rev. John Trueman, M.A., of St. John's College Cambridge, and late Senior Assistant Master in the Grammar School, Bath, has been appointed by the governors to the Mastership of the Ormskirk Free Grammar School. TRADE REPORT.-THITRiDAY LIVERPOOL COTTON : There I been a rather quieter, but very steady market for Cotton to-day, with a fair demand, and mode rate supply, prices are firm. The sales—including 60 Per nambuco, 691 ; 20 Bahia, 61d ; 20 Maranham, 6d ; 400 Egyptian, 54d to 8d ; 1000 Surat, 4d,to 411—are reported 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 are on speculation and for export. PIG IRON: The market has been firmer to-day, and closed for warrants at 67s 6d cash, and 69s for three months open. SUGAR continues without improvement, and the transac tions are confined to 70 hhds Demerara, nt 36s 3d to 38s, and 260 mats Mauritius all faults, at 34s to 375; but 1,000 bags Pernams have b ee n t a k en a t 21 s , and 180 boxes Havana at 21s 3d per cwt in bond for export. MOLASSES, Rum, and COFFEE are still neglected. TEA is rather heavy of sale; common Congou rules about 93 to 9-13 per lb. RICE: The market remains extremely fiat, and of the different parcels offered by auction, only about 2,000 bags with all faults were sold ; since which 650 bags low broken Bengal, by private, have been placed at 1013 6d to lls per cwt. - LINSEED : We have to report 1,000 bags Calcutta, at 60s per quarter. GimniEn : 800 bales, at 153 3a to 153 61 for heated, and 15s 9d per cwt for sound. LIMA WOOD A small lot at £l6 15s per ton. LONDOIN SUGAR : The market continues dull, although exporters are buying parcels that offer at low prices. Refined brown lumps, 47s 6d. C - orrEx continues in fair demand TEA remains without alteration. SALTPETRE : Refraction 54 to 71 haft been sold in public sale at 325, which was a slight decline, Remi remains steady, but the demand is limited. CorroN : The market is active, 1,500 bales sold ; prices are id higher th an l as t week. CAssis. LIGNEA sold at rather lower prices. laorr : Scotch Pig quoted at 68s to 68s 6d. RICE : Prices are unaltered ; the demand continues limi ted. INDIGO (2nd day) : 1,200 chests passed auction, of which 650 were sold briskly at the full advance of Tuesday, except Madras, for which there were but few offers. Tir..Low : The tallow market continues firm with an upward tendency. Prices are quoted as follows :—Peters burg Y.C. on the spot, SDs ; February to March, 593; March to April, 55s mit - _ : Mr, J. E. Davis reports trade without alteration. Prime meadow hay, 95s to 100 s; superior, 105 s to 1108; inferior, 70s to 85s ; rowen, 70s to 85s ; clover, 100 s to 130 s ; second cut, 100 s to 120 s ; straw, 23s to 28s. YESTERDAY'S MARKETS. MANCHESTER CORN :At our market to-day there was little passing. Holders of Wheat were firm in demanding an advance of is toes per quarter on English, and 2d per 70 lbs on American, which checked business. Flour was held for fully last week's rates. DUBLIN CATTLE: Supply of beef and mutton rather large ; every description of beef was lower. Prime marks 5s to 103, and middling quoted 103 to 20s per head lower than late rates. Prime mutton scarce, and currencies much the same as last week. DUBLIN PIG : Well snpplied, and prices lower 2s per cwt, with a further downward tendency. The demand for England has become very inactive. Duimni Wool, : Not y much doing on a large scale. Fleece is selling at 20s to 20s 6d. Combing skin, about 17s. CORK CORN : White wheat, 37s 6d ; red, 34s ; barley, 17s ; oats, 12s 6d. CORK PROVISION : Pork. 41s 6d. CORK BUTTER: Firsts, nil; seconds, 34; thirds, 124; fourths, 162; fifths, 32; sixths, 7—no change in prices. GLASGOW CATTLE : Our market to-day was well supplied with beef and mutton, at prices about the same as last week. Best Scotch beef, 611; best Irish beef, 6d; second qnalitv, .51d to 5/d , middling and inferior, 411 to 5d per lb. Best mutton, from 5d to 61d per lb. At market—Beasts, 560; sheep, 2,800--nearly all sold. By the death of the Bishop of Carlisle, the deaneries of Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale in the county of Westmore land, of Coupland in the county of Cumberland, and of Furness and Cartmel in the county of Lancaster, have been detached from the diocese of Chester, of which they heretofore formed part, and ;are now attached to and included in that of Carlisle. Ni w SERGEANTS AT LAW. —Mr Hayes, of the Midland Circuit, Mr. Pigott, of the Oxford Circuit, and Mr. Wells, of the Norfolk Circuit, were sworn in on Tuesday s members of the degree of the Coif. before the Lord Chancellor, in his private room at the House of Lords. They afterwards presented rings, according to custom, to her Majesty, to the Lord Chancellor, and other officers. with the motto " Cedant arma togm"--a delicate allusion to the expected advent of peace. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday the Coroner held the following inquests : —On the body of a child two years and a half old, n ame d J ames G a ff ney, t h e son o f a shoemaker, been left in a court o ff Addi son - s t ree t. Th e child had left by its mother alone !a the house, on Friday last, and was burnt so dangerously that death followed. Verdict accidental death.— On the body of Mary Hampson, the child of Robert Hampson, of 17 Court, Burlington-street. This child was burnt also in the absence of its mother. V er di c t s accidental death. _------- --• BREACH - OF PROMISE OP MAnarAGE.--The Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin was crowded to excess by the fair sex on Tuesday last to hear the trial of an action for a breach of promise of marriage, brought by Mr. John Whitty, LL.D., C.E., against Miss Egerton Warburton. An application for a delay of half-an-hour was made on the part of the plaintiff by Mr. Rollestone, Q.C., vvha stated that the case having been fixed for the following morn i n g, counsel would require that time to read over portions of their briefs. At the end of the time mentioned Dir. al`Donough, Q.C., announced, on the part of the plaintiff, that the record was withdrawn. The statement that the case was withdrawn caused much disappointment among the ladies that crowded the court. The fair defendant is very highly connected.