The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

T. NE TO THE REV. W PoLLocK. A.M. Ai Jacob have executed a handsome silver salver, to be presented to the Rev. W. Pollock, by the Candidates for confirmation in St. Mark's district. AN UNGRATEFUL DAUGHTER.—Elizabeth Hindley ?' ll 9l On Wednesday, sent to prison for thrce months, for breaking open a drawer and stealing 30i., the property of tier father, a hard-working old man. 1= THE 'WRECK OF THE VICTORIA. -- It is stated that the City of Dublin Steam Company has made arrangements with the sufferers of the wreck of the Victoria steamer, Howth, which will stop further litigation. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS. —A meeting of the com missioners was held on Friday evening, for the purpose of receiving the report of a special committee appointed to frame bye-laws, but an adjournment took place. THE Earl of DERBY has undertaken the erection of a church. for the accommodation of his tenants, in the township of Treeles, Roteacre, end Warles, and the Parish of Kirkham. THE BETTING-OPEICE SWINDLE has been successfully carried on in Manchester, by parties who called them selves Elliott and Co. They set up for the Liverpool races, and, when " reckoning" day came, they decamped. CANADIAN STEAM-SHIPS. -- The screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, Captain W. Ilslev, for Quebec and tlontreal, left the Birkenhead dock on Thursday with a full largo of manufactured g00d5,228 passengers, and the mails. LIEUTENANT MAURY' will sail for Liverpool on the 23rd instant, to meet, at Bristol, in August, a meteorolo gical conference of the naval powers of Europe, to fix neon a uniform plan of observation, &c., in connection With Maury's wind and current charts.—New York paper. THE STEAMER LADV BRUNTON. Capt. Paton, arrived lit St. John's, Newfoundland, in Si days from Liverpool, me ar rived at Quebec on the 29th ultimo, in 13 days, St, 4 t ime from Liverpool, including the stoppage at T ) , tn . '"-ANcansTER STRIKES. — There have been strikes h ep v ,%,°'ls trades in Manchester, but arrangements have e , t 'ec'ed with all but the dyers, dressers, and finish demand an advance of 15 per cent, which the -, °3 "fts are very much disinclined to allow. '''uNtAsitsr BISHOPS. —It is stated that the Rev. Alex rder „ on Gos; Vice-president of St. Edward's Col- Everton, has' been appointed coadjutor Bishop of Evere o , o , l o s and lDr. Roskell, of She ffi eld, is to be the new -- " ° P of N ottingh am.. Both of these fictitious prelates are to be consecrated a t Nottingham a 41 - tAGSIA`.. , r SEIZED.—At the police-court, on Friday, r a,rig man nd Georze Davies, who had b . een ar it;'" in'tha river on boa id of the emigrant ship Gold to der, about to sa il f or A us t ra li a , wa s o r dered to be sent larb i r tl acn, on a charge of embezzling X3O-1, the property et nlaloyers, in whose service ho had been a traveller. rrrra r Petitions, °Ns ' , FLOM LIVERPOOL.—Mr. Hors . fall presented l itin ., La ns, on Tuesday, in favour of the inspection of 1 0 „ - " e iles, from the Presbytery of 'Lancashire, in col:mei -1,-_,w'-th the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in Engf tenui and from the ministers, w a rders, and members o 6 hn's Church, in this town. A la —E l'uTittio N from the Liverpool Chamber of Com %tree c • , an interview with Mr. Hubbock and Mr.'parvvard. roam stt:trvievr with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and - of 'r e d nleY of Alderley, on Wednesday, at the Board IL T a p The denotation was accompanied by the Hon. xv ' 444101 , M.P., and Mr. Korsfall, M.P. " ESLRv pointments for Liver- PW°°elat%-sTl‘TO:rill' ‘j (B ° r ls u -r us Eß w E ic 's k cc. C a hip P el, &c.): Francis A. atr . eet , &a-Sl:as Llewellyn, - Joseph Millar. - Sauth (Pitt- Gilchrist 'W* 41'24e1 Simpson, n D,D., J. James Dixo , ward N lohn Roberts 2nd. Birkenhead : Ed gardeleit,' n iamin Hellier. Liverpool Welsh (Bonn's- P Richard'Prichard, William Davies 3rd. court op en ed •PASSAGE.----The quarterly sitting - of this James an Wednesday morning last, before Edward atree4 B ! assessor, in the Sessions-bouse, Chapel- The,cause list contained twenty-three issuel and e writ o f trial. The whole were disposed of by Thurs. p os Y t "nine', with th e except i on o f one case, w hi c h was Ported till nett session. DEPARTVRE OF AVSTRALTANVESSCIS.—TWO splendid v_essels t oo k their departure from the Mersey for the o AAustralian p or t s on S aturday, namely, the Goldfinder, one Of the - "Tax Line," with 576 passengers, being- a full Alija, and the Tasmania, one of Messrs. Pdkingtou and Wilson's . " White - Star Line," with 440 passengers. The Tasmania will be suereeded by the Moore's Fort, a new vessel, and equal' to the smartest clippers afloat. Sheia now in the Salthouse Dock. THE (CuAmor or FAma.— This fi ne clipper vesse l, ikewly arrived from St. J o h n ' s Bay, has been built ex- Dresslrfor Train and Co.'s Boston line of packets, by the linilderof the - Sovereign of the Seas, Mr. Donald M‘li lier framework is of white oak, and pine planking. taeasares -223 feet in length, 44 feet in width, and tween decks. - -She can accommodate 20 cabin steerage passengers. The Char' 1 .2 y Caotain Kn tiuskisson Dor. —At the County Court, on Friday „ of Clayton-street, publican and -iron , summoued Edmund - Jones, moulder, for The 25.., the balance of an aecoznt or 3s. 6d. for drink. ^-.lv censured the man for bringing an tee and 901 cf Fame is commanded s, and is now lying on the east sideaf RATHER. HA William Jarlel ton His of , xlis honour stro lie should siv 'is. costs. ling sum, as the costs would be about him a verdict, but should only allow The plaintiff would thus I Out of pocket, notwithstanding the veraiot. Sh!!!in be about a i, , AUIVOCAL r - CONtPLINIEN TO THE BAR.—At the , I ° l3 e of a cas e h ear d at the Liverpool County Court, -on 4"da Y, his honou r , i n answer to a plea p u t i n by one-of the litigants, that he had no•counsel, remarked thatthe ° ll l7 clisadvantage which had rear ted to him f rom th at 'act -Was that" the truth had been advanced by - it-;" rather an equiveozl compliment to the gentlemen-of the bar, to the effect that if "wisdom lies in the is not always to 4 .- bLACITBITR7 following condit masters and mpn and in the B—azi-elo-Ca. e loomers have resumed w truth ork on •tne utatio agreed upon by Of ounta to be thken below 16's. arn and fineness reads; 23's to Vs, 21d. per ditto; 56's to 80's, s and upwards, .21d. per ditto seething allowed, as per 'orsted goods, to have a ling or labouring to be p per 1,000 t B's to • 5 per - - ditto leases.; to hare st double warps, fora. per agreement ; job, ao Much per hour. QLECTURE ON THE EASTERN QURSTfON.-o:lWelices lktavenine, Mr. Percy B. St. John delivered a lecture r'ae Royal Assembly-rooms, in this town, on the aub et of the. present Eastern crisis. There was a numerous sree tl "arY respectable attendance. The lecturer's views r that it is the duty of the civilised governments of a tt4b °P,e at all times, but especially Turk , to check the b y t lti°4 of absolutist Russia ; that•the as shown e xPerience of 460 years, is incapable of civilisatier Ta r i c :at there are about ten million •Greeks in Euror Wouhi Y h t , 0 47 subject to the Muswlman, who, if S T ": 141. ap a powerful kingdom.. at tiu, WrSOSTOM'S CHURCH, Ec that, i f 11 .e t w church are now in such tain d • ‘ Q e• sum of shoot e in th e ge c ho r e ic, and with c ahilli n more t, th e ea ch an,.. taitte cement d extra., at ON.-T he work aining S interval ,re is every probability that thi a lumdred seats witi be conseerai e-cf the CUsuitag month. The-building corn thtit: excellent chairman, Thns..,D. Anderson, ittle more than two years, obtained a WI The population of the district i is estimated at upward s of five thou re is no church whatever. h a ura ave, 14 a . Cf neatly end h and tins, a ched " and fc, SELECTrneetin- se souls ti .—On Tuesday, at the =fortnightl Zector Campbell presided. Mr. Mos _., aPolo g tion;.. ;o:1e '4. - ~ ,,,,e. —.,...c .uutiluer of inmates in toe l 'er.c , tr;;l se ,. °ll the I3th instant was reported to be 1796, late i t ' I ''elow the average.—The chaplain reported a tat, n..erfereree of the Rev. Mr. Fleetwood, the Roman teste n(the Priest visiting the house, with one of the Pro :uotetietion '-` " Pau Perchildre; —lt was stated that there was no to ere.t:t a Roman Catholic chapel at the Work posells , but to appropriate one of the offices for the pur lart, "ell Sunday having a moveable altar.—Mr. Hughes frUght for motion—" that it ta y c lt this hoard to the :Industrial Schools co._ of e into consideration as early as possible the necessi, for the j; providing the means of religious instruction 114 °la n Catholic hldren"—After some conversation, t .,. c i • 111. p,, = l llo . hes said he would withdraw the motion for the fte, —e n ' I M llor• In A opinion you ha' be. %,i ttir , r. e Olis t :ran - it aftozet ler. 1 . Anaplication from one of th ri et medical officers for an increase of celery we ref ried. the m s-.RAVD REGATTA ON THE MERS MERSEY. — Tnesda 134 h e o e " d da" of the regatta, was the , principal d 11 I( fa s h i aM the flagship (Mr. Littkdale s . yacht, t ) e may, Ila t enable company assembled., including a . t l ' l autP rl4s ,r Sefton and party were on board the Queen o l'eted'b 'ot' her AI •Qt ' • l -He value 4100, pre vae,,s 7 f-,_ • e -. ale... y s ro3u P a , 7 ,„ ~..„,„t v_ tw o "t we r ` e i . , 4 e u Vletoria to the 1L:U.1.U., L "`',- llow. ..he ofOtered, but eight only started. Thc...t.o Iri6bltitrie of each yacht's arrival: C Ynthi E : l7 •••• • . ..... sh. 29m. 455. Coralie •^ '• .... . ..... sh. 35m. 525. Tartar . .• "•••• • ..... sh. 37m• s• Pauli ne ........ ..... sh. 39m. 245. En'' -t . ............ • 56 41m. 10s. ~lan re ' s . sb. 44w. 545. ZhiSbein'.tattieY ..... . ....... 6h. 6m• 41s. . Th e !I _ sa . laze race , the Conine eras declared the winner. mine next race on thelist was for trawl boats, for which a th e pl f X2O was offered, but there were no entries. For ter e d , l ` ° t boat race, for 410 , a good many boats were en lew. but my four started. They came in in the fol lng order Y atnittee tc Teazer (No. 2) ....... sh. 57in. 255. Auspicius (No. 4)....., sh. 58m. 19s. Th. Geo. Canning (No. 7 , )•• 6 h• 28m. 395 ' Rh ,- roaster of No. 4 protested against the prize being other to No. 2, as the boats came into contact with each v,, e r as they ran up the channel, which, in a yacht ace, v. ° , 4l d have vitiated the race. The Mersey Club vace e , r :'ae .£2O, WAS contested for by three yachts, f or ce Was won by the Presto. The Shrimpers' and the for race, k s a Purse of £lO, was won by the Jane, belonging to J wit ? : to craft started. The Regatta Cup, value £lO, bei n , a loed by the Truant. Mr. Grinnel, the model yachts . the c ompetitors for this race. The Ladies' Cup, Teat i•t, rowed Ly gentlemen amatturs, was won by the Lady CO..natanccoxswain, IL Roberts,—there being four u'il, Petitors. The boatmen's rowing race, for a purse of brovw_as contended for by four boats, of which the Joe w eo the victor. The ships' gigs' contest for a purse of i ." 7:! .as vvon by the Prince. There was also an opening ,Z.. 4.. naerican seamen, but none would venture upon the 11 ,,,r„ Four flats' punts started for the sculling match ; of th e race, though short. afforded more fun than any 4: 1 1e races of the day. The Swan came in first, and se cond eiv ed X 2, winning his race well. The Reefer, the o_ boat, was awarded a sovereign ; and the British 2,44 K, the third boat, got 10s. One or two minor rowing races were got up during the day, but the names of the s,tiers were not given in to the flagship. In the evening it 4, was a beautiful display of fireworks, and the one " oirkenhead Ferry was one of great animation. THE LIVERPOOL Ma. JOHN HEYES, of this town, has been admitted a ember of the Royal College of Surgeons. THE SOVEREIGN F THE SEAS has been chartered for essrs. James Baines and Co., for the Australian' trade TiE MAYou visited, on Friday, the model of Ancient Liverpool (exhibiting at the Assembly-rooms, Tarlton street), and expressed himself highly delighted. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The performances of Signor Leach, during the past week, have been the principal object of attraction. The other amusements are still pur sued by the visitors with unabated enjoyment. ALLEGED FRAUDS ON THE CUSTOMS. Messrs. Fletcher and Firth, who were being prosecuted at the in stance of the Board of Customs, for the alleged offence of conspiring with their clerk to defraud the revenue, hare laid before the board such satisfactory proofs of the absence of any knowledge, on their part, of the irregulari ties which gave rise to the charge, that the board have directed the prosecution to be withdrawn. THE ALLEGED FORGERY ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK.—At the Police-office, on Thursday, John Gore, alias Brown, and William Mudd, were re-examined on the charge of having fraudulently obtained from the North and South Wales Bank the sum of £3OO, by forgii - 4: the name of William Simpson, and were committed for trial at the sessions on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. ST. HELENS.—HORRIBLE DEATH. —Last Tuesday morning, William M'Manus, a labourer, aged 17 years, whilst employed in carrying slates on premises belonging to Mr. D. Gamble, at Gerard's Bridge, was going across a roof of the chemical works when a spar broke, and he fell into a pan of boiling vitriol. He was immediately taken out by two men, but expired directly.—Man chester Courier. GEORGE RUTTER, a curter, residing in Charter-street, was killed, on Thursday morning, in consequence of being struck with a bale of goods lowered from a warehouse at the Duke's Dock sheds. The deceased was in the employ of Mr. James Johnson. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, accompanying their verdict with a sug gestion, that in future some one should be placed at the crane to keep a look-out and prevent accidents. • RECOVERY OF DAMAGES EY A WORKMAN.—In the Court of Passage, on Wednesday, James Boylan, journey man stonemason, obtained £2OO damages from James Loch, one of the Duke of Bridgewater's trustees, for personal injury, caused by having his jaw broken on the Sch of July, 1852, while working close to a crane at the back of George's Dock, the crane being negligently set ht motion at the time. 'SUSPICIOUS.—On Friday., a woman was found concealed in a passage in Brunswick-street by a policeman on dutY at the place. On observing the policeman, she threw away helf-a-sovereign, and when searched at the police office £lO i❑ silver was found upon her. She stated that she had come into the town on the previous day, and had obtained the money off a man in Liverpool, by whom she had had an illegitimate child. The officer subsequently returned to the place where he had apprehended her, and in the street be found an empty purse and two £5 notes. She was placed before the magistrates on Friday, and remanded for a`week, in order to give the police an oppor tunity of making inquiries. THE SPIRAL PROPELLER.--A few days ago the new screw, called the spiral propeller,invented by Mr. Maxwell Scott, of Tranrnere Foundry, was tried in the screw steamer Weaver, which had been lent by the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater for the purpose. She was tried against the:Countess of Ellesmere, on Saturday week, during the two trips between Liverpool and Runcorn, and the difference was only twelve minutes in favour of'the Countess. The saving of fuel by the spiral was shown to be upwards of sixteen per cent. The propeller has - two blades, - something resembling the blades of the old fashinted screw, with a piece cut out of each, thus:giving, them the shape of an elbow, being diametrically opposed to Griffith's, where the outer edge has the least surface. CUSTOMS ALTERATION'S AT - LIVERPOOL.—The hon. Beard of Customs, in order to facilitate the discharge of cargoes, issued a mandate last March to this port, to the effect that all cargoes uponewhich there is little or no du tin, were to be allowed to bedischarged from € a.m. to G p.m.,without any expense to the merchants for the attend ance of the officers. The board allowed the landing waiters, six in number, "f.. 30 per annum, in lieu of the usual charge for overtime. This arrangement was not so agreeable to the landing-waiters, as, instead of having 2s. 6d. per hourfor overtime, they had only abut Sd. They endeavoured to procure an alteration, but without effect ; but on Monday last a new regulation came into operation, namely, getting the patrol inspectors to discharge the duties of landing-waiters over free cargoes. The experi ment is being tried in seven or eight docks, and, should it answer, about twenty landing-waiters' services will be dispensed with in the free goods department. A NOVELTY IN C6IEA.cERCIAL AteNorrecEatENTS•—The following notice, which was posted up on Wednesday, in a most conspicuous portion of the Exchange News;room, will convey a most • eatisfactory idea of the brisk state of the trade in fine goods at present carried on between this port and New York. We must premise that the Baltic only arrived in the Mersey on Tuesday night, and would not sail again till tho',2:th instant:—•i Carzo for the Baltic, for New York, will be received at Huskisson Dock to-morrow mornin at eight o'clock. In consequence of the great pressure of goods, shippers will have, to deter mine their priority of shipment of-goods now in town, and ready for shipment by casting lots at Brown, Shipley, and _ Co.'s .ofice, this afternoon, 'My 20, 1853." In obedie therns( persons presente ShiplCy, and Cc in the'co or the afternoon, when a scene of unusuei interest, and animation varied the ordinary routine of business. The'Baltic carries about 700 tons of goods; the rate of freight, which has been raised £1 since the Ist instant, being tf.3. The quay-s of the Huskissota Dock, during the last few days, have been entirely blocked np with carts, loaded with fine goods. Tug LATE•CAEE or ABDITCTZON - aYA FATHETL—TIte Warrington . 19uardian states that when the two young ladies, of whose being taken to a convent, under pretence Mort. we gave particulars last week, ar ;Von, they stated the facts of the cases to o f the station-master, and entreated :his assi s t ance , but he 0 be -- - of going to Sc could rend no service; and ,hey afterwai•ils the aid of a clerg an and county agistrate, who tele- uc met corernissionerof constabulary, who •stated., in reply, by tele as no law that allowed any interference and child in Ruch a case, excepting a learn that the young ladies are still at 'lnvent of the convent, in London. •It wn during the week that the con version of the young ladies was in rxinsequence of some proselytising efforts of the Rev. tit. , :2„. Smith, the clergy man to whom they announced tbeirintention of becoming Protestants. , 1 7 "v'e are authorised to •state that this is not the case—that their avowal to him ‘ef their intention ,of leaving the Chureh of Rome was made at their first in terview with the reverend gentleman; and that previous to this statement he had had no conversation with them on religious subjects.—Preston Chronicle. the Lon graph, that these-w, between the parent with paupers. lA't the branch estahlis has been stated in BANKRCPTOIES.—Number gazetted in England during the first five months of the years MO, 1851, 1852. and 1853, compared with the average of the preceding seven each year : May 31 hi District Average of 7 yre, to May, uso, Liverpool Exeter Newcastle tal cou districts 16 .. 15 1176 .. 387 Five months to 1 34 May 31. I ge of 20 y ars to 1842. 35 .. 31 22 .. 10 H .14 13 .. 12 177 .. 184 f Country Districto • • ILoadon do , STIV2BITILDING ON THE MERZEY.—On Saturday, at noon, a nice little screw-steamer, the Emilie, was launched from the building-yard of Mr. J. Laird, at the Dingle. Her dimensions are—length, 135 feet ; breadth of beam, 18 feet ; 200 tons burthen, old measurement, 250 new ; and 45 horse-power. She will have three masts, and will be fitted with Griffiths's patent screw, the engines. being supplied b, Messrs. Fawcett and Co., of Liverpool. The Emilie is owned by Mr. J. E. Eaton, cf this town, end is intended for the coasting trade of South America. When fitted with her machinery she will make a trial trip to the Isle of Man. Mr. Laird has other vessels on the stocks which are rapidly approaching completion The paddle lear4- ewamer Coilaroy, sister chip to the Clarence, is finished, and sill in a short time proceed to'Australia j . The Northern Light, for the African Compar,y, is also in a forward state, aud will be launehed in about a month. The Diana, for the South American Company, is in frame and plated. In the yard of Messrs. Vernon aud Son, at the end of the Brunswick Graving-dock, there is a fine iron steamer of 800 tons burthen, for the Londonderry trade, in a forward state. She will be 350 horse-power, and will be ready for launching in about two months. This company are about laying down four or five lighters fur South America. At moon on Saturday an iron clipper ship, about 400 tons burthen, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., Brunswick Dock. She has been built under the superintendence of Captain Green, late of the Swordfish, for Messrs. Deane., Youle, and Co., to trade to the Brazils. HEALTH COMM • rrnE —At the usual meeting of the I Health Committee on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale was in the chair.—A letter was read from Dr. Duncan, the medical officer of health, dated Ituthsay, Scotland, 19th July. The letter stated that he intended to have been at home on the morning of the 19th, but bad un fortunately been detained by a bilious attack. It was stated that Dr. Duncan's duties were performed in his i absence by a person who received a guinea a-week. Mr. Bigham said he believed that they would very soon find that a person at a guinea a-week would do all that was required. Mr. Bigham brought forward the following motion, notice of which was given at the last meetinz : " That so much of the proceedings of the Health Com mittee, of Thursday last, as relates to the acceptance of the tender of Messrs. Weber and Co., for supplying numbers for houses, be rescinded, and that the tender of Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co. be accepted in lieu thereof, being the lowest." After some discussion the resolution was agreed to.—Mr. Henderson brought for ward the motion of which he gave notice last week, to the effect that the Council be recommended to increase the salary of Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, from ZOO to £l,OOO per annum. A long discussion ensued. but ultimately the motion was carried by a majority of six to five.—A conversation ensued, in the course of which Mr. Bighain suggested the desirability of the com mittee being unanimous in their recommendation to the Council. He thought .f. 300 a-year was not too large an increase. but for the sake of unanimity he would support £l5O. The Council could increase the sum if they thought proper.—Mr. Moss would have pleasure in proposing an amendment, if it could be done, that the sum be £l5O. Mr. Beckwith, for the sake of unanimity, would second the motion. Ultimately it was agreed that the matter should stand over to next Thursday. 1 THE 3D REGIMENT STANDARD, :s under orders to move from er to Liverpool an rk for Dublin WARRINGTON SAVINGS' BANK.—The trustees and managers are petitioning the House of Commons against some of the clauses of the new Savings' Banks Bill. THE TANK AT WAVERTREE, which fell in on the 26th ultimo, still lies exposed and unnoticed by the commis sioners. DEPARTURE OF MINERS FOR JAMAICA.- - Among the passengers who went out in the royal mail steamer Mag dalena yesterday week, were several Cornish miners, to work the Port Royal Mining Company's copper mines at Jamaica. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Friday, the mail train due at Lime-street station at four o'clock, a.m., did not arrive till half-past nine, in consequence of the upsetting of a goods train near Lichfield, on the Trent-valley line. A JUVENILE'S young vagabond, not more ~... than fourteen years old, in palliation of a charge made against him of attempting to enter the cellar of a poor woman, in Ellenborouzh-street, stated that he was " very drunk at the time." He was committed to prison for a month CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.—At the Police-court, on Tuesday, four well-dressed sharpers, named Wm. Groom, John Walker, Gordon Hunter, and William West, were charged with conspiring together to defraud John Hind ley, by inducing him to bet upon cards. The prosecutor was a shopkeeper and farmer, living at Eccles, near Man ... Chester. The magistrates committed them for trial. A BEGpING LETTER IMPOSTOR, named Walters, alias J. Fleming Teesdale, alias Rev. Mr. Franklin, was charged at the police court on Friday with having forged the name of Wm. Jones, Esq., a magistrate of Fli n t, t o a begging petition, on which he had been for some time " raising the wind." Leave was granted to remove the impostor and his coadjutors, Walters and Cullen, to Mould, in order to have them tried for the offence. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. T. Lenton has been TO.. versing the order of nature during the past week, by walk ing fly-like on the ceiling. Mr. and Miss B a ke r h ave been delighting full houses all the week ; and last evening the " Lockwood Family." the juvenile harpists, commenced an engagement. On Saturday, Mr. Vandenhofr, for that night only, will appear in his celebrated part of Cato ; his son, Mr. Henry Vandenhoff, representing Porcius, and afterwards 0' Callagkit, in " His Last Legs." WEST DERBY BOARD OF GS ARDIANS....-TllO weekly meeting was held on Wednesday last, at the West Derby workhouse, Mr. Alipass in the chair. The chairman in timated that there were five applications for the situation of relieving officer, in the room of Mr. Stain. Mr. Olney, the assistant master, was unanimously appointed. It was agreed that on that day fortnight a person be ap pointed to the vacant situation of assistant master, with a salary of £4O a-year and rations. NEWS 'rHom THE BANKER'S DAtr,HTER.—The owners of the new ship Banker's Daughter, which sailed from this port with passengers for Geelong, have received a most satisfactory letter from Captain Pace, d a t e 11th June, lat. '7 N. long. 20, in which he states that he had been becalmed for six days, but had ran to lat. 8 in 16 days, thus proving the ship to be an extraordinary fast sailer. The emigrants, 400 in number, were all in good health and spirits. A MARINE-STORE DEALER COMMITTED TOR TRIAL. ---A boy, named Joseph M'Clean, and his mother, Mar garet M'Clean, were charged at the Police-court, on Thursday, with stealing lead from the roof of Mr. 'Pier son's ink manufactory,Zake-street, and also with steal ing several bottles of ink, a quantity of sealing-wax, &c., from the same premises. Ann M'Laughton, the wife of a marine-store dealer New Bird-street, was charged with receiving 'the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Committed for trial. WEr.t.rN•G-TON T , 24.!TimoNTlAL.—There is now on private view at the rooms of Messrs. Winctanley, in Church street, a model design, by our townsman, Mr. J. A. P. M ( Bride, ler a Wellington testimonial, prepared with a view to competition in a neighbouring city. The design has been greatly admired by many competent judges, and it has been - suggested to the members of the committee for the Liverpool'Wellington testimonial, that they might with advantage pay a visit to Mr. M'Bride's production, .preparatory to deciding on a local memorial to the illus trious duke. SCHOOL 'Pa=Es.—At the recent distr:hution of the prizes at Mulberry-street school, the - first was awarded - to Master Wm. L. Lawson, of Upper Parliament -street, who, besides taking a leading place is English, stcod highest in n,athematics; the second to Master Charles eccleshead, of Rupert-lane, Everton, for holding a simi lar standing in his division. This school. established in January,' 152, has already over sixty pupils, —a proof of •the estimation in which the qualifications of its conduc tors, Messrs. Hickie and Johns, is held by the public of Liverpool. A LLVG Ern:NTT:IIM ATIONO7 WOrtflEN.—At the-Police <thice, on. Friday, William Wakefield, a " flatman," ap peared -under summons on the charge of having intimi dated and-assaulted Matthias Barlow, also a "fiztnaan," with the riew of deterring him - from pursuing his usual calling and occupation. it appeared that the defendant had taunted Barlow with working for Messrs. Henshall, ho had refused to become members rnbers of which agreed that they ropne t ors ir. slab, all the me of a certai work under a d that there should not field decith less intimidation, a )articular sum , iad not been an ass but - -Alr. Mans t, much the case wets accordingly of fore imissed Bay Company's late sa of furs. •Bkins - have not n buyers at the Hudson the prices .ealised i for at the ably aft prices ; some lots of Sables fetched fifty shillings a skin. Mr. John - Cripps, of Bold-street.anticipatingthe advance; fortunately bought s gn at •number of skine_previous to the sale, and will haTe manufactured, by• the first of August, nearly one thousand bons in Mink sable, real ermine, very choice, Miniver, and Chit:chills., which he will offer all at one guinea each. Of these, he feels con winced, equal value cannot be given in the season under thirty-five -shillings; aleta, a variety of dark sables, equally cheap.—Shawl, Mantle, and Ter warehouse, No. 14 and 16, Bold-street, Liverpool. 'John Cripps , proprietor, A numb, Sessions -AND COMMI4SIONERS,-- rverelried at the , lnet Kirkdale arties were heard in appeal against r of curious c •Several r ativo to ws •relating to donkey hionable Bring -p iac against those -dOnicy d infringements of be b commis oars of that entered owe. regular who fail and the roads. Aster, who appeared on behalf of speaking of the number of donkeys at Southport, , was interrupted by one of e present, who charged him with exagge ration ; kspinall retorted that in calculating the donkeys he of course included the commissioners. He afterwards followed up this hit Aciy an appeal tolhe bench on behalf of his clients, an , / finally gained his cause. M. ROBELL7SON GLADSTONE. it would appear, has received a letter from his friend, Mr. Cobden, on the Turkish question. The member for the West-Riding, says :—" Many thanks for your, tract upon non-interven tion in the affairs of Turkey ; .and still mare -for your courage in signing a paper containing so much eammon sense—which., alas 1 is so little in farour with the majority just at present ;61r,eep s within ;s of the law tiali, the ba lents., while truth, and nothir 3ut you have told the truth, the whole ' truth;, and, although you are public opinion, the time will a good deal i; nee of ]uite as sceptical about the was aix months ago with ion. In my opinion this urge of a cart-load of pro- the disci NS. —ln. ,17770 DEAL2SII3 Ili Mice office, eleven Harrison, nry Haskayne.,ll7, 33, Poi Abbott, 10, Elliott-street ; W. d-road ' • John Tindall, 20, Isling ite, 40, Titheharn-street; Thomas Ind-road; John Robinson, 125, TIJESDA SITLY THEATRE-ROYAL. — This theatre will be opened on Monday next, Mr. Charles Matthews appearing for five nights in his principal Lyceum parts. THE TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. Joint GIBBON. The articles of plate subscribed for by the members of the Rev. John Gibson's congregation, at Gerston Church, were presented to him on Saturday, by a deputation. LOWNDES vice GORST.—We understand that an early Gazette will contain the Queen's license empowering E. Gorst, Esq. , of this town, to take the name of " Lowndes." In pursuance of this license, Mr. Gorst and his eldest son will immediately assume the name of Lowndes ; but his daughters and younger sons will still retain their present surname.—Preston Guardian. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—Six vessels have taken their departure from Liverpool, for the Australian ports, during the week. There are now three ships loading at Liverpool for Adelaide, of an aggregate tonnage of 1,102 ; seventeen for Melbourne, 9,888 tons ; one for Moreton Bay, 1,309 tons; one for Port Philip, 1,040 tons; and six for Sydney, of an aggregate tonnage of 3,599. PILOT BILL.—The following notices of motion have been given :—Mr. Horsfall, to move the following amend ments : In clause 10, after the word " mate," in lines 32, 35, and 39, insert, "of any coasting ship or vessel." Mr. Liddell, in the event of Mr. Horsfall's amendment being rejected, to move, "That the port of Liverpool be exempted from the provisions of the said clause." THE ARGENTINA.—The new steam-ship Argentina, belonging to the South American Steam Navigation Com pany, made a most satisfactory trial trip to Holyhead and back on Thursday, when she accomplished a speed of fourteen knots. She is now taking coals and stores on board, and will proceed on her voyage to Lisbon and Brazils to-morrow. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The British and North American mail steamship Niagara, Lang, commander, took her departure hence for Boston, on Saturday, at eleven, a.m., with 15G passengers and a very full cargo on board, besides the usual mails. The Baltic, which will take her departure to-morrow (Wednesday), carries about 700 tens of goods, the rate of freight, which has been raised £1 since the Ist instant, being £5. AN ACCIDENT occurred on the London and North western line on Thursday morning. The mail train from the north to London, which left Wigan at eighteen minutes past four, had for its guard a man named Thomas Barlow. It should have stopped at Crewe, but the breaks were not put on as usual on its entering the station. This led to a search for the guard who was not at the break wheel, and he was discovered dead on the top of one of the carriages. From appearances it was concluded that he had come in contact with one of the arches over the lino near Hartford.—Wigan Time& PREPARING FOR THE CREnctl.—A curious case Came before the County Court on Friday. The plaintiff was W. Booth, teacher of elocution, Wesley -street, and the defendant James Battersby, gentleman, residing at Hope place. The action was brought to recover the sum of three guineas, for instruction given to the defendant in the art of elocution. The plaintiff said the defendant was the son of a gentleman of great wealth, and, having just come from college, he desired to take lessons in elocution. The defendant told him his father was very rich, and money was of no moment'; he was reading with a clergy man, to whom he paid xth - per month, and he was shortly to be ordained. 'He wished to go tlttough the church service with him. The defendant agreed with him to take lessons on his'ustal terms of three guineas per.quar. ter, and he bad given him a quarter's instruction, for which he made the present claim. his honour, after hearing the evidence, said th e plaikiff was entitled to his claim. It was quite :clear the defendant had mistaken 15s. in a class forns. private lessons. THE BLACttURN ReCTOHY LANDS.—Our readers will remember that memorials respecting these lands, (which have been recently enfranchised,' were, some few weeks since, forwarded to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Eishop of Manchester. The purport of these memorials 'as, that the consideration money to'beipaid, or any increased value to he - obtained from the en'franchisement of so much valuable property, -should be appropriated to •church purposes within the town or palish of Blackburn, rather than go to swell the general revenues of the -ecclesiastical commissioners! Acknowledgments hive been received from the parties to whom 'the memorials were addressed—those from the archbishep and the premier of a more formal character ; but the reply from the Bishop of Manchester expresses a most lively interest in the - views of the memorialists. At his lordship's request, adeputation, which -consisted of the Rev. Thomas' Sharpies, M. A., Thomas Dugdale, 'Esq., 'john Baynes, Es,q., and J. Turner Hopwood, Esq., attended at the registry in St. James's—Nnere, Manches ter, last week, on which occasion his lordship entered very fully into the business, and after having given a detailed history•of the rectory of Blackburn, and shown the legal bearing of various acts of 'Parliament affecting thlt‘trestion at issue, concluded by expressing a confident opinion that Blackburn had not only a moral and equi table claim to consideration, but one which the courts of law would enforee.--;.£lackburn Standavd. LEAVING Kirrs - ''wrrir THE 'PeucE.—in consequence of numerous applications received from 'the inhabitants, and in order to afford the accommodation desired, the watch committee at Manchester have made arrangements under which the keys of their premises may be deposited for safety by night at any of the principal police stations, in -consideration of the payment of 41 per annum. At each place - there will be fitted up a place to receive boxes -of different sizes, something similar to the pigeon -holes for letters at the post-office, and each .person depositing the keys will be provided with a box, at- a cost not exceed ing2s26d., on which he mill be required to place a lock, so-that the keys may 'be locac'l up in the box before beinr left at the police atation ; he will also be furnished with a ticket, on which will be placed a distinguishing figure to -correspond with a similar figure, whiola will be placed on the box, as well as in a registry book,and it will be nec,.s eery for the messenger who is sent for the keys to produce that ticket. In the event of fire in any depositor's pre mises, the police would break open the box, in order to obtain access, by means of the keys, and such premises would be taken charge of by the police until properly deli vered over to the proprietors. The watch committee have also made arrangernerns, that any persons who may have found keys may leave them at any of the police stations, when the finding the same will be notified by " route" at every police station, 80 that any person who has lost his keys may, on inquiry at any of the stations, ascertain whether they have been found and left in charge of the police.—Manchester Guardian. GRANGE OF Ain. AND CLIMATE.-It has been ',seer tained that consumption is a very common disease among the resident inhabitants of many of those places to which invalids from this country frequently resort. This shows that the advantage derived is dependent more upon the excitement of travelling, and the change of habit end scene, than upon any curative power of climate. The selecticn of a suitable climate is a subject which could not be briefly touched .upon with advantage. I shall only therefore observe that the change to more distant places-is adapted chiefly- to those in whom tubercular isstage, or very perfectly arrested, adndeatsheatismin an earlyostofth the advantages of change may be more safely attained, by more -delicate invalids, in removing f rom one part of the eauntry to another. There is scarcely any point, in reference to the treatment of this disease, .on which t' he medical man is called to give an opinion, of greater importance to the comfort of the patient than that of change of climate; and I believe that much injury-is often done hp-the removal of patients, who would have been better at borne. In deciding whether a change should be made, and what change would he advisable, there are many points which should be care. fully considered—the condition of the patient, the stage and extent of the local disease, the period of the year, and the effects of-previous treatment.' When the disease has been arrested, a change of sir and climate will often stimulate the constitutional powers, and enable them to carry forward the improvement, after the remedial >means by which it had been accomplished have ceased Pc be of further service. On the other hand, where there-is-much d sorganisation of one or both l ungs , an d th e disease appears still to be advancing, so th a t th e patient must necessarily, during winter, keep chiefly in the house,• the comforts of home and the society of friends will be often found more valuable than a change to a slightly milder climate. In those advanced cases, where there is reason to believe that the disease will steadily advance in spite of any treatment, the patient should not, on Any account, be removed from home.—Dr. Turnbull-x:1 the Progress offmprovement in the 7'reaftment of consumption. le of the most FATAL GAS EXPLOSION' AT BOOTLE sericus explosions that has ever occurred in this neighbour hood took place at Bootle-village, about bait past three o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday, and resulted in the total destruction of the Bun Inn, the death of one man, and the infliction of severe injuries on two other persons. Tie promises were in the occupation of Me. Edward Ashcroft, and consisted of two houses joined together, one of them very old, the other erected during the last twelve months. Both belonged to the Earl of Derby. For some days a strong smell of gas had been perceived on the premises, and some men from the Gasworks were searching out the leak at the time of the explosion. They lad dug a trench in front of the house,. I q inz hare the ma'n, and had disco vere d a f racture, which they tempo rarily staunched. Two of the men, John Jones and Joseph Lowe, had then gone into the cellar with, it -is supposed, a light to examine the state of the metre, when suddenly a terrific explosion occurred--blowing out the windows, shattering the old part of the house, and laying the new part of It completely in ruins. At the time of the dreadful occurrence, in addition to the two gas men, the only inmates were Mrs. Ashcroft and tbe servant girl, Mr. Ashcroft being absent from home arranging for the funeral of a brother. The servant girl, who happened to be in one of the upper rooms of the old part of the house, presented herself eta window, and safely descended by a ladder, much , frightened, of course, but unhurt. ifrs. Ashcroft was found lying under the cellar stairs, her body, in a great measure, protected by an angle in the flooring resting upon one of the barrels. The spirit niece had to be cut away before she could be rescued. When taken out she was insensible, but was restored in a few minutes. She is much bruited about the head and body, but the wounds are not of a dangerous character. Of the two men in the cellar, Jones was brought out quite dead, having been killed by the heavy mass of bricks and rubbish which had fallen upon him. Lowe was recovered, much bruised and burned, and with a fractured leg. He was conveyed to the Northern Hospital. All the spirits in the house at the time have been lost, but the greater partion of the ale was safely recovered. The value of the stock, furniture, and buildings destroyed is roughly esti mated at £l,OOO. On Thursday, an inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate man Jones, before C. E. Driffield, Esq., the county coroner. After the various witnesses bad given their evidence, the officer who had been sent to inquire after the state of Mrs. Ashcroft re turned with the information that there was a little alter ation for the better, but that, in her present state, it was impossible to obtain any evidence from her. One of the jurymen having also stated that the man in the Northern Hospital was progressing favourably, the coroner said he would leave directions that, if circumstances required it, the depositions of Mrs. Ashcroft should be taken by a magistrate ; and that, as the state of the man in the hospital would make it necessary for them to adjourn for a longer period than a week, he would adjourn the further inquiry for two weeks, namel y, until Thursday, the 4th of August. The jury the n ret i re d . W e un d erstan d t h at Mrs. Ashcroft is still in a d angerous state. Sh e was , previous to the accident enceinte, and we are sorry to lesp that I initionnisge took place on Wednesday. 26, 1853. GENERAL N Tnu ARAlY.—Orders have been issued to remove two regiments from the army at the Cape of Good Hope—the First Battalion of the Rifle Brigade under Colonel Buller, and the Twelfth Lancers under Colonel Pole. The former return to England ; the latter go on to India to relieve the Fifteenth Light Dragoons. • - AlEmnyrors.:—At a sale of autographs, on Saturday, " the original act of national insurrection under Prince Rakozy, at the commencement cf the eighteenth century, with about two hundred signatures of senators and nobles, in the Hungarian language," sold for £9O. An autograph of Richard Cromwell for £5 12s. 6d. A letter of the Duke of Wellington, containing thirty-three pages, £33. THE Westminster Review was lately, at the request of a member, withdrar•n from the reading-room of the Bristol Athenreum, on account of its alleged anti-Christian sentiments. There being, however, a party who wished to see it restored, the directors of the institution sub mitted the question to the votes of the subscribers, and the Review was expelled by 294 members against 277. A FATAL FLASII.—The tower of Hereford church was struck with lightning during a thunder-storm on Tuesday, and while a marriage was being celebrated by the vicar. Two women and two little girls, spectators, were struck with the lightning ; one of the little girls being badly burnt and her limbs paralysed. It is said that the whole party were more or less injured by the lightning. • MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. — On Sunday, while two boys, aged 10 and 12 v, ars, were, either at play or in search of nests, at the North Cliff, in Camborne. Corn wall, they were observed by persons not far off to fall over. No time was lost in hurrying to the spot, but it was found that they were both killed. Their bodies were dreadfully cut and bruised, and they were at once taken to their homes in an open cart. The mother of one of the boys, named Bond, is said to be in a state of destitu tion, and the deceased was the only child out of six who was able to earn anything. The father had left the poor mother and family to enter the army. CHILD MURDER.—At the Lewes assize, on Tuesday, Caroline Sherwood, aced 23, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child. The child had been placed out by the prisoner, who was servant in a family at 'Brighton, in the care of another person. The prisoner called and took her child out one wet evening iu March, and the next morning it was found dead with a ligature tied tightly round its throat. The child's frock, very wet and muddy, was found in the prisoner's box. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner, having re ceived sentence of death, was carried from the dock in a state of insensibility. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.—At the adjourned meeting of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, it was stated that the homeward voyage of the Melbourne had exceeded the expectations of the board. The prin ciple upon which the Victoria had been despatched— namely, the economising of fuel and using the screw-pro peller merely as an auxiliary power—would prove whether such voyages could be made with profit to the proprietors. The delay of the Melbourne would leave that vessel a charge to the company. There was a balance against the company of £7351 ls. 6-1. and a further sum of £5673 17s. 10d., making £13,024 19s. 4d. The report was adopted THE CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST RAILWAY DIRECTORS.—At the York assize, Harry Stephen Thomp son, George Hicks Seymour, and Samuel Priestman, di rectors of the North Midland Railway, were charged, on the verdict of the jury at the inquest, with the man slaughter of John Thomson and Josiah Sykes, an engine driver and stoker, whose deaths bad been caused by the engine running ciff the rails, owing, it was stated, to the defective condition of the permanent way. The grand jury ignored the bill, by the direction of Mr. Justice Erle, and the counsel for the prosecution admitting that the directors were not the parties criminally responsible, the prisoners were formally acquitted. THE LAST OF THE STUARTS.—A mad woman, named Mary Stuart, was brought up at Bow-street, on Monday, charged with breaking windows, and creating a disturbance at the residence of Lord Palmerston, in Carlton-gardens. The prisoner said the Home Secretary ought to do some thing for her, for she was one of the descendants of the unhappy race of Stuarts—her great grandfather was Prince Charles Stuart; but she had been cruelly deprived of her dignity and station, and had only succeeded to a workhouse or a lunatic-asylum. She had been on a pre vious occasion, for breaking Sir James Graham's windows, sent to Hanwell, but was no more mad then than she was new. Mr. Hall had no doubt of her madness on the Stuart question, and committed her to the care of St. Martin's workhouse. THE SOAP DUTY.—The taking off the duty on soap was attended with some ceremony in the manufactories of Messrs. Thomas, Tripp, and Thomas, and Messrs. Cox and Shaw, Bristol. At four o'clock in the morning, the Excise officers attended and removed the partitions, took off the locks, &c., which before cramped the manufac turer's enterprise, when the cannons, which had all been ready loaded in the yard, were fired off, and the workmen, crowding to the gates, gave three cheers for the first load of free soap that passed out. Messrs. Cox and Shaw's men hung up, in two rows, the old locks, and under them the keys which had so long kept them in awe, and over these trophies they suspended the old Act of Parlia ment, now a dead letter. Soap, however, is dearer than it has been for a long time, owing to an increase in the price of the raw material. THE LONDON CAB A.cr.—The new net for the regula. tion of: London cabs has led to many disputes with the cab.d\rivers ; but it seems in some instances they hare adopted a passive revenge for the injury they consider in flicted upon them by the new act. On Tuesday night, after the rising of the house, when there was a great deman for cabs in Palace-yard, the entire stand drove off, utteri• 3g jeers against the hon. gentlemen who wished to engag a them. " Yer wants to ride for sixpence, does ye?" says o ne. "Let 'em walk," said another; and so the members were compelled to find their way home as they best ( :ould. On Wednesday night, while the rain was falling ; with incessant violence, and people from the theatres and o ther places of public amusement were anxiously seekin g refuge in a hackney-cab, the drivers amused them selves in parading their empty vehicles up and down the Strati( I and other thoroughfares, deaf alike to threats and entree ties." Cur ;Joys RELIC.-At the meeting of the Archaeological Instal ate, amongst hundreds of splendid curiosities exhi bited, may be mentioned :—" A small alabaster box or vase, e legantly shaped, with a lid, brought from an Eyp• tian to nib by Mr. Curzon, illustrates the well-known text, St. Ma tthew xxvi. 7 ; such vases were employed by the Egypti. Ins for holding ointment, and the present specimen contain a the ointment originally placed in it about 50 years 8.c., a date therefore more remote than the action of Mary 115 tagdalen, described in the Gospel. Another curious mement o of Mr. Curzon's Eaitern travels consists of a walking. .stick of the wood of a tree planted in the valley of Mow It Sinai, close to the Christian convent, which is said to h ave sprung from the wand of Moses, there planted after the division of the waters of the Red Sea. The tree is jealous. ly guarded. and'kept sacred from all intrusion by the Syrian^ monks, but Mr. Curzon was fortunate enough to obtain t sapling." 'COMMEI terAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.—The first stone of the edi 6ce intended for schools for the orphan and necessitous children of commercial travellers was laid on Wednesday with the accustomed forms. The estate purchased t )r. the Schools is at Pinner, near the Pinner station, anti' the site seems well selected as regards salubrity and'. the beauty of the locality. The ceremony was perform, Id by John Masteman, Esq., M.P., in the absence of Prince Albert from obvious cdusei. The company after wards partook of a cold collation, and the chairman, in proposing " Prosperity to the Commercial Travellers' Sch ools," touched upon the advantages to be derived from Lb e spread of education, and spoke of the commercial trav •ellers as a most intelligent and respectable class. The bod y consisted, he said, of 30,000, and he could not say ho.‘ many children. The architects of the proposed building - are Messrs. Lane and Ordish. It will no doubt be wort hp of their reputation and of the pur pose for which it is to be erected. The institution, it is to be hoped, will be well supported F FIVE CONVICT Lt ESCAPE:. ATlCS. — Considerable alarm has been felt by the inh4 :ants of Fisherton, Wilts, owing to the escape of five convict lunatics from the asylum of Dr. Finch on Saturday night. Soon after one of the keepers had retired to rest on Saturday night be was attacked by five of the inmates, some of whom held im by the threat, ruhile others knelt on him and corn. :pletely overpowered Lim. After making him secure, and preventing his access to the pull of the alarm bell, they obtained possession of the necessary keys, some of which they placed in the locks on the outside of the doors lead ing to the wards occupied by the other keepers, thus pre venting the possibility of their being unlccked from the inside. They then effected their escape from the ward, taking with them all-the clothes on which they could lay their-hands, and one of them carried away a coat belon;- ing to -the keeper. It was some time after they had quitted the establishment before an alarm was made by others af the lunatics, but when the escape of the five was made known to the officials, information was immediately sent to all the police-stations in the neighbourhood, and the country was scoured in every direction, and two of the number-were captured —,one in a field of barley be• longing to Mr. Harding, and the other at Cholderton, about nine miles from the asylum. N UNNERI E S ; IN ENGLAND,— A serious dispute has Arisen between the Lady Abbess of the convent at Taunton and the relations of a nun in the establishment. The young lady's name is Knight, and her parents belong to an old Romanist family of Axminster. Some time since, the young lady sustained an accident, for which it became necessary to call in medical advice; and the person selected to attend her was a self-styled homoeopathic doctor, for merly " a pastrycook or ba.cer." Eventually, intelligence had to be conveyed to the parents that their child had been strieken with insanity, and the parents became anxious that their daughter should have more efficient medical aid. This, however, the Lady Abbess, Father Jenkins, the confessor, and the homoeopathic doctor, sturdily opposed ; and it came out on the occasion that the growth of the young lady's insanity had been for a long time past well known in the establishment, whilst the facts connected with the same had been kept from the knowledge of her friends until the shrieks of the maniac nperewvednotecdtorhewramsa at t ad last y from be i ng allo wed open air exercise, and advised that, for that purpose, t he patient should be removed to a convent at Bristol, a nd if no improvement should take place there , to the convent of the Abbe Macs, Bruges. Thesearra9g ements the Lady t to lon ger attend conceale d lis s Kttig A Knight, who recommended an entire change of treatmen t, with Abbess again vehemently oppose d , by her own claiming control to send the sister to the conv ent of Benedictines, returned at Menin, in Belgium. The ladr's family decided to appeal to the Bishop, and her brother, Mr . Knight, was on the road to Bristol for that purpose, when Father Jen kins, the confessor, somewhat "abruptly and imperatively' induce intercepted him h t i o m r , e u t s u i r n n g e a v n e d r s'se e endeavour tii e Lady him ,tor d A n t wed a b ci r l i t tdo e h s er s e . Knight proceeded, however, to the Bishop , at Ma n n e r d d. with regard Mr. Knight obtains an order, and with him to the convent. The Lady Abbess persisted in R om eif the e t the i g o u p n g should l ady, against r hth e oere m ra. o pe v lpa e ei r aml h es i at s sister from the convent, having to undergo, it is said, in SO doing, considerable obstr uc ti on and insult from two fathers of the convent, M essrs. Jenkins and Ailfullesi. • .eference to the quabble will end tocols instead of o COFFEE —On Thursday last and coffee " as coffee, cam d 135, Scotland, , Righton, _.297, Scot ton ; Thomas Douth ensman, i 65, and Henry Taylor, 83, Scotland-road said they would recommend them to the commissioners for further mitization. Mr. Forsey, the analytical chemist from the Board of Inland Revenue, stated the the samples sold by these parties, as coffee, co The magistrates 101110 of ;mined 35 per cent. of chicory NEW RESERVQTI R. AT EVERTON. —There are three new at present in progress in Liverpool, in con nexion with the .water supply,---one at Park-hill, and another at Kensington. The third reservoir, at Everton, has_now been_ commenced. The site is in the fields be tween Audley-street and Whitefield-lane. There will be two reservoirs— one on a lower level, the same as those at Kensington, .and one elevated on a toner, for the purpose of supplying the inhabito.nts residing upon the crest of the hill extending from , Kirkdale to Windsor. The lower reservoir will have capacity of storage for six million gals. of water • and the uppe r t an k w ill contain about a qu o cf a million u of gallons. The whole establishment will cover an area of 10,000 square yards. The plans are by Mr. Thomas Duncan, the water engineer, under whose superintendence the works will proceed. We believe that the total cost will be about £25,000 ; and the con tractors are Messrs. A, and G. lielme. There will ba a communication between the reservoirs a t K ees i ngton, Park-hill, and Everton, so that, in case of deficiency of water in any particular district, a supply may be drawn from the -others. TUE EMIGRANT SHIP FALCON. -- Messrs. Gibb s Bright and Co., on Friday, received a letter f rom the cabin passengers (twenty-five in number) on board o f t h eir Australian emigrant ship Falcon :—" Ship Falcon, at sea, Monday, 13th June, 1553. G - entlemen , we , whose names are hereunto annexed, with reference to the unfortunate collision between this ship and the barque Zuleika, on the night of Saturday last, feel it only an act of justice towards Captain Taylor, to certify that up to the present time his conduct has been, in all respects, irreproachable, and marked by unceasing diligence and attention to the ship and passengers. We beg to assure you that our entire confidence in his skill and ability remains perfectly unshaken, and we doubt not that by a continuance of the same good judgment hitherto displayed, we shall yet make a good and satisfactory passage. Of the event referred to it is due to Captain Taylor to state that, throughout the affair he displayed the most admirable coolness and capacity, and gave his orders in a manner that coal_ manded the prompt obedience of his officers and men in carrying oat is instructions with success. From the passengers of the accident Captain Taylor has been unremitting in his endeavours and determination to save the Zeluika, and he has the satisfaction of seeing that he is likely to be rewarded by success, sided by the vigorous and willing assistance of his own officers and men, and en We should be wanting in common courtesy to your good selves, did we riot take this opportunity of tendering t o you our best thanks for the very liberal and superior manner in which the ship is provided, as well as for the general accommodation and arrangements so far experi enced. We are, gentlemen, yours very respectfully, M. C. Hopkins, M. A. Clay, Laura Middlecoat, Ra c h e l Michaelis, Robert Wheeler, W. Pentland, R. G. Dobin son, James Clegg, Charles Rowley, George Reade, W. B. Clay. G. H. Riley, H. Joseph, R. B. Dobinson, Mr. P. Wray, William Nicol, James Gundersheing, Moses Michaelis, Mayers Gundersheing, Cresar Lowenthal, John Marks." 51. 1852 the appeti which did dt the commies Mr. MURDER OF A HUSBAND-- Wednesday, Sarah S murder of her hush At the Lev ith, aged 43, d, at St. Leona him through the heart. The prisoner and her hush were both in liquor at the time. She was convicte manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years' transportat AT THE YORK ASSIZES, on Tuesday, Thomas Goocher and Willicm Stacey were convicted of throwing stones at and after an engine on the Midland Railway at Brins worth, in the West Riding, on the 4th of May last, thereby endangering the safety of persons conveyed on the said railway, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment. SATURDAY was a great day for Glasgow — night in the drinking way," says the G/a, _ " which has been experienced in Glasgow for time." The day was a hlliday, but, being ra people were riot tempted off by th e ra il ways , an d themselves to the whisky-shops. the roughest :sooty Herald, PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—The select committee of the House of Commons, in their recently published re port, recommend that freelibraries, mechanics' institutions, and other public institutions, be supplied with Parliament- ary papers. The committee recommend that a committee be appointed at the commencement of each session to consider all applications made for Parliamentary papers. • • UMBRELLA COMPANY.—A company has just been started in London, designated the 'Umbrella Associa tion," for the purpose of hiring out umbrellas and parasols in wet and sultry weather, the borrower to lodge a shilling for the safe return of the article, and pay one penny an hour for the loan. The company have already laid in a stock of 25,000 umbrellas and parasols, and intend forming several district depots in London. NEW LINE ON THE CLYDE. — The Glasgow and White haven Screw Steam Navigation Company's steamer Solway was, on Monday morning, launched from Messrs. John Scott and Son's building-yard here, with steam up, all ready for sea, being the first time the extraordinary feat has been performed on the Clyde, and probably in the world, of a steamer being launched with the machinery on board, and the steam up.—Greenock Herald. THE DOG TAX.—The occupier of a house is liable to a the assessed tax on a dog kept there. though it may belong to a lodger. Wherever the dog is found, the householder is subject to the duty, unless he proves it is paid for; and as it will hereafter be 12s. for every dog, occupiers of dwellings will do well to be careful about those animals being brought to them. Llrge numbers of dogs are being killed in consequence of the alteration in the assessed taxes, which includes all the canine species in the impost. Quicx.WoßE.—A girl has just been tried at Dorchester for concealing the birth of her child. It appeared that on Monday she was haymaking till six o'clock in the evening. She then went into a lane and was confined of a child, then milked 12 cows, and did her household work before she went to bed ' • rose next morning and milked the 12 cows again, and did her household work during the day. At night she was taken into custody, was afterwards com mitted for trial, and was absolutely tried on the following Saturday. THE MAMMOTH STEAMER. — The following are the dimensions of the iron steamer about to be built, by Mr. Scott Russell, for the Eastern Steam Navigation Com pany. She is to be 620 feet long, 100 feet beam, 6000. horse power, and 12,000 tons hurthen ; to be propelled by four paddles and a screw; and the horse-power will be thus proportioned-2000 for the screw, 2000 for the mid. ship paddle-wheels, and 20 00 for the for e paddle-v.-heels. The engines, which have already been contracted for, are to be constructed immediately.—Mining Journal. Vv DEATH OF AN EQUESFRIAN.—A melancholy occur rence took place last week, involving the death of one of the female equestrians in the establishment of Mr. Cook. During the performance of the troupe in G os p ort, upwards of a week back, Mrs. Smith received a serious in j ury by her leg having come in contact with a ba r, while she was galloping in the circle. She was received as an indoor patient of the infirmary in Carlisle, and had apparently so far recovered, thAt in a few days more she would have been discharged. On Sunday last , howev er, as she was sitting in bed reading, the patients, whose beds were nearest` and to give a hers, O f b e s w eT s v i e l o d rt h a er asp fa s l . l su o d a de e n x l a y m b i a n c a k tio o n n , her she pillow, was found to have expired. SAVE-ALL WATER-TAP.—A great proportion of the water supplied to the psorer districts of large towns is absolutely wasted. This is particularly the case with public taps in yards and courts. .From negligence of one sort or other, more than half the water is lost. Frequently the taps are " left running " all night. I would suggest a water-tap and box for public places, which it is presumed would entirely prevent the possibility of waste. It consists simply of an ordinary tap, fitted at the side with a lever and weight. When the weight is raised by the hand, the water flows; but the instant the weight is released, it falls into its vertical position, and shuts off the water. — A Correspondent of the Builder. Mn. RONEY ON CANADIAN EMIGRATION FOR IRISH MEN.—The following extract from a private letter, written by Mr. C. P. Roney to a friend in Dublin, exhibits some singular facts in connexion with emigration from this country :—" Instead of my being astonished at the im mense amount of emigration that has taken place from Ireland during the last few years, my surprise is that the whole of the peasant population has not already come, either to this country or to the United States. During the three weeks that haie elapsed 'since I landed, I have travelled 1,850 miles by,rail and steamboat ; and, although I am told that I have not as yet visited by any means the best portion of Canada (Upper or Western Canada), I have seen quite enough of it to convince me of its inex haustible resources, and the glorious field that it is for the employment of the Irish people." - - QUARANTINE.—The Commissioners of Customs have issued orders to the collectors and controllers at the several ports throughout the United Kingdom, directing them to prepare and transmit, with all practicable des patch, a return, in detail, of all vessels which have been detained in quarantine during the five years ending the Ist of July inst., at the respective ports, specifying the name of each vessel, the date of her arrival, the port from which she last sailed, the duration of the voyage in days, the number of the crew and passengers on board the disease for which quarantine was imposed, the nurr ber of cases of sickness and of death during the Toy and the number of sick on board when she t durtaion of quarantine imposed, and whether any how many fresh cases of sickness occurred during the de rrivcd, t "correspon- A LADY'S DILEMMA.—In looking over t dence " of some of our more fashionable papers, it . . perceived that most of the " answers " relate to complaints on the part of the fairer half of creation, respecting the ravages which atmospheric influence makes with the com plexion. In lieu of bloom and beauty they expatiate on a long train of personal disfiguration in the shape of pim ples, tan, freckles, &c.—eruptive horrors, all ! And what is a lady to do in this dilemma ? She has her bane : where is she to look for an antidote? Why, it is before her in Rowland's Kalydor—a mild, soothing extirpater of all impurities of the skin; prepared from-the choicest ex otics of a balsamic nature ; utterly free from minerahsub stances ; harmless in its components; grateful in ite effects. It neutralizes atmospheric extremes, promotes the healthy action of the mieroscopk vessels, and thus— .. " Adds - to beauty all the charms Of health,"-See A. THE RAILWAY KING.—The transactions betwee Hudson and the York and North Midland Railwa3,---Co; pany have produced several actions, another of which w argued, during Wednesday and Thursday, in the Ro Court. Various claims were made by the oompany tic their late chairman, on account of interest on mor kept in his bands, of overcharge in brokerage,,_ and cially for a con,' lerable margin of surplus obtained upon 2300 ton 3 of iron rails, hr.ying cont. in his own name for the rails, at £6 10s. per ton, afterwards transferred to the company at £l2, kce; the difference for . hiniself. After a very long hearing, Master c the Roils reserved somepoint over the evidence, but decided that Mr. Hu repay the profit derived from the contract for the hii fiduciary character of chairman to the con dering him incompetent to enter into any contract N on his own account TRANSPORTATION. — The bill of the lord chencellc substitute other punishment in lien of transportation been printed. It is to take effect from the first of ternber, reciting in the preamble that by reason ( difficulty of transporting offenders beyond the seas, i become expedient to substitute in certain cases punishment in lieu of transportation. It is proposed that sentences of transportation, except for life, or 14 years, or upwards, shall be discontinued, and sentences of penal servitude to be passed instead of transportation for less than 14 years. There is to be a scale of penal servitude for transportation. Conditional pardons arc to be allowed with reference to the substituted punishment, as in c of pardons on condition of transportation. All acts i corning convicts sentenced to trans , ortation are to made applicable for the purpose of the present me Persons convicted of larceny, after previous - for felony, are not to be transported. convic BURIALS BEYOND THE METROPOLIS.-111 0 bill of the government to amend the laws concerning the burial of the dead in England beyond the limits of the metropolis has just been printed. On representation of the Secretary of State Her Majesty in Council may restrain the opening of new burial grounds and order the discontinuance of burials in specified places. An order in Council is not to extend to burial grounds of Quakers or Jews, unless expressly included. Burials are not to take place after an order in Council for discontinuance, except as to vaults, &e., and cemeteries and new burial grounds ap proved by the Secretary of State. The new burial grounds are not to be open contrary to an order in Council. Cer tain provisions of the Metropolitan Burial Act, 15th and 16;11 of Victoria, cap. 85, are extended to parishes, &c., not in the r- fropolis. The present measure is to be confined to England and Wales. It is not to extend to the metropolis. The preamble recites the Metropolitan Burial Act, and declares that it is expedient to make better provision for and in relation to burials beyond the limits of that act . . . . , Hull, Bristol, including the Clyde, —...- EXPORTTitAnza.n—dAthreetduernelharaesdjuvsatlubeeeonfperainchtedoi THE Cork, Limerick, showing tie quanti ti es. the ten principal articles exported in 1850 and 1851, from & DSe a°cucu. Dundee,h dil l eao t emf a' p LPt p i t : tn a I; r ANt ports that from °cdfraer Newcastle, e7tßhdeeol Belfast, portstl: Glasgow,piv ofue brDublin, London value of the exports in 1850 was £ 14 ,137,527, and the Customs ' duties collected amounted to £11,095,145, while, in 1851, the exp orts were £14,489,494, and thestoms' duties £11,241,281. At Liverpool, in 1850, the exports were £34,891,847, and, in 1851, £37,918,640; from Hull, in 1850, the exports were £10,366,610, and, in 1851, £10,126,421 ; f rom Bristol the exports i n 1850 were £362,039, an d, i n 18 5 1 , £ 4 19 , 958 ; from Southampto n the exp or t s were £ 1,859, 6 4 7 t in 1850. and, in 1851, £1,916,737 . from Newcastle, in 1850 , £ 920 ,068, and, in 1851, £939,141 ; from the ports on the Clyde, Glasgow, Port Glasgow,and Greenock, the exports were £4,234,60 4 in 1850, and, in 1851, £ 4 , 046 , 814 . The Customs' d u ti es of the former year were £ 1 , 1 7 2 ,631, and of th e l a tt er , £1,177,064. The exports from Dundee were, in 1850, £91,672, and, in 1851, £66,890 ; from Leith, in 1850, £366.880, and, in 1851, £389 ; from Aberdeen £4,305, and, in 1851 . £ 9,682 ; from Belfast, £56,506 in 1850, and £50,183 in 1851 ; from Dublin the exports in 1850 were £50,354, and, in 1851, £50,070. The Customs' duties c ollected at that port, in 1851, were £893,383. From Cork the exports in 1850 were £116,268, and, in 1851, £109.404 , • and from Lime r ick, £8,457 in 1850, an d £2,870 exports in 1851.