The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

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MR. F. Rose, of Cornmarket-street, late churchwarden of St. Martin's, has been presented by the parishioners with a handsome silver-mounted pipe, as a mark of respect for his services during the past year !—Oxford Chronicle. MISS ELIZA CRABTREE, a maiden lady, with an in come of £7 per week, died lately at Walton, Surrey. The evidence at the inquest disclosed the fact that she frequently drank two or three pints of gin per day. THE PLYMOUTH DOCKS.—Three of the caissons con ttructed by Messrs. Grissell, of London, for closing the basins and docks in the new government steam-yard at ICeybam, were floated on Tuesday into their respective Positions, They are found to answer admirably. BRITISH SHIPPING•.—A return has just been issued, 1 , 3 , orde r o f t h e H ouse o f L or d s, o f B r i t i sh s hi ps employed In the trade of the United Kingdom, in the year 1852, Inpared with the year 1851. In 1851, there were 18,184 toiPs employed, of 3,360,935 tonnage, and 141,937 men were eseeleyee ; while in 1852, the vess e ls numbered 1-7;819, the tonnage 3.380,884, and the men employed, exclusive of masters, 159,563. A BRUTE.—A supposed case of starvation of a boy %bout twelve years old, named Horatio Truman, has been U ndergoine investigation at B as f or d, N o tt s . Th e f a the r of the boy is a waiter at an inn in the neighbourhood, and Ives in the habit of leaving his young and motherless !tipsily for weeks together without food. The boy was brought to the workhoUse in an exhausted state, and died two day s a f ter. A verdict of manslaughter was returned against the father. e F ACTS FOR NATURI , _LISTS.—There is to be seen at the farm of B raco two young hares suckled by a cat, and t eneded with all the care of a mother, thus controverting benser of nateree and at the same place, two Of six L it which survived for six weeks without food, shut up e noi:t-b°"e-theTheir four companions were dead, but healthy.r tj a n a are strutting about the barn-peed quite Bream' Advertiser. hB se RAILWAY Dumfries Courier match this ? Feannee-e r 3 eCCIDENT. On Saturday, f j o t e w P in u tterY, a workman, met with his death under the eroevongdi a cn•cumstanc es : — The men employed i n the -1‘ them , ee rie, Public-house near E aves '-l ane , on th e G rea t a few m il es f rom N ewar k, h a d l e f t t h e i r the una inted to cross the line. While on the line express train came up, and the deceased was struck by the blifrer, the train passing over him. The body was torn into upwards of 150 pieces, not one, save his head, being larger than a man's hand, I 'vrt QUACK DOCTORS, named Coates and Campbell, Wereleeied in the Edinburgh Sheriff Court, and sentenced to thie months' imprisonment, with hard labour. They kriell themselves professors in their hills, and represented th emselveias able to cure all manner of diseases. They Were in the habit of visiting the tweets and villages in the 'eirthbourhood of Edinburgh, and for their boxes and phials charged as high as live shillings, driving a pretty risk trade. A suspicious purchaser submitted one of .: L ne phials for analysis, and ihe'result induced him to give enfornnation to the authorities. Cod-liver oil, soap, and I:hubarb were the chief ingredients of which the mixtures were composed. _, Erie:Geri-Tr - se ARCITITS:CTURE.—An amusing in. atanCe of the mistakes which are likely to arise from the adoption of ecclesiastical architecture by Dissenters in the t eonstruction Tof eheir meeting-houses, occurred on Sunda v a re t ae w h ee s k. rhnrny h e Bishop df Winchester was proceeding to sermon it a church in Hackney, when his lordship' -s coachman pulled up at a new gothic edifice, ,ti e tler the be , means•unnatural supposition that it was _(11 church- The Bishop had alighted, and was about - to e ater The it was discovered to be a meeting-house —a es. un dtog, f much more church-like appearance (weever, o th an the .parish church itself, at which, in due ticrte,"his lordshipA arrived. h e r I tteme. PA-nee:T.—A patient was recently admitted and ° the infirmary attDurham who, some time pretiorrily the el seesieere.had' had -ane of his legs amputated between atiele end , -knee in so unsatisfactory a man:eel—as to leQuire a 'further operation. He said he was sure they Z i c n!id cut his leg at the Infirmary just as it should 'be, for. b s i t dangled about, and quite bothered kit lie/I:ought if a few inches were taken off he would be 2 1 t ight- While his wishes were being complied with he Enough, and after theoperation was completed-said it was FPicr•when th e y -were at work not to make a good job of itch nil he - would gladly h ave h a d th em t a k e 'tit' a few es snore. He is now doing well, and is !perfectly eatisfied with th e result.—Durham Chronielie. 14""Nrtiorr OCCURRENCE. A young -married O w n orn an, i n th e l ast - stage of consumption, purposed going Tuesday by trainsf rom S out h ampton to Wimborn, the latter 0 'bei ng h er restive place. She sat in thevaiting oin-cf the-Southampton railway s t a ti on un til m os t b e f ore thetrain started, w ith h er husband and nurse. When a x!ae e time arrived ferher to get i n t o t h e ra il way carr i age, was unable; her e x t reme illness, to Trek from ete: i 7 g-roo m -t o t h e platform, and a railway porter to . her -up to - carte , her. While h in his arms- she sud ythteherapirelevap denly died before •he could re The Slight excitement occasioned b 'starting by train snapped the ,slewnidtr threadcarriage. The is tnea life iea le l ss as b si u s r ta d n e e n e , beek a elich her life was . benuid. • `Tbe porter, lhureiedhack to theereaiting-roorn, andi Was-procured, but it was useless. AND INK PCRTRAIT OF SANE SLTCY:,--iie may be icout five feet nine in height ; is stout, broad chested and a finely -proportioned man, a gdoroectrewdayinortbe- the sable,' likes 'judge and a gentleman ; h shady side. effifty ; hair thin and white as snow; false-somewhat Davy, florid, end , whiskerless ; eyes small and smart— tot Dealing much show usually, but with a wicked twinkle itrtke , corner, which'frequently, in conversation, flashes loco:piercing trillianoy. Quiet and self-sustained in con. Veirsation, he seems to be somewhat dull, and not at all given -to let out his-rich fund of humour; but in visiting t hesvarious public burdings on Tuesday, in company with the mayor and other gentlemen, whilst the-rest talked atiel- stared superficieile about, the ponderous lick gene tal-7 erPropriated some one of the Liverpool gentlemen to himself, and went leisurely round, attentively listening to the account of everything that attracted his elention. s E xTiteentereerty• OiRCUMSTANCE.--A most distress- Lng event, arising from experimeatalising on the recently discovered moving power of animal magnetiernehas hap pened to Young lady residing in Sussex-placeeOld Kent lead• ;It appears that; ;n common with many others, she e ' °,rineff one of a parteeto test the truth of the leering 9 1 a table isy means of-this agency, and in doing so the ;usual way .was adopted of compressing the I - meets, or, e t ,-' 2 , t her, doubling them towards the palm of the hands. n rein ey i n bad become' . them, shees - as horror-stricken to-find they tee table fixed in the, position she had placed them on sacea' a" s olsen her endeavours, up to the present -time, to .hetn•have been unavailing. To prevent the hails tin g the palms of her hands, her medical advieers cha.ansvebct d r e e r i e i d eve the i n to he covered with cotton-wool. She canneeen retie and St. Thomas's hospitals, and they her. Increie:ble as this may appear, we i n e tz v t "ch for -its truth • assad we would caution theTtfelic, a me ure, to he careful to indulging in this apparently -se'ess amusement. Sun. Raur ZOw AssußA.):(,frzs.—The Goyernment'Bill, 103 hef ore'Parliarnent, has been printed. It contains and clauses :—" A land register-office is to be established, es Proper buildings provided. A registrar and assistant iceerrees are to-be appointed. The whole of Erigland , is divided • into districts-for the registration of pro- Pert e his Y. timearben registration is to commence under 44,nieaoure is to be published in the London Gozetze Afteraft elle time-specified, egisenation assuranc of land executed the er temmencement of r es may be registered I,, Y e ft ePositeag the original or a copy of the document, and 4 = makin g , roper entries. Wills affecting lands at law nequity Ikt -England are to be registered, and indices zit to be kept. An index, to be called ' The Index to 47,r4truptS and Insolvents.' is to be:kept at the register °e fo r th e w h o l e .of England. It ; is provid e d th a t `''sileanc es anthorised to be registered are to be void as rainst purchasers, unless -registered. Regulations are to ', s e l:lade under the act, and the Treasury is to fix the fees be t a k en . The new law is not to effect any copyhold 'estates, nor shares in companies," &c. CIRCUXSTANCE.—The Lincolnshire Chro. relates that a Mrs. Wilkinson, of Eenesbury, near .Neot's letel lost her sight 25 years ago, not tt e comp / ie"ee endin g the best medical aid. Abut six weeks earl( she accidentally fell down stairs. Fortunate l y she a sus tained no injury from the fail, but the-chock nem trined by it seems to have led to the recovery of her -. l ht-te'—" A day or two after this accident occarred, Mrs. t.nerlkinesen fancied she could see a little, and so stated to iZo _husker d, At first he was naturally enough inclined zidooLebtelie fact •, but her sight daily grew better, and she ;,nabled to distinguish colours, and to see pretty bets of h e eioe of Mrs. Wilkinson and the different:Min yfierzacer:thefamily may be well . ime r eisee d. A sQ II 4 23 has just been enabled to look upon for the Tug vt smis.a re Put e "n• STORE FEVER.—Distinguished per lanthropist, 44'etimes to strange uses. Some city phi aereiee in d a, s B ing that Mrs. Stowe had been of great bethought le r te --- °g large assemblages at Exeter Hall, gregat ions Th4eelf‘ _ e hist week of using her to draw a con etuersttaaintm" that benefit of a eertai .th e of Saturday was " authorised church w e l ade would be present next day at a here the Primate would preach for the t ° know, by who * o charity. Authorised, one would like Archbishop oe /. 4 " The Ragged School Union, the parish ? elloterburee or the clergyman of the at ingenioi. h,s a e he idea eelieorress.'s "as since been carried a step further t c. or g h is gging-letter-writer, who took to sub aPPiiesitions for assistance with the au chool Unionnae at full length. The experiment met, how •-•° with suceess than it deserved. The Ragged Wes detected an N ed a large collection—the impostor TH E . sent to gaol.—Guardian. Alic e Alo , R. In the part of Chancer 6TYNT S .a..tASIKRTIPTCY•'-- PLiCati on o n Monday, last week, a special ap _ e , was made on behalf of Mr. Moetyn, to . stay . the reos rtion of an advertisement in the Gazetteof adjudication , bankruptcy, until after the 30th of the present month. Ir. Mostyn, it which atsh stated, was the owner of certain =a rt y upon lieder thP 7 w ere was a colliery. The act of bank ukeY on hlc the adjudication had proceeded was e 2nd section of the Bankrupt Law Consolida te Aet, which provides that any judgment creditor of a Leraler may call upon his debtor for payment of his debt, "d if within seven days he does not either pay, secure, or co h ips , niPound such debt, it shall be deemed an act of exruptcy. The debt in thepresent instance oft the Petitioning creditor was on a bond upon which a judgment had gi t z e n n some y earse. The e evidence that Mr. Mostyn had ever been a trader fas, th a t h e f ormer l y owned a vessel, which he employed ilr the p urpose o f carrying the coal from his colliery, and e,tines when not so en gage d, used for other purposes. c the ti me , h owever , th at the judgment had been obtained eainst him he had erased to be the owner of the vessel; end it was, therefore, contended, that as he was not a trader at that time, the before-mentioned 72nd section of th e Bankrupt Act did not apply, notwithstandin g that he !fight have been a trader at the time the debt was con- I-acted. The Lord Chancellor ordered the matter to stand over until Friday. BURNING OF A THEATRE.—On Tuesday afternoon, the Adelphi Theatre, Broughton-street, Edinburgh, was completely destroyed by fire, the progress of which was so rapid that in little more than an hour after it was dis covered there was nothing left but the bare walls. The building was almost wholly insured. DISSENTING PROGRESS.—One of the strange signs of the times was a petition presented in the House of Com mons, on Friday night, by Mr. Mall, from certain mem bers of a Baptist Meeting-house at Hayton, for repeal of all enactments for the religious observance of the Lord's Day. This is an illustration of the extent to which some dissenters would carry out the principle of state non interference in religious matters.—Churchman. THE JEW BILL.—A deputation waited on Lord John Russell, on Saturday week, respecting the admission of Jews to Parliament. His lordship sent au apology for not seeing them ; and intimated that it was not the in tention of Government to introduce any other bill this year. He was waiting for Lord Lyndhurst's bill, which at present he had not read. MR. GVPSON, the aeronaut, was tried at the Middlesex sessions, on Tuesday, on a charge of having stolen some pewter pots. As the evidence tended to show that he had been labouring for some time under insanity, and took the pots under the impression that he was going shortly to drink with Louis Napoleon, the judge allowed his friends to take him away. CONTLAGRATION.—On Thursday morning a fire broke out in a large timber yard, in Birmingham, and did ex tensive damage, in consequence of there being only three firemen to work the engines. The police greatly exerted themselves, and succeeded at length in extinguishing the 'conflagration, which creared some stir, for large fires in Birmingham are of rare occurrence. AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM COMPANY.—The adjourned meeting took place on Monday, when a report was presented, containing a further correspondence with the Government on the question of the contract, and the preliminary recommendations of the board for taking the sense of the proprietors respecting an arrangement with the General Screw Company. The Government, it was intimated, adhere to their determination of withdrawing the contract, but abstain from enforcing a genalty. The directors are to report further as to the other matter. A HARD CASE.—Mr. James Halls Henry, surgeon of the Star, was tried on Thursday at Plymeuth, on a charge of drunkenness. He had taken a couple of glasses of champagne at luncheon with some friends on board, and this had so excited a constitution much tried by hard service in the tropics, that his commending officer prose cuted him for drunkenness. It was proved that he was a thorough gentleman and officer, and usually a very tem perate man. Tie was, however, found guilty, and (almost to the consternation of every one in the court) dismissed the service. AN ABANDENED CHARACTOR..-Mr. George Thomas Heldman, a solicitor, residing in Nichols-square, Hack ney-road, was brought up en a warrant, at Worship street, on Thursday, charged with having deserted his. wife and seven children, whohad since become chatwiible to the parisii of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. The defen dant, about fourteen months' since, formed an acquaint ance with an actress at a minor theatre, and soon afterwards deserted his wife and children. The actress, it was -ascertained, was in the habit of wearing the gold watch and chain which had been taken from the wife. 'The defendant soon came to ruin, and his family to the parish. Mr. Hammill said that he considered it to be a - very gross case, and he had no hesitation in ordering the defendant to be committed for three months to the House of-Correction. RAILWAY ACCMCNT : VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. --Another verdict of manslaughter has been returned by 'a'jury against the directors of a railway as the primary cause of accident. On Saturday week, Charles Caning, a porter on the South-western line at the Farnham station, was run over and killed by an extraoreinary train, in which were the Hon. F. Scott, M.P., chairman of the company, and 'Mr. Beattie, the locomotive superintendent of the line, making a survey. It appears - that an ordinary train was due at the time, and no notice having been given of the survey train, it was mistaken for the ordinary train, and, instead of stopping, passed the station, which was laid down by the coroner as the primary cause of the accident, though the actual cause was the poor man's foot slipping as he was running by some fencing to get on the platform and meet the ordinary train, due at the time. The jury found a verdict of manslaughter against the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., and Mr. Beattie. THE HITcALAYA SCREW STEAM-SS - IP, for the Penin sular and Oriental Company, built at'Messrs. C. J. Mare and Co.'s establishment, London, was launched on Tuesday. The Himalaya was commenced in November, 1851, and pier length between perpendiculars is 340 feet, breadth' ,l t feet 2 inches, depth of hold 34 feet 9 inches, and she is of 3,550 tons burthen, with engines of 700 horse power. She was originally intended to have paddle. wheeis,^with engines of 1,200 horse power; but subse. quently it was decided that she should be fitted with a screw propeller and engines of 700 horse power. Her accommodation will be for 400 cabin passengers, carrying 500 tons measurement of goods, and 1,200 tons of fuel. She is- to have an entire outfit of "Trotman's improved Porter's anchors. She has three decks, and the upper most two will mount an armanent of 50 guns, namely,— Upper fleck, 20 guns, 22-pounders, 8 feet long; 1 gun, 68-pounder, 10 feet 6 inches long. Main deck, 16 guns, 32-pounders, 9 feet 6 inches lone ;'l4 guns, 68-pounders, 9 feet long. The Jason, of 2,600 tons, belonging to the General Screw Steam-shipping Company, will be launched from the same establishment neat week, to be followed successively by three others of similar tonnage. NVE-9TERN DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN. —A meeting of the subscribers and friends of this charity was held at the rooms of the Dispensary, Charlotte-street, Fitzrcr - -square, on Tuesday, the.24th instant, the Rev. Canon Dale, •the president of the institution, in the chair. The report of the committee stated, that during the eighteen months' existence of the Dispensary a large amount of good had been effected 1 that although the diseases generally known by the term scorbutic, are sup posed to be incurable, yet, out 0f'442 petients admitted, 192 Ire 4 already been discharged cured, 44 benefited, and the remainder, with very few exceptions, were advancing as rapidly towards recovery as possible under the chronic character and protracted duration of the disease. Not one case had been discharged as incurable. The medical gentlemen present, seven or eight in number, all spoke in high terms of the satisfaction they felt at this result, and complimented Mr. Hunt, the surgeon to the institu tion, for his perseverance and success. They likewise expressed their regret that an institution so useful to the afflicted poor, and so promising for the improvement of a neglected branch of medical science,. was not better sup ported by the public. It was resolved that the report be printed and widely circulated. GRAND ORANGE PROCESSION AND TIE RESTORATION OF THE' PARISH CHURCH, BRADFOUD, YORKSHIRE.— The annual procession of Loyal Orangemen, of the Brad ford district, to the parish church, took place on Sunday, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The brethren having met in large wambers at the Nelson Inn, .proceeded from there. with the Rev. Dr. Burnet, the vicar, and grand chaplain of ',:he order, at their head., tc the parish church. On entering the ancient edifice, the national anthem was performed 4.:pon the organ, and divine service opened with suitablesprayers for the occasion. At ti conclusion of this and other portions of the moining service, the esteemed vicar ascended the pulpit, and prea6ed a most powerful and.-eloquent sermon from 2d Timothy, iii., 1 : " This know., also, that in the last days •,perilous ti mes shall come.'" , At the end of the discourse the reverend gentleman alluded to the noble and generous-effort now making by the , Orangemen of Bradford, towards the re. storation of the parish church, and announced, that thei r su b scr iptions towards that desirable ohri,ct, the accom plishment he so much cherished and desired, amounted to £125, and the.oubscriptions were still going. on. He conffratulated the brethren on their noble efforts, whose exertions and generosity convinced him that they were determined practically to carry out their Loyal thange principle.—Orange.aiad Protestant Banner. ATTEMPTED MURDER. AT ExurEtt.—The inhabitants cf Exeter were greatlKalarmed on Tuesday, by a report that a person had been murdered near the city. , en Dionday, a labouring man was gathering sticks in a copse, about a quarter of a mile beyond the Cowley-bridge Inn, which is about two miles•from the city, when he found a man lying on the ground,in a state of insensibility. The blood was still nosing from numerous wounds on the head and face. He was a small man, of middle stature, evidently a foreigner, and apparently a Jew pedlar. When found, a carpet-bag and box were slung across his shoulders, the former being ,partly under him, and the latter resting upon his shoulder. The carpet-bag did not appear to have been touched, but the leather fasten ings of the box seemed to hays been undone. It was full of beads, and it would seem that, when the ruffians found its.contents were of so little value, they thought it not worth their while to take -them. The proofs of evidence ate exceedingly clear, and 'leave no doubts upon the minds of the police. When the man was found, a piece of timtee was lying across his - legs. There was also a pool of blood near the spot, as well .as a large and sharp stone with hair,and blood on both sides of it. There is little hope of his recovery. THE CAMP AT.CHOBEIAM.—The formation of a military camp, though in other countries a regular:incident of the summer, is in England so strange an occurrence as to create universal, interest and curiosity. In the course of a few weeks 10,000 British soldiers will be actually mus tered together in martial order within a short distance of tte metropolis. These troops are to be encamped—that is to say, they are to .proceed, as it were upon ; field ser vice, to take up their position on a certain geaund, to carry ,111 a soldier's necessaries along with them, to sleep in tents, and to go through as many of the incidents of a real campaign as can be imitated in this species of duty. Many of the scientific operations of war, too, will be practised at the camp. There will be mimic sieges, sham fights, nocturnal surprises, the construction of pontoon bridges, and the passage of the army over sheets of water, while every branch of the service will send its represen tatives to the rendezvous. It is not, however, for mere amusement's sake that this design has been imagined. Its first, and, indeed, its sole object, is to communicate au efficiency to our defensive preparations by the experi ment of actual practice. It is literally " mihta ry exer cise" on a large and practical scale. The forceintended to move into the camp next month will consist of four regiments of cavalry, including guardsmen, dragoons, and light dragoons, three battalions of foot guards, five regiments of the line, the rifle brigade, several batteries of artillery, and a detachment of engineers. The diffi culties which have been already encountered or foreseen are exceedingly interesting, and in themselves furnish the best justification for the experiment. The first apprehen sions appear to have been felt for the horses, of which some 1,500 or 2,000 will be in the camp. So little are our cavalry stables calculated to keep horses fit for ser vice that fears are really entertained respecting the effects of five weeks' duty upon them, especially " the valuable animals belonging to the Household Brigade ;" and, as there will be no doors to the camp stabl es , th e h orses of these regiments are now being gradually acclimatised to an evening atmosphere by the windows of the barrack stables being opened every night. Reflections of some interest will be excited in those who can remember the last encampment in these parts. it was in 1798, at a time when the assemblage of a large French army f or an unknown destination was alarming the people of England, that Bagshot-heath was selected as one of the places at which 4 military force might he stationed. THE LIVERPOOL- STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1853. LOCAL NEWS. CHARLES FREDERICK CLIFTON, Esq., has been appointed a deputy-lieutenant for Lancashire. CAUTION.—On Wednesday, an infant, named George Francis Smith, whose parents live at No. 2, Holly-street, died from an overdose of paregoric. LORD SKELMERSDALE, nephew to the Countess of Derby, who has just succeeded to the title and estates, is pursuing his studies at Eton College. THE LIVERPOOL SHIPJOINERS' SOCIETY of this town has petitioned the Legislature for a definition and ex planation of the existing laws relative to the combination of workmen. RAILWAY COMPETITION. — The London and North western and the Midland and Great Northern Companies have come to an arrangement to equalise the fares on their respective lines, and thus put an end to the com petition which has been. hitherto so destructive to their several interests. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the weekly meeting of this board, Mr. ..klpass presided. The tender of Messrs. Wilson and Cotter, for the erection of some boundary walks at the new hospital, was accepted. Mr. Steans, relieving-officer, was reprimanded for having been irregular in the sending in of a weekly return of his cases. WAVERLEY DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—The members of this association of amateurs in Liverpool celebrated their first anniversary on Monday week, by a supper, at the house of Mr. Jackson, Richmond-street. The hilarity of the evening was kept up by toasts and speeches, and by songs from Messrs. Morris, G. H. James, and W. H. Jackson, jun. THE MUSICAL ASSOCIATION.—The members of this association gave their second concert on Wednesday, at the Mechanics' Institution. The principal vocalists were the Misses Hammond, the Misses Beer, Mr. Wray, Mr. Browne, and Mr. Pearce. The performance was conducted by Mr. W. B. Rogers. The selection con sisted chiefly of choruses, quartets, &c., this being the branch of music to which the members of the society more especially. devote their attention, FATAI. BLOW.—An inquest was held on Wednesday, by Mr. Herford, at Manchester, on the captain of a canal boat, named James Russell, who had been killed by John Ainscow, the captain of another boat. The two men had quarrelled about money, at a tavern in Liverpool-road, and got up to fight. Ainscow struck his antagonist on the left temple, and this, the first blow, proved instantly fatal. The Jury found a verdict of " Manslaughter " against Ainscow, and he was committed for trial at the Liverpool Assizes. NOVEL CHARGE OF CHILE-STEALING.—On Thursday, Edwin Breeze, a respectably attired man, was charged with stealing an infant belonging to Mary Neville. She stated that the prisoner (her brother) and his wife had separated, and that for the maintenance of his " better half " and child, it was arranged that he should contribute 10s. per week. She had given shelter to her discarded sister-in law and child. On Wednesday, the prisoner called at her house, in the absence of his wife, and ran off with his sister-in-law's baby. In bridewell he said he had taken the wrong child, by mistake for his own. He was dis charged. INQUEST.—On Friday, Mr. P. F. Curry, the borough coroner, held - an inquest on the body of James Sullivan, 39 years of age, a prisoner in the borough gaol. He was committed in March for an unlimited time, in default of paying a revenue fine of £25, for an illicit distillation of whisky in Banastre-street. Re was admitted to the gaol hospital on the 23d instant, suffering from chronic bronchitis; and, having petitioned the hoard in conse quence of his ill health, an order came down for his dis charge, but before the news could be communicated to him the prisoner had expired. It was stated at the inquest that he bad been twelve times imprisoned previously for assaults and other transgressions of law. BAN'egntrPTcY.—ln the case of Mr. H. H. Ross, late a draper in Great George-street. Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, on Friday. gave judgment on a proof of debt. The assignee, Mr. Wm. Morrison, a former partner, sougitt to prove for £350 on the estate, an amount pro mised in consideration of his retiring from the concern. His Honour decided adversely to the claim, principally on the ground that it could not be sustained, whilst there was a•heavy amount of 'the partnership debts unpaid. It might be received, however, when a payment of'2os. in the pound had been made on these debts, a contingency, he intimated, which, judging from the schedule, was not very likely to arise. WOOLTON HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.—The first show of the season took place on Thursday in a large tent erected on a piece of land near Wootton church, the . sfree use of which was granted by T. Holland, 'Esq. On the doors being opened for the admission of the public at two o'clock, the place was immediately crowded by a fashionable assemblage. The show of flowers, &c., was superior to any previous exhibition. The 'Woolton band was in attendance, and enlivened the company at inter vals with popular airs. Amongst the most successful -exhibitors were Me. Richard Alison, Mr. S. R. Healey, 'Mr. H. Harrison, Mr. Thomas Morris, Mr. J. Focke, Mr. Thomas 'Dutton, Mr. Peter Longton, Scc. EmionATzoN.—Although there is a temporary falling off in the emigration to Australia, the exodus to America - is now so brisk'that considerable difficulty is felt in pro. • curing vessels to convey the new-home-seekers 'hence. Large numbers of Germans are flocking here for -ship ment. The Golden Age, a vessel intended for the Australian trade, has been chartered by Messrs. Tap scott, for the American emigration service, and her - fittings have been adapted accordingly. The Golden Age is 209 feet in -length over all, 38 feet beam, has a height of 8 feet between decks, and is 1,240 tons register. 'She is colonial built, and sharp and clipper-like. •One of her prominent advantages is that of a series of deck berths, after the plan of the deck-saloons in the steamers, -and extending from-stem to stern. A NOVEL SWINDLE.—On Wednesday, a man-catcher .and his wife, James and Mary Corragan by name, were apprehended on a charge of conspiracy to defraud, under the following circumstances :—A few days ago, two brothers (boys, 14 and M years old respectively) came to Liverpool to emigrate to New York, and stopped at Cor ragan's house. They.gave Corragan £6, with 'which he -said he would pay their passage-money. He did pay £3 into the office of Messrs. Saul and Co., and obtained a ticket, which he gave. one of the brothers, telling the other his ticket would be ready when he got on board. Both boys went on board the ship, and when the muster of passengers was called, instead of giving the second boy a ticket, Corragan stowed him away in a chest four feet in length, and two feet in breadth. On a search being made the fraud was discovered, and the boy was found in a ..most exhausted condition. Had he remained much longer in the same position, he could not have sr,rvived. Tae ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—If, at the dawn of the present month, and even after it was considerably ad_ vanced, we were visited by many chilling winds and unseasonable snow-storms, 'the closing half of May ap. pearseagerly anxious to make amends for early defalca tions.;. and, so far from winter chilling the lap of the floral month, we are now oppressed by a heat which is driving shoals of townspeople from the " flags" to the seas ho r e, and from their dotnieiles in crowded streets of formal square to the pleasant farm-houses and villages. But 'it is.not everybody who can.get to the seaside, ()raven to his rustic parlour in the country, or the cool retirement of the village-green ; and it should be to everybody a source of pleasure that the thousands of toiling Liver pudliane who continue daily to pursue their avocations, in spiteof I hecatitry solstice, have antral spot at their own doosa whither they may repair to spend a quiet hour. In the Zoological f.C-ardens the admirable ,atvangements of Mr. Durandu have, as we anticipated, proved most successful. Nightly crowds testify to the popularity of the amuse_ ments, which are varied and of their kind excellent. The complement ©f day visitors is a sufficient proof that the natural charms of the spot are not unappreciated. That new and excel ent feature, the gymnasiam, is not over looked by the.youth of Liverpool, many of whom engage in the beneficial and refreshing and strengthening exer cises which it affortis. SELECT VEiiTßY.—This body held its usual meeting on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. The Financial Sub-committee recommended that Mr. Peter Monroe, one of the present cottage-rate collectors, should he appointed rate-bookkeeper, in the place ot Mr. Robert Savage, resigned.—Mr. John Molyneux to succeed to the office vacated by Mr. Ireland, and Mr. J. .R. Thomson to succeed to the office of collector, in the place of Mr. •Monroe.—A second charge of cruelty, to a boy named Murphy, on the part of Searret, the schoolmaster. was brought forward by Mr. Moss, and referred to a com mittee. The proceedings of the Finance Committee were then confirmed.—A tender for the supply of barna, at;ki.d. per lie., had been accepted.-+-784 persons were admitted to the vagrant sheds in the previous week.—Alderman Parker intimated that his charge for fourpenny ale would be 30.. per barrel, and for 6d.,_405. per barrel. His pre vious prices were 235. and 275. respectively.—Mr. Dun can, water engineer, was to be written to on the subject of a short supply of water to the workhouse. A SLIM of 43,600 had been paid Messrs. G. and A. Holme, on ac count of 'their contract.—Mr. Jones complained of the non-attendance of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, chaplain of the Kirkdale-Schools, and a discussion followed, in the course of which it was stated Mr. Jones was irregular, in not having brought the matter before the Bahool Committee. —The cost of maintaining paupers in the workhouse for the week was stated at 2s. 4d. per head.—Mr. Wilmer gave notice that, at the next meeting, he would move the appointment of Mr. Ireland, as superintending collect or , at a salary of 4220 a-year. The business then concluded. HEALTH COMMITTEE. — At the meeting , on 'Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale, the chairman, presided, an d the following gentlemen were present : — Messrs. Dover, Moss, c number—A hols on, Johnson, o fproposals from Halhead, Godfrey, the East Lancashire Railway Company. re la tive to the Beckwith, and G adsto Fleming, e . railway crossings in Regent-street, Regent-road, ma d V;ctoria-street, were accepted, the arrangement being distinctly understood to be on sufferance.—The medical oficer of health reported that the health of the town continues unusually good, hooping-cough amongst children being the only prevailing disease. The total number of deaths registered during the week was 123 in the parish, and d 2 in the extra-parochial wards, making an aggregate of 185, against an average of 103 in the acme period of former years. Smell-pox had been fatal to one infant (unvaccinated) and two adults. Two adults had died from rheumatism, one from carbuncle. and one from intemperance.—A long conversation took place relative to severing and paving a number of streets belonging to the ward of West Derby, from the want of which sewerage the medical officer of health reported a nuisance was created. The land, it was stated, belonged to the Marqui s of Salisbury, and it was contended by many members that that nobleman ought to sewer and pave himself. Notices to pave were ordered to be given.—An application to flag the footwalk of Botanic-view was complied with.—A re newed application from the inhabitants of Cable-street, to have that street watered, was brought before the committee. The borough engineer stated that it was totally impossible to water all the streets in the town, and Cable-street being a back walk, was one of those, the requirements of which were considered to render it an exception.—A letter of explanation was read from Arr. Rose relative to the charge urged against him of neglecting to empty certain middens at the Sailors' Home and else where. The explanation was deemed satisfactory.—After the discharge of a quantity of routine business, the ma_ matte dissolved. UPWARDS of eighty of the witnesses summoned to London on the Liverpool election inquiry, breakfasted on Thursday at the Commercial Hotel, Lord Nelson-street. ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL.—On Thursday, the 26th, Mr. W. Glen, son of Mr. G. Glen, of this town, and late pupil of the above school, was elected to an open scholar ship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Mr. Glen, besides the scholarship, was honoured by the examiners with an additional prize in testimony of their approval. SELF-PUNISHMENT. — On Tuesday, a youth, named Thomas Swift, belonging to a flat called the Mary, in an affray which took place at the Leeds canal basin, armed himself with a boathook ; and when a police-officer attempted to take it from him he pulled it towards him, and the point entered his abdomen. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, and is now doing well. FRAUD.—Charles Eyre, a compositor, was apprehended by detective-officer Murphy, at Mr. Brakell's printing office, North John-street, Liverpool, on Monday, on a charge of having obtained a piano by false representation, in March, 1852, at Manchester. The prisoner was con veyed to Manchester, and was committed for trial on the charge. THE ORIENT.—A very complimentary letter was pre sented to the surgeon of the packet-ship Orient, of the " Black Star Line," by the passengers lately arrived in that vessel. The letter speaks in the warmest terms of the services of the medical officer. We understand that on her passage out the Orient had 900 emigrants on board, and that only one death, that of an infant, occurred. A COTTON-PORTER KILLED.—ThornaS Oxton. a cotton porter, in the employ of Mr. Bates, was, on the 7th inst., stowing cotton in a shed, Cheapside, when Kirby, the man who had charge of the work, observed that he was intoxi cated, and that. on going to the jigger loft, he climbed up the bales instead of using a ladder placed for that purpose. In doing so he fell. fractured his skull, and from these in juries died, in the Northern Hospital, on Tuesday. When expostulated with by his wife as to his reason for climbing up the bales instead of mounting the ladder, be said he chose the former as the nearest way. A GRAVEDIGGER DISTURBED.—On Sunday night, the gravedigger attached to Christ Church, in this town, was busily engaged in his professional avocation by moonlight, when a number of boys who were passing that way, and whose attention was attracted by the somewhat unusual spectacle, concluded that the individual so engaged could not be other than one of the" body-snatching" fraternity. They assailed him, therefore, en masse, and, having pro cured the aid of the police, brought the surprised and frightened digger to the house of the sexton, who explained to the captors their prisoner's position, and obtained his release. THE BILLETING SYSTEM.—On an application being made by the Licensed Victuallers' Association to Adju tant Edwards, of the military department, Islington, re questing that he would appoint a time to investigate a case of gross misconduct of Sergeant Boyd and a soldier named Hale, of the 83rd regiment, while on billet, that gentleman fixed Wednesday last, when the charge was promptly gone into. Mr. Henry Luff. of the Liverpool Arms, Rose-hill, was the complainant ; and the charge was that the soldier had refused a good bed provided for him, at a cost of 2s. the week, at a house opposite, but persisted in being accommodated at Mr. Luff's. Sergeant Boyd had abetted him in this determination ; and the man had eventually been bought off for 3s. Sergeant Boyd, in defence, said he understood the landlord wanted to send the man to Ben Jonson- street, and that was a quarter of a mile off. Adjutant Edwards then addressed himself to both men on the case generally, pointing out to them, and to victuallers also, that the Mutiny Act did not contemplate or recognise money payment in any way whatever in the discharge of a billet, but positively de fined that the party on whom a billet shall be issued must provide for the soldier either in his own house or con veniently thereto. The act certainly did not state what was to be considered a convenient distance, but he should say 100 yards or thereabouts ; therefore any pay ment in money could not be a private arrangement between the soldier and the landlord. In this case there had been a compliance with the act by the landlord, and gross misconduct on the part of the men, whom he ordered there and then to refund the 35., with a strict admonition that if found at anything like the same again he would report them to their regiment, and have them called into barracks, with perhaps other punishments. TURN-OUT OF FLATMEN.—On Wednesday last. at the Police-court, three flatmen, named George Rainford, Robert Haughty, and William Rimmer, were charged with disorderly conduct, and intimidating workmen. A strike has, within the last few days, taken place among the flatmen employed on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the " turn-outs" demanding an additional penny per ton for the conveyance of coal from Wigan and other places. On Tuesday morning, two of the men in the employ of Messrs. Tayleur, Delamere, and Co., after discharging their cargo, intimated that they would not return for more coal until they bad received the amount demanded by the other flatmen. Subsequently they agreed to leave the basin, but expressed a fear that the men belonging to Messrs. Brancker, Barton, and Windus, and other firms, who were standing out, would prevent them. In answer to this, Mr. Delamere asked the two men if they would proceed to the canal, providing an opening was made for them through the other flats, and was answered in the affirmative. The number of the " turn-outs" amounted to about 150 or 200; and Mr. Delamere applied to Capt. Greig for the assistance of some police-officers. Accord ingly an inspector and six officers were soon on the spot ; but the violence of the flatmen was so great that a super ' intendent, with another inspector, and about 50 police officers, had to be despatched to the scene of the uproar. Upon seeing the police force, the two flatmen in the employ of Messrs. Tayleur, Delamere, and Co., refused to go on board their boats. Mr. Delamere then got the assistance of the carters and porters in the employ of the company, who endeavoured to effect an entrance into the canal. 'ln the attempt, however, they were violently assailed by the " turn-outs," who: prevented the carters and porters from unfastening the chains of the flats which blocked up•the passage. The police used every exertion to repel the violence of the flatmen; but the disturbance, notwithstanding, lasted from three o'clock in the after noon until seven in the evening, during which time no fewer than'l,soo to 2,000 persons had assembled. Ulti mately the riot was subdued, and an entrance into the canal effected for the flats of the prosecutors. The pri soners, who were the ringleaders, were taken into custody. Mr. Mansfield said it was a kind of outrage that demanded the utmost promptitude, and the prisoners must go to gaol for three months' hard labour. LITIGATION.--In the Vice-Chancellor's Court,on Wed ' nesday, three separate injunctions were applied for by or against the Liverpool Corporation, for matters arising out of the progress of the Rivington works. The first two xeere applications against Mr. Miller and Mr. Scott, con tractors. They were to have the privilege of cutting and using timber from the ground to be formed into reser voirs, but it was alleged that they had exceeded the pre- scribed boundaries. An injunction was in each case granted. In the third case, an action by a Mr. M'Naughten, against " the mayor, a ldermen, and burgesses of °Liverpool," Sir Fitzroy Kelly appeared in support of a motion for an in junction to restrain the defendants from allowing a dam, constructed by them near the River Yarrow for the pur pose of making a reservoir and embankment, to he opened so as to allow, and from allowing, any foul or impure water to come or be pumped from their works into the river Yarrow at any point or points above certain calico print-works, called Birk-acre Works, belonging to the plaintiff. The plaintiff complained that the works neces sary in the construction of the reservoir had the effect of loosening large quantities of shale, mineral, and earthy matters, which were allowed to flow into the river Yarrow ; and they iesisted that the defendants should form a conduit to carry off the impurities. The Solicitor-General, for the defendants, contended that the case was met suffi ciently by counter affidavits, and that the works had been ,conducted under sufficient scientific superintendence. He said, if the plaintiff had sustained any injury, it must be 1: be subject of compensation, and not of injunction.—The case was not concluded when the court rose.—On Thurs day, the case was resumed. The Vice-Chancellor granted the injunction in the words in which the interim iyjy.ne.- tian had been framed, restraining the defendants from opening•the dam which separates the new girt from the 'Yarrow, but giving them liberty to apply in case of neces sity. 'The plaintiff must put their legal right in the course of immediate trial by bringing an action forthwith, not for compensation, but in respect of the damage and injury alleged to have arisen by the mode in which the works were executed, and they must proceed to trial at the next assises. THE DRAIN , AND DUILVB INSTITUTF.. —The annual examination of the children belonging to the school for the Deaf and Dumb took place on Thursday, in the lecture-room .of the Royal Institution, Colquiit-street. There were about a hundred ladies and gentlemen present, amongst whom were his worship the Mayor, Au'ev. Rector Campbell, Richard Yates, Esq. (president of the insti tute) ; Harmood Banner, Esq., and Edward Banner. Esq. (honorary secretary of the institute). The pupils, who numbered about 50, equally ,divided between boys and girls, sat on each side of the platform, and com menced their exercises under the direction of Mr. Buxton, the master. Several boys and girls who had been only adimtted into the school a few weeks ago, went very satisfactorily through the alphabet, and were succeeded by other new pupils who, pantomimically, described the peculiar action of different animals, and represented by signs, number of verbs. Another class of boys and girls then wrote on a board answers to several questions relating to different things. After these exercises had been gone through, the mayor wrote several questions on the board, which the children answered. Bible lessons were next gone through, and resumed after a few arithmetical exercises. in the meanwhile, several drawing-books belonging to the pupils were handed round amongst the company, and elicited general compliments. The examina tion was finally wound up by some vocal exercises by three little girls, who endeavoured, and in some instances with success, to utter vocal sounds resembling different letters. Mr. Buxton, the master, then intimated that the examination which had been witnessed was merely a hurried outline of what was taught in the school, and he would be very happy to receive visitors there any Tuesday between the hours of ten And twelve o'clock in the morn ing, and two and half-past four o'clock in the afternoon. The Rev. Rector Campbell expressed a hope that all present would spread the name of the school far and wide amongst their friends, so that its usefulness would be generally appreciated, and its interests in that way for warded. Speaking for himself, he had been very much pleased with the examination, which bad been very satisfactory, and reflected great credit on the master. So thought all present; for they exhibited in their faces the pleasure which they had experienced at seeing how much science had been made to contribute to the happiness of those who had been deprived by nature of the distinguish ing characteristic of man—speech.---It appears that the number of deaf and dumb at present on the books of the institution is 57. Of these 43 belong to Liverpool ; and with two exceptions all belong to the town and district. Twenty-five of this number are boarders; upwards of thirty (a larger number than the building ever before contained) are day scholars. The institution is open to all comers; there is not another in the kingdom to which admission is so easy, and in which the advantages which the school is provided to dispense are so freely afforded. Nearly 20 of the children have been deprived either of one parent or of both. In seven cases deafness is not limited to a single member of the family. Four house holds, from which pupils come, contain two deaf and dumb children; and in three other cases the number of deaf children is three each. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE (subject to the decision of the Council) have agreed to purchase the old gas-office, in Dale-street, for 18,000 guineas. AT WIGAN the employers of the operative joiners have announced that the strike has now terminated, by a con cession on the part of the masters to all the demands of their workmen. THE MAYOR, on Tuesday, entertained at dinner, in celebration of her Majesty's birth-day, a party of from 50 to GO gentlemen, principally of those holding official public situations in town. . . . • MADRIGALS.—The members of the Liverpool Amateur Glee and Madrigal Union will give their fourth perform ance on Wednesday next at the Assembly-rooms, Great George-street. ITALIAN OPERA IN LIVERPOOL.—We understand that Mr. Copeland is making arrangements for introducing the Italian Opera into this town, and that a talented company will shortly appear at the Theatre Royal, upon the same principle as the French plays recently pro duced at that establishment. NEW Snips.—Messrs. Denny and Rankin have launched a handsome iron ship for Mr. James Smith, of this town. The vessel's length is 115 feet ; her breadth amidships 30 feet ; and her tonnage 783 tons register. She is to be commanded by Captain Inglis,and is destined for the Australian trade. A barque of 322 tons, has been launched by the same firm for Mr. John Anderson, of this town. STREET ATTACKS. — On Wednesday night a man, re siding at Bootle, was kno ked down in Waterloo-road by two men and a woman, who stole a German silver watch of trifling value ; and on Thursday night a man, named Morris Jones, was attacked in Bev ington-bush by two men and a woman, who robbed him of £1 9s. The ruffians drew a knife in the scuffle, and Jones was slightly wounded. .-••••••••••• THE — BRAZILIERA steamer has received her masts and her boilers, and great progress is making with the machinery, so that she may he expected to keep her time of sailing as announced. Mr. Cox, late chief officer of the Great Britain steam-ship, is to take the command of one of the Brazilian vessels, and certainly much may be expected from the hieh standing of this gentleman as a seaman and navigator. SUDDEN DEATH IN CORNWALLIS-STREET BATHS. — On Friday, about half-past eight o'clock in the evening, a young man named Brough, residing in flope-street,ex pired while taking a warm bath in the above establi,h ment. He had been in the room about twenty minutes, when some moanings being heard, a person inquired at the door, if he required any thing, and not receiving an answer forced open the door, when the young man was found sitting in the bath quite dead. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The masts for this ship are now in course of erection, and in a short time she will be seen with her yards crossed. The foremast and main mast are alike, each mast is made out of three logs of pine, strongly bolted and hooped with iron rings. These masts are 99 feet long, 40 i nc h es i n di ame t er, an d a b ou t ten feet in circumference, bein g th e l arge st ma sts e ve r made in this town. The bottom of the ship has been thoroughly cleansed and painted, and ;the vessel is now ready to receive her new screw. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A shocking accident happened on Thursday night, at the Lea-gate station of the Preston and Wyre branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way. The passengers in a Fleetwood train were thrown into a panic by the proximity of an express train from Preston, and by the shouting of one of the officials to a man to get out of the way, and made a rush across the line to escape the seeming danger. Mr. Holden, a cotton spinner, of Chorley, and a servant girl, not being quick enough, were caught by the approaching express train, and almost cut to pieces. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—On Friday afternoon, as Dr. Mitchell, of Duke-street, accompanied by his servant, was driving into Grove-street, from Bloom-street, his horse, a spirited young animal, took fright, and attempted to leap over one of the palisadings in front of the houses in that street. In doing so, however, he struck against the gate, and his feet got entangled inside of the rails. Dr. Mitchell and his servant were thrown violently out of the gig, but received very little injury. The horse, how ever, was seriously damaged, and the gig smashed. - - - ROBBERY BY A WAITER.—Henry Roberts, a young man, who had been waiting at the house of Mr. Stephen Carr. Rose-hill, took the liberty, on Tuesday, of appro priating to his own use a sum of £4 55., the property of his host, which the latter bad incautiously left on his table. After taking the money, Roberts made a precipi tate retreat from the house. In the course of the evening he was found in a public-house in London-road, with a considerable portion of the stolen money in his possession. He was brought before the magistrates on Wednesday, and committed for trial at the sessions. CHARGE AGAINST PILOTS.—The captain of the steam tug Colchester, John Frederick Wilson, when out with his steamer, on Tuesday afternoon, near the Bell Buoy, discovered the dead b o dy o f a man, i n t h e d ress o f a sa il or, floating in the water. The body was much decomposed, but the captain nevertheless got it on board, brought it ashore, and deposited it in the receiving -house. An inquest was held on Wednesday, but the body could not be identified. Captain Wilson informed the court that he was advised by some of the hands of No. 9 Pilot-boat to tie something to the body and sink it, as that was the way they always did. The coroner characterised such advice and conduct of the pilots as infamous ; and said he would take care that the Pilots Committee should be made acquainted with the captain's statement. The jury acquiesced. THE COAL FIELDS OF LANCASHIRE.—The Lancashire coal fields produce about 4,000,000 tons annually, viz., in the Wigan districts, 2,000,000; Bolton, 1,000,000; and St. Helen's, I,ooo,ooo,—altogether covering an area of 600 square miles. The cost of getting and raising it to the surface in Lancashire averages less by is. 6d. per ton than it does in the Newcastle and Durham districts, the average depth of the pits being only 875 feet here, against 1,500 feet there. The average cost of carriage from the Lancashire pits to Liverpool, distance twenty-four miles, is 2s. per ton, being 9d. per ton less than those of Northumberland and Durham to the eastern seaports. The varieties of coal found in Lancashire are said to ex ceed in number those found in Durham and Northumber land, which amount to 175.—Mining Journal. A REFRACTORY SEAMAN.—Yesterday, at the Police court, a sailor, named William Chaffer, a foreigner, one of the crew on board an outward-bound vessel, now lying in Salthouse Dock, was placed before the magistrates, charged with disorderly and violent conduct on board the vessel, on Saturday evening. It appeared from the com plainant's statement that the prisoner's conduct on board was so violent on Saturday evening that he (complainant) called for the assistance of the police, who took him into custody. The officer stated to the bench yesterday that, when he took the prisoner into custody, the latter pulled a knife out of his pocket, saying that the captain was a bad man, and threatening to cut his throat. On the officer telling him that he would be hanged for it, he re plied that "be had a strong . neck, and did not care for that." In answer to the magistrates, the captain said he should be afraid of his life if the prisoner went on board again. He was, therefore, bound over to keep the peace for nine days, (when it is expected the vessel will sail,) himself in £lO and two sureties in £5 each, or a mouth's imprisonment. A DEED WITHOUT A NAME.—On Tuesday, in the County Court, Mr. J. B. Yates sought to recover from Hugh Hughes the sum of £1 15s. 2d. Previous to 1848, Mr. Yates had been in the habit of selling land for build ing purposes, and advancing money to enable the pur chasers to build. He had advanced the defendant a sum of upwards of £lO,OOO. The latter became embarrassed, and Mr. Yates wished him to execute a deed of release from existing contracts; but the defendant left the coun try, and did not return for five years. On his return, Mr. Yates again wished him to sign the deed, which he had prepared on a 355. stamp, and sent him. He , how ever, declined to do so • and, when written to on th e ' sub ject, cut the stamp off the deed, and returned it in a letter to Mr. Yates. The stamp-office refused to return the .355., and the action was brought to recover the deed, or the value of the stamp. His Honour ordered the deed to be returned, otherwise a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff for the full amount. THE AFRICAN MAILS.—The African Mail Steam Company's packet-ship Faith, Commander James Par sons, sailed on Tuesday from Plymouth, on her second voyage, with mails for Teneriffe, Sierra Leone, and thewest coast of Africa. She has a full general cargo, and about 20 passengers. The boilers of the Faith are for the first time heated with anthracite coal, by which it is expected a saving in the cost of fuel of nearly two-fifths will be ob tained, and., as less coal is required, a considerable saving in labour is also expected. Anthracite coal by the or dinary mode of burning, produces little or no flame, and tequires an immense draught. To obtain this draught on board the Faith, a large steam pipe is connected with the steam-chest at the top of the boiler, and is brought down in front of the furnaces, into which steam can be thus ad mitted at the discretion of the engineer. The admission of the steam produces flame and causes an intense fierce ness in the fires, which leads, of course, to the speedy pro duction of steam for the propulsion of the ship. Messrs. M'Kean and M'Clarty, of Liverpool, have adopted the new system, it is said successfully, on board their steam ships Genova, Livornia, and Watcrwitch. LORD'S DAY OBSERVANCA.—On Friday last petitions, numerously signed, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on the Lord's Day, were presented in the House of Commons by Mr. C. Turner from the body of Welsh Calvinists resident in Liverpool; from the congregation of St. Andrew's Scotch Church, Rodney -street ; and from the congregation of the Oldham-street Scotch Church. Before the Whitsuntide recess similar petitions were presented in the House of Commons from St. Bride's, St. Barnabas's, St. Bartholomew's, St. Clement's, St. John's, St, Matthew's, Hill-street, All Saints, St. Thomas's, Warwick -street, St. Stephen the Martyr's, St. Mark's, and Edge. hill district; from Christ Church, and St. Peter's, Everton. To the House of Lords, from St. Saviour's, St. Martin's, and from St. Matthew's, Scotland - road. The Wesleyans of the Liverpool northern and southern circuits also had a petition presented to the. Legislature to the same effect; and there was a general petition, highly respectably signed by the inhabitants of Liverpool, presented in the House of Commons against the opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham on the Lord's Day. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—Mr. David Falconer and Mr. Joseph Miller, who have been for several years active Sunday-school teachers in connexion with St. .Paul' s church, having determined to enter the ministry, t h ei r friends were desirous of marking, in some suita ble manner, For the high esteem in which they were held by . 1) this purpose a most interesting meeting of tee teachers f r Grantham s, on and other friends took place in a most Wednesday last. The Rev. Dr a . t AlN . ;He, ap propriate address, gave important a ice to the gentlemen who were about to enter upon w hat he termed, " the most glorious calling a man could be engaged in," and also encouraged those upon wh om t he duty of Sunday school teaching devolved , an d ended in an impressive manner by presenting each gentleman with a handsomely bound quarto edition of Bagster's Bible , having the fol lowing inscription, beautifully written by Mr. Cherry, of the Collegiate Institution :—" In affectionate remem brance of his uniform kindness and untiring zeal, as a teacher of St. Paul's Sunday-school ; presented by the ministers and teachers on the occasion of his leaving to enter the ministry." Dr. M'Neile added the test Ist Timothy, 4th chop', 12th to 15th verse. POCKET PlCKlNG.—Several persons had their pockets picked in Rupert-late, Everton, on Monday. when pass ing through the rabble congregated opposite the gate leading to the militia store-house. ARRIVAL OF THE GENOVA.—The Genova screw steam ship, Captain Walter Paton, arrived here on Sunday even ing from Quebec and Montreal after a fine passage of only fourteen days, having left Quebec on the evening of the 15th instant. The Genova brought a large cargo, and about thirty passengers. Captain Paton, on arrival, was presented with a complimentary letter, of which the fol lowing is a copy :—" Steam-ship Genova, May 28, 1853. We, the undersigned passengers on board the steam-ship Genova, from Montreal and Quebec, deem it not only a pleasure but a duty:to state that, during the passage which occupied only fourteen days, we were shown every mark of respect by the officers, and especially by Captain Wal ter Paton. Every thing was done by him that could be to render us comfortable ; his gentlemanly conduct, obliging disposition, and last, but not least, his peculiar tact for amusing and rendering his passengers comfortable and happy, must always make him a favourite with the travelling public."—The following is a list of the passen gers :—Lady Alexander and family ; Colonel, Mrs. Cle ments, and family • Com.-Gen. Rae, lady, and f am ily ; Mrs. Major Tullocit and family ; Mrs. "Watson ; Mr. C. D. D. Phillips ; Mr. Edmund Mitchell ; Mr. J. M`Kay, junior ; Mr. R. P. Laverlochen ; Mr. P. P. Dedier ; Frere Zozine ; Fi ere Cacile ; Frere Cassier ; Sister Mary, of the Holy Ghost; Mr. M. M'Kean. SUICIDE IN GLOUCESTER-STREET.—A man, named James Halton, 60 years of age, who had for some time been employed at the Theatre-Royal, committed suicide yesterday morning, by hanging himself in a bed-room of the house in which he resided, Green's-court, between Glou.rester-street and Albion-street. It appeared from the evidence at the inquest, which was held yesterday, that for the last two or three weeks he had been in a very desponding state of mind. Between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday evening deceased went out to borrow some money. He returned home about twelve o'clock. a little in liquor. About one o'clock on Sunday afternoon he partook of half a glass of gin, and at night went to bed apparently comfortable enough. Yesterday morning, a little before nine o'clock, deceased gave his wife a shilling to get some things for the house. She went out, and got deceased a glass of gin, and partook of some of it herself. She then went across to a neighbour's house, and when she returned, she found the deceased in the top room, hanging by the bed rail. He was quite dead. A verdict of " temporary insanity" was returned. STEALING NEWSPAPERS BY A MAN OF PRO PERTY.—At the Police-court, on Friday, John Fletcher Huddlestone, a middle-aged, respectable-looking gen tleman, formerly a shipowner in this town, but now retired from business, and having a country seat seat at Workington, in Cumberland, and another residence at Seacombe, Cheshire, near this town, was brought be fore the magistrates, in the private room, on a charge of stealing two newspapers from the Exchange News-room. Mr. Thomas Warburton, of the Exchange News-room, said, a little before two o'clock on Thursday, I received information that a gentleman had put two newspapers into his pocket, and walked out of the news-room. The prisoner was pointed out to me in the street as the person who had done this. I saw him go into the Crooked Bil let. I followed him, and saw him in the dining-room, perusing the Liverpool Times. I did not speak to him, but went back and consulted one of the committee. was directed to inform the police. I saw constable Eaton, and informed him. He went to the Crooked Billet. I followed the officer, who told the prisoner to come into another room. The officer had some conversation with him. I left the room, and went back to the Exchange. A short time afterwards I was shown by the officer a . n!wspsper (Gore's Ad (riser) which is the proce:ty of the proprietors of the Exchange News-room. I know it by a peculiar mark, which appears to have been partly erased. The prisoner was formerly a subscriber to the room.—John Eaton : lam a detective officer. In conse quence of information from the last witness, I went to the Crooked Billet. I found the prisoner in the dining-room; I asked him to come out, and he did so. I took him into the lobby, and asked him if he would be kind enough to show me the two newspapers which he had brought with him from the Exchange-rooms. He said I will show you them bye and bye. I brought them with me to read after dinner. I asked him where they were; he said, in his coat pocket in the room. I then asked him if he was staying at the Crooked Billet ; he said he was. I allowed him to retire into the room again to finish his dinner; when he came out I asked him again for the papers. He said, let us go across, and see Mr. Warburton. I insisted upon seeing the papers, and he then put his hand into his pocket, and pulled out the paper produced (Gore's Ad vertiser.) I then asked him where the other one was. He said, 1 have no other; that is the only one I had. I then told him I should detain him until Mr. Warburton came across. I asked him his name ; lie at first refused to give it, hut ultimately gave his name. I remained with him until Mr. Warburton came over, who desired me to take him to the Police-office. I asked him again respect ing the other paper. He said he had not taken any but the one, and that he had been in the habit of doing so regularly. I was then desired to lock him up. By the Magistrate : When I asked him for the second paper, he said he had none. I asked him to allow me to feel in his pocket, and he said certainly.—The case being fully proved by the evidence of a subscriber who had witnessed the t r ansaction, and pointed it out to a person sitti ng near, and who had, in consequence, named it to one of the attendants of the room, the magistrate fined the pri soner £5, or a month's imprisonment, for not being able to account satisfactorily for the possession of the paper. The fine was at once paid, and the prisoner, who was attended by ssveral merchants of high respectability, left the room. DOCK COMMITTEE.—On Thursday,at the weekly meet ing, Mr. Francis Shand, the deputy chairman, presided ; and the other members present were—Messrs. Molyneux, Robinson, Steele, Evans, Barber, Healing, Gladstone, Holme, Malcomson, Bighorn, Holden, Langsdale. Tobin, Lockett, Royden, and Rankin. Tile terms were sub mitted, upon which it was proposed to erect sheds for the British and north American Steam-ship Company, on the west quay of the Huskisson Dock, and to let them the land adjoining for a coal depot. The total annual rent for coal depot and sheds would be £942—Agreed to. The Harbour-mEoters' Sub-committee reported that they had interviews with a deputation of steam-boat proprietors on the subject of cranage accommodation on the dock quays; and they recommended that a new crane should be erected on the quay of No. 1, Sandon Graving dock at an estimated cost of £1,200; also that another of the present cranes should be removed to a more useful position.—Confirmed. The Chairman said the next business was the motion by Mr. Gladstone, affirmative of the right of every member of the. Dock Committee, and every dock ratepayer, to examine the dock hooks and accounts. He had that morning received a letter from the chairman, Mr. TurnTr, wishing much to be present on the occasion of that dis cussion coming forward.—Mr. Molyneux moved that the matter be deferred, because there would be no disadvan tage to the dock estate whether it was discussed then or that day twelve months.—Mr. Evans moved that the question be decided at once.—Mr. Bigham seconded this. The Chairman said, as some doubt had been expressed last week as to the interpretation put upon a certain clause, and a suggestion having been thrown out that counsel's opinion should be taken upon the subject, he had taken upon himself to instruct the solicitor to do so. Mr. Gladstone, having called upon Mr. North, the solici tor, to read the clause in the act of 1762, (read at'the last meeting,) brought forward his motion, " That the officials of the dock trust be directed to furnish information on the affairs of the trust to each and every member of the - Dock Committee, as such may be demanded." The present prohibition made nonentities of them and their acts.—Mr. Evans seconded the motion.—Mr. Hoyden objected that, where contracts and other bargains were in an immature state, that sought would be an unwise and dangerous power.—Mr. Steele concurred in Mr. Royden's remarks. He thought it would be a dangerous power to place in the hands of some of the committee, judging from past times.—Mr. Bigham objected to the doctrine that the Finance Committee were the only members to be trusted, and that it would be dangerous to trust the others. Mr. Tobin strongly opposed the motion.—The Chairman said the only point was whether they should get informa tion regularly or irregularly. Members could always get information by proper application to the committee.—Mr. Jas. Holme supported the motion. He said the prohibi tion led to the suspicion that there was something wrong. If the accounts were accurately kept, he could see no wrong in their being at all times open for inspection.— Mr. Tobin moved, as an amendment, that, before they proceeded to a vote, the case and opinion should be read. —Mr. Molyneux seconded the amendment.—Mr. Glad stone objected, as the obtaining of the opinion had not been authorized by the committee.—Eventually the board divided on the amendment, which was carried by a ma. jority of 9 to 7.—Mr. North then read the case and opinion. The case was very fully and perhaps rather strongly stated. Counsel's opinion was :—lt vas quite clear the members of the committee had no right, in their individual capacity, to require officials to furnish informa tion as to the affairs of the trust. Except in their col lective capacity, and when acting in committee, they - had no power to do any corporate act. That was the invari able rule in corporations. As to Mr. Gladstone's resolu tion, he could not go so far as to say it would be illegal ; but such a resolution was, so far as counsel knew, unex ampled in the history of corporate bodies ; and it would• be inexpedient, and likely to lead to inconveniences pre judicial to the Dock Estate.—After a few further remarks, the board divided upon Mr. Glidstone's motion, which was carried by a majority of I. or the motion : —Messrs. Robinson, Langsdale, Gladstone, Holme, Bigham, Hol den, Malcomson. Evans, Healing, and Barber. Against the motion :—Messrs. 'Leyden, Molyneux, Tobin, Ran kin, Steele, Lockett, and Shand. - TO THE . EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. Sta,—With reference to the report of Thursday's pro ceedings in the Dock Committee, and Mr. Bighorn's explanation on the subject of dock-rates on goods of ours , we wi3h to state, for our j ustification in the eyes of the mercantile public, a fact which does not appear e ith er i n in the that report or report of the pr ocee di ngs of the former committ ee fact explain s th e w h o l e and that t rans action. and completely rebuts all cha rge o f a fraudu lent; intent on our part. The instances of non-payment of dock-rates referred to were cases in which we had pur chased from several houses goods for export on account of foreign principals, which by Contract were sold to us . free on board." W e contended that on the sellers, and not ourselves, devolved the duty of paying the dock-rates, among other charges and expenses necessary to put the goods free on board ; and we consequently refused to pay the dock -rates thereon. The Dock Committee, however. considered that, as between them and us, we were the proper party to pay the dock-rates, and that we must seek reimbursement from the houses who sol guaranteed the goods to us free on board. The fact of our having given in correct and true manifests of the shipments shows at once that we could not intend any concealment. It is to be regretted that the term " dock frauds " has Come into use as applicable to cases of mere refusal to pay dock-rates, though without any intention to defraud ; and it occurs to us that gentlemen in important public trusts cannot be too guarded in the use of language reflecting on the character of mercantile houses, and which being reported in the newspapers publishes the injurious imputation to the whole world. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, GIANNACOPULO AND COCHILANI. 28th Ugh 1853.