The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, Tirt W e 'Ol, ' IM ES screw ste am - s hi p sa il e d y morning 4)11 and Halif F'i ' 3' feu ax. Suoitrintir, brush- ma k er , i n Whit ec h ape l 1d dead in bed. He h a d b een ill for some was on few , with a lar hI E IGAST COLLIERS , to the number of 4,284, has , to,"`' to Work, but ther , e are still on strike about 75 , 2's at the mines of Upholland, Bispham, Walthew li'm!%%gate, and Standish. "/311tNiat CASE.—Williarn Chriie remanded fron 47. 8( 1a5• on aeh of tabbine a seaman , named Johi Le, rr:, args ` , oliiii t ' uth ebarn-sfreet, on Sunday afternoon . , was . Jt„ up on Thursday, and committed for trial. 'Val e , l ' l , l ; sa ArsralLia.—The next mail for New South IA be avicuria, South Australia, and Van Diemen's Land 4ch '"Patched from Liverpool by the Matilda Watten -4'311 the 4th of December. lon, -33 " 1 .—At the Police-ceurt, on Friday, Sarah Wil tt4old woman, and a lad, named James Allen, were 401 04 w ith stealing 391 b of copper nails from the San elstod-ia_ v ing Dock, on Thursday. day. They were taken . into N y with the stolen property in their possession. . tla e ' teat OE DERBY v JOHN ROSSON, Esq.—This t l , Clau s ,; to a demand for . a chief rent of 4s. Bd. claimed Il ettlea l° , llBll lP in respect of Moor-hall, has been amicably Va.' 'I which the estate will be freed from payment Rain ent in future. RILL Isatirrrx —A library and reading-room has 44 ki, hill ,tabli s h e d for the • use of the industrial classes in N ) se -l 'i l h . The society already numbers upwards of 80 4 ist a -er s• The committee have addressed an appeal for ~,I l ee la donations of books, pamphlets, &c. tiiti,; ) t _r. Ac cinanr.--On Tuesday, an inquest was , held sell ' of John Blissell, eight years of age, son ca Mr. 'eell-oLs.f Pitt -street. On Saturday afternoon he had Ltcy -- ', i lng the rails of St. Michael's churchyard, to get i • ' v u•ich he had lost, when: he fell backward, sus -4 coneussiort of the brain and died on Monday. kt 4 `,‘„l.lCliirtertrltAL AND , ARCELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Ittskr,wed/leSday, at the Royal Institution—Mr. Verelst lttit ''' The secretary (Mr. Boult) announced that the o aff s nhiect Tor com etition would be a design for a church L'all a rl at\ commodltion for 400 persons, in the style of Il atse °4ll ans to be sent in by December 28. Mr. Chas. Ts n''sf fax, read a paper on " Ventilation." e IsLE OE 11 .faia Bass.—The drafts of the Isle of ttiq.riank (Messrs. Holmes and Co.) were refused accept ;4^ °ll W ednesday by their London agents, from the kli r ,ler one of th p rtners a few weeks ago having been 14.1t4;tiq, ;;:owithin the a last day or two by that of the only Tirlt was a bank of issue under local regulations, authorised amount of notes 'was £lO,OOO. k ati tit tills' soe ° ? e l t 7 , t as AnatoNica.—The sixteenth dress concert . given on Wednesday, at the Mechanics' h and was numerously attended. The concert, Ze Pe r t. - o l•e gVds the selection of the music and the skill of .t r,, r mtrs, was very creditable, and indicative of the toeii -B mss being made by the society in the pr:. F A: ,„ 04 instrumental Masic. 4 4 n 4, ACCIDENT ro 'AV ENGINEER.-011 Thursday (4 134,1, 11t 5t was held 'before Mr. Statham, the deputy . - or „T,' °, ll the body of Robert Cruickshank, second engi- Zif ; the The Minerva, between Liverpool and 3, -. n „ n ship 'Was being towed out of the Nelson tZkal. th e v 'night, when deceased put his head t;t a,.; ° ' a rboard‘Wheel, used for stopping and starting as 'ailed - aid engineer asked him sharply__ w ... hg et t i t" the ° N. ; and almost immediately one •of the handles Zkk - ed Wil , e eleaakitt the deceased on the forehead, and 4`ll.4,„aini 'down. When taken up be was insensible, "eaa„7_,llorred copiously from a wound •on his forehead. ilai - `7en nithe Northern Hospital, bat died on the way. ti. ' l °,la, e . 1 . 131- WORKMEN.—On Monday a:Pleasing 17 4 i ,: r tgal'a was paid to Mr. Francis Harrison, late h ,etkZ, • ., ° ,' tire North Shore Mills, by a few 'friends and ~,'ellt, --'-r, fo rmerlyengaged in that extensive establish -I.,"ard. I.cOnsisted of a silver snuff-box, and golf watch ,7tirQ,,,,,-41r. Parker, who presided, 'in presenting the h ' 'th 1 „ .. . 141 4 ;gave a detailed account of their association k lku 0,,," fzri,„ son and the North Shore Mills, and dwelt re...,.iree, kindness and courtesies which they- had ever Lllla k . „' ? tnal their worthy cashier. Mr. Harrison, in h a INor tisi'nalvecle htesrePti lied and expressed his gratitude for t e mai . ' -h lie 'had just received, and 14114a'e!?1(1 fe elin t l e evinc ls ed 4 Ty the workmen - towards him ,1Np,,,, 1 , and all other occasions. -0 1 -:, Panza Pi —On 'Wednedday, an inquest ` , lll , 'm on th . 1.....4 1rir i James ' Gill,. known as " Rory 4 1 4 4 1 ' 7 ,4 had died f ° injuries received in a prize-fight k ei('"lo3r, vcith Frank bonnelly. The fight was for £2O ka cc ;one e' Donnelly?s seconds • being ` Nobby Clarke," k'h,,,' ewcastle Jack" attending upon Gill. It is described Lila rit %ng been a 'very severe one; It lasted thirty-five tr, p i .,,%" 41 was deelared to be won by Gill, who, how eroi -e '!.ted anything 'but the appearance of a con tv, ri ght Ris corer jaw, on the left-side, was fractured, Teen a ,„,'''', l .° bl2 a`ened, and' his neck' and face very much k' . • Ile died on Sunday morning. t he Anne returne a - verdict 'of '"'manslaughter against ' 4e Parr n eltir,, and his eiders •and-abettors." None of ,_.4 1 ,... ~.s are -yet i's:lust:Ay. A, t.',.-b-,;e.RJ., ert, * DIMBY ON THE-RitIiCHRN QUESTION. — , i . 4) 441r...ring lettßriV64 received inManchester, in answer . ot r k e - x -ptabi eh ts 'dttend the meeting of " Sympathy with Q : ' hatT ill'the Corn Exchange on Wednesday : ~..1 1, , 4inowsley, Nov. 14, 1853. ;me li t -s h thtve to aeknowledge the receipt of your letter of Nv e iL.l",.st--; but, regret that the state of my health—slowly Il'oe lasenlOnll Vrt Toni a severe attatk of illness, which for i. : d p e r r ( s ) p i t o t i p e n ei:r o o r s t entirely-confined me to my bco— to entertain the idea of attendi ng ,fornied ats 't o th e In°,l. Wednesday next. So far as I . m! qlPears tt me to ait e o2%, °l' the Eastern 43uestion . , right t. v e tiwutuly upirions, as e t r o e t r i k l the sidefoft.f;rlcoerythe pre- Itt,,,oPut ‘forward 'by as in L e ar te ca r t' u n i of her acts of t0t,17. yoke aggression, are shared by ill the m great mass of my .1,1“,,!Ya:en.---1 'sir, your obedient servant, DERBY. 1,v.• Ciaytoo,Taq. 11.11nii.,,,,5EE ' , Cr.-Ens - ars Pon 170 SAINECTILE AND LARCA.- * lul '- 1 - 11 "1 Thur : have been appoint , Tts,n` th dater Circuit of Assize for the counties of , k i ,,L l 'u er carf;telis at York .iid Live r, -.viz. : —the Hon. Mr. ,N 4, 14 - 4-I.,!jlersou and the Hon. Mr. Baron Martin, for Lan b,4le e, .. „ I.l4onlty, the sth of Dec., at Liverpool fit, I ' IL% Justice Coleridge and the Hon. Mr. Justice ,71t, :tia,, ,-for%Yark, fixed Saturday, the 10th December i",‘ R: if Sc. 'These assizes are confired to criminal busi ,:ait srk a nd - Lancaster are the.only counties in which a i A ' l , e ,41„,......‘ Circuit is :held, the necessity for the circuit being, ' II I .14 1 , c is, rxaralation in the numerous manufacturing 1 4, Ne811 t 1 , - tb e , 4cll ',CguutY, the cal . endars for which, up to the hlaye .!' e, -neavy, and will be greatly increased before CaN t ,,,,u'r oPening the commissions. s ne -..r4T 10N. —On Tuesday, the Rev. James P. t Y., tI A , tli, curb.te of North Shore, Kirkdale, was presented td, T I N Dl‘lteinbers sf his congregation And friends with 0 _ qkiciiiitainiug ;about £4O, "as a., small te . stimo e ny ha l ex the of the fidelitywith which h Vietv „se duties:as their minister and pastor, the very tikk.,:i,'_atiner in which he had preached and propagated Vz4 . l' : _es of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and of his nn -4h wi t tu Promaing and establishing the . schoo co If' Atiasih th e'disirict." Very great praise is due to the ter;?tY f o „ en ‘an, ivilia has been preaching in this_ poor typ e j;, anollt 'by° years, having had to perform the qii, ( ed i," ti a . large room, (a church being very . ting , h,ko iqf Pe neighbourhood) the congregation consisting A ar ru g i "eh labourers and persons Of that class, number 'tit Of 2 7 10 111 . Pletdly filled, and the schools now numbe IN t1„-.11 N gez, P , Tam !OWN.—The medical . officer reports Sri l av'et a ,, -°ll ality of the borough was considerably below "tv. li e, as it bad been ever since - the month of IN` L :I/ ,e deaths - from all causes in the last four week: h,Zty ,„"410, 112, de& respectively, giving an average lk.Zp,l-"Lnatity.ofdoc against 193, th e average 0 ~rlie of weeks 'The mean mortality,of the same 'H e l' -- e pree e d ng ,A e fa was also 193, showing - 1)41 1P °f - . 7 .6 1 f 27 .weep v in our of the present year. time to time. ~,,'t aI,F tlr, k , L era continued to occur from fe:'ll 'eh - 1 4 et four.weeks there had been 30 fatal cases, a . e .thig l , 4-5t4 one-half had been among the German and j,ll ~ l ea ' ' had through the town. Tbe deaths i k . ltt e : 41 had been from seven to eight weekly, being t ttk, p i, than in the corresponding period of previous Si, , h i :„;,„, 4 i . tYPllus. there had been 30 deaths in the four the . mortality Ok,-, - e laiL l neasles, .1' ; scarlatina, 8b; 4 , 1 5 q ls plzt; disease - showing a tendency to increase. Henry Vaughan, kt,a,7eribed LLIGA-Ott—Qn Thursday,l- in the employment of k (l 4 , ji„,, himself as a pae.er ). 4 .1 1 : 1 ' a.Z. ' a nd -Co., Colquitt-street, charged_ a. l 7 p ied_ 044 -al Isabella Higham, with rogn p g r r seeu t r a , Nenoi e ; t rllig, and a • vest _ tot, r oo ,_ _kilaptalenpe, stated that he had taken:a 0 11; 4 u lit '.nar the prisoner,. 6 fo ttha reled woraau - after living knowing at the time that with her a shod u l Mt. 1.1 44 . a....._' th at she }tad pawned the articles named, 11 ‘N,‘ , lat -- asr, avation of the charge against her, he .. ,p tle t ,"3' her husband -had -" set upon him," an.U . ,i tltkt4eulted bins in Scetiand-road. The Prl Ilei i Z p,,,,.._ that She had for some time been followed ... J,,tlitri, } ie -° `;utor in the public street, and after 11 ki:t R 4 l' b t „,„`", go and EN with him, he put the watc }cork"e it. - ' 4l, and the ting e on her finger. She also stated •as 1-,.. jl• b ut have have met him on Saturday, after he left . ai ll ,„ t ,_ ,e,r husband had taken her away, and as she Ni b D„. - b,., 10 .1n he brought the present charge against ^ • ' D. - T' i ng *trate at once di,siniased the case, h kattetl44 b ' 4 as on nl e,mostdisgraceful to .411 the parties "et 6 1 ,1t,e4 Nrii V IiVIQL° tida DG IN4-3TOUSEKESTER9.—Attrue Po ce ,p, )13 1 0t1 1 4 , Tbonaas Shaw, and his wife Lovrisa, were tli,k r i e c l ung a quantity of wearing apparel . from kl t kto tt ... 4 t laths, Nelson-street. The prosecntrix de- NV, Stat'nlY he prisoners came to lodge at 4, 4011 g 41 1. np i i l:ge," that they were recommended to her by liapN . 4 44 ;4, resided with her for upwards of twelve $ 4l , tj, k, at, 1 141 4 v 1) a bill with her of £3B for board,an.d th e l i !n . sed several articles of wearing an t, Ile a s t i 4 e. Th IT of December, she suspected a servant ~11 y e „ e Anfigers left her after she had sheltered rg "r , and, when they had gone, she first k, b e derlitlzr' s they had behaved so dishonestly by 413 : 4 4 4,2' 4° , her Mme farthing. On Monday night the e„th her house quite drunk and asked Yl \ kit v r ope r t' ll Dirs. Griffiths accused her of having DI„ et Y and , t 4 B .asked her, at least; to give up tleketn Tuesday morning Louisa Shaw did give 111 , 44, 1 °,f and one of them provod pq, be for a etti l ,4l / ad i c, r . ° PertY stolen, and pledged in the man's o,k 44 to sirtted that he had stolen it. Friday, s„.%A-T..---At the Police-court, sent to prison for three on month y s: te14:•41)10s. induce John Fitzpatrick, a shop-boY e t ti, tessrs. Gee and Co., Temple-court, to ra h ;who statement of the boy it appeared that waent round buying old clothes; met him t /I ' s 3' b y 13 ,°r,, a few days ago, and told him that t i,t h ab o , ,N,' , ,juch he could " increase his weekly tl te - "?Vs. per week." The boy eagerly asked tiNp,os, of t:arlisoper replied. " Why, get me six or k;c,i,,tiz, i ' e ct it, and make it all right. The 414 • 3 4 fter w wily not you ?" He met the boy ' th each t h ,at'ds, when he was going messages for :4'hNst e P Bl6 ' l g him when he was going to \ t ll, s l' The boy having communicated 4k, ~,then eiplo3-ers, it was resolved to set a t to ` th7e ogsorler, 9.etection. The boy had arranged to 4p,eer s B ,tnin let him have the parcel of tea, and te c hnte c iTtt and Sullivan were put on the aler . t, Little, Percival j.,eqpl,l4int 51C)lise, and the made his appearance in ltri 11 °3' 5 * °F tea boy gave him a parcel con .4ip t 2, whi c h worth 17s. The boy asked him Ito ej a a nd “e n a d. iva, 4 . promised to give him, and he tnetody.49lng OT with the tea, when he DARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1853. THE WAR.—A requisition is in course of signature in Liverpool to the Mayor, John B. Lloyd, Esq., asking him ,o call a meeting to consider the propriety of urging upon the Government the necessity of efficient support to Turkey in its present struggle with the Northern Autocrat. TILE 'MANCHESTER ATIIENMIIM had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Wednesday afternoon. The fire in a large stove in the news-room had ignited the floor, but some boards having been torn up, the flames were discovered in time to check their progress. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY TETE Loin-LIEUTENANT.- 4th Royal Lancashire (Light Infantry) Militia : Ensign T. B. Whitehead to be lieut., vice Phibbs, who retires.— Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia Second Lieut. J. Millton to be first lieut. • Second Lieut. W. G. Furnival to be first lieut.; Second Lieut. J. E. D. Campbell to be first lieut. MASONS' STRIKE IN THE ISLE OF MAN.—The masons pf Ramsey have demanded an advance of 3s. weekly on their present wages, to commence on the Ist of January, 1854, thereby allowing time to their employers to finish their present contract work. Should the demand not be complied with by a guarantee to make the advance at the time required, we believe that an immediate strike is contemplated.—Moria's Herald. ROBBING AN EMPLOTER. — John Goodwin was charged on Wednesday, at the Police-court, by Mrs. Calvert, who keeps a toy-warehouse, in Bold-stieet, with stealing, on the 21st ult., a quantity of gold and silver, a dozen knives, some coral beads, and three pairs of bracelets, in all valued at £7, from her premises. He had been out of the way since the robbery until his apprehension on Tuesday. Remanded, to give the police an opportunity to find some of the property. SEAlicirrid SERVANTS' BOXES.—Irt a case heard on Tuesday, at the County Court, in which a defendant, sum moned by his domestic servant, had refused to allow her to take her box on quitting his employment, his Honour declared emphatically that a master had no more right to search a servant's box than a servant had to ransack his desk, unless, indeed, there were strong grounds for a suspicion of felony, in which ease, what he did was at his own risk. BODY Or A CHILD Pocivn.—On Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, police-constable Hassett, on duty iii Church-street, Everto'n, found the body of a newly-born female child, which was lying in the grave-yard of St. George's Church, 'wrapped in white cloth. Mr. George Kemp, surgeon, was of opinion that the child hataeen bornalive,but that death had been caused by suffocation, from pressure Upon the mouth, the result of aeciaent or violence. SUDDEN Dsirn.—On Sunday, last week, 311 r. Saville Roundell, a gentle man far advanced in years, died sud denly at his house, in Bedford-street South. The deceased, who was Un unmarried man, was somewhat singularin his manners, but very temperate, and of 'regular habits. On the servant girl, as usual, taking apt& shaving water, at eight o'clock on Sunday morning, he made no answer, and, his door being locked, the inmates of the house be- &Die alarmed, and a police-officer was called in. The deceased was found dead in bed, death having resulted irom serous apoiexy. CHANGE RINGING.—On Wednesday week, the Liver ; pool college youths celebratedtheir lefty-third anniversary, It the Boar's Head, Drury-lauc, the venerable change ringer, Mr. W. Evans, in the chair. There were present, Messrs. Churchwardens Hutchison and Came, with Mr. Clarke, the late churchwarden, and Mr. John Hand, who, fifty-three years ago, conducted the first peal ever rung in Liverpool. Mr. Mayor, another veteran change ringer, and several friends and:admirers of the art, were present. During the . evening several tunes and courses were rang on the hand bells, and glees followed each toast. A COUNTERFEIT Rot - I.—During the last few 'Cola nights, a woman has•been begging in Oxford-street, Man chester, apparently with 4 little child, well muffiedup In her cloak ; and as she , wes very importunate, and aurfoyed many decent people, a policeman took her to the police station, and it was there found that the baby was wade of shavings, wrapped : up with rags, into something !like an infantile . forni She was taken before the magi4trates at the city police-court; and as she assured the benchikat she had several reit elindren in the town, and wealid imme diately go back to Liverpool with them, she :-was dis charged.—Manehesier Examiner. Mn. GEORiat 'WITHERS, formerly treasurer te the dock trust, died cm Wednesday morning, after a lingering illness of several months, at the house of his son, Mr. It. Withers, he Uplands, West Derby. Deceased held the office of dock treasurer' for a period of nearly twentryears, having been appointed in April, 1833. In September or October last year he resigned his situation, owing to kis advanced age and deaiTking state of health. On his^retirement the Dock ComMittee offered him the choice of sum of money, to be - paid nver immediately, or a superannuation allow ance of -MOO per annum ; Mr. Withers-chose the latter, and he -has therefore only been in the eenjoyment of his pension for a period of about twelve months. He was In years of age. SrmiLrNG A £2O Norm—At the Poßce-court, on Wed nesday, Johanna Russell, servant with Mr. Terence M`CaiAey, of Trueman-stieet, was charged with stealing a £2O Bank of England note. Six weeks ago the note was stolen from a locked drawer, by some person who had taken out the drawer above, and abstracted the note by thrusting the hand at the back of the drawer. Nothing further was heard of it until Tuesday evening, when the prisoner took a £2O note to the house of Mr. Congrieffe, publican, Trueman-street, in payment of 7s. 2d., which she owed him. Mr. Congrieffe saidlie could not change it then, but if she would come in the morning he would endeavour to do so. Information qyas given to the police, arid she was taken into custody, 'llr:M`Camley said, as he was no scholar he could not swear to the note; but he had received it from a gentleman, who, he thought, would be hble to identify it. Remanded, in order that this ad ditional link in the evidence might te given. lizAcKpunN Conpone.TioN.The - government of the town of Blackburn has passsed 'entirely into the hands of the Radical faction. It was the wont of this faction to decry the monopoly of power which' hey falsely attributed to Vie Conservatives. But monophly is only wrong, when , it is not in the hands of the "Liberals." We confess that we never willingly apply the term which we have just quoted to the Radical party, fona.more thoroughly illibe ral.set never breathed the air of heaven. This self-styled "Liberal" party claims to itself the sole right of admi , nistering our local affairs—umnicipoi as well as parochial. It does not signify that consideral3ly more than one-half of the public rates are paid by Conservatives ; the latter mist not have any voice whatever in - the government of the town. It does not signify that Confiervatives notoriously pay , more than one-half the gross, amount of wages paid in Illackburn : they must not even presume to ask the onffx4ges of their own work-people. It does not signify that -More than one-half of the people of Blackburn are members of the Church of England: they must content themselves with a Town Council composed (excluding the Aldermen,) of a majority of Romanists and Dissenters—a majority which will, ere long, be still farther augmented. All this is very exclusive and one-sided ; but it is quite in keeping with the principles of .modern " Liberalism."-- Bladkburn Standard. CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A TOLICE-OFPICER.— Police.cfficer 68 (M'Grane) was ton Wednesday charged by •officer 329 with furious driving. The informant stated that he was on duty in Great Georg-street on Sunday, the ethiostant, when he saw the defendant in a white; chapel, ~Oriving at the rate of a or 13 miles an hour: In has ~defence, M`Grane said that he and Southwell (a brother officer) were going to take a jaunt to Prescot, after they had come off duty on the evening in question, and thafhe was not driving at a greater speed than fowl or five miles= hour. The charge, lie said, had been in stigated by a malicious feeling on the part of the officer who had information. He then , galled witnesses to prove the easy pace at which the horse was going, amongst Whom was Inspector Campbell, who said that retvane was : not going at a greater speed than six or seven miles an hour. He (the inspector) had noticed the officers going :down the street, awl he remarked to the officer who had since laid the information that they were " cutting it fat." It seems that the officer, who . 4id not appea;rohe on the most friendly terms with M`Grane, had thought that this remark would justify him in bring ing the charge. The inspector explained, however, that he only meant that they were making a gay appearance. Mr. Mansfield said he could see no reason why the charge had been brosght,for . it appeared to him that M`Grane had not been furiously - driving, and that it was a gross mistake on the part of 329. Captain Greig, who haid been called into court to hear the case, said, as it was very de sirable that there should be no dissension amongst the officers, he should remove 329 to the northern divisiozi._ RIIN . CORN meeting was held in the National School-room, in Runcorn, on Thursday, wllich meeting was called by the following notice :—" Notice is hereby given, that the inhabitants of the township of Run corn, in the county of Chester, will assemble in vestry, at the Parish Church, in Runcorn aforesaid, on Thursday, the 17th day of November instant, At the hour of twelve .o'clock at noon, for the purpose. of / receiving and consider irtg the wish of John Johnson, , Esq„ which will be then And there submitted to them, to stop lap as wholly unne cessary a certain footpath or highway:leading from a cer tain Sark in a road or way called the Greenway, in Run- corn aforesaid, across a field belonging toGeo. Uried, Esq., and another field belonging to the said John Johnson, Esq., and ending at certain steps leading down ;into a road or way called the Holloway, also in Runcorn 'aforesaid, the said footpath or highway being of the length of 792 yards, or thereabouts, and of the average breadth, of four feet, or thereabouts, and situate in Runcorn aforesaid." The Rev. John Barclay, M.A., vicar, presided. The various clauses in acts of parliament relating to the matter in laud were read to the meeting. Mr. John Johnson then, stated that, in consideration,of the public giving up the footpath in question, and in lieu thereof, he would thoroughly ,re t iair the road called the Holloway, leading from Runcorn to Higher Runcorn—that he would make it a good road; also widen it in some-parts, as well as take off several cor ners in the road, which would shorten the distance forty yards. The alteration, he said, would remove one of the greatest nuisances they had in or about Runcorn, which all must confess the Holloway was at present. He would do All this at his own expense, but he wished it to be tho roughly understood that he would be the last person in the world to take a privilege from a working man—nay, if he had to walk twenty yards further he would not take it. By making this alteration, he {Mr. Johnson) would lose a rental of £7 a year; and if any working man can prove that he will suffer in the slightest degree by the alteration, he would at once give it up.—lt was proposed by Mr. James Carsley, and seconded by Mr. Thomas Pritchard, " That the proposition made by John Johnson, Esq., be accepted ; and that leave be given him to stop up the footpath described in the notice."—An objection was then made to Mr. Thomas Pritchard, as not being a rate payer in the township of Runcorn : the motion was after wards seconded by Mr. John Basnett.—An amendment was moved by Mr. Shaw B rown , and seconded by Mr. John Bailey, " That this meeting be adjourned until to morrow evening, at six o'clock, in order to afford the working classes an opportunity of giving their opinions and vote on the occasion?! This amendment was after wards withdrawn to make room for the following amend ment, which was proposed by Mr. Jonath an Potter, and s econded by Mr. Mather, " That this meeti ng be ad purned until Mr. Johnson's proposition be laid before th e Runcorn Improvement Commissioners." A division took place, when it appeared that there were—for the amend ment, 41; original motion, 54 ; majority, 13. A poll was instantly demanded by ;81r. Simpson, seconded by Mr. Shaw Brown, and the - Vicar adjourned the meeting to the Town-hall, in Runcorn, on Monday morning. A vote of s l thanks to the Vicar was moved by Mr. Whiteway, and seconded by Mr. Joseph Rigby, for hi and conduct in the chair. THE LIVERPOOL STAN THE ATLANTIC, United States mail steam-ship, Captain West, sailed at half-past ten o'clock:on Wednesday, with a full cargo, for New York ; and, at the same time, the screw steam-ship Andes, with a large and valuable cargo, for Halifax and Boston LAW AND PUGILISM A. fine of £2 and costs was im- posed by the magistrates, on Tuesday, upon Mr. John Yates, sen., a solicitor of this town, for an assault com mitted by him on Mr. Walter Robert Crouch, a surgeon to the Northern Hospital. The dispute between the parties arose from the refusal of Mr. Yates to pay the fee of a guinea, which Mr. Crouch claimed on the part of a me. dical friend of his, for evidence given in a case in which Mr. Yates was concerned. THE PRESTON MASTER COTTON-SPINNERS nESEIGED AT BLACKBURN.—The strike at Blackburn, it would appear, is not yet at an end; and the turn-outs, it seems, are receiving countenance and aid by physical-force-men from Preston. On Wednesday afternoon a mob of opera tives surrounded the Bull Hotel, in Blackburn, in the belief that many of the Preston employers were in the house. These they threatened with summary vengeance if they could lay hands on them, in the meantime threaten ing to burn the hotel. Several of the Preston manufac turers, who were in the house at the time, were forced to escape by the back way, and the mob only dispersed after six of their number had been permitted to search every room in the house, and satisfy themselves that none whom they regarded as obnoxious were in the house,— a lawless free dom entirely opposed to every maxim of English law, and highly dangerous to public safety. WEST DERBY GCARDIANS.—Mr. J. Harrison presided at the usual meeting of this board, on Wednesday, at the Workhouse. The other members pi esent were the Rev. W. Badnall, and Messrs. Allpass, Hayes, .WGee, Lunt, Craig, Mountfield, Abrahams, Carter, G. Harrison, Roskell, Wensley, Molyneux, Horsfall, Shaw, Jefilies, andCatterall. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be £216 6s. 9d. Orders were given that application should be made to the overseers of Evertor. and Thornton, re quiting them to pay the balance due from them to the board by Tuesday next ; the respective amounts due from them being, Everton £4,20 11.2 d., and Thornton £4 6s. 2d. The wages of John Taylor, tailor, and Isaac Mullock, shoemaker, at the Workhouse, were ordered to be 255. a week respectively, and Messrs. John Getty and Thomas Brereton accepted as sureties for Messrs. Hood and Scour field, contractors for alterations in the hospital. The tender of Mr. Shaw. of Loudon-road, for locks,was accepted, and Mr. Stephens, medical officer, requested to attend, the next meeting of the board, with reference to the case of Mary Clare. DENSE FOG AT MANCHESTER.—On Thursday night Manchester and!Salford was visited by a fog so dense as to be absolutely alarming. It appears to have tome on about half-past seven o'clock, and to have continued until half-past ten. In the vicinity of the canals, and of the rivers Irwell and Medlock, it was extraordinarily dense ; and at the Bridgewater Viaduct, and at the Crescent, in Salford, it - Was found necessary to lead the horses in the omnibuses, as from the middle of the streets the gaslights at the sides could not be seen, and there was the greatest danger , of the vehicles running upon the footpaths. One of our reporters states, that in proceeding to a lecture delivered that evening in the Town-hall, Salford, he found much difficulty in finding the square in which the buihi •ing is situate, and that he actually got upon the steps at 'the entrance before he could make out whether thaarge room of the hall was lighted up or not. The large light .in the centre of the square assumed the appearance of a !flickering lurid something overhead ; and the common lamp-posts could not be distinguished a yard from them. We have not heard of any accidents occurring clearing the continuance of the fog, though it seems wonderful that such is the case.—Mancheeter Courier. DOCK Commirrda.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. A recom mendation was read from the-sub-committee of works to let 1,443 square yards of land at the north side of the canal lock, fronting Lightbody-street, to Messrs. Brandreth and Co., colour manufacturers, at ls. 6d. per square yard per annum, for a term sof five years. -After some conver sation the recommendation was agreed to.—The surveyor received the authority of the committee to let the Clarence dock dry after Sunday, the 27th instant, for the purpose of cleansing it.—The sub-committee reported that the terms of the aorenticeships of Chas. Edward Shackleton, John E. Leyland, Edward Bowring, and Peter Campbell had expired, andltheir conduct /haying been satisfactory, the sub-committee recommended that the secretary be authorised to put an engrossmedt on their indentures to that effect. Agreed to.—The sub-committee recommended that Messrs. Leyland and Bowring, .who have been for some time acting as landing=elerks, be confirmed in their appointments, at salaries of £BO a-year ; and that Camp bell and Alexander Gordon be:appointed to the office of landing-cierks, at the same salary. They further recom mended that Messrs. Oldfield, Kinnetsley, and Williams be appointed as additional landing-clerks, at the same salary. Agreed to.—Mr. Lansdale complained that a man named Kean had been passed, through Mr. Cowan being prejudiced against him. A long conversation ensued, but ultimately the appointments of the sub-committee were confirmed.—The resignation of Mr. Goldman, one of the landing-clerks, was accepted, and the appointment• of threetadditional landing-clerks was ordered.—An applica tion from the• men on the landing-stage for an increase in their salaries, which amount to 20s. per week, was refused. —On the recommendation of the Harbour-masters' Sub committee, the fog bell was ordered to be rung at ;intervals of two minutes, when required, for the safety of the steamers arriving at the quay.—lt was ordered that in future the established firms in the town should be allowed the use of the large cranes (for fifteen tons or upwards) on receipt of the signature, of a clerk, and without requiring the deposit of ksovereign, as formerly. WARRINGTON DISPENSARY BILL.—The annual ball in aid of the funds of the Warrington Dispensary, took placein the Assembly-room, Lion Hotel, Warrington, on Tuesday. The assembly, owing to a variety of excises, was not so numerous as on former occasions, but it 'em braced members of the most distinguished families in the , district, and the company presented a most -brilliant ap pearance. The following were amongst the number present-:—Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., Sir Humphrey de Trafford, Augustus de Trafford, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Cunliffe, Mr. and Mrs. Brooke, Major and Mrs. Brooke, Captain and Mrs. Robert Parker, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. John Antrobus, Captain Rowley, Mr. France, (77th Regt.,) Hon, Gilbert Stapylton and lady, W. G. Walmsley., Esq.,, Mrs.tand Miss Tempest, Hen. A. Lascelles, Mrs. Laseelles, Sir Philip Grey Geaton, Mrs. and Miss Geaton, -I. J. Blackburne, Esq., and lady, Miss Blackburne, Miss E. 13Iackburne, Miss F. Blackburn, Captain Wombwell, Mr. Wilbraham, Mr. E.' Wilbraham, Colonel Blackburne, Mr. di% Corbett, Miss Corbett, Mr. G. Shakerley, Mrs. and Miss Dora Shakerley, Mr. Hannan, Mr. Bali and Mr. Scott, `(34th Regt.;) Lieut. Mostyn )wen, E. H. Grey, Esq., A. Potts, Esq., .John Sha i rp, Esq., Mr. and Lady Adelaide :de 'Trafford, the Misseti e .Alderser, Alderman Perrin (ex- Mayor), and the Misses Perrin, S. B. Chadwick, Esq., and Miss Whiteway, Jas. Maroon, Esq., and party,. Rev..G. Eaton and-Miss Eaton, Miss Robinson Appleton (Widnes), .John Litton, Esq., Alderman Pierpoint and lady, Mrs.and Miss Gaskell (Birchdale), John Broadhurst, Esq., Chas. Broadhurst, Esq., Mr. John Haddock, the Misses Haddock, George Arldngstall, Esq., Dr. Kendrick and lady, Mr. C. White, Alderman White, Mr. and Miss Churton, MT. Spinks,'Mr. J. -H.. Seed and lady, Miss E. Green, Mr. John Crosteld, Mr. S. M. Webster, Mr. S. Reynolds, Miss Thorpe, the Mayor, (P. Rylands, Esq.,) Miss Wraff, Thos. Giddes, Esq., and lady, Wm. Nicholson, Esq., lady, and party, Jas:Nicholson, Esq., and lady, T. F. Lawe, Esq., Jas. Stanton, Esq., Miss Stanton, Henry Stanton, Esq., and 'lady. The refreshment rooms, under the superin tendence of Mrs. Thorpe, of the hotel, were thrown open shortly .before twelves:Mock, and fully sustained the repu tation of the hostess. Horabin's qmalyillo band was in attendance. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR BOOTLE.—On the night of Thursday last a fire broke out in the flour-mill in Bootle , lane, occupied by Mr. Thomas Bollard, ancbknown in the neighbourhood as Bollasd's Mill. The mill was a very extensive-one, grinding lay eleven pairs of stews, driven partly by wind and partly by steam power, the windwill portion consisting of a lofty tower nine stories In height, closely adjoining to which wwas an extensive granary five stories high, and at the north-east side of this ; was the steam-engine .and boiler-house, and on the farther side was an additional granary and stables; the whole occupy ing part of a .field. At about a quarter before eight o'clock smoke was observed issuing from one of•themm dows on the fourth or fifth . floor of the circular tower; when an alarm of fire was immediately given, and mes sengers were despatched to lAverpool for assistance. With the least possible delay, - Mr. Hewitt and -the fire brigade, and the agents and snpetintendents of the fire insurance offices and their men, were on the spot.; bqt, before their arrival, the fire had attained such ascendency, •as to defy all efforts to extinguish it. Exertions were, therefore, in the first , instance, directed to saving some -valuable horses, which were in the stables, and in doing ;this the assistants were happily successful, as well as in saving some pigs. About nine o'clock the fire had reached its greatest force, and was burning with terrifit fury. At this time the fear upper stories of the mill tower, together with the maehinery.on its top, including the,sails, presented a dense and glowing mass of raging flame, ever and anon bursting :out with increased vigour and volume, as the timber and other combustible matters on the different floors successively gave way, the fiery mass being greatly augmented by die gallery and stairs which externally surrounded the tower, and, also loy flames from the large granary first referred to, Long after every vestige of combustible matter had been ,consumed in the four or five upper floors of the tower, the ponderous arms of the huge sails continued poised on the summit of the building, swaying in such a manner as to convey an idea of imminent peril to the under buildings, and those work ing beside them : at length, the supports, gradually weakened, gave way, and the massive arms, drawn back wards by the weight .of the tail-wheel and its connecting machinery, fell over, and rested securely across the roof less wall of the tower, Shortly after this, the tail-wheel - ,and some of its fastenings -fell to the ground with a crash, thug removing every immediate source of danger, and allowing free scope for the exertions of those who were labouring for the safety of the remaining property. Shortly before eleven o'clock the fire had nearly exhausted itself, and became gradually extinct. Soon after the fire broke oat, Captain Greig, the head constable, was on the spot, and rendered valuable assistance by his advice and directions to the police, who exerted themselves most vigorously on the occasion. There were about thirty police-officers present, headed by Superintendent Ride and two inspectors. Mr. Duncan, the engineer to the water works, also rendered valuable aid. Mr. A. Stone and Mr. Warburton, of the Norwich Union Fire Office, and several other gentlemen connected with fire insurance companies, were present. Mr. Coutes, of the Industrial School, had the boys belonging to that establishment out with their hose, but it not being of sufficient length they were unable to render any assistane,e. A great portion of the flour had been removed from the building, and un principled parties were carrying it off. Mr. Warburton, agent of the Norwich Fire Insurance Company, informed Mr. Coutes of the circumstance, when he immediately set the boys to carry it inside the gates of the school. The damage will be only partially covered by insurance ; in the Norwich Union office to the extent of £3,000, and about £2,000 in the Phoenix. Nothing is at present known as to the origin of the conflagration. The mill was burnt down about twenty-three years ago, and at that time it belonged to Mr. J. Shaw. We have heard that it is not intended to refit that portion of the motive power which is dependent on the wind for its action ; but that the four upper stories of the tower are to be taken down, and the Whole of the machinery to be adapted to steam-pmer. DEATH IN THE BOROUGH GAOL.-On Tuesday Mary Irving, a prisoner under sentence of eighteen months' imprisonment, for felony, died of pulmonary consumption. THE SHIPWRIGHTS AND THEIR APPRENTICES.—On Wednesday, Gray, Martin, and Watmough, apprentices to Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., shipbuilders, appeared to answer for refusing to work. Mr. Cato said that on the Bth of this month a great number of apprentices - 50 or 60 of them—assembled at the yard gate, having discon tinued working. He asked them the reason, and they said it was because Mr. Audley, one of the partners, had discharged one of the apprentices who had refused to be bound. They said they would not allow him (Mr. Cato) to bind his apprentices, as it was contrary to the regula tions of their society. He replied that he would see who was master then, for he would have no apprentices in his yard who were not bound. Since that time they had ab sented themselves from their work. Mr. Booth said the defendants deserved to be severely punished, and sent them to prison for 14 days. THE RESERVOIR AT Buity.—ln the Court of Ex chequer on Thursday, in the cases Mucklow v. Whitehead, and Openshaw v. Whitehead Mr. Gray appeared to show cause against a rule obtained for the purpose of obtaining an order to the Master to review his taxation. The actions arose out of circumstances connected with the Bury reser voir, and the same attorney had acted for both plaintiffs, there being but one defendant. The Master, on taxation, had divided the charge for " drawing brief," which was ls. per folio, between the two plaintiffs, and allowed for two copies. The learned counsel contended that this was the proper course to be adopted, seeing that the circumstances in both cases were alike, and that one brief was only a copy of the other. The question was an important one, and had not yet been settled.—The Chief Baron said it re minded him of the Baltic risks some years ago, in which there had been twelve actions against one defendant, the , same attorney appearing for all the plaintiffs. Could it be supposed that he could fairly charge for drawing twelve briefs, each of which was precisely the same ? He thought not.—The Court would consult the other judges before they gave judgment on so 'important a question. ALLEGED CONFESSION OF MIIRDER.—A paragraph has been making a round of the newspapers to the effect, that a young man, named Thomas Jarrett, residing in Smithdown-lane, Edge-hill, Liverpool, s u r r endered him self at the Sackville-place Station-house, in Dublin, and said that be had shot a young man, named Thomas Wil liams, also residing near the Edge-hill Station. We have been requested to state the following, which are, we under stand, the facts of the case :—On Wednesday week, the young man, Jarrett, a mere youth, went over to Dublin on a pleasure excursion, and on the following day, while walking about the city, he felt fatigued, and entered an eating-house, where he had some refreshment, and also some drink. He recollects two or three men being present while he was drinking, and, also, of suddenly feel ing a giddiness come over him, when he rushed into the street. Beyond this he remembers nothing, for from that moment he lost all recollection of what took place, and 'remained unconscious up till Saturday se'nnight, although attended by two medical gentlemen. On recovering his senses he gave the address of his relatives, some of whom went to Dublin for him; and, es 'he was immediately given up to them by the Dublin authorities, by whona be had been detained for safety, lie was brought home. No murder, such as alleged, has been committed. FAGGOT VOTES FOR NORM LANCASHIRE.-..-1H the Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday, the case'of Moor house and others v. Gilbertson, was heard. This was an appeal from the decision of the revising barrister of North Lancashire. The appellants were the owners of undivided shares in freehold property in Preston. A portion of this property was let under agreement that the tenant should pay 40s. a year for it to the landlords, on the terms that they should pay the poor-rates, water-rate, and local board of health rate. The revising barrister held that the annual value did not amount to 40s. a year, but 'that the real an nual value was 405., minus the rates. On this decision a number of votes now depended, and the joint owners ap pealed from it. The counsel for the appellants contended that the revising barrister was wrong: that a clear yearly value of 40s. gave the vote, from Which the public rates and taxes wreranot to be deemed to be charged. The Lord Chief Justice.—What would the -tenant have paid, if he had to pay this own rates ? He would have paid, less the rates. The'value, then, taking the rental paid as the value, is under 405., and the landlord has not 40s. a year to dis pend. Mr. James contended he had; for, though he paid the tenant's rates, he had the money to dispend in so doing. The Lord ? Chief Justice.—That might be a good argument against complaints of agricultural distress. '" What do you let your land for ?" Oh, only 15s. an acre," says the complaining landlord The answer would 43e, "That means 20s. with the poor-rates:' That would be another fallacy on behalf of the agriculturists—the - higher the poor-rates, the more they would get for their 'rent. The Court were of opinion that the tenant's rates, being paid by the landlord, must be deducted. All the landlord got was '4os. for 'the land and for an agreement to pay the rates, which was the same thing as though he had agreed to pay for the tenant's beer. He did not receive 40s. a year for his land. The revising barrister had no very difficult task in 'deciding on this question ; and that moderately difficult task he had performed very well, and had come to a right •conelnsion. Judgment for the re spondents, with costs. . . Ma. BEADLEY •AND THE SELECT VESTRY.—At a • •recent meeting of the parochial finance committee, the 1 following resolution was passed :—" Mr. Bradley having 'called the attention .of the committee to the following • statement, reported to have been made by Mr. Hodson, in • a speech delivered*by him at a meeting of the Town 'Council ; resolved, 'that the churchwardens be requested 'to convene a meeting of the general board as early -as practicable, for the purpose of considering whether any . and what steps should be taken by the board with re : Terence to the foregoing statement.' In pursuance of this resolution, a special meeting of the Select Vestry was .held on Tuesday, in the Parish-offices at Brownlow-hill. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided, and the other mem bers were Messrs. -Came, Hutchison, Gardner, Shaw, Blain, Hand, Mellor, Denton, Bradley, Moss, Hughes, Whitty, Crawford, and Savage. The resolution of the finance committee having been read, Mr. Bradley stated that he wished to put himself right with the board, on public grounds, inasmuch as Mr. Hodson had charged him, in his public capacity, with using his influence at elections. He thought that the charge was one which, .in a certain sense, involved the character of the board, and he thought it was - incumbent on them to form a sub committee to inquire into the allegations. The Chairman gavelt as his opinion that the charge was of so vague a character that it was almost impossible 'for the' board to take notice of it—that :it specified nothing, and that, if the board were to take am an inquiry of that nature, it ought to be upon some :specific charge. •He thought Mr. Bradley should apply to Sir. Hodson for the particulars of the charge against him,-and that then the board would be in a position to take the matter up, if. he . felt that his character was affected by it. Mr. Carne and Mr. Hutchison both expressed similar views. Mr. Moss said that he viewed the matter in the same light that Mr. Bradley had done, and that Mr. Hodson's charge would .reflect upon the board if they did not snake an inquiry' into it. He thought the case of Mr. Bradley and the attack on the reverend, chairman were not at all parallel, inasmuch as the remarkaanade by Mr. Gladstone were merely advanced as an opinion —an opinion in which he (Mr. Moss) en tirely agreed. A general conversation followed as to the ,course which -the vestry should take ; and Mr. Denton anoved, seconded by Mr. Came, " That no question, affect ing tins board o or any member thereof, being at present 'before this meeting, resolved mat it be now• adjourned iine die." More conversation ensued; and, eventually, the folloWing was unanimously carr i e d :--" C er t a i n obser vations having 'been made by Mr. Hod s on at the last eouneil meeting,- which are believed by Mr. Bradley to affect his character as a member 'of the` select vestry, resolved that this meeting cannot entertain the question in its present form." The vestry than adjourned. SOTIffilPolIT TOW HALL.—The Judge of the Liverpool County Court gave judgment, on Tuesday, in the cane of Mr. Stanley. He said, " This was an action heard at-the last witting of the court, and it was brought to recover the amount of certain work done by the plaintiff in and about the erection of the town-hall and police-offices , in Southport, under the following circumstances:—By the Southport Improvement Act the defendauts were elected • a body corporate, and were ,authorised to snake the erec-' tions above-mentioned; and by sec. 43 they were autho rised to enter into the necessary contracts, but it was provided that-every such contract should be an writing, and under the sommon seal of the corporation. On the. 18th of June, 1852, by articles,of agreement the defend-. ants entered into a contract with the plaintiff for the erection of the town-hall, police-offices, &c. And the plaintiff agreed thereby to complete such works, :and to' find all the materials and labour, and execute the works according to 'the drawings and specifications prepared by Mr. Witimell, and signed by the chair man of the improvement committee. The articles of agreement were under the common- seal of the .corporation, and the specification signed by the chair man, and identified by the signature of the plaintiff, was ; also proved. Whilst the building was 'in progress the 1 defendants resolved to make use of a new warming and ventilating process, and contraeted with Mr. Leigh, an ironmonger, to heat and ventilate the sessions board room, cells, &e., in the town-hall, for the sum of £B6. The adoption of this apparatus involved certain alterations from and additions to the original plan and specification. The plaintiff performed the extra work ; but no written instructions were given for such alterations and addi tions. The action was brought to recover the expense attending these alterations and additions, and no qaes tion was raised as to the amount. But the defendants objected, firstly, in fact, that the contract for these alterations And additions was made not with them, but with Mr. Leigh. Oa this point, however, lam clearly of opinion on the facts proved, that the contract for these extras was with the defendants ; and I should have no difficulty in saying that the defendants were liable, if there was nothing in the special contract or the general law to prevent the plaintiff recovering in this action. The defendants objected, secondly, that by the terms of the special contract, the plaintiff could not recover ; and a clause in the specification was relied on by the learned council for the defendants. That clause provided that, if the commissioners should be desirous that any alterations or additions should be made, and should give to the contractor written instructions to that effect, the con tractor should execute the building so varied, and the value of such alterations and additions should be added to the cost price. But the contractor should in no case be entitled to any payment in respect of alterations or additions unless such written instructions should be given. The plaintiff's advocate objected that that contract did not come within the meaning of the word " specification " referred to in the articles of agreement. But I can have no doubt, after reading that document, that the parties intended the whole of it to be incorporated by reference page is signed both by th e p l a i n tiff a nd the in the articles. It commences by term, 'A Specifica tion,' and each chairman of the commissioners. I therefore think that, in accordance with the doctrine laid down in Morgan v. Morgan a Bingham, the written instructions were a condi tion precedent to the recovery for the extra work, and such written instructions not having been given, I can come to no other conclusion than that the plaintiff cannot recover. Indeed, if the written contract had not been so precise, this being the case of a corporation, there might have been difficulty in saying the plaintiff could recover. But it is unnecessary to enter into this poi n t. I therefore direct a non-suit to be entered." The learned judge subse quently added, addressing Mr. Johnson, °Of course, Mr. Johnson, you will understand that thi s d ec i s i on i s g iven upon that point of law, and not upon and plefition of fact," GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. IxcrxDunism.—Several cases have lately occurred Devonshire of a somewhat extensive character. The Sun calls the Times " England's not( brazen weathercock." THE OLDEST VESSEL in the French fleet is the Ocean. She was launched in November, 1790, and is consequently D 3 sears old. Her last thorough repair took place in 1836. AN INFORMATION has been filed by the Attorney- General against the Archbishop of York, in his character as visitor to a charity at Hemsworth, in Yorkshire. How is IT USED ?—The Lancet states that in 1840 only 5501b5. of the poisonous and bitter drug, mu vomica, were imported, while in 1852 nearly as many tons reached our market —Daily Paper. THE POULTRY MINIA,—A cock has been sold within this year for £lOO, and twenty-two fowls have realized by auction £420. A pair of Toulouse geese have fetched £5O, and ducks proportionate prices. A MEETING OF EDITORS, authors, publishers, and printers, was held at Philadelphia, on the 19th of October, to deliberate upon the ways of raising money to erect a monument over the grave of Benjamin Franklin. ANOTHER VACANCY ON THE SCOTTISH BENCH.—Lord Fullerton, Judge of the Court of Session, has resigned. The vacancy, it is said, will be filled up by the ment of Mc..Hercnles Robertson. . . • "IT will be recorded," says the . Gateshead Observer "among the memorabilia of the epidemic of 1853, that the three months within which it occurred yielded but four cases and four prisoners for Newcastle quarter ses- THE POPULATION OF BRITAIN ' it is calculated, has de creased during the summer. In the quarter ending Sep tember 30th, 87,467 emigrants sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom ; of these 63,600 sailed from Liver pool. LORD RECTORSITIP OP GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—On Tuesday last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton was re-elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in opposition to Mr. Alfred Tennyson, who was brought for ward by the Radical party. Bnrion ARTISANS IN Russte.—A gentleman holding a situation in the Russian dockyard at Cronstadt, who has just arrived at Portsmouth, states that the whole of the British artisans in that and other govermeutal establish ments in Russia., of whom there are a large number, have been discharged. THE TIMBER TRADE has so rapidly increased in Van Diemen's Land that orders have been sent to England for as many as fifty sawmills. Cutting and splitting, says the local Cieionise, is a mode more remunerative than gold mining. The average of the weekly earnings of diggers bears no comparison with an equal number of our Huon sawyers. This is a well authenticated fact. THE BOMBAY MAIL-PACKET SERVICE —We are en abled to announce that the terms of a contract for a mail service between Bombay and Aden are agreed to between the Government and the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany. The payment for this line has been fixed at the same rate, viz., 2s. 6d. per mile, that the company receive for the other branches of their mail contract between this country, India, China, and Australia.—Standard. GREAT POULTRY EXHIBITION AT DERBY.—The first annual exhibition of poultry, for Derbyshire and the Mid land Counties, was held on Wednesday, in the County Hall, Derby, which was fitted up in double tiers of pens for the purpose. The buff and cinnamon Cochin Chinas, of which there were no fewer than ninety-six pens, formed, with the Dorkings, Spanish, and gold and silver Hamburg fowl, the chief features of the exhibition. The company was numerous and brilliant, and great interest seemed to be excited by the show. MADLLE.SOPHIE CRUVELLI has signed an engagement with the Opera for two years at a salary of £4,000 sterling a year. She is to choose her own parts, to play only twice a week, and to have font months' vacation each year. In case she is called upon to sing three times a week, the extra night is to be paid £6O, A separate engagement is entered into for two months of her conge; during the uni versal exhibition of 1855, at the rate of £l,OOO per month, so that the salary for the second year will, in fact, be £6,000.-- - Galignani. COST OF A PICKPOCKET TO THE PUBLIC.—The Rev. Mr. Clay, the Chaplain of the Preston House of Correc tion, estimates the loss caused to the public by fifteen pickpocketsowhose careers he has traced, including the value of the property stolen, expenses of prosecution, and maintenance in gadl, at £26,500. That is to say, the country. has been at an expense of £1,766 for each of these worthies : a sum, one tithe of which, if judiciously applied at the proper time, would probably have sufficed to make them useful members of society, COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— On Wednesday morning, a very dangerous collision occnred on this 'railway, about five miles south from Doncaster. The axle of a goods truck having broke while the train was in motion, the truck was thrown across the line of rails. Almost at the same instant, the express train from London dashed into the dislocated train, at full speed. Its engine was capsized, and three of the passenger car riages were thrown off the line. Great alarm was neces sarily excited, but fortunately no life was lost, nor was any very serious injury sustained. A PARISIAN CELEBRITY.—One of the celebrities of the public balls of Paris was buried on Tuesday, having been carried to the grave from her hotel in the Rue Caumartin. Mademoiselle Olympe, employed as a boot-binder, about two years ago, never missed a ball at Asnieres or Mabille's, and at the former place she so captivated a German baron that he married her. He died about eight months ago, leaving her from 30,000 f. to 40,000 f. a year. After his death she became melancholy, and her health declined. She went out on Sunday to drive in the Bois de Boulogne, and, on the return 'of the carriage to the hotel, the foot man, on letting down the steps, found that his mistress did not alight. She was lying dead on the seat. She had only reached her 22nd year.—Galignani's Messenger. DARING BURGLARY.—The family of Mr. Young, South street, Peckham, all went to church on Sunday night week, leaving only a servant girl in the house. A gentle manly dressed young man called, inquired for Mr. Young, and, being told he was out, expressed a wish to write a note to him. The servant girl, who was alone in the house, hesitating at this, he seized her by the throat and carried her into the parlour, threatening to cut her throat if she made an outcry. He then let in two men, who bound the girl hand and foot. They made her tell where the plate and other property, to a large amount, were de posited, which they succeeded in carrying off. On the return of the family they were unable to get into the 'house, and a ladder having been procured, the servant was found thrust into a cupboard. CHOLERA'S HIDING-PLACES.--Notwithstandinx the sharp look-out Which has been kept for breaches of the lodging-house regulations, a considerable number of the , Irish who burrow' about the east end of the town have contrived to elude the vigilance of the police for some time. On. Monday last the keepers of ten of these houses were brought before the magistrates, and fined in sums varying from five to twenty shillings, which, in every in stance, was paid. They were, all Irish, and brought for ward every sort of excuse for the state In which their premises • had been found; but the lucrative returns of their vocation wonl.l have been the most honest reason they.could adduce for crowding seven, eightor ten human beings into the spaceavhich should have been allotted to three or four. From:a calculation made by the clerk, and not Objected to by one of the defendants, it was plainly shown that for two rooms, each about the size. f a sentry box, not less than one guinea per week was drawn ! One of these holes had.not even a window, and yet two beds were stuck into it. Inemany of the beds four sleepers were found, " all lying," as the officer said, 'head and tail," and in other cases ''shakedowns," and beds were in the same, apartment, filled with both sexes and all, ages.— Sunderland Herald. LORD RYRON'S ESTATE..—HOBHOUSE v. BLAY L. This was a suit to administer the estate of Lord Byron,-and it came before the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, on 'Wed nesday, upon further direetions. The question argued was whether the costs of the. incumbrancers (seventeen in number) ought to come out of. the residuary estate, or out of certain accumulations of income. A second point arose out of a passage from a letter written by Lord Byron •to Mr. Leigh Hunt, in reference to ,a legacy coming to him from Mr. Pereril-Shelley. This passage was as follows: —" I knew you long before Mr. S, knew either you or me, and you and one or two,more of his friends are the only ones whom I can at all reflect upon as men whose ae quaintance was honourable and agreeable. I have one thing more to state, which is, that from this moment I must decline the office of acting as is executor in any respect; also all other .connection with his family or any of its branches, now or ,hereafter. There was something about a legacy of £2,000 which he had 'Aft me. This, of course, I decline, and the =ore so that Ih will ear that his is admitted valid, and I state this distinctly that, in case of anything happening to me, any heirs may be instructed not to claim it.—Yours ever truly, N. B." It,was doubtful whether Lord Byron's executors, •to whose knowledge this letter had ,come within a comparatively recent period only, were justified in not receiving the legacy therein men , tioned. The argument was not concluded when his honour rose.—lt was continued on the following day, when the Vice-chancellor directed certain inquiries relative to the legacy left , to Cs lordship by the will of Mr. Percy B. Shelley, and respecting the costs of the various encum brancers on the shares of the appointees of Mr. Leigh, the residuary 'legatee. REVELATIONS OF LONDON CITY EXPENDKURE.—The following items of information were given before the City Corporation Commission on Tuesday, by Mr. J. H. Elliott, a member of -the Court of Common Council :—The City Sewer Commissioners arc a separate body. They are, to some extent, at present, subordinate to the Metropolitan Commissioners, The area of the city is not above a square mile. Our 'sewers amount to about fifty miles. Our paving is unrivalled throughout the world, and the com missioners sit upon the spot, and are readily accessible. In the metropolis each of the police-courts cost £2,000 a year, but our two police-courts, with unpaid magistrates, cost £2,500 a year each, which would be ample to provide for the payment of two police magistrates. It appears, from a recent return, that the corporation has 151 officers, commencing with the recorder, whose gross salaries amount to £46,000, or an average of £3OO a year each officer. The expenditure of the city in the year 1852, for municipal purposes alone, amounted to about ss. in the pound upon the whole rental of the city, reckoning the rental at £1,000,000 per annum ; or, in other words, it amounted to a rate of £l7 per house. About £146,000 of that sum was derived from [the city tolls, and various sources of city taxation, and about £120,000 from rates and direct taxation. In 1862 the paving, lighting, sewers, and police in Marylebone amounted to 2s. 3d. in the pound, and the rates in the city for the same purposes were a trifle more than 2s. 3d. in the pound. It is the custom of the corporation, whenever a tax is becoming unpopular, to make it fast by act of parliament, and to devote the proceeds to some good purpose. Thus, the sheriff's fines are now devoted to the establishment of a Freeman's Orphan School. The coal-tax of ls. Id. per ton yields pretty nearly £200,000 a year, but the corpora tion has not the control and expenditure of that large sum of money. The corporation only retains for its own use about as much as is yielded by a fourpenny tax out of the ls. ld. The rest goes, I believe, under the control of the Woods and Forests, for improvements beyond the city. In answer to the question, Are you aware of any public improvement which has been promoted by the corpora tion ? Mr. Elliott said : I am not aware of any great public improvement that has ever been suggested or carried out by the corporation of its own accord. In fact, of any great comprehensive scheme of public im provement they appear to be incapable. The only new street of any importance Which they have undertaken is that of New Cannon-street. THE EARL OF SEAFIELD was, on Wednesday, elected Scottish representative peer, in the room of Lord Saltour deceased. • TITE RODERICK DUTY has arrived in the Clyde from Port Philip, whence she sailed the 11th of August, with 450 ounces of gold, valued at £l,BOO. GENERAL POST-OFFICE: ROYAL COMMlSSlON.—Com missioners will be appointed in a few days to inquire into the general state of the Post-office, and also to take evi dence with the view of establishing a uniform rate of oceanic postage. A VETERAN DIPLOMA TIST.—A letter from Copenhagen of the 7th says :—" Sir Henry Watkin Williams Wynn, who, since 1817, that is; for thirty-seven years, has been Minister Plenipotentiary of England at the Court of Denmark, has, on his own demand, been recalled, and in tends into retire into private life." TFIANKSGIVING. — WedneEday was set apart as one of solemn thanksgiving in Neweastle for its deliverance from cholera. It was very generally observed, and services were held in the various churches and places of worship in the town. The past two weeks of dry frosty weather has materially improved the public health of the district, and, with the exception of one or two of the Smith Dur ham villages, it seems nearly clear of this fearful malady. MURDER THREE YEARS AGO. — On Tuesday evening a man named Edward Macdonald, who had escaped justice three years ago, having been charged with a murder in Airdrie, was put on board the Glasgow steamer at Belfast, in custody of one of the Airdrie police officers. He had been lost sight of until within the last few weeks, when he was traced to Dundalk, and arrested there. The identi fication was complete. THE SPINISHJOURNALS state that the French aeronaut, M. Arban, who made an ascent from Barcelona more than two years ago, and who was believed to have fallen into the sea, and to have been drowned, has made his appearance again. An Alicant letter says that his balloon went over to Africa, where he was seized and made a slave, and that after he had continued in slavery for two years, he effected his escape. SUICIDE OP A. SURGEON BY PRUSSIC AClD. — Another suicide of a medical man by prussic acid is reported. Mr. Francis Champneys, surgeon, No. 112, London-wall, was found by his landlady's daughter dead in bed, on Monday morning. He had taken a quantity of the strongest prus sic acid, one drop of which in the eye of a dog would be sufficient to destroy its life. He had never been known to be depressed in spirits. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned at the inquest. SCIENTIFIC USES OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — The Royal Observatory at Brussels has just been placed in electric communication with the Royal Observat,ory, Greenwich, for the purpose of facilitating the determination in a direct manner of the difference of longitude between the two establishments. This operation is one of extreme delicacy as well as of great importance to geodesy. The electric communication is made in such a manner that every oscillation of the pendulum at Brussels will be re presented with accuracy at Greenwich, and vice versa. — Daily News. DOVERING. — In the course of an application made at the Guildhall by a body of waiters, who considered them selves insufficiently paid for their attendance at the Lord Mayor's banquet, it came out, that among other causes of complaint which they had against the purveyor of the civic feast, was that of having been kept in a state of painful sobriety by the practice of " Dovering." Sir Peter Laurie inquired what they meant, and received the following explanation:—" Why, sir, the half-bottles are used to fill up others, which are sent up to the table again as unopened bottles ; and this is what we call Dovering.' " This has been contradicted. SUNDAY TRADING. — The Mayor of Wisbeach has ad dressed a letter to the employers of labour in the neigh bourhood, in which he relates his own praiseworthy exer tions and partial success in inducing the tradespeople of the town to give up Sunday trading, and solicit their co operation in putting an end to it altogether. He was met by the tradesmen, he says, in a spirit of kindness ; and they admitted, with hardly an exception, that they should be glad to discontinue trading on the Sunday ; and stated as the chief obstacle to their taking such a course, that the labourers could not purchase their goods until that day, in consequence of not receiving their wages until too late on the Saturday evening before. MATRIMONIAL. -- Recently, at Rugely, in this county, a worthy couple appeared before the altar, at the parish church, to take each other for " better for worse," when a rival fair one presented herself, asserted her superior claim to the bridegroom, and expressed her determination to prevent the interesting proceedings taking place unless she was substituted for the female about to be made a wife. A " scene" ensued, in the course of which the " feminines" freely abused each other ; the favoured one eventually requested to be informed of the ground on which her rival founded the justice of her claim to the hand of her bethrothed, and was made acquainted with the fact, in no very choice words, that the discarded beauty was in expectation of a second edition of her faithless lover. This she considered a full and reasonable satisfac tion for her interference ; but the expectant bride silenced her opponent by declaring that she was in a similar situa tion. The clergyman and clerk vainly endeavoured to persuade the • objector to leave the sacred edifice, and as their advice fell unheeded, she was forcibly ejected, and the marriage was duly celebrated. As the disappointed woman was being removed from the church, she exclaimed with great earnestness, " Never mind, she won't live long, and I shall have him after all,"—a hope indeed " forlorn." —Wolverhampton Herald. MELANCHOLY STORY.—A female vocalist named Fisher lately committed suicide at Leeds. Inquiry into the case shows that the deluded young woman was induced to wait upon a professed sorceress some months back, to test her powers of locking into futurity. The deceased was then informed that a gentleman would present her with a bunch of flowers, and that soon after he would make her his wife. It so happened that after a concert at which she soon afterwards sang, a bouquet of flowers was presented to the deceased, which, though a very common act of kindness towards a favourite female vocalist, no doubt at once fixed in her mind a firm belief in the fortune-teller's pre diction. Miss Fisher again waited upon her, and was told that she must burn a certain quantity of spirits at midnight, for a stated number of nights, after which her future husband would be shown to her, and further re velations of coming events would be made to her, but was at the same time assured that the gentleman was very rich, and that she would ride in her carriage before three • months had passed. She was further told that her lover would come for her in his own - carriage. The wild and fallacious hopes excited by these pretended predictions, being of course eventually blighted, the succeeding bitter mortification and disappointment, together with the em barrasment consequent upon the expensive preparations for the anticipated marriage, were amply sufficient to destroy the balance of a credulous and sanguine mind. WATERLOO LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The second annual general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held yesterday at the offices of the society, No. 366, Strand, for the purpose of receiving the report, and upon other business ; Mr. J. Bishop in the chair. Mr. T. G. Williams read the report, which stated that the new business transacted by the corporation during the past year has exceeded that of the former year by upwards of 100 per cent, the number of policies issued being 400, assuring the sum of £142,304, and producing the annual income of £4,787, making in all 603 policies granted to this date; assuring the sum of £214,263, and producing an annual revenue of £7,162. The average amount assured under each policy is £355 6s. 7d., the annual premium for each being £ll 17s. 4d. This company has therefore secured to itself, in less than two years, a large income, amounting to upwards of £7,000, irrespectively of that derivable from investments. During the plat year £19,000 has been invested, which makes the amount upwards of £25,000. The report, after noticing that the claims during the year had only amounted to £6OO, concluded by declaring a dividend of six per cent, free of income tax. The chairman moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. A. F. Jackson, and carried unani mously. The retiring directors and auditors having been re-elected, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated—Morning Chronicle. AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—On Thursday, Henry Dobbs, a waiter, belonging to Newcastle, a respectable looking young man, was brought before the Tynemouth borough magistrates, charged with shootingovith intent to kill, a female of the name of Margaret Musgrove Beau mont, a domestic in the Commercial Hotel, in North . Shields. It appeared that Dobbs was engaged to be mer ited to the young woman, and she had written him a letter .asking him to come down to Shields on Sunday. With this he had complied. Some words, however, had taken place between them when they met, and she bad left him about half-past six in the evening in bad temper. Dobbs, called at the hotel during the course of the evening, and found her in the kitchen with another young man. They had treated him very improperly, and Beaumont had torn the letter abe had written him out of his hand, and burnt it. Dobbs deft Shields very much exasperated, and next morning bought a pistol and some powder and shot in Newcastle, and came down to Shields next day with the purpose of destroying Beaumont if she remained shy with him. Upon his going into the kitchen she treated him with disdain, and he immediately pulled a loaded pistol from his breast, and deliberately fired it at her. She for tunately, was stooping at the time, and the charge grazed the back part of her bead and set fire to her cap. Dobbs was immediately secured, and upon being searched a quan tity of powder, shot, and percussion caps was found upon him. He made no secret of what his intentions had been, and was committed for trim. RESPONSIBILITIES OP LONDON SHERIFFITOOD: FINING RECUSANTS.—At the City Corporation Commission, or Tuesday, in answer to the question what is the reason that persons pay the fine in order to avoid serving as sheriffi Sir I. Patteson replied : A general desire to sever oneself from city offices, and a dread of the trouble and annoy ances which it occasions. I cannot say what the expenseh are, not having served. I cannot develops the but I believe that the election of sheriffs depends much upon persons who are desirous of obtag . ds plan to m shrievalty, and who, for that reason, eriffs are often the same to become sheriffs. The induce their friends is clear that they :earsnOther's hands. My friend persons for a number of play very much into one a 3under-lsnhd it' Mr. Peto, the mem ber for Norwich, was nominated, and elected sheriff in 184 9 or 185 0 , altogether without his consent but he pleaded h'of privilege knowledge and , Parliament, wh ic h the to Corporation was very unwillingly compelled _. A dmit. My father was elected, and paid the fine. My brother also was nominated, but, fortunat e l y for himself , w as never elected. he fine, if paid imme diately u pon nomination, is £4OO, but upon electi on it i s 1:600. In the year 1814 and 1815 the fines amounted to £16,000, which was stated at the time to be N7anted to the expenses of an entertainment pay to George the Fourth, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia, a fter the war. Of course, I know nothing of so stated. I also wish to direct appropri ation of these funds.attention to the Up to the year 1830 those fines were paid over to the general funds • of the city, but on the 10th of December of that year the Court of Common Council resolved that in future all sheriffs' fines should form a fund in the hands of the chamberlain, to accumu late at interest, to be applicable, under the authority of the Corporation, in aid of objects of public improvement or utility, or of a charitable nature, within the city. This has always appeared to me to be putting a plausible face upon the extortions they practised. But so little concerned were they in the matter that, though they levied a fine from Sir C. Price, in 1836, it was not appropriated to any fund until after a return on the subject was moved for in Parliament in 1848. I can only express a hope that, if the livery are to continue to exercise these powers, there will be some description of appeal - provided for gentlemen w h c , ivec improperly elected to these offices, A. LIVE WALRES as died A. PVBLIC Nt are occupied d of St. Martin superintem Gladstone, A CoLt, pedestal of Peace feet hig bout'to be erected in ih near Berlin LETTERS nvi SALISBITIZY idement s recently brought to Peterhead b young children \rhos, nd is .11, Mrs _ , ened in the parish nder the Wm. E. placed on a SEELY f a the day has b fother ladies reidling in ti Lg entirely 01 I surmounted statue of - ' ,culptor Rauch. is Greek, wko 4. off a Turkish lady, bou g ) the agreement betwet , and, whilst convers n through the head. _ The eandiddates were 'Wall, took place m General Buckley and Captain - Roberts two, the captain withdrew from ti numbers were. General Buckley, 2- At a quart yen the Captain Rol majority, 167. HER 'MAJESTY'S THE Mr. Just k.TRE.—On Tuesday, application Erle, in the Bail Court, to aseer iinst Mr. Lumley had priority. In the course of the proceedings, it appeared that Mr. Gye, of the Royal Italian Opera, had taken the theatre, and advanced £5,000, with the intention of opening it. The dispute among the creditors has so far prevented him. - LONDON AND NORTIIWESTERN RAILWAY.—ParIiMPII• tary notices of this company state that they propose to go to Parliament for powers to purchase, or lease, the Hay don-square branch of the London and Blackwall Railway, to provide hotel accommodation at Easton Station, for provision as to Wolverhampton Station, and for additional station accommodation and land at Birmingham, Harrow, and Cottingham. BURTON BITTER. BEER.—At the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, a rule nisi was granted to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Frederick Ibbotson Jervis, the master of a commercial school at Repton, for the publication of libellous verses reflecting upon Henry Allsop, the brewer, imputing to hint most serious charges, and among the rest charging him with the crime of murder. SIR HENRY WATBIN WILLIAMS WYNN, who since' 1817, that is, for thirty-six years, has been Minister Pleni potentiary of England at the Court of Denmark, has, on his own demand, been recalled, and intends to retire to private life. Having dined with the King on the Oth, the next day the venerable diplomatist was accompanied to the port by the Prince of Denmark; the Landgrave of Hesse, all the diplomatic body, and a great number of dis. tinguished personages. POTATO TaiDE. - -- - --The traffic in potatoes continues very brisk, and immense quantities are transmitted daily along the Scottish Midland, Central, and Caledonian Railways, to Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Birmingham, &c. On Tuesday there were nearly 200 carts with potatoes from the Highlands, and on coming to town they formed a con tinuous line from Dunkeld turnpike to the barracks, nearly the distance of a mile. The Highland potatoes, which were of excellent quality, met with a ready sale at from 10s. to 21s. per boll.=Perthshire Courier. 'DIE MAYOR , OF SALISBURY.—A:Iionan Catholic has been selected for this office. A correspondent states, that the Dean, the Master of the Cathedral School, the Rector of the parish, one of the Priest-Vicars, and a Lay-Vicar, gave plumpers for this gentleman, in opposition to two staunch Protestants, who were candidates. This event has given rise to strong feelings among the Churchmen of the place.—[There must be a mistake in this, as the persons mentioned above have no power to vote in the election of Mayor.—En. L. S.] Henry~AsscoNDlNa OFFICIAL . — Mr. Bunny, Clerk to the Town, to the Board of Justices, the Commis. sioners of Taxes, and the Local Board of Health, in Newbury, has absconded, being, it is said, a large defaulter. It had been whispered in the town for some time past that his affairs were in an em. barrassed state, and a day or two ago it transpired that he had engaged a shepherd and a bailiff to proceed with him to New Zealand. The creditors were instantly alert, but the clerk was gone. They found his wife and children on board a vessel about to sail for New Zealand, but no traces were discovered of the defaulter himself. He is supposed, however, to be on board in female's clothes. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY S 0 C IE TY. - 11r. Samuel Wilkes, of Wolverhampton, in the year 1852 subscribed one guinea per day to the Wesleyan Missionary Society. At the com mencementof the current yea r h e ra i se d th e su b scription to seven guineas daily, and at a recent meeting Mr. W. H. Rule, one of the speakers, read a note, of which the fol lowing is a copy :—" My dear sir,—Your humble servant, Samuel Wilkes, a poor Wesleyan, purposes, with God's blessing, to give to the great missionary cause, for the year 1854., £18,779 55., and he trusts that the triune God will enable him to perform this covenant." A MIGHTY ORGAN.--Some interesting experiments have recently been made at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, with respect to the power required by an organ to fill the building, and a report has been presented to the directors on the subject. As the central transept alone covers a larger area than is occupied by the cathedral at York, some idea of the vast size and power of an instrument which should be heard in all parts of the building may be formed. The committee report that the area required for the instrument would not be less than 5,400 feet, the depth of the organ 50 feet, and its altitude from the ground 140 feet. The cost will not be less than £25,000, and its construction would extend over a period of three years. - GROSS OUTRAGE IN A CHURCII.—A most wanton and unjustifiable outrage has been perpetrated on a Protestant church, at Warmsworth, between two and three miles from Doncaster. The occurrence took place some time during the night of Wednesday last, and those who com mitted it commenced their attack on the building by first throwing stones at the windows from the outside, a number of which they broke. They then proceeded to force open the church doors, a s i s i n di cated by footmarks about the place, but, not succeedin g , they we n t t o a w i n d ow on the north side of the church, broke the glass, tore away the lead from the squares, and removed the casement, by which they were enabled to creep through. Having thus obtained an entrance, they pulled down the communion rails and demolished the stone font. Nothing but the base of the font remains to indicate that one stood there. The velvet cushion on the top of the pulpit and the one on the clerk's reading desk, as well as a great number of the cushions and hassocks in the pews, were cut and torn, and the stuffings strewed about the church and grave yard. Some woodwork near the communion table was also pulled down and broken. The stone near the same place is also pulled up. A number of the books belonging to the congregation, have been torn and otherwise damaged and thrown about the church. Several loose seats used by the poorer class of the congregation were broken and piled one over another. After they had broken or damaged everything they could come in contact with in the sacred edifice, they proceeded to remove the lid or topstone of a tomb, which they rolled over in the churchyard, and left it there. It is not possible at present to estimate the amount of damage done to the church property, but it must be considerable. It is pretty evident that the object of the depredators was to gratify some private feeling of revenge, and not to plunder, for, although there is a blue cloth missing, there were articles of value in the church which could have been taken away without much difficulty, The present is not the first time that the property of the church has been damaged, but not to such a serious extent. The Rev. C. E. Thomas. the incumbent, who is much respected by his parishioners, is instituting vigorous measures for the apprehension, if possible, of the depre dators, but the fellows have shown so much tact and dexterity in the execution of their work that we fear the authorities will have great difficulty in bringing them to justice. A reward will be offered for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. — Some interesting facts were communicated at a public meeting in the Town-hall, Brighton, on Wednesday, by Messrs. Lewis, Morgan and Gruneisen, the solicitor, surveyor, and secretary of the Conservative Land Society, in explanation of the mode of allotment of the Round Hill Park Estate, the first portion of which, consisting of 123 lots, will be allotted on the 24th instant. It was stated by the surveyor that there would be in all upwards of 350 lots on this estate ; but such was the increase of the population (nearly 20,000 in the last ten years, against 6,000 in the preceding ten years,) that buildings had actually extended to the very foot of the Round Hill, and there can b e no doubt that owing to the yearly increasing .popularity of this watering-place every available place within the precincts of the town would be built upon. At the time of taking the census there were actually 283 houses in progress of erection. The Round Hill Park will comprise a crescent of the boldest, sweep in Brighton, and a terrace, fronting the old Shoreham road, from Lewis*:' Frontages on this estate,. it was intimated, a t th e rate of R 2 per foot, would rival, la advantages for building, many frontages m other parts o R. NP7F'nwaillr' nr°v"ll°w the town, at four times the price. The estate is at a tookcon siderable i s place cjo,,,,Ercis.qt ~hRa chairman banker, of surrounding con country.—A a view of the sea, town, LeitaahilioPiiitbiliitechsHeriadlld,lesniex Richmond,magistrateosn, elevation, of a n ort a li n e c r i n . aspect, and. commanding the firm of Dimsdale and meeting Friday, Knox, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Co., Colonel . Esq., C. Wor thington, W. Cribb, sq., a Lewis, Esq., the solicitor, Morgan, E sq ., the surveyor, and C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., the secretary. The principal item of interest and dis cussionmagnificent purchase of the St. Margaret's Earof Kilmorey, for distribution amongst the society. It was explained that this 4 li p Ei r ls o et p ame r nl y f :F T ; m o rss m tthoh p fee rising an area of 74 acres of land, is, owing to its admirable adaptation for laying out, the entourage being perfectly free from any kind of interference in tha plans of the surveyor, most valuable for the erection of villas and houses of the best class. The river frontage extends upwards of 1,900 feet, the road frontage exceeds 2,000 feet, and the Windsor loop line of the South Western railway, bounds the property on the west. The view from the estate comprehends Richmond-bridge, the hill and park, Kew gardens, the windings -of the Thames, the beautiful ant at the bend of the river by Sion House, the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, Twickenham mea dows, the ferry at Isleworth, and the elegant villas on the banks of the river. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS, TITS BEET REMEDY FOR THE CURE OF BAD LEGS. — Extract Of a letter from Messrs. Trenchard and Whitby, booksellers, Yeovi l, dated 20th Nov., 1851 :—" To Professor Holloway. — Sir ,— The fol lowing extraordinary case has come to our knowledge. 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