The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

rUESDA LOCAL TYTELLA I{OYAL I SIRE ITILITI issued . ... quiring this corps to be trained and were of twenty-eight days, commencing The men are to assemble at the ba hngton, and any one not labourin Which in( ;ks, Birchfields, I any infirmi. Lulu wiin snail ia deemed th e j aw , a deserter, and incur the pc nalties provided 1 ACCIDENT TO W. TAPICOT head of the well-known firm of 11 This gentleman, the Tapscat C1A.,11.1G LIU,EL le Vl' 'A.4l,p since, when drivin g in his gig to the Bramley-Moore.Dock One of th e wheels came in contact with a block of wood which jerked the gig upwards so violently as to throw Mr Tapscott out nnnn +h. (1-„ -c t.• 1 He is no Ly ampu however, going. on ATTEMPTPD SUICIDE John Horbeck, residin2. )n Tuesday, a, man named 1. GC L . , peu HIM the river from the Prince' 4/ Princes pier. He was, however, picked up and taken to the receiving-house, where he was to promptly. attended to by D r . Bl ac kl ey, an d was restore d consciousness. He stated that the reason he had attempted suicide, was because he had been robbed in a house of ill-fame, in Lime-street, the name of which he could not tell. ~..Loss OF TH E S TEAMER VICTORY.—The fine steam ship Victory, one of the packets belonging to the Dub'' esnd 'Waterford Steam Navigation Company, has t_otallyavrecked. The 'Victory, 'on her arrival at Water- Live! was engaged by the government to convey troops to was engaged and, having performed this duty, she was on her return voyage to Waterford, when she struck upon a rock off the coast o f W ex f ord, and went down aalmost. im mediately. All hands were saved, but how their escape was effected is not mentioned. MAILS FOR Atrernalix.—The next mails for Australia will be forwarded to-morrow (Wednesday), by the lsTeleus, nailing vessel, the owners of which have entered into a This vessel that e. This vessel well be with the postmaster-general. arrival of the mail LmesPatched from Liverpool, after the for South A-astral London, and all letters and papers Diemen's Land, 4 , Victoria New South Wales, and Van parture, and not adaching' Liverpool previous to her de will ere dressed to be sent by any other vessel, t %%ante by the Neleus. The packet rates of NelmsPo ge will be chargeable on letters transmitted by the The , bill 'no charge will be made upon newspapers. mails tb be conveyed by this packet will be made up ht Liverpool this afternoon. CONFL'AARATION AT BLACKEROOk COLLIERY.—An " I tensiVe conflagration, which broke OA some weeks since an the Blackbrook Colliery, St. Helen's, belonging to Messrs. Southern and Brownlow, is still raging, despite 'every .tffort which has been made to subdue it. The names spread with such rapidity that one of the galleries, 'several hundred yards in length, became, in a short space of time, a raging mass of fire. Despite the efforts which we're made, the continued trial 'Of Mr. Goldworthy Gur ..neY's plan of filling the pits With carbonic oxide, and the `int roduction of Phillip s ' ann ihil a t ors , th e fi re h as no t y e t en wholly e x ti ngu i s h e d . S o great was th e h ea t , th a t cie`tile wrought iron bars of one of the underground furnaces 'Was completely me lt e d . It ,i s expec t e d th a t i n a b ou t a ' , week the fire will be entirelyot under. LIVERPOOL BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. For some weeks past the unsettled state of the weather has affected 'these establishments, and 'there has been a considerable falling off of business. During the past week, however,, it has resumed its usual improving aspect, as appears from the returns of the several superintendents. Thus, at, Cor nwallis -street, the bathers last week amounted to 2498 ; in the corresponding week of 1852 they were 2042. At the Pier-head, the batherslast week were 1239; for the same week of 1852 they were - 826. At Paul-street, the bathers last week were 1145; - for the same week of 1852 there , were 719. It is a circumstance worthy of observation, Plat the business of the baths and the state of the priblie health appear to have some connexion with each other, this as the increased use of the baths in Liverpool !'kos year, daring cettain given weeks as against 'last year, a ccompanied vrith a diminution of the rateable sickness. CAUTION TO SHOFREEPERS.—A number of swindlers have lately victimised several shopkeepers by pahning ~..,neon them counterfeit gold. The method of swindling dtt Opted is stated tolse this : —A pretended customer enters a L si loP, asks for S trifling article, then tenders a soverftn leossibly a goodone) in payment, and particularly 'requests 1,0 be furnished with a half-sovereign in change. Upon th e change 'beige' handed to him he suddenly assertsthat 'e is not furnished with the article that he wistred,'"aiking ,_ _at the s ame time let anot h er art i c l e w hi c h th e s h o pk eeper not heard ' , of. The fellow then asks .to have his . t .T ve reign returned, and the shopkeeper, having saspi- On of his 'cust omer , h an ds him th e sovereign, receives hack the half-sovereign ' which he afterwards thins to be „ I ,_ a e cbtoPeund of base metal, the swindler having 'dexterously c oed the good half-sovereign for The counterfeit one, allbe palms - upon the shopkeeper. The more effectu- Y to a ccomPlish his purpose, the swindler .has an ac w• toPEce in his - villany, who, guided by some pre-arranged ' si gn, enters The shop in apparent haste, andasks the Arica of some'lrivial article, evidently with the'desig' n of ag the attention of the shopkeeper from the-counter half f eoin- By-this means the tenderer of the counterfeit heldEn ereign-raakes his escape. h E Dsnny GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was I tel on Wednesday, at the Union Workhouse. Present-- ti r ss is ts ,„.• AlPassi(chairman), Shaw, Weneley, ArGee,;Jeffries, e";]&hdtus, Lunt, Abraham, Metcalf, Smith, Roberts, Ifeyes, Roskell, J. Harrison Nolyneux, 'Brown, Tattersall,•and the Rev. William Bacinall.—A eommunica tion was received from the health comniittee of theberough of ll.iverpool, requesting the co-operation of the: board in fang precaotio nar y measures to prevent t h e . sprea d o f p v ,era. After a short discussion it was resolved that the m an iMr. J. Harrison), the Rev. W. Badnbll, and hosk6ll Term a deputation from the: beard to co-operate s ett 4, , the health committee of the borough in• carrying into +,7 e tt such-measures as may be deemed desirable.—The Znder of Messrs. James and Alfred Stephens, for thessup- Ily,of - floasa (second quality) at 38s. per pack,-was accepted. t ,_"n'the maion of Mr. Alpass, seeonded by - Mr. Ahralrams, l b, - "as " that Mr. Barnabas Barrett be elected vacci ,tar thernion in place of Mr. Deane,'with the term 'ireration cifs:ls. 6d. per case.—A motion was submitted by Alpass, seconded by Mr. Abrahams, - .that a. clerk or keepetv be appointed for the hospital,a7ith a salary of • I)er onnum, the appointment to take Place at the-next g.---Mr. Clayton, architect, was authorised to pee- Pare h = - -ans for the enlargement of the waslahouses at the esPital, add. providing a larder, and convenience' for tile b r z 4 g;_e •of potatoes, ale, coals, &c.—This 'concluded. 2 1 ',„ :es -nn or TRUST.—In the Insolvent !Debtors' Court, "uen, oirWednesday, Richard Bayley, an insolvent, as Opposed, on behalf of Messrs. Bailey ;and Co., iron .11.11erchants, of Liverpool. The insolvent acted as the don Chipping agent of the opposing creditors, and in Swedish"ac received a bill of lading of dirty ntity .of iron, , xibich, on arrival, it was his to clear and forward 'to Liverpool. The insolvent, however, de- Posited the lsxll of lading with a person named Thomas, t is collateral security for the due honour of olaillof , ex nge for Z75.-Asis. Upon the arrival of the iron Messrs. Bailey found that.their bill of lading was thus pledged, and they bad to pay Mr. Thomas's claim, and various Costs, amounting,in the whole, to £m, beforettliey could recover tlaelr'bill,or lading. The insolvent, upomexamina- Von, admitted the transaction, but sand he expected to have been able to redeem the bill of lading before the arrival of the iron. The Commissioner thought there had clearly been a 'breach of trust, an offence which struck at the root of mercantile credit. The insolvent ought to consider himself every indulgently treated by the opposing credi tors, who might have indicted him for 'the misde meanour. Ile could not be discharged by this..court tlntd he had been - .in custody for a period of 4,weilste ms from the date of the vesting order. ourlaßr that :Rd:41BI; LOF DERBY'S.—We mentioned Rail, earl robbery took place at linowSley entirely 0 4, 4 m LIVIonday. The property stolen consisted eaB " , seves a r e L_es of bijosterie, and comprised gold pencil of toilet tit. bearing coats of arms, and silver tops a etonish m ' fl so.s. The affair has created a great deal of Pre lnises lit, as there are two night watches on the 'the rt . • h seems however that these " guardians of refulght," f • nghtened' 13y;t4e ;torm which prevailed, took 'for f t , al an outhouse and there fell asleep. A peg cloek, rio an a cheek on them, s h ow ed that they had moved I P e gs between two o'clockau . d a quarter-past four. The .kurglars first go t i nto the coo ki ng -house, by breaking ro frames of glass in a window:; but, finding they could Ct get into th e b ody of the hall f rom th em , they went ° rid to another part, and gotilsrough a window into a 13orridor leading to Lord and Lady Derby's bedroom. It n a g singular thing. that the Window where they got in „"';! n.damaged h as p, w hich would-not act. The thieves a udaciously made their way into -.the room in which the 1 and countess were sleeping, passed into their dressing • m, and there took a purse, containing six sovereigns, and a the a r ti c l es b e f ore men tion e d. They then went back, yl ng the bedroom door open, and talfing a pair of silver e,..„,,„ th, - 4 1 ", estieks, as far as the entrance hall, when they made exit, leaving an immense quantity of plate and other a• teables untouched. His lordship, on rising, observed t the bed room d oor was open, an d d rew her ladyship's . c i s noon to it, but no further notice was taken of the r i atanee till the discovery of the robbery at a later the of the day. D e t ec ti ves M u rphy and Salivan, of e xa k- t veePool force, have since been making a minute lA) t la ation of the premises, but so far no clue has been °ft — ' l s o e4 to the burglars, for whose apprehension a 'reward !!.1.8 been oCered. The property stolen consisted to th i ; ° I family relies, and of inestimable value, therefore, De c ;,. ( ;.,wners. t 4eth;" ` - ' O3 l xt ITT Ez.—Mr. C. Turner presided at the weekly ,Ilage ln g' Thursday. —The committee of warehbuse nut. t.ne b , ; e nt reported that in consequence of the increase in Veep r ice of labour the rates had been revised, and they terselnere4"ended that the rate to be charged for labour be 29 per cent.—Tite chairman stated that the were accounts for the Albert dock warehouses, which Th e Zumnitted last week, were now before the committee. t22, - Pi 6 . lll t showed a balance of profit as follows :-1851, c0nv e ,2. 1 852, £16,791; 1853, £16,363. A good deal of ‘l4esti o 7 n 4 tlon ensued, but with no result.—ln reply to a 4 ardea — f rom Mr. Bighorn, the surveyor stated, as re they the were progress of the warehouses at the Stanley dock, 3' ab out the second story ; they would be completed - L'aidsummer next. The time for the completion ,_ 4A ob e s e trac t would expire on the last day of Nov . ember.— flaa tios Ovation was made by Mr. Littledale relative to the ehaj and when it w as s t a t e d th a t th e s urveyor thought a the pie was opening out northward more favourable than taaat ers , I'm Chann e l i n it s b es t d ays . —The Harbour or the Cobmmittee recommended that Mr. White, master tk ni true i Ts - dock, be superannua t e d (h e b e i n g unable to Y-ths duties) at £lOO p er annum ;he had been +silatter ee years in the employ of the Dock Committee. c onversation the recommendation was con ....tioeit—`gatet renewed application was received from the 4 letter en for an advance of wages, which was refused. ° th e y ri was read from Mr. T. H. Farrer, of the office Council for Trade, calling attention to a c la use m e fro _e Merchant Shipping Bill, which prevented Z:eq exp res " l , B i nortgaging the rates, except where they are __! ( 3i for Purposes connected with shipping. The vie s o r si " i ! ,that as their rates were used for the pur ;lh. Carthag, the clause did not apply. He had seen likel4Ptiligkth:n the subject, and got him to insert a clause sol v • Mr. m a peek Trust. A letter was read from the bi b e Ynard, asking that the rent of the mariners' sete, red ' , t wa s „.„ ce u from 416 t* a per =mum The re -4144W with. this d f HEALTH ing of the board was held on Wednesday present Messrs. Kershaw, Marsden, Sharpies; commissioners, and Mr. Rawlinson, government inspector In order to secure cleanliness, &c., in the lodging-house in the town, the two serjeants of the police were apps inspectors. The board likewise resolved to compel c which had been if required, in future. rHE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMITTEE had a meet ridav, at which it was determined to recommend the Corporation for the erection of a new bui cv;l-1-, rnnniArAnt, dnnatinn of Mr. M M.P., the sum of £16,000. The committee also fixed upou the site, in gnaw s-crow, opposite the norm 'ruin George's-hall, and running back into Clayton-street committee recommend that the Council: should advertise for designs ; and that a premium should be given to the design which may be chosen. The belief of the com mittee is, that the new erection will cost £30,000; but it is intended to restrict the outlay to the £lB,OOO already named, and to call upon the public to subscribe the remainder, rather than to levy a Museum-rate on the inhabitants generally.—Chronicle. LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND lItSTITUTION.—The bazaar in aid of the library of this institution is to open on Monday next. We learn that the arrangements are in a for ward state, and that there is every probability of a success ful result. Great exertions have been made by the friends of the institution, both here and elsewhere, to furnish the stalls and give e clat to the proeeedings. The principal stall will be held by the lion. Mrs. Edward Cropper. Twenty volumes of the poetical works of the late Mrs. Sandbach— the grand-daughter of RosCoe —have been received from H. R. Sandbach, Esq. A collection of original poems, all specially contributed for the purpose, by Lord Sohn Manners, Charles Swain, Rev. W. Pollock, and other living writers, will also be published on the occasion. The effort which the members of this valuable institution are making to extend it's usefulness, is one which well de serves, as we hope it will receive the warm sllpport the ptiblic THE NEW SAIGITIRV BILL.--At a meeting of the Health Committee on Thursday, Mr. Stewart explained what had been done with regard to the new sanitary bill, the clauses of Which were prepared, and would be bronght forward at the next Council. The sub-committee had made certain amendments, which would 'be submitted for the consideration of the Health Committee. The thief . alteration Was that of making owners of property in the borough liable to pay a certain proportion of the cost of sewering, at so much per lineal yard, the sewerage in all cases to be done by the public authorities. No application would be nude in the next session of parliamentextept for an alteration of the present bill. The committee . foh.nd the sub ject beset with so many difficulties, that they "considered it better to confine themselves to what appeared the most presik, matter, that of sewering,, and they had reason to believe the course they had adopted would'be satisfactory. lie timed the adoption of the bill in its amended form. The motion was adopted unanimously. Htliam OF LIVERPOOL—The general mortality in this borough continues to be considerably below the average. This is very satisfactory, although we hare again to report some fatal cases of cholera. On Tuesday an Irishman, living at No. 6 court;Lace. , street, was hurried off in a few hours by this fatal disease. On Wednesday the govern ment emigration agent ascertained that some emigrants on board the ship Silas Greenman, lying in the river, and bound for New York, had 'been ',attacked with severe diarrhoea. It is supposed that the passengers, having suffered from sea sickness during the gale of Sunday, were subsequently seized with bowel 'complaint, which in three cases turned to cholera, and proved fatal to the cook of the ship and two of the Germatemigrants. As the vessel was about to sail, and had about '6OO passengers on board, these circumstances were reported to a sub-committee of the health committee, then sitting, and a consultation took place on the subject. IV-was ultimately arranged, after a communication With thcemigration agent and the custom-house authorities; that the sick persons should be: separated from the healthy. 'Those in good health were, to be placed on board one of the lazarettoes in the river, and the sick removed to' a 'editable place and put under immediate medical treatment. ELECTRIC TIME Srn--ase 13A.ee.—The system of drop ping the time signal ball onthe buildings of the Electric Telegraph Company, 448,'Strand, London, by a galvanic current from tie Royal Observatory, Greenwich, having, after the experience of -several months, been found per fectly efficient (interrupt& only by occasional repairs of the apparatus), chronometer makers and others are . _in formed that, when no 'extraordinary signal is exhilined, implicit reliance may be placed on the accuracy of thetime given by the drop of the ball. The same galvanic current which liberates the ball in the Strand moves a needle - upon the transit clock at the Royal Observatory. The time of movement of this needle is observed by the officers of the Royal Observatory, and dirly registered, and is found tote sensibly correct. The time occupied by the transmission of the galvanic current Trom the Royal Observatory to•the Strand is about 1-3000th part of a second. The time oc cupied by the miloosing of the machinery which supports the ball is less than- one-fifth part of a second. Chrono meter makers are requested to remark that the instant which is to be taken- as truly corresponding to one o'Clock, Greenwich mean solo:et - line, is that of the commencement of the drop of the hall. In the event of accidental failure or error in the dropping of the ball at one o'clock, it will be raised half-mast high till two o'clock, when it will be dropped with the same accuracy.—Royal Observatory, Greenwich.—G. B. Aurr. ST. HELEN'S 'PETTI" SEssions were held on Tuesday last, at the Town'halh, before the Rew. .1. S. R.' Evans (chairman), Z. Sillar, M.D., and R. Pilldugton, TLsg Peter Marsh was fined 10s. and costs for assaulting - Janes Callon, on the tlOth ult.—Mr. Edward Iln.sworth of Widnes, was siammoued under the Cruelty to Animals Act, for shooting a -cat, on the 19th ult., belonging to Thomas Plumpton. It appeared that Mr. Unsworth, with three persons 'was shooting at Widnes, and that, when in a field near' complainant's house, he shot-n, cat belonging to him. • In answer to the charge,the dcien dant admitted the shooting of the cat, but stated that :his dog set at something which appeared to him to' be rabbit or a hare, and that he of course fired; that imme diately he had done solhe animal ran up a tree ; add he then, suspecting it to.be a cat, fired a second time to put it out of its misery. He raised an objection to the sum mons, on the ground that this case did not come within the meaning of the -act, the words of the act 'being " cruelly torturing," Sic., and it did not appearthat wanton act of cruelty had been committed, as the defen dant had, in the first instance, shot at what he believed to be game. The magistrates, concurring in this view, dis missed the case. A second information was laid against Mr. Unsworth for shoot irg on the highway. It appeared --that on the night of the same day on which the former .offence was alleged to 'have been committed, Mr. ions ,worth and his men were returning home about eleven o'clock, and that, when-opposite the house of the last -complainant, a gun was fined close to the window. The inmates were alarmed, arid opened the window. Ono.of %ern stated that he saw Mr. Unsworth with a gnn in his hand. But, on cross-examination he admitted that it was so dark that he could not 6wear positively to him. Mr. Unsworth and the keeper. .Troved that one of the men, mimed Platt, fired the gun, without the previous know ledge or consent of Mr. Unsworth. The case was there fore -,dismissed —Mr. George 'Houghton, Eccleston, was sumleoned for breach of the beer act, in selling ale on Sun day, at seven o'clock in the morning. Fined £1 and-costs. SEWCT VESTRY. — The Rev. Rector Campbell pre sided at the usual meeting of this body, on Tuesday.—. 4.. discussicn took place relative to the magistrates who had been newly appointed for the despatch of parochial busi ness, on which Mr. Came said, that the parties who had more itutuediately taken the sahjett in hand had been absent for some time, Mr. Johnson from ill health, and Mr. Williekr from having occupations which he did not anticipate the time. After a fey. - remarks from other Members. th , l subject dropped.—From the unusually long minutes of the Workhouse Committee, it appeared that It-he total irmaber of inmates in the .house on the 21st ;ultimo was 1,801. There were 478 sic& eases, 37 being of Sever and 50 :of itch. Several of the district•medical officers had reported the town as being in an'unusually healthy conditiorn, the cases of diarrhea or dysentery :being exceedingly few. It was recommended to advertise for a district medical-officer, in the place of - Mr. Cripps, at a sali.ry of £lOO a-year.—The Doek Committee's mes senger had attended, and pointed out thathe delivered the note in reference to the oakum in the governor's office at the workhouse. The governor admitted its receipt, tut stated that it was a printed circulary Inviting tenders for a ton of oakum, and, as they were then Manu facturing none for sale, lye had taken no further notice of the comminication.—The workhouse, it was reported, had been supplied with flour of a better quality lately. It was recommended that competent assistants be provided for each of the parish dispensaries, in lieu of pauper as(umt ants, the salary to be 20s. per week, with residence atitbe dispensaries.. It was also recommended that Mr. James Douglas Kelly, having now qualified, be appointed dis trict medical-officer of the district held by the late Mr. Durcan, and under the like terms and conditions.—Dr. Brett and Mr. Lingley, to whom had been submitted saner plea of the flour from which the late gritty bread had been made, submitted their report. Dr. Brett's abounded in details of the analysis, but Mr. Lingley's at once met the point :—" It contains much bran. The slight grit tiness, I am of opinion, is caused from some hard grains of wheat, usually called by millers and grocers flints,' and not by the admixture of any foreign substance."—ln consequence of one of the members having eomplained of the non-employment of the inmates of the workhouse, the governor submitted a return of their number, and the manner in which they were employed. This showed that the number of inmates is 1814, from various causes only 557 are fit for work. Of these, 276 are over the age of 60, and a large number are variously afflicted, Of the women capable of working 172 are over the age of 60 years, who are engaged in knitting. There are 196 under this age who are employed in household duties.—The pro ceedings of the committee were then confirmed, with the exception of that paragraph relative to advertising for a medical-officer in place of Mr. Cripps, the proposed salary being raised from £lOO to £l4O per annum.—A discus sion then took place relative to the health of the town, in which the chairman said, he thought it extremely satis factory to hear from their medical men that their districts were unusually healthy, and that diarrhoea was less pre valent than usual. It was also satisfactory to see the inspector of nuisances on the alert, and to observe the care taken to cleanse the town. As the town was better drained, and was in a better sanitary condition than on any former occasion, we might hope that the visitation of the disease, if it should come, would be less severe than before. Mr. Kitchen observed that there were only six fever eases under the charge of the district-medical officers, whilst in the corresponding period of last year there were forty-eight.—A conununication from the Health Committee was then read, stating that a sub-com mittee of that body had been formed, who would be glad to sit and confer with a like committee to be appointed by the Vestry, on the subject of the cholera. The following gontlemen were appointed members of the Medical -relief Committee :—Messrs. Bradley, Shaw, Troughton, Kitchen, Banner, Bain, and Luff. Mr. Johnson was re-elected a member of the Vestry, and Mr, Talbot elected assistant xuedical-offleer of the Workhouse. FHE Suffolk J . RPOOT `er Courier it of Irr. Thomas's brass foundry, in was extinguished before the arrival of by the watchman and others belonging to the institution are at a very low ebb. There is a debt 500, and the institution is sinking into still further Tres to be 1; thy of Liverpool the wan rou THE BLIND will be re-opened for Divine service on Sunday, after having been closed for several weeks to enable the completion being made of the painting and internal decorations, so as to restore it to the Bnow.—Numerous meetings c the owners viers of property in Dale-street, Byrom-street rriark-Pf. find Whift,h9liPl_ wPriz, hold at the Bel Hotel, en Thur'sd high level bridge, when it tviS unanimously agreed to memorialise the Council against it, as likely to very seri ously injure their interests. The memorial will be found in our advertising columns, and will be presented by Mr. Robertson Gladstone to the Council at their meeting to- THE SCITOONEE YACHT SvERIGE.—The celebrated Swedish-built schooner yacht Sverige, late the property of Mr. Thomas Bartlett, has been purchased by 3lr. Hatton, of this town, and arrived in the Mersey on Thursday. She has since been lying off the north end of the landing stage, where her handsome appearance has attracted very great attention. She is said to resemble very much the renowned schooner America, that two 'years ago caused such a revolution in the yachting world. ARCATTECTITRAL AND ARCIIIEOLOdICAL SOCIETY.— This society will commence its sixth session to-morrow, under the presidency of Mr, Charles Verelst, who at the last 'annual meeting was re-elected to the chair. The paper will be contributed by Mr. 3. A. Picton, on the last excursion of the society to Beeston and Banbury, which will no doubt give rise to an interesting discussion, The students are requested to send in their drawings of " Bir kenhead Priory" before six O'6lock. FREE:aASOiIaY.—The prOvincial grand meeting of the Freemasons of the eastern division of Lancaster will be held in Blackburn on the 28th. The business of the '?ay will commence at ten o'clock, at the sessions-room, after which the brethren wffl - attend divine service in the parish church, where a sermen will be preached by the Very Worshipful W. DoWtv., of Walsden, near Todrnerden, Provincial Grand Chaplain. A collection will be made on the occasion in aid 'of the funds for erecting a steeple to Trinity Church. In the afternoon a sumptuous banquet will take place in park School. The culinary department will be under the'Ulite superintendence of Mrs. Sansom, of the Bull Inn.—Blackburn Standard. STRME 01a OrtRATIVES.—As regards the'labour ques tion, the masters 'find their position becoming so unbear able that they 'have pretty generally fotnted themselves into district 'filtociations, to be enabled The'better to deal with the associated operatives, and we he that a general meeting of the master spinners and manufacturers of this immediate 'locality will be held on Monday, to concert such meagurts as may be deemed nects4ary - in the present state 'of affairs. The weavers in the 'employ of Mr. W. Morris, Safford, have applied to him to request that they may, be allowed to return to their Well upon the terms whiCh tie'had offered to them preVidas to the strike, and he has ceded to their wishes. They will resume work on Mon'tlay morning.—At PreSton,` ;the position of the masters and their workpeople is one of decided opposition. The masters have determined to close their mills entirely, until the hands abate their demmid 'for increased wages. Moit'of the mills have been locked up, and now no less than‘l4 are closed against the operatives, whose number is'egrimated at from 10,000 to 'l2_,Uoo.—At Wigan, eight 'ills are closed, employing 2;soo7uands ; and to-day the notices will expire at nine other , Mills, which will add MR additional 3,500 to those already Nutt of employment, thus Increasing the number of mill 'hands that will be idle to ; whilst there are, in addition, 4,000 colliers idle, 100 have turned out for adman ed wages. This makes a 'total of no less than 10,000 persons who will have ceased to earn their own subsistence, in one town alone.—ln -consequence of the proceedings of some of the operatives :at Burnley, the masters *have 'intimated their intention to •stop their mills entirely,' and to-day is fixed for (con cluding on the measures lo 'be adopted. At Colne the mills are working short time. It is pretty generally understood, that on Tueicky next, although no meeting has been called, a general assembly of employers will take Iplace, to confer on the present position of affairs.—Mae chester Courier. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SITE FIXED FOR T;I - E CAMP next year, it is lied, is the Vale of White Horse, Berkshire. SEVERAL WINDOWS -in Stratford-on-Avon churclyare about to be filled with stained glass at the expense of some transatlantic lovers of Shakspere. THE ENGLISH 'GGVERNMENT, it is said, intend - to follow the example of the American and Russian govern ments in sending a squadron to Japan. FOUR OmmausEs,nittended to ply at Melbourne, have just been constructed -at Glasgow, and are about terbe shipped for Australia. • AN OFFICE HAS 'EDEN OPENED in one of the cales - cif the United States, by ana.dy who is a " practical printer," for the instruction of women in the various branches of type-setting, printing,"fin.. EIGHTY IIILES HOIII The Pennsylvanian Rail way Company own 42" locomotives, of which 12 are of a capacity equal to a spedd of 80 miles an hour. The Balti more and Ohio Railroad had 142 locomotives, somemf which are of equal speed Ohio State .Tournat NUMEROUS FLOURS OF GEESE and widgeons' havi already appeared on Me waters of the Solent, whieli separates the Isle of Wight from the Hampshire coast- and their early arrival ,is - regarded by the fishermen foretoken of an early aria rigorous winter. THE GLASGOW TOWff 'COUNCIL, at a meeting 1311 Thur sday, resolved to supply the city with water from Loch Katrine. The expenseqU be incurred by the proposkt scheme and purchasing the existing water-works - is ex pected to reach £1,2007000. TUE JOINERS' DIEFPUTE.—The dispute, which arose some weeks since, between a portion of the 'operative joiners and their employers at Bolton, still continues, the workmen at two establishments having turned out - because of the masters getting work done by machinery. HYDROPHOBIA AT MIDDLBTON,-A few days ago, a valuable dog, belonging , to a gentleman at TOngeLiane, near Middleton, showed-sym7toms of hydrophobia, and has since died of that disease. During its paroxysms, it bit several dogs. Some of theklogs that had been bitten-were destroyed on Wednesday mid Thursday. A NEW YACHT FOR THE QUEEN.—We believe, as we anticipated on Monday, very little doubt now remains as to the fate of the Victoria!und Albert. A new screw 's.s.acht, we trust, wUI take - the.royal name, and the former .be remembered .only forqhe comparative discomfort ttkat was for so long endured-ill her.—Morning Herald. Tun PzA.IIL-Burson Tn.A.Ds is in imminent ,pere from _ _ .an enormous increase in the. cost of the raw material ; 'that v4gch for years was £25 a ton; is now £55, and has teen as high as £lOO. The consequence has been that other buttons have been introduced into the market, and they are superseding the pearl ones. .-Speculators in shell are accused of having rained the trade. - ThaREPl37.4l3a MANIJFA.O7R•X OP VOTES.—In the • EastfVumberland Registration Court, .last week, several curious cases were heard ; but the ,most curious, and nut the most creditable, was the fellowtng :—Mr. John Ram shay, Lord Carlisle's steward at Waworth, appeared to sus tain the claim to a vote for East GuMberland on the part of Mr. Andrew Robert Fenwick, Lord Carlisle's steward at Morpeth, by virtue of an annuity ,-ef £2 2s. on house property At Brampton belonging to Ramshay, the alleged consideration £42. Mr. •Ranullay produced the 'deed, which bore date January 25, 1853. 'On being pressed, he was constrained to admit that, on 'the same 25th of January, 1853, he had received, as the'" consideration" spoken of,•a deed to the like amount from Mr. Fenwick, granting him, - Mr. Ramshay, a similar annuity of £2 2s. on property-at - Morpeth, belonging to Mr. Fenwick, "con sideration, 4342, for the purpose of manufacturing a vote for Mr. Ramshay in North Northumberland. On being askedif he. had received the annuity, Mr. Ramshay said he bad received from Mr. Fenwick a post-office order for two pounds two.slfdlings. Further pressed, - )v was com pelled to admit, anfid a profusion of modest blulhes, that, on the same daY,'he had sent Mr. Fenwick .6 , post-office order for -two pounds two shillings ! ! This is line way swaggering " Liberals" cook sham votes. • HORRIBLE TRAORDT AT SEA.—By the Indian Mill, just arrived, we are putin possession of the following painful particulars, which we copy from the Friend of fnclia Extra:—The barque Arratoon Apcar, of Calcutta, Henry Lovett, master, left this harbour yesterday morning,toind to Singapore and Calcutta, the crew consisting principally of Bengalese, with eight Chinese, and two Chinese carpen. ters. According to thelog-Tbook, at noon, with a westerly breeze, Green Island was N.E., distant 52 miles. Thislis the last entry. At midnight the pilot left, and this morn ing delivered to the agents, Messrs. Lolcaca and Co„ here, a letter from Captain Lovett,cov ering one for Mrs. Lovett, in Calcutta, to be forwarded by mail leaving to-day. The second mate, Mr. Woodburne, relieved the chief mate on ;his watch, when the pilot left. Half an hour afterward, the Chinese part of the erew, assisted by two Chinese pas sengers, came aft, armed with very sharp square knives, and having disposed of the eeeond mate, and thrown him overboard, proceeded into the cabin, where were sleeping Captain Lovett, Dr. Thompson, late of the Lady Mary Wood, Mr. Smith, late commander of the Red Rover, pas sengers, Mr. G. H. Shirking, chief mate, and An European lad (Charlie), a relative, we believe, of Captain Lovett's. Of all those five persons, only Captain Lovett's corpse re mains, and it is supposed, finding it useless to resist armed men, the poor fellows jumped overboard. There are a good many 'blood smears on the sides of the cabin; but no appearance by which it might be inferred that they were killed on board. The chief mate's cabin is cut about a good deal. At the time of assault, a poor Portuguese sacu nie, by the name of Augustrie, was at the wheel. He says they tried to kill him also, but he got away up the rigging, where also fled the laecar seamen to watch. The gunner, who brought the Arratoon Apcar into harbour that morn ing, a little after eight, with ensign flying, union down wards, says he slept forwards until two o'clock, when he was awoke by the lascars from ahaft, and learned what had happened. On going aft he met Captain Lovett, who said, " Give me a drink of water," and having taken it, drew a long breath and expired, death having occurred from a severe cut in the abdomen, where the bowels were protruding. The gunner found both the quarter-boats gone, the top-sail hallyards cut away, the guns spiked, and fire in the after hold, the scoundrels having attempted to blow up the vessel. About six o'clock in the morning, a pilot came on board, somewhere about Linting, and with his assistance the brig was brought into Hong Kong. As the vessel was not far from two islands at the time, it is possible that the missing people were able to reach the shore. Mr. Smith, it is said, jumped overboard unwound ed, and, being a good swimmer, we entertain strong hopes for his safety. Two steamers leave for a search imme diately. Captain Lovett's dog, of the English bull-breed, is cut severely across the nose and hip; and having, it is sa id, fastened his teeth pretty deeply in the calves of the assail ants' legs, it is hoped that by the aid of the marks , the wretches, who cannot be far off, may be discovered. here was not much treasure on board to excite their eupidity. The eight MIMI had been tW9 voyages in the Wig. ND skENE L Rees, tr COUNTY- according to a return to the Housc of Commons (just published), there was in England anc Wales £4,533,234 12s. 112dr expended since 1820 out ol the county-rates on gaols, houses of correction, and prisons and on lunatic asilumi. On lunatic asylun penditure alone was £1,982,375 16s. ON A STRIKI A correspond AMONG FAN3iEREI forms us that the whole of the occupiers of lands within the extensive parish of Elkstone, near Cirencester, are about to decline their holdings, and the whole of the stock and implements are already and about to be brought to the hammer.—Morning Herald. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DITTY.—The duty on at torneys' certificates will become due on the 16th Decem ber, when the new duty of £9 in Loudon instead of £l2 when admitted for three years and upwards, will be levied, and £4 10s. when not so long admitted. In the country, instead of £9 a year, the duty in future will be £6 ad mitted for three years, and £3 for a lesi period. THE NEW YORK Exrtinitiox.—By way of making the Crystal Palace pay at New York, it has been opened as an evening promenade, with music. The building is illuminated with 5,000 gaslights, which appear to have somewhat revived its attraction. Still the shares have gone down another ten dollars—originally 175, they now stand at 70. FORTIFICA.TIOn or DovEu.—The works at the citadel, western heights, will soon be commenced, the Board of Ordnance having accepted the tender of a gentleman from Woolwich. There are extensive works going on also at the castle, which, with those in progress at Hythe and. Deal, will give employment to a great number of our arti sans and labourers throughout tke ensuil _Dover Chronict winter.— Ma. WISE, THE AMERICAN AERONAUT, proposes to take advantage of an air current from the west to the east, and 'establish a line of balloons between the United States and Europe. True, they cannot return by the same rwit,p_ hut Mr_ is at arotalrif. • f.harP is he says, nothing to prevent them going forward, and reach- lng home by going clean tomd m the world ! He tmde takes to circumaeronatit globe at $3,000 each trip. OF THE DESCENDENTS OF FIELD-MARSHAL I P fiat - mina. rprprif hoc strma....ri sons of the Prussian 'hero are dead ; the youngest died without issue ; but or the elder there is a son left, who has married an Austiian lady of the family of Larish, and lives on his large estates near Troppau, in Silesia. fie has succeeded, by great agricultural enterprise, in re cruiting the squandered riches of his grandfather. Another grandson of Eluiher, Gustaph, is married to a rich Pug lish lady, and lives mostly near the Rhine. JUVENILE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—:A:boy, ten years of age, has thrown himself from the third story of a house at Burbage, in Leicestershire,. apparently with a sUicidal intent. He had repeatedly run away 'From schA . ; when his mother took him back the last time, he was sent up stairs to hisledroom; and after his mother had gone, he flung himself from the window. He received a compound fracture of 'one of his thighs, severely sprain . edlis wrist, and knocked out several teeth. SUDDE'N DEATH.—The Rev. Thomas SilveSter, vicar of Buckingham, was on Monday night found' ying insensible in a street of that town. He ' was conveyed home, and medicallid procured, but he did not *rally' or speak, and death 'ensued in a few hours. The dedeased gentleman had halt taking tea and spenbhig the 'evenhig with Dr. Southarn, whose residence he left at abonflen o'clock for his home, about half a mile distant. In about half an hour` he was found on the vv-ay, as above stated. WEMONITES AT WESTUN , SIIPER-MAVE.—The disciples of See Smith were on Tuesday summalilyejected from the fashionable watering-place of Westonsuper - Mare, near Biisbol_A "regular d own - eas t er ," - accompanied by a loral," harangued a concourse of people on the beieb, la they were met in crux hg arguments by several clergy men and others. After patiently heating both sides, the qisteners rushed upon the bnposturs and drove them com -Pletely out of the town. The affatrereated considerable 'excitement, and, but for the police avd a few advocates of '•free discussion, serious , consequences -might have resulted 'to the Mormonites. PLAYING Ciniss.-4n the new stamp act (16 and 1/7 Viet., cap. 59) which will take 'efftct in a few days, there is a provision to prevent the evasion of the duty on playing cards. It has been customary to•cut the corners off cards as described in the act, and to milt the ace of spades on which the duty was impressed, siting the same as waste. It is deemed expedient to prevent such a practice, and it is enacted, that no playing cards, except such as shall 'be bond fide spoiled, and renderedmnfit, shall be deemed to be waste cards; and no playing , eards except waste Caltis sold, be sold otherwise than in packs, each pack containing fifty-two, including an ace of-spades duly stamped. For exposing for sale cards other' Ilan described, a penalty of £lO is to be imposed, and £2O on a manufacturer selling such cards. The raids maybe seized by any officer .of the Inland Revenue. • DISTRESSING- ACCIDNIVT.-4A casualty of rather a pnin ful nature occurred on the estt.te of Alva on Thursday last: On the afternoon of that day, Mr. Charles Cardwell—at present residing 'with his' hitther, the President of the, Board of Trade, at Alva linut.e—was enjoying himself in the sports of the field, in the course of which, and - while in a field on the banks of 'the Devon, near a place .called ; Chapelhaugh, he aimed at and killed a young leveret ; but', on the instant that the guwcvas fired, the gamekeeper on the estate, who accompunida Mr. Cardwell, made his ap pearance, and received part of the shot in his arm, side, and face, one of the pelletwentering the right eye. Medi cal assistance was immediately obtained, and the game keeper still lies in a preciii.ms condition, although is thought he is yet likely to-recover. As may be imagined, the mental anxiety of Mr. Cardwell, who has been' the innocent cacuse of the occurrence, is very great.—Faikittk Herald. CARRYING NIATTNRB.-I"ERY FAR.—A party of ladies • and gentlemen, atnountingin all to eleven persons, arrival at Berwick by the North. British railway on Saturday, whence they praoeeded-inahree carriages to the plains of Flodden. They had withlthem an infant of three or four months old, and thei:Joject of their visit appeared to be to have this infant baptized *Ali the waters flowing through the field of Flodden. They-were accompanied by a clergy man, reported to belong.to`taasgow. The ceremony being .roncluded, they returnedato Berwick and left again by • railway for Edinburgh. The principals of the party were l axeported to be Americans, and the father of the child is said to have discovered ;that some of his ancestors were amain with James IV. at tbebattle of Flodden. Hence his iTdesire to have his chilth.baptized at that memorable locality, and which had induced him to come from New ' York. At all events, he-.stated to some of the persons I • whose services were engaged that he had travelled 3,000 Miles for the purpose.—Edireaurgh Adverhser. CHASE AND CAFTDRE Ora CREW OF FRENCH SMUG- Gn Bs.—The magistrates t,f Lowestoft were engaged' last wed in investigating one Of the largest seizures that has been made on the coast for twenty d The crew of of which will amount to upwards of i years, the the prize money a French lugger, called the Abcndance, of Dunkirk, Alfred Philippe Morin, master, were charged with being found on boarththat vessel, which bad stowed in her 120 bales Of I. contraband tobacco, svithi n thelimits of that port. A few mornings since, at daybre4 a the coast guard had their attention drawn to a lumaer about half a mile outside the Holm Sand. As the morning advanced and got lighter, she stood further off, and continued standing on and off. At first-she was supposed to ho a fashing lugger, but her strange anovements soon exeiteclaatspicion, and it was de termined. to go out after her. Lieutenant Joachim, the senior offer, and several men pressed into their service a -steam-tug, and an exciting chase soon ensued after the mysterious. raft. After several hears"' run she was come up with, !nal boarded, and then they.discovered the bales of tobacco. The master, bein g ; interpreted, said that he took the tol4eco from a vessel at sea, Which had too heavy a cargo, aud,which, according to the laws of France, they bad a right ito do. The bench decided that they'must convict themeach in the penalty of 4100; or to be impri soned. until, tJe fines were paid; but as it was possible that some of the defendants might not knOW exactly what they were doing, they would sead a -recommendation to the government-on their behalf. WIEB-Snavort a IN LEEDS.--Early Vunday morn ing:week a sieketing case of wife-slaughter occurred in Leeds, when a „young woman, six mouths advanced in. Pregnancy, fella victim to her huthand'ahratality, who is an Irishman named Michael Reynolds, al,hawker of mats. On the ,ssturday evening, after partaking of supper, theywent As the Fleece Inn, adjacent, tvad there Micheal became thearorse .for liquor and struck. 'his wife. Between twelve andame o'clock in the morning sl oe went home, followed by her husband and an acquaintance. Here the husband made some advances towards a reconciliation, but, upon being tell that he had acted very differently: before strangers in a publie-house, he struck her - in the face with a piece of whalebone, and subsequently with his fist. He followed this up by seizing her by the nape of the neck and flinging her, face downwards, upon the floor. She fell upon her hands and knees, and, while ill 'this position, he kie_ked her with ;terrible force in a tender part of the person, ruptining important vessels and tearing open the flesh frightfully. .She rose, clasped her hands, , shrieked, "•Murder I" begged ,for a doctor to be fetched, sank upon the floor, which was deluged with blood, and JR about 20 minutes, before the arrival of medical aid, she :was a corpse. Reynolds, who had thus been guilty of a doable murder, as soon as he saw the fatal fruits of his •bautality, fled. A coroner's inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate woman, and a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Michael Reynolds was returned. EXTSAORDINARX CIIANGE OF F,ORMINI3.—A sailor who has just become the sudden possessor, of property amount- I ing to £,0,000, is a Seotchman, named 'Thomas Black, and has lately been doing duty as a petty officer on board her Majesty's aliip Leander, now lying in Plymouth Sound: It appears that he is connected, with a highly respectable family in Perthshire, was well educated, and intended by his parents far one of the learned professions. Seventeen years ago, however, he ran from home and entered the naval service, doing duty as a common sailor, and, having acquired some reputation as a mariner, he was advanced to the rank of a petty officer. This was his position when, about nine months ago, an advertisement appeared in the Times, informing Thomas Black, if he were still alive,. that by communicating with certain parties therein named he would hear of something to his advantage. Thomas Black, however, did not read the Times, and for months remained in ignorance of the " something," which his next of kin were beginning to be afraid they would be obliged to appropriate to their own use and benefit. Luckily for Black, however, he one day entered into con versation with a footman, whom he met accidentally at the Cove of Cork, and who had heard from another ser vant some particulars touching the lost heir to the Perth shire estates. The result was, that Black made his exis tence known in the proper quarter, and after the lapse of a few months his claims were recognised, and he succeeded in obtaining his discharge from naval servitude, on the arrival of the Leander at the port of Plymouth from New York, which took place a few days ago. The lucky sailor and his friend, Lieutenant Barnard, R.N., are now in Scotland, adjusting the preliminaries. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS HAVE CURED A PALPITATION OF THE HEART AND SHORTNESS OF BEEATH.—I. Word, of the Ist European Bengal Fusiliers, Lahore, had suffered for three years from a palpitation of the beast, great difficulty of breathing, a diseased liver, and an overflow of blood to the chest to such a degree that be vomited considerable quanti ties. His case was considered hopeless, having baffled the skill of several eminent medical men, who gave him up as past all human aid: Whilst lingering in this condition, be Was advised to try Holloway's pills, and solely by their means he has been eff6ctually cured, and 'his health completely re. Of tlibli4Cd. MMERCIAI DVERTISER. V COll of officers and clerks in the Tow it upon the dismissal of Mr. Mc] namely, Air. Craven, heretofo ward con hitherto allowed ; Mr. Moore auditor, at £5O £lOO per annu gess, heretofore outward cot to be outward cashier, in tl tofore outward bookkeeper, at £1( ,otit of Mr. M i Naughten, annum ; Mr. Fair, here. ward computer, at £125, th John SUIT, audit clerk, at a salary of £lOO, to I auditor, in the room of Mr. Moore, receiving nnurn, to be ont lowed ; Mr. award 1 addition, the salary of £5O, heretofore paid to Mi". Moore ; re commendation that the salaries of Mr. Bezar and Mr. Marrow, the general auditors, be respectively increased from £5O to £75 per annum. Recommendation to in crease the salary of Mr. Archibald Tweedie, chief-clerk to the treasurer, from £2OO to £3OO . per annum ; re- commendation, subject to the approval of the Lords of the Treasury, to grant the reversion of a piece of land, in Pilgrim-street and Hope-place, for the site of a school in connexion with the Liverpool Hebrew. Con tional Institution recommendation to appoint Thomas Grisenthwaite, mace-bearer, in the place of James Halsall, deceased, at the same salary of £lO per annum ; letter from the Hon. Charles Gore, of the Office of Woods, &c., agree ing to the proposal of this committee that the rights of the Crown in the foreshore, fronting two separate proper tips of the Corporation in Birkenhead. shall be purchased for the sum of E 4,000, and recommendation that The com mittee be authorized to complete the purchase for that sum. The proceedings of the Improvement Committee comprising the proceedings, resolutions, and rep ferred 'back for further consideration at the last meeting the Council, and resolutions ani references by the Council at that meet ines of the Markets Committee, cmnprising reports consequent on .econimenda 'ose contained in the local act na 6 Vic. c. 106, on of The inspectors of slaughter-hOuses and meat for this borough : bylaw to prevent obstrtiCtions in the streets. 'The proceedings of the Education Committee, comprising a recommendation to appoint Ann Jones third mistress of the North School, in the place of nizabeth Lees, resigned, at the same salary of £3O per minim, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders. The proceeding's of the Health Committee, comprising a report on the proposed amendment of the Sanitary Act, and recommendation to apply to Par liament in the next session for amendments of that Act, especially with reference toihe sewerage. The proceedings of the Observatory Committee, comprising a recommenda tion to increase the salary-of Mr. John Shearn, Mr. Hart imp's assistant, from £BO to £lOO per annum ; and a recom mendation that a'cicick proposed to be erected by:the Mag netic Telegraph Company Should be worked from the Obser vatory, so as to give the true time ; the necessary wires, &c., being proposed to belaid by the company, free of charge to the Corporation. The proceedings of the Library and Museum Committee, comprising a recommendation to ap propriate sufficientland on the north side of Shaw's-brow as a site for the PubEm_Library and Museum, and to in clude in any Improvment Bill powers for the purchase of sufficient /and - mat and west of that now'belonging to the Corporation tliere ; and recommending that in order to meet the - munificent gift of Wm. Brown, Eq., M.P., the Cor poration do - appropriate the sum of £lO,OOO out of thc surplus income towards the erection of 'the building. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports-Of the Baths' Com mittee, comprising the further consideration of the report on the subject of the baths, George's . Pier, postponed at the laSt meettug of the Council. The .Mayor's' communi cations, comprising a letter from Mr-:Thomas Smith, retxtive 'to the supply of water to the town. The followingmotion, of WhichUdice has been given by Nir. Robertson Gladstone, to subMitto the consideration 91 the Council that Inas- Much ai it is essentially requisite in secure to the Member s that'body (so far as the power and influence of th6C,ouncil extend) a free and independent course of action in the discharge of their publicduty, the Town-clerk be'requested 'to state, as accurately as his 'recollection of the circum. • stancesswill enable him to do, the observations made by Mr. Councillor Fernihough, -and addressed to Mr. Conn -cillor Robertson Gladstone, (with, if it be the wish of the Colrain, the replies of the litter,) in the . hetiing of the Town-clerk, and within the precints of the Tewn-hall, on -Monday, the 15th Argust, 1853. WEIVION-LE-WILLOWS FARMERS CZUB, TIIB eighth anniversarrof the Newtori4L-Ifackerfield "Agricultural Society took place on Thursday, in a field inhind the Horse and Jockey Hotel, near the Newton 'Bridge station. The weather was cold andaindy, which had the effect of checking the attendance; still it was numerous and respectable, - upwards of 300 persons having wisited the yard. The horses were really , a credit to the locality, both numerous :and valuable; the cows and 'heifers were exceedingly good ; the - Pigs were much •admired both for beauty, breed, and value, and formed one chief topic of conversation. The vegetables did the eottagers great credit, and were much examined ; while - the poultry far surpassed the collections shown at all previous meeting, 'for value, breed, rarity, and beauty. The sweepstakes were keenly competed 'for. The judges were Messrs. Rothwell, Dixon, Hampson, Morley, and Longton. Upwards of £75 is annually given by this enterprising society to the tenantry {,f Mr. Thomas *Legh, c 1' Lyme Park, "to promote improvements in agriculture, and to reward the skill and industry of the cottager a nd farm labourer on his estates' in Lancashire." ' The sil ,ver cup was given to Mrs. • Lowton, of Newton, "fort be farm sunder all circumstances the best cultivated." A fter the usual inspections in the yard the next proceeding in order was that of the dinner, which took place in the large room at the Horse and Jockey Inn, whereupward a of 200 sat down. Mr. W. Mercer presided; and, after the cloth was withdrawn, the usuarloyal, local, ancl , vomplir. aentary :toasts were given and responded to, , and the meetin g. broke up well pleased with the show, the dinner,-and thei day's :enjoyment. The following is a list of the prizes an mrded: BEST CULTIVATED FARM of 'GO acres, Mr. John Aspinall, Haydock ; of 20 acres, Mrs. Lowton, Ne xton. Layr/va- DowN GRASS for meadow , or-pasture,. Mr. ' Richard Dootson. FOR CROPS.—Wheat, not less than 2 acres, Mr. H. Taylor, Haydock ; oats, Richard Dootson, Nel vton ; Swedish turnips, William Caunce, Newton ; mai mold wurtzel, 1 acre, J. Aspinall, Haydock ; potatoes, 2 icres, Edward Bell, Newton ; second best, Thomas Pt :tens, Lowton. SERI) CoaN.—Four bushels white seed wheat, Ric] "lard Dootson ; yellow seed wheat, Henry Taylor ; white 1 need soots, John Prescot ; yellow seed oats, John Pra3cot. • LIVE Sxoes.—Bull of any breed, above 18 months and under 3 years old, J. Evans; under 18 months o Id, Richard Dootson ; five best cows, in milk or in calf, . Cartwright ; best dairy cow, J. Fearns ; second ditt A. Cartwright ; heifer under 3 years old, Mrs. Lowton ; under - 2 years old, W. Caunee - rearing -calf tmder 12' months old, Mrs. Pierpoint ; brocki' mare for , agrizulture J. Fearns ;,-eolt or filly, 2 years old, W. Clayton ; 1 year <old, Mrs.. Lowton ; foal at the foot, J. Fearns ;•pair of -draught horses for agriculture, 31r. Thomas c*tones, second, Mr: Cannee. FlGS.—Boar, for farmers' purposes, J. Unsworth ; breedino• sow,'Skr farmers' purposes, .J. Aspinall ; fat pig, Richard Bate second, A. Cartwright ; fat pig belonging to any cottager, whose rent does net exceed ES.a jar, Job Aston. COTTA-GERS, F,A.nra SERVANTS. ---)Longest sera' e, Richard Martineroft, of Golborne ; farmer's servant who shall.eut, lay, and Iplash the greatest length of fence. hi the best possible }meaner, John Haslinden, servant to Mc. Aspinall, Haydoek ; tfarmer's son or man servant, Nabb shall make and thatel either hay or corn 4eks' in the best manner, and have the , neatest stack yard, Wm. Dootson ; second, 'Thomas Lowtosa. VEGNI'ARLES.—TO the cottager, being a form labourer of any member, for the best basket of vegetables, Job Aston ; second, Jas. Istragton. PorLrattr.—Turkeys, male and female, W. Clayton.; geese, James 'Hamer ; throe ducks, male and two.females, Mrs. Lawton ; three fowls, W. Clayton. SIVEEPSTAKES.—A sweepstakes of ss. each, with £2 added by the society, for theViest stallion, for agKeultural purposes, Mr. Wilson ; •of Os. each, with £2 added, for the best bull according to age, Henry Taylor ; of 2s. 6d. each, with £1 added, for the best dairy cow, Mr. Midgley; of 2s. 6d. each, with £1 added, for the best boar according to age, J. Unsworth ; of 2s. 6d..tach, with £1 added, for the best breeding sow, J. Aspinall • of 2s. 6d. each, with £1 added, for the 'best three Codhin China fowls (male and two females), Mr. G. Fell ; of 2s. 6d. each, with El added, for the best three Dorkings (male and two females), Mr. T. B. Legh ; of 2s, to'd. each, with El added, for the best three black Spanish (male and two females), W, ,Clayton; of ls. 6d. each, with 10s.-added by Mr. Mercer, for the best three fowls (male and two females), of none of the foregoing breeds, Mr, T. B. Legh ; of Is. 6d. each, with 10s. added by Mr. Mercer, for the ticee best bantam fowls t(rnale and two females), Mr. J. Brartwood ; of ls. ed. each, with 10s. added by Mr, Mercer, for the best couple of Turkeys (male and female), Mr. Samuel Cloug ; of is. f)d. eaell. with 10s. added by Mr. Mercer, for the best couple of geese (male and female), Mr. 11. CC. Bromilow ; of ls. 6d. each, with 10s. added by Mr. Mercer, for the beat three ducks (male and two females), Mrs. Lowton • Ii THE Dr EE OF DEVONSHIRE'S PARK at Chatsworth there are kept `Z,OOO deer. The park contains 3,000 acres. TILE WEA.THEE u SCOTLAND.—Winter has already set in with severity in Scotland. The Grampian hills are covered with snow of considerable depth, and there is every appearance of an early and sharp season. CAUTION AGAINST MORMONISM.—A young (married man, named Woodcock, ,of Chapel-street, Ormskirk, late of .Aughton, who about a fortnight ago was baptised into the Mormon faith, returned from his work on Thursday morning last, when he told his wife and others that God had appeared to him, and told him l ie was possessed of a devil, which he was to go and get cast out of, hini. Since his mock baptism, which took place at eleven o'clock at night, in a pit in the neighbourhood, the poor fellow has been quite delirious, and he is now in a high state of fever, brought on by the cold he sustained onthe occasion. When he got home he was dripping wet. It is thought by his wife that he has been fleeced of a sum of money which is missing.—Preston Pilot. ESCAPE OF Jour MITCUELL.—The Melbourne Argus of June 18 gives the following particulars of the escape of " John Mitchell from Van Diemen 's Land : Mr. Mitchell waited a day or two ago on Mr. Davies, the assistant police magistrate of Bothwell, with a letter which con tained his parole of honour, and he offered to place himself in the custody of the police. While Mr. Davies was pe rusing the letter, Mr. Mitchell abruptly left the office, and proceeding outside, where two fleet horses were in waiting rode off at full speed, accompanied by a gentleman sup posed by the police to be Mr. W. L. Smyth, the corres pondent of the New York Tribune. He i not been has heard of since. Mr. Martin, another of the state prisoners residing in the same district, has since reported be at his authorised place of residence. Messrs. self to O'Brien, Martin, and O'Dohertv are allsmith who are left in Van Dicinen's Land of the men of '48." tiTan, late vice-princi ante sourer .itv of A church eras =has. St. hi the year holi d A examples of the the connex St. Chrys, virtue, or in conden Antioch, in his day, reatly addicted to s canner which first missior f the Chris 4, he was ordaineda priest by Flavian ()ch. The most striking characteristics .re, first, his veneration for the letter of S id secondly, his entire ascription of all benefit I His method of makins nne Hig hand s. barkatiou where their he for futurity and bli • -- ..len in wl native rest wh of sev of even an ginatic in the distanc another and im uncertain ( raise reflections of a solemn vastly increased by the si never to be augmented h 3, Above the cott significant of the menac wanderers from thei roup the ready to burst, ; morrow in the hap-py distance. gloom and sorrow which has ready to descend upon the spot 1 tofore been fettered by the bond Such general treatment ie in a by an examination of t and principal group consists of an agx parting with their daughter and son-: the youthful family of the latter pair triarch stands ere heaven's blessing ing wife, more subdued in her bere heath, and on her knees supports th weeping daughter, while some of if, nestle round thei and attitudes expressive of un, der. Close to this group, but uni, a hopeful mechanic, aided by a ma, two hemispheres, is busied in applyirk tions to a thoughtful yet interesting p listens with bewilderment and obvious tale of love and buoyant hope ; still nE verge a couple of wayfarers are making t way towards a boat, which, laden with pushing . off from a tit..., with calm stateliness upon the placid ar is strewed about, but not littered, with a use and comfort, showing, as well as th, the emigrants the] thrust forth by tl ing starvation; but that, looi they have resolved on exert justify their tions of a pulation, colourir highly creditable in which it has 1 one eminently di 122. " Moss 'I with a considerable -mixt by E. J. play of light and shadow o - ;( sugg lity of such a st rass as is represented ; the colouring ing ; and in many respects the nictur xe of th mendation, the chief diminutive an Toup of trot 44,e hey form onl was a singular coincidence, that the place of their death was the same, though under different names. One feature in Chrysostom's religions character was very deeply 1 marked; namely, the strong impression which he had, , burnt into him, as it were, that " all on earth was I lion to that individual feature and vanity." One cause which produced this disposition of 1 compos i t i on o f th e , picture. mind was doubtless the many public examples he had seen 14 9 . " Th e Iron Mask," by C. LAN or elucidating of the instability of human greatness. Nine emperors picture is of considerable size and no st lya particular d r ationryi,ts manipulati, had perished by premature or violent deaths, within his contains a fairly -arranged group of IrE own experience. He had a deep and solemn conviction of of a good school of co/ouring, and is the all-paramount importance of heaven. Some of his linalg in history, its value is com most powerful appeals were amplifications of the words of Scripture in this respect; while the sublimest effort .of debt stek]. skilfully lmman eloquence had been thought to be his discourse on subject of the iron -mask cruelty is ivy the words "We must all appear before the judgment seat attired, comfortably-circumstaced you . ; of Christ." As a proof of his energy, it might be men- for aught the picture shows to the co 7 tioned, that he was in the habit of preaching day after taming, with well-studied propriety, E day for weeks in succession. He was distinguished by sonic , pastime of " blindman's huff.' 1 the comprehensiveness of his views. He delighted in un- been part of the artist's aim to repr, folding the Scriptures as a whole. The number of his enigma as-an elaborated joke • but if so, t. consecutive compositions was a proof of this. He wrote subsequent historians have ' drawn strap ninety homilies on Matthew, eighty-eight on John, fifty- inferences from a fact which in its COT five on the Acts of the Apostles, thirty-two on the Epistle nism, the picture has very considerabl adopted by Mr. Laudseer. As a piece to the Romans, forty-four on the First Epistle to the Cor inthians, fifty on the Second Epistle, and so on in pro- as an historical picture, it etumot be acv portion. His manner was to expound a portion of Scrip- in art. tnre, and then, after interspersing some practical remarks, 151. " The Plight of Mary Stuart to seize upon some one vice or folly, and to denounce it though possessed of es wifh fill fit'. »meal, a laia rage/min.. gond 01,,,,,,........ ...1.,.. feature in the foreground traction in fl did the habit of swearing at Antioch. This had led to much unfair quotations from his works. At one time he seemed to think much of monastic seclusion, and his authority had been frequently cited in support of it ; but at another time he said, in discoursing upon the Epistle to Timothy, " Monks give a pretext that ought not to be allowed : their duty ought to lead them into the world, to try to do it good, if they know the truth." He had been represented as making much of man's doings ; but, if he sidera } The scene is _ nember in th appeared to do so at One time, at another he showed that the beginning, the progress, and the end of Christian life were entirely the effect of the grace of God. His style was most varied, embracing the closest argumentation and the most poetical imagery, and descending to the minute details of daily life. His method of arresting the attention was very striking. He once commenced his discourse by saying, " I should exceedingly like to know whether you, my brethren, attend to what you hear from me. I will seize some opportunity and examine you on the sermons you have heard. 0, but you will give us some notice, you will say. No. But, then, it will surely be the last sermon, No : it may be the sermon of a fortnight or three weeks back;" and so on. His faith fulness was exemplary. While there might be much in his works that appeared trifling, and some expositions that were fanciful and unsound, yet was he, through all, the faithful servant, wishing to exalt his heavenly master, and to work for him everywhere. The way in which he was *treated in the capital of the eastern empire was doubtless •an important crisis in her moral probation, and therefore -very telling on her subsequent history. It was not weak mils, but weak principles, that made Constantinople the pry of enemies, from the west first, and afterwards from the east. The crescent did not triumph over the cross, till*the cross had become a superstitious, and therefore au unmeaning sign. The Greeks, like the Jews, persecuted the principles of the prophets, while they professed to ve nerate their sepulchres. The fidelity of Chrysostom was illustrated by the previous history of Constantinople, by the tone of society in his day, and by the subsequent de generacy of the Christian church within its walls. Mr. Ryan comprised the whole of his subject in one lec ture. 'Next Friday, Mr. Bainbrigge, surgeon, of this town, , willcommence a course of four lectures on the phy siology.of lie mind, and the great purposes of education. iiess of its colour one, and, if we rer professes to illustrate, the night is one ; if so, and the artist felt himself cor to the matter of fact as narrated, or r subject, he had better abstained than himself the trouble of elaborating a pici be seen, and of which, consequently the to appreciate the value. Whil e mo.-; Erect ,;} iorth of Irelar DEATILOY A SHIP CAPTAIN.—Anthony Dadson, master of the ship Indus, inward bound, died on Friday night, whilst the ship was in the channel, on her passsage from Pambroca to this port. The ship arrived on Saturday, and, from the .atement of the mate, it appears that the deceased had been suffering from jaundice for some time, of which he died. arrived of 15 days. on Tu su E n daCT- from Philadelphia, a (s ft c e r r en a - -s r te;ner) 1 a nd some slight carried away her chains, sustained Whilst being hauled out of d ock, at Philadelp hia s damage ; she also got agr ound on the bar on coming into port without a pilot, but was got off without sustaining any very serious injury. Tax BRAZILEIRA. — The South American and General Steam Navigation Company s new 'steamer, the Brazileira, which le ft Liverpool on the 2.4 th of August, arrived at St. Vincent on the sth ultimo, twelve days out, after experi encing very rough weather. She afterwards proceeded to Cape de Vcrds, where she remained five hours, and then continued her voyage to Pernambuco. We may hear of her again by the next Indian mail. The Olinda, another of this fine new line of steamers., which left the Birken head pocks on Saturday week, is reported to have been spoken in lat. 50, lon. 7,- forty-five hours out. THE STORM. — The fine packet-ship Neva, which dragged her anchors in the river during the severe gale last week, and was brought up against the Huskisson Dock wall, has been placed in that dock, where it has been ascertained that she has not suffered material damage. During the excitement of the night, it was apprehended that a number of the passengers, in endeavouring to jump ashore, were drowned, but when the muster-roll was called over not one was missing. They have since been transhipped to the Blanche. by the agents of the Neva, Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, who have behaved in the most praisworthy man ner to the passengers, CANNIBALISM. — At the Police-court, on Saturday, Win. Walmsley, said to be a painter, was committed for trial on a charge of biting off the ear of Thomas Formby. The complainant stated that, about nine o'clock on Friday night, he was standing on a portion of vacant ground opposite St. George's-hall, when the prisoner began to behave indecently to him, and otherwise to annoy him. He told him that if he did not be quiet he would:give him in charge of the police. On this a scuffle took place, and the prisoner threw the complainant down and bit off his ear. He was immediately taken to a drug gist, when his wound was dressed ; and the prisoner was given into custody. 393. " Norwich," brtt-J. NIEMAN a modest title, but with arti justify 'very high pretensions light, and the broad arrest and r of pictorial art s the artist wisl There the castle stands on the pi hardly consider other than an " fir ie work is NIT ---a pictur( R.A. This 11 pretension. It careftilly as well as As a picttu rtant inei ively small. The vesented as a well- may b e sus: part in the frolic. nay, indeed have , nt this historical. temporary and npreteness is even merit; loOked. led a high DOsit by J. W. GLASS istramed to adhere tot to enter on the have entailed on re 4 w hich cannot however, it is but justice small share of the obscurity whicl may be accounted for by theuinfav has been hung. 167. " The Ruins of the Temple of I of Thebes," by W. E. DlGnToiv, is arising from the accumulation of apart from its other merits as - consist chiefly in the aer' contrived with no small amount of el( into the transparent dryness of, the a painted. The hot, d ry, cloudless atmos sert is felt to Pervade every nook and corn 238. " The City of Refuge," by E. An lure of high aim and no mean power of composition is skilfully arranged, the a the colouring fair, and the drawingnE story of the f ug iti ve is well told, and sy ge mp powerfully excited by his manifest exham pursuit of his enemies. Mr. Armitage was ful aspir an t s i n the celebrated " Cartoon Co took place some years wit h a view to the House s o f Parliament; at which comp highly creditable display. In the work nol ation we are enabled to recognise the sam high artisti e attainni en ts will ch characteria we sincerely wish him success in pursui tions to a gratifying fruition. 274. "Dun lace Castle," in BENTLVY, a charmingly natural represent and imposing scene, which requires little ter's hand beyond a transcript of what him. In the present instance the artist clearing off after a storm, as the time am most suitable for developing the natural scene, and he has been successful in _producing a highly pleasing picture. The castle, and the high rock on which t s t an d s , are represented as bathed in one of the fitful gleams of sunshine which burst at intervals through the broken clouds of an exhausted tempest. By this arrange ment he has cleverly, as well as pleasingly concentrated the interest on that point, while the accessories of a wild and stormy sea, with drifting wreck, are so introduced as to heighten the general effeet, and conduce to enhance its interest. ;here ~} the picture tt in which it i eprese n t ed' These late 'ern,eSs t. trnosphere he has iphere of the de- ?lITAGE thy in 1 rt, and the hot ) mpetition" - -which ) the decoration of 1 he maile; under consider- to aspiration after edhisearlyetrort: , hose "asPiro' ad,. by CnAßLEsbon Cation of a grand is placedbefore has selected the 363. " The Way across the River," by H. J. BODDIN TON. This picture, which represents a noon-dav - - is most delightfully radiant with sunshine— water, and glen, are alike steeped in the war ether of summer sunlight. . It is one of those suggestive to " make a works which, sunshine in ain the language had y pla of the ce." poet, have a t en d ency s 360. " The H arves t - fielding, LIAMS, LIAMS, is another picture, redolent of warmth and rural freshness. ra and balmy by G. A. Wu glowing sun icture witl aficient. 4 237. " Grafenburg on the Moselle," by J. A. H( R.S.A. In this picture effect . appear to t. more from the Peerlii any associate :cited. -31 spectator of th spectator of the real scene would taro how access can be obtained but beyond such curiosity no oti Houston wc - fish t presentation, although i n the case 01 lit have felt warranted in expresi The manipulation and eolourir tire mig point like those of nu 'e clew benefit by inspection picture can teach these important —'W e know of no one whobranches of education co efficiently as our townsmen, Messrs. Thompson, whilst Mrs. and Missu Thom p so n can impart sound mstructiore to ladies in their own Peculiar and elegant style of writing. 1.-See Ado. liEEpiNc l'he city o 'earing ld seem strange to us, as it was ..,Anorted his hearers to go up to any man in the streets whom they might hear blaspheming, uasion would not answer with him, to have re •c. He was also remarkable for applying to +ho • - time in which ,ge to Scripture, h lii, if pc men's consciences tg events of ti they lived. Ample quotations from his sermons, in illustra tion of these various points, were given by the lecturer, who concluded 1 -3 -• art of his history with some general acter upon the c Eleven years afterwards he was suddenly removed tc Constantinople, where circumstances combined to render his position one of peculiar delicacy. These circumstances re briefly 'but lucidly --s( Among the chief difficulties tli which St. Chrysostom had to con ous character of the people. Nothing tend was the f ears as a Christian ex- In the year 398 ) their eyes an( dieule• in a comed3 posed t ted to succeed to the bishopric ; and _ we found him dying in exile bandoned by man ; alone, and yet not alone, for hif :n or eight yea' heavenly Father was with him. It was a remarkable fact, fully acknowledged by Gibbor and others, that our knowledge of the customs and man ners of Constantinople in those days was gathered from the sermons of Chrysostom. Several interesting and ani mated Sketches were here drawn by the lecturer, showing the style of Chrysostom, and the power of his preaching. Ike inveighed strongly against the fondness of the people for dress, one of the most characteristic specimens of his ping that in which he ridiculed the men for ti icety in the article of shoes. They were gret addicted to superstitious practices, in theobservince of omens, and the use of charms and amulets, for which he did 'not fail to reprove them. His missionary zeal was another striking feature in his character ; and nowhere was the bounden duty of every man to read the Scriptures for himself more strongly insisted upon than in the writ ings of Chrysostom, The cause of all our evils, he main tained, was ignorance of the Scriptures ; for without them 'we were like men going into battle without their armour. How great was the contrast which he presented in this respect with Augustine and others ; with the Popes, who solemnly cursed all who presumed to read the Bible with out the permission of the Church of Rome ; and with Cardinal Wiseman, who, in a pamphlet published this very year, had said, that the experiment of what the indiscrimi nate reading of the Scriptures would do had been tried with unexampled success in the dominions of Queen Pomare ; and that it had suceeeded in transforming a mild and promising race of people into a pack of lazy and im moral heathens ! One almost trembled to think that any man should dare to say it. The lecturer next spoke of the circumstances which led to the deposition of Chrysostom, one of the charges against him being, that he had compared the Empress Eudoxia to Jezebel. He was banished to a place over against Nicomedia, in the Bosphorus. But such was the attachment of the people to him that he was speedily recalled, and returned amidst the most triumphant rejoic ings. This bright gleam of sunshine, however, was not destined to last. Where one party would not give up sinning, and the other could not refrain from speaking the truth, there could be no enduring peace. He again gave offence to the empress by his plainness of speech, having publicly exclaimed against a feast which was held, with many heathen ceremonies, on the consecration of a silver statue, which she had given. On the specifie charge of exercising his episcopal functions after he had been deposed, he was condemned and banished to the town of Cucusus, on the confines of Armenia, in Cappadocia. His last - days were embittered by the severity of the soldiers who had charge of him. He was ordered to move about from one town to another, not being suffered to remain long in any one place, because of the favour and affection everywhere shown to him. If at any time one of his keepers showed something like humanity towards him, the other increased his harshness and cruelty. On the 14th of September, 407, at Comana, in Pontus,he was gathered to his rest. In concluding his lecture, Mr. Ryan instituted a parallel between Chrysostom and Henry Martyn, their opinions and habits of thinking being shown, in some important particulars, to bear a close resemblance to each other. It )lared and ted !knowledge-4 L 9 central hale couple gether with g head of her wd and :h looks and won- approbation to the arer to the water's heir uniucumbered p whici a. The fore ,rtcles of do-mesi healthy looks O 4 it,ed to be Lmily (