The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

)0 l id r.) i vo lon ,ed mac AmONG the New York on Wed ages of their workmen AN UNFORTUNATE S ers Dos vs- Doe tea ,ithi re' ittee• r the, 101 3 ' b? • t I fil g r e ~ II:01' ~bill very t the and from s pec' e 5 table, g irl i dov l? fic ° ) LrY ea }lti _ pa Sli ellg i , th l'oslete A °3- t it tbt our s d an owe: ,:„b l6 o• L l l3e ' 11° 1 . 5 ; t.C l a ai - D s ;UPI— Dunn, have, unson.- E OFFICER GRISENTHWAITE, or of the )st active men in the force. was on Saturday ce-bearer, vice Mr. Halsall, de ers by the Baltic, which sailed for sdac, was M. Jullien. the celebrated musician, accompanied by his agent, Dr. Joy. THE PASSENGERS on board the ship Saratoga have presented to their surgeon, Mr. Pearson, a most gratifying testimonial, for his services on board that vessel. CLITHEROE ELECTION.—The parliamentary committee have decided that Mr. Aspinall was guilty of treating at the last election for the borough of Clitheroe, and that he ia not duly elected. " BaoAn.SHAßrs."—On Tuesday an emigrant was Swindled of £9, by four swellishly-dressed men, known to the police as " broad-sharps," by the ordinary mode of " card-pitching," near the Waterloo Dock. A. SAGE PoLlcENEAN.—OnTuesday, a policeman, gifted beyond hi s f e ll ows w ith f oresee i ng wisdom, left an inebri ate tailor lying in Temple-court, to his fate, " on the plea" that he was not drunk enough to be locked up. THE WARRINGTON GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ART has been established with every prospect of success. Mr. Collinson, the master, has been appointed by the Govern ment Department of Practical Art. named John Foley , was run over by a cart, on Thursday night, opposite the Custom-house, while in a state of helpless intoxication, and killed on the spot. , JOHN GLOV ER , cap t a i n o f t h e b r i g M aser ene, loading In the Wellington Wok, fell from a ladder into the dock %Friday morning, about two o'clock, and was drowned , He was intoxicated at the time. FORTY-ONE VESSELS are now loading at the port of Liv erpool for A us t ra li a , giving a total of 26,082 tons. r t: f or of these vessels are bound for Melbourne, for Sydney Adelaide, five for Melbourne and Sydney., eight tn. QYdney only, and one for Port Philip. j r , I3 ,.P•TH 'CAUSED BY A PIN.—A few weeks ago, a girl ic m ule Torkhouse accidentally swallowed a pin, which tohe skill of the surgeons to remove. The poor a 'ld ted gradually away until Tuesday morning . , when death 1 5 t an end to her sufferings. st /14 -xxs. the Liverpool detective, who - was mainly in mental in the apprehension of the clerk to the Got a,nerg firm, wh o h a d d ecam ped with property to the v rnunt of £1 ,300, has been presented ty the prosecutors th £ 4 O as an acknowledgment for his smart and effi tient conduct. • .` NI A C HILD-STRIPPERs—On Thursgsy a woman named 'the l‘lurphy was sent to goal for a month, for stealing Infantl Shnes and stockings of a child IS months old. The was met in the street without shoes or stockings, a nd taken to the bell-man's house, Bu t - D NorEs.—sts. stop-watch observer of nature s in er it,!ale-park, has ascertained That the cuckoo utters its i n 7 } 7 1 5 0 times an hour; the sparrow produces 700 chirps 1161 e "me period ; and the 'lark passes 7,000 notes, or s Per minute, Yerser-Niew, Toateth - park, received a fal je ji ° :, mtis P ol- u r n A CI TT P EIN ractU s re of the skull, on Friday, by a bar 110_2 n g ti•Orn the rigging of the ship Bellona, in the at Dock. He died immediately after his arrival Selz ftr. the Northern Hospital. e e „, „ • ZMPLEMENTS.—At the Police charge," Friday, a woman, named Mary Smith, Was a varletby InspeCtor Allcock ' with being in possession of On in 'f coining mdterials, which he had discovered, case w Zj t t et e tion, in 'bet house in Raymond-street. The lc ttanded. Unde r t .? ottArEL V4,`!7D SCHOOLS are about 'to be htilt Soeiet v —e g anspices of the Liverpool Domestic Mission Asht n ;:: ,assite has hen secured in Bedford-street and laid Tosret - h-park. The foundation-stone was be ri C..-tuesday last by W. Rathbone, Esq., Of - areen schol',:lsn. Presence Of a large assemblage of people and „ ZOOLOGfCAL GVIEZDENS.—Though Signor 'Larch and ;I!dramatic company have departed from the gardens, '?ir•Ill-urandu has in•avided other novelties for this week. The trsser family will please by its dramatle eti.:ertain- Thents, tbe - Lecler k family will delight with its terpsicho ren-performances' and the De u li a f am ily w ill aston i s h b y its 27mnastictricks. PRE ANMUAL*44 ASSEMBLY" OF TII £ WESI:I7.YAIV As somArrosr has been holding its meetings in this town. The'Rev. MricArveth has been for some thr.e at issue with the assembly upon some points of church discipline anti government, and now it would seem theyhave come toil resolution - to expel him from their body. A. remons trance upon - tile subject has been addressed to the representatives. lin EXCELLENCY THE LORD-LIEtiTENtiIT7 of Ireland, who started from Kingstown on Sunday evening week for London, having received a pressing summons on the morning of tint day from the Premier, to lie in attend ance in the House of Lords on the debate-on the Succes sion"Duties' TO, has paid a high compliment to Captain -Williams and the steam-ship Windsor, 'belonging to the City of Dublin-Company, in which he crossed the Channel. CAtrioN.—Selling ginger beer on the 'Lord's day, Otherwise than within the hours appointed by the 11 and Irvi c.. Cap; Sale of intituled, "An ad for regulating the beer and other liquors on the 'Lcra't day," is an Were against th a t statute. At ' Hal i fax, two persons e tined in the sums of Xl les. 'and '42' Ms., for selling Ringer beeehefore half-past twelve O'clock on - the previous Sunday. - r , - , Brit a i n TTERSF-17,311 . AUSTRALIA. Letters for the Great may be sent through any post-trfficein the king dom from-Liver no'," ti°7l, but - must have written its ane 'corner " Per Great otherwise they- will be sent by 411 post-ciUce s ailing P p acket , and be-charged Is. in toaltlheetters stead of Sd. to Melbourne . The "Great' "Britain will take " I :riving in Live r pool through thepost-office up morning of the 11th of August. InteI ,ZI'R AORDINARY.—Last week =two barbers, .r and. sna, residing in the neghb - ourbood of Lam roernestd.qpeen ' struck _ of .one-halfpenny Lam p shave for an advance. conch., to which be rdssnen demurred ; and, in -- i ttets e a „,, the 46: was called, when they came to the • '" e l ation l ... cent ad intli Getermi to resist the c ent. Per . cc, br .going to •+l— , • b rels cot.—Preston 014.,o2tiii. rr.THEIBOR.CMGH SESSIONS, on Triday,..sohn Clarke. end Joseph M urp h y, 47 (postponed -f rom the last Ip,Z_ l °n) were indicted, th e f ormer f or having, on the ,„."`" of Rlarell last, feloni ous l y stolenZAD 'tbs. of cotton lv 091, , th e property of James Vv - atson'Good..ond Murphy of tuilt Y for( twota receivitig tile sae. The juryuilty agenst Mu Teturned a verdict of Clarke, and one of guilty '-r v.-ith r pbbayrd was a sentenced to twelve months' tuPtis onment, lbour. To te m e . ..AINE LIQUOR LAW FOIL lIVEREOOI..—At a liv i r t ,lng of the:M ersey T eetota ll ers t h e other n i ght, M r. ;-- , The time would come when they should to t ztaed their precessions ; when teetotalisurvrould cease fr e ft c clusivel7 , moral and social eru sstion,:and become sl i 7, r ",e and high political one ;--(cheers3)--,when they t 0 .„ 11 ,M , e4111 upon t'ae Legislature for interference, and de oe-rg,,uotor their.orm protection, if net for that of . the Go tilti~ t, liaiae Law.—(Load ewers). ' iThis would tir rl. atie:y'be the-case, and the teetotallers could-bide their .-"u l e \ n t LIEREVGI-ARDIANS.—Mr.. Alipass presided at -eeti' li , g of this board on Wednesday, when it was t re ip: u " e l i ve d that a call be made on the several townsh ip s ca, in I 4 to be Pai,P for -e...2iSar.; , Is. 91. for county rate, . 'Atio, °ll c 'T before the. 22nd of August neat. Mr Cleaver board, 1 - fated fiat he had written to the eon-lawfl ~ , . n. note' them that A:7. Deane, medical Alcor, w-s tai i , 0 ` a knatic airlum, and that at present there was s him t 0 of his restoration to health.. The . clerk . Nya - lit tn' e - 0 - to `Write to /err. Clayton, the architect:,.,irging ArAe e tt 'l'lete the new hospital as soon as possible. dis orderl i v A A.,.. t Pcs---ur , vs.—Among the 4.4 drunk and R w _as on e ",„ ' .l;'‘a-s hef t s.. f re the Salford magistrees last,woek, "ltuel Bu rg e excited some inter . est. On Monday, :d e tve o . l.l, :: a painter, was married _at the Cathedral iiinetiB;ofu:se w o ' f t li irk bride and a party of friends to a hca se th ey spentthe morning in drtziking. I , a the afternoon, Burgess met an old sweet the heart .zeepand being so far drunk that he did not ikzflect-i:pon csequences, he introduced her to his wife, who tin : a wo la , t elY resented the." outrage upon her feelings," AIM ph, ri q war commenced, which ultimately ended in a t .1,1, Burgess getting a foul.k.uoek on the head. which le 'la som e of his hot blood, and his wife a shocking bizek ev . e. ; Tu. e s ',ES are to be held in r .. ,,,. - -.. SOUTH 1 t * gorge's , Hall l A t ' t -% ; C r(Z I O R w E week. Mr. Justice Erie and `;'• Justice Ax, ightman will be the:presiding judges. Thz Z k ondar contains a list of upwardo of 104 prisoners for tri a l , , f . whom 3 are to be indicted for murder, 2 for I2Bntelit, 4 for manslaughter, , 1 for zacrilege, 5 for arson, f Tor burglary, 5 for rape, i for bigamy, 7 for stabbing, tobor,hot:sebreakin , , 4 for forgerl, ~; ler perjury, 14 for .It e b tY, I for horse-stealing, 7 for ,uttering base coin,, tali;d:° , ll for conspiracy to defraud the customs. The 1 2,ith RtS include the killing of a sailor named Mar on the "ie tii,,ni and tLe stabbing of a sailor bY of a Ir czta, nit'i* 'The two cases of intent are, the killing . the a prostitute in p, A in a o.3ting gallery by Vivian , o`'Reef , d Lys, 4 1144 which lately took place at 't.Ahtona-nunder- Tiet ft "T. 4kii, IP ti -1611,.-....'W - ...ETD, LATE OF OLDHAW&. SCOTCH Ilr gla of th e e l; l tract th e f o ll ow i n g from the ,Ifelbou r rne . gentleman in this 'l2th °f INTarch. The friends , of . the welfare ,- of in Australia : —4 , ;(1„„. thic, L T PRE -s— T EIIIONT CHURCH. — The com . raittee of -eo u tel l h ., • ' - °n th e e - 'et In the Scots School-room, Collins-ztreot, Pastor , L ven ing of Monde? . last, in consequence of their the p r ' ,`L'e Rev. John Reid, having received a call from Th -isoYterian inhabitants of the parish of Doutta Gallo. com e ,,,,°. Mr. Clow having been called to the chair, the their r ete autteaec liPassed tto A r . series of resolutions expressive t o f I Reid, and of their intention A t,•„ hi ,rn, if Possible, in his present sphere of usefulness. 41 8 -, 'enn of £4OO per annum was guaranteed to Mr. Reid, :dePendent of an equal sum to which he is entitled from 11 47e roto ent under the new church act. The competing the u l al s of 111elbourne and Flemington will be presentedor meek decision of the Presbytery of Alelhourne, which , r e t 6 on the first Wtdnesday of April next." itc t „..., E —lt iS ber 4P.ASE OF THE AUSTRALIAN TRAD • of lased that, in consequence of an article in the Ti mes fro m w eek, the general rates of freight have advanced Passers t o £5, while th e i ncrease i n t h e num b er o f es fpgers offering to Melbourne and Sydney is designated frei retO arkable." S ome shipowners have found out that eh e g ,, L 4 Pays bette r th an passengers, and are taking tner - GibnClge in p re f erence to men and women. Messrs. 1 364,1' Bright, and Co., are doing this with the Great th e e ; and so are Mears. James Baines and Co. with 48,,00vereign of the Seas—in both instances because they f er ' .. _ aril readily obtain, enormous rates for the chance of b,warding goods by the most rapid conveyance attain ehte _But a more striking instance is that of the new ,:"P Alartaban one of M Millers and Thom son's Golden Line'," which w e a s s srs e . x expressly designed for P the conveyance of p a ssengers only. Her o wners, h owever, that Prefer freight to steerage passengers, and announce o f way will only take first and second cabin "fares." ,;,ipeourse, those who can afford to pay the higher rates ~,..1 . g b e such vessels, and get the worth of their extra .4ivney io increased comforts.—Liverpool Journal. from 1 SKIRK GAS WORKS are no act of parliament WILLIAM lAsus, a labourer, was scalded t - 3 Jailer of vitriol, at the chemical works of Mr. St. Helens, on the 19th ultimo. suffocated ! LI V corporatd by ctively, Joseph Smith ant'. . server near the St. Helen'i. James vapour who went up a orks, on Monday week, ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, Lernoen—On Tuesday last, the foundation-stone of the new schools to be built in connexion with the church was laid by the youthful Lord Skelmersdale. CHILD MURDER AT ORMSKIRK.—Mary Hale, a young woman at Ormskirk, has been committed for trial on a charge of " wilful murder," the victim being her own male child, to which she had secretly given birth. THE DEATHS IN LIVERPOOL up to Saturday week numbered 124 in the parish, and 58 in the out-township ; total, 182, being 31 less than the average of the same week of former years. Ma. J. MACLOGHLIN, of Liverpool, having passed his examination before the Board of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, on Friday, 22d ult., has been admitted a member of that profession. A FIRE broke out about two o'clock on Friday morning at the chalk and whiting works of S. B. Walcot, Parliament-strret. It originated in the ignition of the beams over the stove or kiln. Mr. Hewitt was quickly on the spot, and the fire was arrested ere much damage had been done. WARNING TO HOUSEHOLDERS. —On Wednesday morning, the servant of a family resident in Ashton street. Pembroke-place, who had been sweeping the steps in front of the house, while she retired to the back parlour, was stealthily followed by a fellow in the guise of a journeyman painter, who took a coat off the rail over the kitchen stairs, and bolted. OVERLOADING OMNIBUSES.—At the Police-office, on Friday, Thomas Elliot Greep, driver of one of Messrs-. Gates' dock omnibuses, was summoned for having a larger number of passengers than is permitted by law. Greep said he had enough to da to mind his horses, without looking back ; and Mr. Mansfield directed that the conductor, instead of the driver, should be summoned-. ISLE O MAN STEAM-PACKET CoMI'ANV.—At the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors, held on Tuesday last, at Douglas, it appeared that the amount received from the passenger traffic, as compared with the cor responding period of last year, had been increased by about £lOO. It was resolved to pay a dividend of four per cent on the half year, besides adding a considerable sues to the surplus fund. THE LAT.E ELECTION.--Oa Thursday, a deputation from the-electors of West Derby ward waited upon Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and presented him with a com plimentary address. Mr. Gladstone, in acknowledging the address, disclaimed on his part the merit ascribed to him, and said that it was caving to the disinterested attivity and zeal of Mr. George Holt and lkti. J. R. Jeffery that the electors were principally indebted for the nomi nation of Sir Erskine Perry at the last election.—Liver :poet Chronicle. AT THE KINGSTOWN REGATTA, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the only Liverpool yacht among those that ran was the celebrated model boat, the Truant, belonging 'to R. 31. Grinnell, Esq. She ran en Tuesday for a ptize for yachts of 15 tons and under, but lost all chance by going to rescue thescrew of one Of the competing toats, which had upset-. 'On Wednesday the Truant ran with seven other yachts of 12 tons End under, and came in fourth, being 22 minutes behind the leading boat, the`lmp. A SAVAGE PotICENIAN.—At the Police-ceurt, last week, a young -man, late No. -I'3B in the police force, was fined 40s. for breaking the jaw of a lodging-hot-se keeper, named William ITairburn, in Galton-street, on the night of Wednesday, the2oth ult. The officer who acted thus brutally was taking Fairborn off to prison foe an assault upon his wife, when he lost his temper at the provoking words of Faieburn, and struck him repeatedly 'with his stave, till his aw was transversely fractured. FORGINE MAGISTRTTE'S SIGNATURTLAt the po lice-office on Thursday, 'Thomas Brunn, -a man of' very respectable.exterior, was brought up on a-charge of forging the name of Mr. Mansfield, stipendiary - magistrate, •to a pawnbroker's affidavit. Mr. Mansfield deposed - to the forged signature being a very bad imitat:or indeed. .rt. he case was remanded for-seven days, by the sitting magis trate, Mr. Rathbone. THE VIORTALITY*7 A QUARTER."-Daring the grafter ending the'2l - id 'oriuly, the deaths ir. the borough were 2550, being 611 fewer than in the previous -'quarter, and 267 •lees than the average of the same period of the five previous years. - Allowing for the increase ineeopnlation, the decrease in the mortality of the last quarter amounted to abatt 420. The deaths from diseases of theenymotic class evere 487, against an average ef -- 830 iri the same quar ter of scanner years. The most striking decrease was in the mortality by t cp h us f ever , which amounted tc only 86, a smaller number than in any quarter previously-recorded. AMIVERPoOL•ATToRNEr sees TO Petisosse—At the sessions, on Wednesday last, Thomas Paulson ; a young, Liverpool solicitor ' was ordered to be imprisoned for six months for h av i ng clefraudedlames Hankin of the sum of' whe is a builder at Kirkdale, bads committed a case to the care of Pattison,' who obtained the cash on the-strength of the proceedings which he alleged he had . taken, but •in.rhich, it was subsequently found, he had -done nothing whatever. IIITERP001;TOWS arst meetin af the committee took place in the Council. chamber, at thaTown-hall, on Wednesday last. 'William Earle,' Est., was elected chairman, and J. '7 - a. Jeffery, :- Esq., deputy chairman. -\ note was read . from the Manor, regretting his unavoidable absence in Derbyshire, ati‘ , it was agreed that the appoirment of sub=committees, to-consider and report on•the• various schemes of improvement, and on the financial measures necessary to secure the execution of some comprehensive plan ui't , own improvement, should be postponed until the next meeting. The committee thee adjourned. Ottz_K'COI:S;ITTEE.-3,lr.:Turner presidee at the meets.: ing on Thursday. The improvements ie the room are slow -completed, and the arrangements for :the press -are considered satisfactory.—Mr. -Gladstone inquired whether it wes to be understood as an established prin.. ciple that areincreased rate of interest be given for money gent by cheritable institutions.—The chairman replied that they were_ governed by the circumstances .of the case.— The tender of Messrs Rigby and Salked for bricks, and that of Ikroderson and Co. for coal, were accepted.-'-it was agreed - that in future - the rate of charge for storing timber on the storing ground at the easy. cf Huskisson dook be.l4Ed. per square, yard per week, and on the east quay -of the dock: Id. per square yard per week.---The harbour-masters' committee •recommended certain alters- Cone the'Brunswick and Coburg docks, -in order to give a greater <teeth of water, -and admit vessels of larger beam •Con6rmed.—The harbonr-ma.ter reported that tbeshiperames Wright got aground on - Wednesday, to the south of the-Bandon basin. The accident was attributed to the pilot-s—A report was received from the -superinten dent of thee! lbert warehonses r stating that he -bad made experiments with the hide rope., and found- it ainsuitable' for -outside work. COZVIVPC3Z- - CCT.—.A1 1 039.54nr. v. CHAELE•GPANVERS HACXETT.-This was an action tried on Wednesday, for a balance of -salary due on account of services rendered and work done by the plaintiff, to the "-Sacred. Harmonic Socketan'''' ofeleieerpool, of which the defendant is con ductor.. The cleim was for carereission on names ob tained by plaintiff, as patrons and subscribers whilst so employed. Tle defendant made a ". set off" on the alleged plea, that-several gentlemen,who had signed their names at the canvassing or subscription-book .did so merely se patrons to the society, at the instanced the plaintiff, thus having no intention of becoming paying subscribers, (though they distinctly -signed under the beading of subseribers,) and consequently declined paying up their sethscriptione when called upon to do _so. :His Honour, after a patient hearing of the case, thought it not a little strange that such respectable persons should so attach their signatures, thereby influencing the public to become sub-scribers, and thus force a .soei-disant gates to any society, whilst.: it altogether freed -them from any further pecuniary engagement, as to their subscriptions. However, as it was denied by the plaintiff,that be can vassed or solicited solely-on the grounds of patronage, and° without further responsibility, (as the prospectus of the society clearly showed forth,, his Honour postponed his de-:. cision, and adjourned -th e hearing of the case until the, 10th of August, t o give th e .d e f en d ant an opportun i ty of bringing a number of witnesses into court, whose lettere,' though not received as evidence, went to say, ?that the' writers signed their names in.thesubscription-bookA2erely ' As patrons, and not as subscribers. ZHEALTH COMMlTTEE.—Mr.;Langsdale presided.at the weekly meeting on Thursday. A letter was readlrom Mr. William Rose, stating that he had completed Isis preparations for taking the night.sail out of the borough, and eves ready to commence as soon as the council lsed completed the necessary tipping place in Burlington. street. A sewer was ordered to be constructed in Spring.- field-street ; estimated cost, Xldst. --- The chairman stated that it had been suggested to have a depu teflon -from the board to wait upon the Finance Com mittee relative to the fees for magisterial business.—Mr. Dover said that about £lOOO per annum was paid for summonsesanel warrants, while they were written out and served by them-selves; and it was thought that 2s. for the summonses and 2s. 63. for warrants was too much, especially when it came upon the more humble classes of ratepayers.—Alr. gladstone considered that there should be a reduction of the charges for summonses .and war rants ; w hil e a l mo st everything e ls e was b e i ng reduced, solicitors kept up their charges, and so long as they had the prestige of the Town-clerk for keeping up the rates they would never get law reform.—Mr. Bigham said there were from 20,000 to 25,40:) appeals annually, and 1-10th had to go before the magistrates for having neglected to obey the orders of the committee ; if they withdrew the penalty involved in the summoning, he believed 19,000 out of 20,000 would go before the magistrates.—ln reply to a question, Mr. Ashlin, the treasurer, said that the taxes remitted amounted to 12t- per cent. of the whole amount, or about £BOOO per annum.—There being no objection to the deputation waiting upon the Finance Committee, the recommendation was agreed to.—The medical officer explained, in reference to what had oc curred at the previous meeting as to a person alleged to have been employed in his (Dr. Duncan's) office, at a guinea a week, that the person alluded to was not engaged in his work at all.--After some explanations, it appeared that the man had been appointed temporarily to under take the duty of measuring lodging-houses.—Mr. Dover, on behalf of Mr. Moss (who was absent), moved a resolu tion that so much of the proceedings of the Health Com mittee of Thursday last as related to the recommendation to the Council to increase the salary of Mr. Newlands from £7OO to £lOOO per annum be rescinded, and that the increase to be recommended should not exceed £lOO per annum.—He (Mr. Dover) also moved that it be re commended to increase the salary of Mr. Davis, the assistant engineer, from £3OO to £350 per annum. —After some discussion, Mr. Dover's motion relating to the borough engineer's salary was put to the meeting, and the votes being equal, the chairman gave the casting vote, observing, " I am no thousand a-year man.' —The motion for increasing the salary of Mr. Davis was carried, all the members of the board voting for it except Mr. Beckwith. , named John I e demanded more than a halfr because h ,elonging to the South C School had a trip to ChE The ra on Eriday, t pang c )rporation ie number of there and hack for sixpence each. Messrs. Willoughby, of Birkenhead Ferry, allowed the children to make use of their boats in crossing the ricer free of a FIRES IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday, about nine o'clock, a fire broke out on board the ship Belcarrig, lying in the Sandon Dock. It assumed a serious aspect ; but, oning to the exertions of Superintendent Hewitt and the fire brigade, the flames were extinguished before much damage had been occasioned. The fire is supposed to have been the result of spontaneous combustion among a cargo of charcoal.—About one o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the shed of the nilway station at Sand-hill, which was only saved from destruction by the great acti vity of the fire brigade. The West of England fire-engine attended both fires, and rendered good service in extin guishing the one at Bootle. Several wagons full of coal, we believe, were burnt on the line near the building. MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—The submarine cable, consisting of six insulated wires, laid in May last, between Donaghadee and Port Patrick, is in perfect work ing order. The Irish lines between Dublin, Galway, and the intermediate towns, from Cork to Thurles, and from Belfast to Newry, Portadown, and Newtownards, are com pleted ; and the main lines connecting the principal En glish, Scotch, and Irish towns will, in a short time, be ready for the transmission of messages. Liverpool, es pecially, may anticipate much advantage from the estab lishment of this new company. THE CONIMITTEE OF THE LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, at their meeting on Saturday, awarded a silver medal, of the first class, to Capt. Sands, and £3O for distribution among the crew of the Oracle, the number of whom are supposed to be from 15 to 20 men, for their noble exertions in saving the passengers by the ill-fated William and Mary, bound from Liverpool to New °deans. The committee would have awarded a larger sum, but the case having been brought under the notice of Lloyd's, by their agents at Nassau, it was pre sumed that the committee of that institution would not only give a reward themselves, but would bring the case before the Royal Humane Society. GRANTS LEAVING LIVERPOOL. The subjoined statement for the past month will be found interestine :—The Star of the East cleared out on the 6th, for Melbourne, with 386 souls on board ; the Goldfinder, on the 221, for the same destination, with 484 passengers; the Tasmania, also for Melbourne, with 400 emigrants, on the 25th ; and the Caroline, government ship, on the 6th, with 317 souls on board, making a tot who were 'despatched from the an ports in the past month. TI Canada, during the same period, were the Conqueror, on the 2d, 156 passengers ; Charles Chaloner, 12th, 301 ; Sarah Sands, `7.lst, 115 ; Milicete, 27th, 3'91; and the Helen Oliver,t 6th, 58 ; all bound for Quebec Df 1,587 Xlers(3/ for the THU ELI' TION OF DOCK CONIMITTEE-NIEN.—The vacancies caused by the retirement of Messrs. Henry Steele, - William Nicol, William Healing, and T. Bold, who go out by rotation, will be filled up to-morrow. The Shipowners' Association recommend the election of Messrs. H. Steele, Adam Gladstone, J.Sralth, and either Mr. Healing or Mr. Bold 3 the East India Association have unanimously recommended Mr. A. Gladstone as the successor of Mr. Nicol, who deolines to be again placed in nomination and the American Chamber of Commerce have made a similar recommendation. Mr. Palmer, chairman of The Shipowners' Association and Underwriters' Association, will be nominated, on behalf of an influential body of rate-payers, as the successor to Mr. Nicol. TRANSATLANTrt 'STEAIIfERS.-The screw steam -ship City of Glasgow, Captain W. Wrlie, sailed at OM o'clock , on Wednesday, far Philadelphia, with 131 passengers and a full cargo.—The steamer Argentina sailed en the same day. Site took above twenty passengers, and about £15,000 in specie on freight. Among those en board was Mr. Hadfield, the secretary of the company. The Argen tina's route w1:1 be, - -Lisbon, Madeira, Cape de Verds, Pernambuco. 'B a hi a Rio Ataneiro, Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres, eventually remaining to ply between the two latter ports. A large number of merchants interested in the Bravilian trade assembled on the Prince's Pierto witness the departure of the Argentina. The next vessel will be the-screw-steamer Braziliera, to - be despatched en the 24th 'of next moufn.—On ThursEay morning, the Royal Mail screw steam-ship Lady Eglinton, Capt.Taten, arrived in the river with the Canadian mails. She left Montrea/ an the 13th, and Quebec - en the , l6th instant. The royal mail steam-chip Africa, Harrison, commander, took her departure hence for New York on Saturday afternoon, at three .O'clock, with ;'7 1 4: passengers, a full cargo, and the usual - mails on boare. The' Glasgow and New 'York screw steam-ship Glasgow arri'ved at'Greenock on Saturday, at S'Bt.i' , p.m. Ntr7cL PnOTOCLAPTlV.—Yesterfity, Mr. Robt. Lang ton, wood engraver and draughtsman, of Coss-street, brought to our effrce some very -successful and beautiful specimensof photnraphy, taken by himself, not on metal plates, or on paper, or on glass ; but on blocks of box wood, such as are ordinarily-used in his awn art for wood engravings. Ono was a FA - Acing pottrait efthimself ; another was a•view of the beautiful little church at Vrorsley, ere -ted a few years age - by the'Earl andeountess orEllesmere. 'The latter was compressed withip the ordi nary dimensions -of a circle'3".± . j inches in diameter • and, as the image of the church is thus reversed,' the design, in Efil its elegant proportions, an reduced to miniature such as no bane; of human artist , can ever hope to rival, in 'its exquisite delicacy of liert and shade and its elaborate 'minuteness aria detail,—th-is'photograph, so /liken on a block of box=wood, is quiteready for the application of the "wood-engraver=s burin. itisimpossible to sayhow greatly this will advance the process of •wood-engraving, es pecially by swing all the preliminary labour of ' the . oraughtsmare; which, in many cases, constitute: the chief element in both the time and the cost attendant on the production of , wood-engravings of a high clase. ' Even in 'ninny of the lower branches of' tise art, the newnisplication 'o sun-drawing will be an ineuluable auxiliary. For in stance, it is an extremely - dill.calt matter to get accurate =drawings of mach in ery, perspective ; mechanicaldaughts- Teen only represent it in plane; and artists are generally found extremely reluctmat to-employ a lerge.amount of 'time so unprtif_tably as the drawing of a complicated ma chine in perspective demands. Mr. Langton's daguerreo type can now in a few second:: accomplish what it would revire hours for the artist - to effect; and in point of 'accuracy, the instrument must ever have the, preference. But great as will eventually be the boon-which this new application , ofphotography will confer on the practical art 'of wood-engraving, it may .be made more-extensively vdiaiable, as cheap form of producing pictorial objects. 'Ey Mr.' Langtan's prooess, portraits, landscapes, &e., could be produced on any emsoth piece of wocd, duly prepared ; and thus even wooden snuff-boxes, hand seneens, &c.,.m.sy be decorated with portraits, or scenes , frost nature, or , copies of works of art, at a cost-much less than dagueri - entypes on mettil,pletes. Indeed, it , is diffi milt to say where the applications and uses of this new process may notextend. '.Mr. Langton does not limit bis invention to its-.use in wood-engraving, but claims for it au equally useful and valuable application in other di rections. in connection with practical art.-- , 3l , ne.ziter Guardian. THE •EALECIION PETITION. 'The following it a copy of the isetition presented y Mr.. E. Sal F. ELT SON GLADSTONE and'Alr. GEORGE H0.,1,7 Mar, f, 26° die 1853. A petition of the there-undersigaed electors of the borough of Liverpae, was delivered in and read; setting forth, That at the last election of members to serve parliament for the •horough of Liverpool, the petitioners were registered electess of the said •borough, and had X. richt to vote and did vete at the said election ; that-Sir Erskine 'Perry, rKniert, John Bramley-Moore, Esquire, Thomas 'ferry Horsfel, Esquire, artd the Honourable Henry Thomas LiddalLetvere candidates at the said elec tion, and that a poll v:ae demanded and taken, and the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and the 'Hoaourable Henry Thomas Liddell were at the close thereof-declared by the returning officer of the said borough to, have the majority of votes and tc be elected, ,and were returned as members to serve in parliament for the borough ofiticerpool; that before and during the said election the saidfThomas Berry lforsfall and henry Thomas Liddell were and each of them respectively,ras by himself, his agents, friends, and managers, guilty .of bribery and corruption, and did re spectively by gifts, .presents, money, and rewards, and by promises, agreemonts, and secrrities for gifts, presents, money, and rewards, and by other illegal practices, cor rupt and procure divers persons :oeing registered electors of the said borough, -and entitled to vote at-the.,eaid elec tion, to give their votes in favour of the said 'Thomas Berry ;Horsfall and henry Thomas Liddell, or one of eLraidethelel said and Tr ea Lf l m s of n s t ß he er m ry rez ,"e4 p o e r c s .. - fal l thorn, and to forbear t o g i ve t h em r i n favour of Cee said other candidates, or o ne of them,; that b e f ore , d ar i ng, and and a fte riitehner ysaid Thomas e letio tively did by themselves, their agente, friends, and par tisans, by avers ways and means, eitheroartly or whO',l at theircharre and on their behalf, di rec tly or i n di rectly give, provide, present, and aßaw, and cause and know ingly permit•to be given, provided, presented., and allowed to registered electors of the said borough, and persons • having a richt to vote at the said el ect io n , money, meat, drink, entertainment, provisions, and reward, and made promises, agreemeuts, and engagements to give money, meat, drink, entertainment, provisions, and reward, to and for such registered electors and persons having aright to vote as aforesaid, in order that the said ThomaL Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell might have and re. ceive the votes of the said registered electors and pemons entitled to vote at the said election, and might th ere b y be elected members to serve in parliament for the said borough of Liverpool.; that gross, notorious, e xtens i ve, and systematic bribery, treating, and corruption, were practised and carried on at the said election by di vers agents, friends, managers, and partisans, of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henri Thomas Liddell, end by others employed and sanctioned by them, with a vi ew to the election of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell, and the election and return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell were procured by means of such bribery, treating, and corruption ; that by reason of such corrupt and illegal practices, the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell were and are and each of them was an d is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to sit in this pr esent parliament for the said borough, and the election and re turn of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell, were and are wholly null and void ; that by the various illegal and corrupt practices as aforesaid, and by coercion, intimidation, and other illegal and irregular proceedings, the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thos. Liddell obtained a colourable majority of votes over the said Sir Erskine Perry and John Bramley-Moore, and the return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and H enry Thomas Liddell is illegal, and ought to be declared wholly null and void ; and praying that the house will take the pre. mites into consideration, and will declare that the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell were not duly elected and returned, and that the return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell I was and is wholly null and void, and that the house will I give the petitioners such further and other relief as to the house shall teem meet. GENERAL NI COMPULSORY VACCINATION.—The to extend and make compuls ory the sions in _ . tion has just been published. There are 13 pros the bill, and several schedules of forms. It is proposed to enact that the father or mother of every child born in England or Wales after the Ist of August, 1853, shall, within three months after birth, caus9 it to be taken to the medical officer of the place and vaccinated, unless the same shall have been previously vaccinated by some qualified medical practitioner. Penalties are to be en forced for non-compliance with the act. CORKCUTTERS' STRIKE.—On Wednesday between 400 and 500 journeymen corkcutters, in London, turned out for an advance of wages. This strike will be severely felt by the employers, being the most busy time of the year. In the afternoon the strike bands held a meeting, when they expressed their determination of not returning to work until their demands were complied with, alleging as a reason the increase in the price of provisions, and that their landlords had raised the rents of their root that account • BETTING HOUSES.—The bill for the suppression of bet ting-houses has been printed. The penalty on any per son keeping a house for the purpose of betting with other persons, is £lOO, or imprisonment for six months, with or without hard labour ; on persons receiving money on con dition of paying money on the event of any bet, £5O, or three months' imprisonment ; and for exhibiting placards or otherwise advertising betting-houses, a penalty of £3O, or two months' imprisonment. Magistrates and the Police Commissioners are to be empowered to order a search of suspected houses. SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—As the Great Western express train which started on Monday from Ox ford to London, about a quarter of an hour late, was rush ing on at upwards of sixty miles an hour, the crank axie of the engine broke, by which the whole machinery was thrown out of order, and the wheels, unable to turn round, ran sliding along the rails at a fearful pace, in imminent danger of breaking and throwing the train over. The wheels, however, stood the strain, and after proceeding in this way about a mile, the train was brought to a stand without any accident. StatKE OF THE HULL POLICE.—An agitation has been going on for some time past in Hull, to Obtain an advance of their wages, from 18s. sd. and 16s. sd. a-week to 21s. sd. and 19s. sd. The Watch Committee have refused to accede to the request, and the consequence is, that about 30 of the men have resigned, and about 50 refuse to do duty, but will not resign. The Watch Committee sat on Saturday week, to receive applications for the vacant situations, but they had not a single applicant labourers not being willing to work seven days a-week for 2s. 6d. per day. Letters have been despatched for men to Nianchester and other large towns, as well as to the villages in this neighbourhood. A MODERN MlRACLE.—Recently Cardinal Wiseman preached in St. Aloysius's, Somers Town. In the course of his remarks he said, " Within the last few days it has been my happiness to verify, in one of the religious com munities of the Benedictine convent of this city, the in stantaneous and perfect cure of a religieuse, who for six years and a half never left her bed, who was pronounced by every medical roan who had seen her to have been in curable for life, being affected with disease in her bones, and who, at the devotions to the sacred heart of Jesus. rose whole, and without a vestige even in outward' marks of that complaint which existed for that long period." BCCaNTRIC CITARACTEt..—The Suffolk Chronicle relates the death of a Miss Mary Finch, aged 49, of Risk inghall. She had for the last six years lived alone, and a leg of pork, which she was known to have bought about four year's ago, was found in the house at the time of her death. She kept six or seven cats, which she sometimes locked up in a room for many days without food. Although she had sufficient property, she had not allowed herself common necessaries, and her end was hastened from want. Six years ago an aunt left her about £-100, brit she would never go after it, nor would she take it when offered to her. It is stated that about ten years ac , o, a day was fixed for her being married, that the dress and wedding cake were provided, but the gentleman dis appointed her, and the dress and cake still remain in the house. AN UNFOILIPUNATE LOVER.—On Sunday a clockmaker, who had for some time paid his addresses to a lovely daughter of a wealthy chimney-sweeper, thought to con summate 'his happiness by making her his wife. The staff of Trinity Church were in attendance; the spruce gallant, with punctuality equal to one of his own clock-s, arrived in a cab at the residence of his " lady love," but on entering the house was met in a manner well calculated to cool the ardour of any man not over head and ears in love. The mother, not thinking him a suitable match for her daughter, had locked her up in her chamber, and herself-received the gallant'hridegroom with '" warmth." All the earnest entreaties of her would-be son-in-law were of no avail. She was obdurate, and an interview was positively denied. 'Wearied with 'his perseverance, mamma lost her temper, seized the poor bewildered lover by the neck, and, with determined and masculine energy, turne'd aim out of the house.—Durham Chronicle. VI:CERURCH FAMILY :•••(@ Sunday an interesting occur rence took place in the , tharch at Ternple - Sowerby, con netted with the family of Abram Lowthian, the village tailor. Old Abram, -who was many years - the parish clerk there, but who had resigned the office to one of his sons, gavectut the psalms . ; Lowthian was an attentive hearer; the Rev. John lowthian, vicar of Wharton, Winsfard, Cheshire, 'his-eldest son, was 'the clergyman whorreached; Abram; the second son, played the violon cello-and joined in 'the-tinging; Christopher, the third sonovas parish clerk, -anti two other sons mid two daugh terefermed part.ef'the choir. The church was crowded to excess, all the 'frietids and old companions of the rev. gentleman, who is ona-visit to his native , village, flocked thither to hear'ffjohniLowthiari" preach. Old Abram has'hrought up a family of twelve children, six sons aid six+dgeghters, all of - whom are now living, with the ex. ception of a son, 'who'died young abroad-six years since. Abram never had anything but what he worked for with leis own hands.--Catii&ie Patriot. RA:LAVAY Tanmc.---The traffic -returns of railways in tint Unitecr - Kingdonvemounted, for the week ending ihth!July, to '£362:039, .-and for the corresponding period of last year to £312f596,- showing an increase of £50,353, or 16.1 per cent. The increase on the Eastern Counties Railway amounted t0!V1,561 ; on the Great Northern, to X7r;B6i3; on the Great Western, to £a,968 ; on the London and North-Western, to £4',457; on the London, Brighton, and 'South - roast, -£116; on the London and Bi ao kAyall, £96 ; and on the South-Western to £3,323 • and on the Sout!r=Eastern to £1;471. The receipts on the , other lines in theZUnited Kingdom amounted to 4192;214 ; and for the -corresponding period of 1852 to u l et r. 3 9 ; showing an 'increase of .£27;775 in the receipts of these lines, .whiet, -added to the increase on the metropolitan lines of - 22Z,578, makes tile total increase 4,0;353 over the corresponding week of 1652. The total receipts from the: istlJanuary to the 16th July amounted to £8"::677,66 4 ; far the -corresponding period of 1852, =722402 ; showing an , lnivease of -.11954;112, or 12.3 per •cent over the corresponding period of - 1&2. REvrEw.—A. reTiew of the tleet nov7 assembled at &pithead has beery - fired for this day, dependent upon the state of the weather., thi• Queen's health, and foreign affairs. The following is a list of the force to be collected : Duke , of Vellingten..l3l gums, screw three decker ; Nep tune, JZI guns, sailing three-decker; Wat3rloo, 120 guns, -sailing three-decker ; Queen, 116 guns, sailing three-decker; St. Jean , d'Aere, 101 gene, • screw two_ d eckec; AgEmnemnop,: 91 41:ria, screw two-.decker ; Princ e 20 guns, sailing two-decker; London, 90 gu ns , o-aecker ; Bletheina, GO guns, screw two-decker ; s i ß l aei o lg g ine U g e t :7lo guts, screw two-decker; Edinburgh,7lß guns, screw two-decker; Ajar, :SE guns, screw two-decker; Impinletsse., -, 50 guns, screw-ft:gate ; Arrogant,: guns, screw-frigate:;: Sybille, 46gutne, sailing-frigate; Amphion, 31 guns. screw-frigate ; Tribune, 30 guns, screw4sigate ; Sidon, 22 guns. paddle-frigate;alightlyer.2l guns, screw frigate ; TerriLle, 21 guns, ,paddle•frigate Odin, 16 guns, paddle-frigate ; Encounteg;l4 guns, screw-.corvette; Leopard, 12 guns, paddle-frigate; Desperate, -IS guns, ccrew-corvette; f3arracouta. 6 guns, paddle-sloop;', le- sloop ; vius, 6 guns, paddle-sloop ; Banshee, 2 guns, express-boat. EXTRAORDINAV PROCEEDIII..--We hear that on Saturday last Mr. Ackroyd, of Stourbridge, and dlr. I Ce-rge Robinson, .solicitor, of this town, while -com paring a list of the proprietary of , tlie -Shrewsbury aiA .Birmingharn Railwa: - Company witil! the transfer book, made discoveries of a nature whieh induced them ijo have :the books seated up, and whieh, it is said, are likely to cause a further resort to ;legal proceedings. On Manday morning, Mr. Geach, wise , is a director of the company, Mr. R. :-Scott, Mr. Aelcrosid, Mr.•Collis., and Mr.tG. Robinson ns,ct at the comparty - s offices, and: , demanded that the books-should be delivered to them, as they saki, for further exarcination. Mr. Mr. Joseph Walker, :and Mr. Knox were, we hear, at tie offices in , the course•ac the morninv, and the further iimpection of the books wag refused by Knox, no weer from the board ,of 4-rectors for thatvurpose having haat: obtained, and without Ikes order the inspection could .nat, it was alleged, ,be ,partaitted. In consequence Mr. (Geach and his friends sent for Mr. ;Hurter, foreman to Messrs. Chubb and Conse;vvho , required.a written indemnity), and directed him , to larpen the safe aontaining- the key .Gf the closet in which ttheibooks were kg-st. This was done, and the safe containing the honks opened. The books,were at first deposited ,voith the police, but afterwards traas mitted to Landon. *Colonel How and some of /Lis .officers were called in, res order to .prevent any breach a :the peace. This remarkable proceeding has given owe.- s ion for many rumours.—Wolverhapiteon Chronicle. ELOPEMENT.—We cotieed last week that an officer of the:3sth regiment had rim oil" with the ,v.rife of a baronet, residing in the north of Devon, under eizeumstances of a very ,di: graceful character. There is no doubt of the truth of the statement ; the otticer is Captain Berkeley, of the above-named regiment, and his unfortainate com panion in guilt Lady Wrey, wile of Sir Bourchier Wrey. It appears that this man is now Stith his regiment, and still wearing Her Majesty's uniform, though itis c:urrently reported that he will be obliged to leave the army ; and the lady, it is said, is in London. Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart., has recently been staying at his marine residence in Barnstaple. Per some few weeks past Captain Berke ley, of the 35th, son of Sir George Berkeley, had been visiting at the house of the honourable baronet, whose hearty hospitality is only surpassed by his high-minded and unsuspecting candour. This town became agitated on Friday with the startling and painful intelligence that this ' guest of the honourable baronet's—the man who had been receiving his hospitalities—had taken the opportunity of domestic intercourse thus afforded to him to draw from her conjugal duty the wife of his friend ; that she had, in fact, that morning eloped with her paramour. They drove off, it would appear, about half.past one on that morning to Barnstaple, and from thence to the Tiverton station of the Great Western Railway. Their course from this point we are not curious to trace. That this lady should have left in such a manner, and for such a man, a home replete with all the earthly good that earthly wealth can furnish, a husband dotingly fond of her, and without the shadow of the causes usually assigned in such cases, is an aberration of conduct only to be charitably covered by a verdict of temporary insanity. Report says that already has the dreadful hallucination passed away, and reconciliation sought. 'We give, of course, simply report, but it is highly probable that such is the case, as we know that such must be the course the moment the mind recovers its equilibrium. Sir Bourchier returned thatssmeevening toTawstock Court.—Eveter Flying Post, March STRUCK church of Bodenham, Here lightning on Tuesday being performed within the ed ae marriag Two women and two children among the spectato ster of to two RICHARD CROSS, aged 50, who was Whitehurch, pleaded guilty, at Shrewsbury assize, charges of stealing post. letters, containing bills, and securities to the amount of X 2,000, and was sentenced to ten years' imp onment PORPHYRY FOR THE CRYS PALACE case of ,ens of Swedish porphyry .om the Royal . . at Elfdal has arrived in England. These specimens in clude 15 distinct varieties, some of great beauty. They have been presented to the Crystal Palace Company by Mr. Charles:Henry Edwards. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—The Govern ment balance-sheet has been published of the public in come and expenditure for the year ending the sth of July last, with the balances in the Exchequer. The income was £54,249,141 3s. 81, and the expenditure £50,680,516 75., leaving an excess of £3,568,624 16s. Bd. On the sth of July, 1852, the balances in the Exchequer were £6,492,731 6s. 10d., and on the sth July last, £5,112,639 ss. 9d. TRANSPORTATION.—A new clause has been added to the Government Bill by the Lord Chancellor, the object of which is, that Her Majesty may grant licenses to be at large to convicts under sentence of transportation ; the holder of the license is not to be imprisoned by reason of his sentence, and, if the license is revoked, the convict may he apprehended and committed to prison. By the bill as it now stands, penal punishment is to be awarded in the cases of persons liable to transportation for 14 years. The new law is to take effect from the Ist of September next. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.—The bill brought in by Lord Palmerston and Mr. Fitzroy, further to regulate the Employment of Children in Factories, and lust printed, provides that no child shall be employed before six in the morning nor after six in the evening, except between the 30th September and the Ist April, when they may be employed, under certain regulations, between seven in the morning and seven in the evening Children are not to be employed, under 7 and 8 Vic recovering lost time, after seven in the evening hours of employment of children not to be in any case extended beyond what is at present lawful. MAILS TO AUSTRALIA.—The next mails for Australia will be forwarded by the Vimiera sailing vessel, the owner of which has entered into a contract for that purpose with the postmaster-general. This vessel is appointed to be despatched from Plymouth on Friday next, after the arrival at that place of the north mail, and all letters and newspapers for South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land reaching Plymouth pre vious to her departure, and not addressed to be sent by any other vessel, will be forwarded by the Vimiera. The packet-rates of postage will be chargeable on letter trans- witted by the Vimiera, but no charge will be made upon newspapers. The mails to be conveyed by this packet will be made up in London on Thursday, and at Plymouth on F►iday. MANSLAUGHTER AT LEEDS.—A painful occurrence has just taken place on the premises of Mr. Barker, of Kirkgate, Leeds, the result of which is the death of a journeyman plumber, named Wallace Waddington, aged 21. On Saturday morning the deceased made use of some annoyine and irritating expressions towards an apprentice named Peter Dawson ; a war of words ensued between them, and, in a moment of passion, Dawson seized a long brush, and struck Waddington over the head with it, thereby fracturing and indenting his skull. The in jured man was at once removed, and medical aid pro cured, but he only lingered until the following day, when death put a period to his sufferings. Since then a coroner's inquest has been held on view of the body, and, after hearing the evidence, which showed that the deceased was the aggressor in the first instance, they returned a verdict of manslaughter against Dawson, who was forth with committed to York Castle for trial at the assizes. AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF THREATENING has oc cupied the magistrates of Corsham, Wiltshire, occasioning some protracted investigations. The prosecutor was the Rev. Dr. Horlock, vicar of Box, and the prisoners were Henry Sprague, son of Dr. Sprague, late of Box, and Benjamin Bullock, sexton. Anonymous letters of a most insulting and threatening kind had been, for a length of time, mysteriously conveyed to the vicar and his family, and to persons in the neighbourhood. One was ad dressed to a young woman named Elizabeth Smith, " If you will make a cake, and buy at a chemist's one drachm of arsenic, and put it in it, and send it to Miss Horlock, with a note from yourself, I will give you £lOO, which will make you and your relations quite rich, and you will need not remain in service no longer." A similar letter was sent to another woman. A number of witnesses were called to prove the handwriting ; and the magistrates, after a private consultation, discharged Bullock, and com mitted Sprague to take his trial at the next assizes. TAXATION OF THE CLERGY.—Mr. Apsley Pellatt, the Dissenting minister for Southwark, having complained that the clergy do not bear their fair share of the public burdens, three letters have appeared in the Times, from a Norfolk rector, a Suffolk rector, and a Kentish vicar, giving the following statement of the amount .to which their incomes were charged in 1852 with state and local taxes : Norfolk I Suffolk I Kentish Rector. I Rector. Vicar. INCOME s. d.l s. d. s. d. 319 13 10 475 0 0 268 0 0 STATE TAXES. Property Tax on Glebe & Tithe Rent Charge.... I 9 6 6: 12 7 6 9 13 4 Ditto, on Rectory House' 1 9 21 1 16 7 House Tax Land Tax 7 4 0 26 8 0 5 0 0 Assessed Taxes Duty on Insurance LOCAL TAXES. Poor Rate 22 16 10, 67 10 3 17 12 6 Highway Rate 8 1 71 8 8 9 4 19 6 64 12 6 , 132 14 6 59 _ 9 5 Per Centage on Income, about ARREST OF A RAILWAY TRAIN.—A most extra ordinary method of executing the powers of the law, was put in operation at the Newfoundwell station of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. The collector of county cess, Mr. Simpson, had made repeated applica tions for the payment of the county cess due on the lands and premises held by the company, but could not succeed in obtaining payment. Accordingly, being bound to lodge the amount of his warrant on the first day of the assizes, unless he could show that any part of it was irrecoverable, and that he had used every necessary exertion to recover it, Mr. Simpson, attended by a body of his assistants, met a train at the Newfoundwell station, and then and there producing his warrant he took possession of the train and all it contained. There were six grand jurors travelling by it to attend the Dundalk assizes, which were open at 10 o'clock, and in ordinary course they would have been barely in time to be sworn in. Remonstrances with the collector were all in vain ; the county cess he must have, and the train was not allowed to move a peg until his demand was satisfied. Then the lost time bad to be pulled up by increased speed, and the released engine again snorted along the line which had just been freed from the payment of a county cess until the next assizes.—Louth Advertiser. THE HULL BRIBERY COMMISSION.—This commission is still sitting. The following letter from Mr. J. B. Moore has been put in as evidence —" Liverpool, Gth April, 1852. Dear sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 2d inst., I agree with you that it is better we should un derstand each other clearly, befor e an election comes on, with regard to money matters. I shall stand to my pro position mentioned to the deputation at Normanton, as named in your letter, namely, to go as far a s £1,200 f or the leg.al e x p enses of the election—not necessarily that this sum should be expended—but I will, if that sum be required, go thus far and no farther; and I agree to incur no other responsibility. I am wholly unacquainted with what will be required, having no experience in these matters. If the expenditure in this matter should exceed the above named ruin, the gentlemen in Hull must undertake to exonerate me from all further demands. Being a stranger I could not, with any judgment, select an agent, and would leave this and the entire management of the election in the hands of a committee. I think to provide against st contest, the electors should subscribe a sum equal to the positive requirements for fighting a gond tight. The can didates here are only responsible for £5OO each. In offer ing myself to represent your borough, I beg to say I have no personal interests to serve, and having plenty of leisure tc devote to your services, I will come forward to stem the democratic torrent which threatens the country, and •the destructive policy which has been carried out, and to inddge an honourable and laudable ambition.—Yours, truly, J. Bramley-Moore." One witness stated "In 1817 he was chairman of the Sculcotes committee for Brown and tZaines: was in correspondence with the National Club, for a second blue candidate : Sir Robert Inglis was written to on the subject, and he took considerable pains to find,a candidate; he ultimately, however, handed over the lettcc• to the National Club, and they named Mr. Sands,sof Liverpool; but when Brown came down the correspondence with the Natio na l Cl u b ceased. , GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. —The Southampton cor respondentof T he Morning Herald, under date of Friday, says :—The , tide of emigration from this port has, since iiks commencement, been one continual stream of de ipaetures to , the land of gold, and two large ships are now in dock preparing to sail, with passengers anxious to reach the shores of Australia. The Athenian, a barque, of tons, will i'leave on Monday for Sydney. She has embarked 140 passengers, but is capable of accommodating 206, statute adults, the whole of which she will, doubt less, receive prior to her leaving. Another large ship, Credenda, of '9OO tons register, is also in preparation to depart for Geelong. "This ship, which is capable of ac commodating 335 stettate adults, bas her berths built up midships, which arrangement, doubtless, gives more room for the admission of air from the various port-holes, and thereby considerably improves the ventilation of the ship. The Herefordshire, 1600 tons, will leave this port for Sydney Orr or about the,itith August. Her passengers will consist prilcipally of railway labourers. The Pekin, for Melbourne, 562 tons, also leaves on the Ist August ; and the Epaminotalas, 1171 tons, will leave on the Gth proximo, for Adelaiee. The government commissioners also took up two other ships yesterday, the Poiters, 756 tons, which they intend fitting out for Port Philip, to sail on the ith o f S e pt em ber, and the David Malcol m , 536 tons, for Adelaide, on the sth of the same month. It is fully expected that both these vessels will embark their passengers at this port. Since the first ship left Southampton docks under the surveillance of the govern ment commissioner of emigration, upwards of 6,000 per sons have left this country from this port for the. Australian colonies. Of these nearly 5,000 were English, the remainder Irish, and a small portion Scotch. The first government emigration ship left hero on the lith of January, since which time nineteen first-class vessels have departed from these docks. The arrangements have been, as requirement suggested, improved consi derably, and the whole of the emigrants on board the Athenian seemed perfectly happy in their floating habi tation, and cleanliness and orde r were to be particularly observed, summer resort at Hoxton, ncE by fire on Wednesday morninz, don, w J were seven horses, and although strenuous c used, not one could be saved. DEATH IN AN OMNIBUS.—An awful instance of uncertainty of human life occurred to Mr. Jeren Davis, Poland-street, Oxford-street, Loudon. He got an omnibus to go into the cit lane, fell back and expired. from a diseased heart. upposed tention NEW Law COURTS.—It is said to be the IL._ the government to have the new law c our t s erecte d in rnediately adjoining the houses of parliament, and not generally expected, in the vicinity of Lincoln's-in, that the courts will continue to sit at Westmin term, as heretofore, the well-known inconvemen the present courts being remedied DISGUSTING.—On Saturday, a person named Thomas Ward, of West Retford, was at a public house, in East Retford, and offered a small wager that he would drink ten pints of ale in a short given time. The wager was accepted, and he proceeded to the accomplishment of the task. He won his wager, but was taken suddenly ill, and a surgeon was obliged to be sent for, who administered an emetic, and under his treatment he recovered. A WARNING.—At the Ipswich assizes, on Wednesday, Mr. Cook, a member of the corporation of that town, was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour for having know ingly defrauded the gas company by using gas in his plumbing shop direct from the main instead of from the meter. His foreman was called as a witness for the defence ; and, as he swore to having himself made the " bye-pipe," the judge, Sir John Jervis, ordered him to be taken into custody, and afterwards sentenced him to the same punishment as his master. - - - CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—An unsuccessful attempt to launch the screw two-decker Caesar, 90 guns, from Pembroke Dock-yard, was made on the 21st. The vessel started on the instant the dog-shears were struck down, • • .tided with a speed th - at appeared to he irresis tible, out received a check in her career before she had floated, which completely stopped her progress. An exa mination of every accessible part was made without dis covering the cause of the failure. Each tide since attempts without success were made to start the ship, and she now in a very precarious position. HOLYROOD PALACE.—Her Majesty's Chief Commis , Wooas end Forests has at length agreed to an arrangement of a character very favourable to the public, with reference to the opening of Holyrood Palace. Tn stead of the present unsatisfactory mode of banding per. sons about from one exhibitor to another, and leaving the amount of the gratuities to the discretion of the visit, sinner will be a small fixe ~übstituted ; this will be paid t one receiver, and no other payment will be requisite One important part of the arrangement is, that the palac will be open every Saturday without any charge. • CHARITABLE TRUSTS. — The land settled on charitable trust in Eneland and Wales consists of 442,015 acres of freehold ; the personal property so settled amounts to £6,668,509, and the rent charges on land granted for charitable purposes to £79,930. The total income of these different properties is estimated at £1,209,395, and their total value is computed at fifty millions, or nearly one year's net revenue of the United Kingdom. The gross income of charitable educational endowments is £312,544. Of charities, 13,331 are under £5 a-year ; 4.641 are above £5 and under £lO a-year ; 3,908 above £lO and under £2O ; and 1,866 above £2O and under £3O. This immense mass of property, amounting in all to 28,840 trusts, is subject to grievous disadvantages : there is every temptation to mismanagement and malversation, and no tribunal able to correct it. THE REPEALED DUTIES.—The Commissioners of Cus toms have caused an amended list of articles of foreign merchandise not now subject to duty on importation into this country. which has been prepared by the Inspector- General of Imports and Exports with reference to the recent resolutions of the House of Commons, showing the denomination under which each article should be de scribed on the official documents, to be printed and furnished to the collectors and controllers, and other principal officers of Customs at the several ports through out the kingdom for future government, in lieu of those formerly in use. In transmitting this list of goods on which the duties have been repealed, they have been directed to observe, that every description of glass is to be entered by weight, and that bottles imported c ontaining goods are to be deemed as packages, and exempted from entry for thl duties. MOCK PEERAGE.—The nobility of the order of the Grand Star will sit in council on Wednesday, (to-morrow,) at three o'clock, at the mansion of the noble Alpha- Atlantis, Hyde-park, to discuss the merits of identified candidates of the noble order for installation, who peti tioned the court previous to March last. Also to receive presenteions, by nobles elect, of candidates for identifi cation, whose petitions show that they are eligible to support the exalted rank of a noble elect, by living and having lived, for the previous ten years of their presen tation, as independent gentlemen, and keeping an estab. lishment in that character, at no less an expenditure than £5,000 annually, and giving to charitable purposes no less a sum than £lOO annually, or one sum of £l,OOO, and are prepared to continue the same expenditure out of a certain income in support of the distinguished character of the noble order, and subscribe liberally to the encouragement of literature. Hereditary titles have no preference over commoners for election, as no one can be installed a " noble elect," except from his own personal merits. — By command, E. de; Mecenas, Under-Secretary.—Covrt Journal. A NEW ANESTHETIC is announced in the Common Puff Ball (Lycoperrlon Protens). The anxstlietic pro perties of this well-known production was recently spoken of by Mr. Richardson at a meeting of the London Medical Society. The properties mentioned appear to have been known in some country districts where bees are stupified by this agent previous to the honey being taken from the hives. Having observed this fact, Mr. Richardson was induced to try the powers of thel puff-balls on cats and dogs. The result accomplished was exactly the same as if tether or chloroform had been employed. Even surgical operations have been performed on animals to whom the new anaesthetic had been previously administered. The inhale the of administering is by allowing the animal to the fume of the dried fungus while in a state of ignition. The Athenceunz states that Mr. Richardson inhaled the fumes himself, and found the same effects follow as from chloroform. "It is curious (says our contemporary) that this fungus, which emits these narcotic fumes, may be eaten with impunity, and that it is amongst those which Dr. Badham has recommended in his recent work to be eaten as the esculent fungus of Britain. No chemical principle has yet been detected to account for these very curious effects." We may observe that there are many agents in medicine which save or destroy according as they are administered. Some may be swallowed with impunity which would ensure certain death were they made to enter the system by the blood and absorbent vessels. It is well known, too, that the poison of the serpent, which kills by being infused into the blood, may be taken into the stomach without evil results ensuing. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT TILE POWERSCOURT WATER FALL.—An aclident of a most distressing nature occurred at this favourite place of resort on Saturday, the 16th ult., whereby Mr. James Bostern, of Manchester, lost his life under the following painful circumstances—lt appears that he, accompanied by his friend Mr. Reuben Levy, left Man chester for the purpose of making a tour in Ireland, and on the above motning left Dublin for the purpose of seeing the dargle and waterfall, at which latter place they arrived at about half past two o'clock. Mr. Bostern in a short time after began to climb the rocks on the south side of the Fall, entirely against the wish of his friend, who remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his doing so. When he bad got up some distance he sat down and smoked a cigar; after which he began to return, took off his hat, and threw it down ; upon which Mr. Levy-, who was lying on the bank, stood up for the purpose of getting it, as it was blown towards the stream by a sudden gust of wind, and, on getting into the rocks at the foot of the Fall, the first thing he beheld was the mangled and life less body of Mr. Bostern at his feet. It is supposed that, in attempting to get to the edge of the cliff (after throw ing down the hat), for the purpose of getting a view down ; he overbalanced himself, fell on the under ledge of rock, and from thence dashed to the bottom and was killed in. stantaneously. An inquest was held on the body on the following Monday, when the jury returned a verdict of ac cidental death by falling from the cliff of rock at the side of the Waterfall, which he had ascended contrary to the wish of his friend. Mr. Levy also stated on his exami nation, that he did not even hear a shout or moan from the deceased, or had he the slightest knowledge of his fa 11.., ing until he met the lifeless body on the rocks at the base of the Fall, with one leg partly in the water. A CRYSTAL PALACE' FOR BIRMINGHAM—On Tuesday, a meeting was held in Birmingham, the object being the provision of some place of recreation suited to the require ments of a large manufacturing population. The Mayor occupied the chair, and most of the leading manufacturers and merchants were present, besides the principal members of the Town Council. Mr. Beale gave an outline of his project, which embraces a public park, the erection there upon of an inexpensive but suitable building—in fact, a miniature crystal palace—fittingly ornamented with statuary and ,•-crks of art • the scheme to be carried out by the public, and accessible to them free of charge. The chief difficulty hitherto in the way of accomplishing thi s object has been to obtain a suitable site, in consequence of the enormous and rapidly increasing price demanded for the land. Six miles from Birmingham, on the old road to Lichfield, stands the pleasant little town of Sutton Cold field. The most remarkable fact about Sutton is that it is probably the richest place in the kingdom. Closedelightfully di.. to it runs ai together oi s ig p we l e toh n o t ed i r i dawnpidta with some k as o t oe f tri). 3 e , 2 o l : ll o 6toh a oi csoroe below s up gs to the town The place i eoovitfeelricSestuireldteiodscneow'r corporation, who manage s ' t h g invested. usefully as they have power to schools and worthy maidens and the inhabitants graze their access to their noble park. But • the people find something wanting—they in the funds or o is ve fi rn n e e d pr b e y pe a rty sel a tt s . do. They have establi,hed receive marriage portions, cattle upon and enjoy the withll th w i a s n g t o a od ra f i o l r w t a un e the London and North-Western Compnv obtained railway act to construct a line some years since, but they suffered their powers to expire without making the railway, and it is understood that they have abandoned the scheme. Mr. Beale now proposes to provide Sutton with a railway in consideration of certain concessions made by the inhabi tants to Birmingham, the principal one being to con cede to that town, for a term of 999 years, some 300 acres of the park, at a nominal rent ; so that, as Mr. Beale expressed it, this marriage cf poor Bir mingham to rich Sutton may be made mutually advanta- . 0 4 geous. The people of Sutton have so far welcoznedfigg: L ' project, and as Mr. Beale unfolde I his plan, at ttrOftectri) p on Tuesday, it met with t h e hearty approbation of It . , - who heard it. The result of the meeting was, that on_tile 1 - - motion of Mr. Alderman Muntz, the plan was:leteibielfr - -, :r. and approved, and a committee of five gentlemen:airt*- appointed to confer with the corporation, in order thic4 l details may be arranged, and no time lost in carrying out the project.